The New Century Chamber Orchestra’s opening night offered a concert of the music of Derek Bermel – the ensemble’s 2014-15 Featured Composer. Lou Fancher of SFWeekly noted that Bermel – as guest clarinetist and composer – “provided talent and tease…
SFGate journalist Andrea Abney recently asked San Francisco Chronicle music critic Joshua Kosman how he reacted the first time he heard Derek Bermel’s music. “I was serving on the jury panel for an arts award…When I started listening to the…
Always on the cutting edge of what’s new and significant in contemporary American music, the online magazine NewMusicBox featured Aaron Jay Kernis in an insightful interview. Senior Editor Frank J. Oteri chatted with Kernis about prose, 20’s jazz, Top 40,…
This September, Derek Bermel will be featured at The New Century Chamber Orchestra, both as a composer and a clarinetist. In this preview, Michael Zwiebach, of San Francisco Classical Voice, talked with Bermel about his urban upbringing in New York…
Leah Harrison of The Chautauquan Daily listened to soloist Paul Neubauer play Aaron Jay Kernis‘ Viola Concerto presented by the Chautauqua Symphony at the 2014 Chautauqua Music Festival. She notes, “…Kernis’ concerto is often somber, but not without a sense…
David Knowles of Strings Magazine (AllThingsStrings.com) chats with Tim Fain in “Sound & Vision / Hollywood Spotlight,” a profile of the violinist’s recent projects. They talk about: music-making for Hollywood films, performing the classics alongside music by living composers, and…
Christopher Hyde of The Portland Press Herald (Maine) attended the Gamper Festival of Contemporary Music at Bowdoin College, and noted “the festival [had] so many spectacular performances. The most outstanding example was by Derek Bermel, a noted composer and clarinet…
This summer, the Seattle Chamber Music Society commissioned a new work from Derek Bermel — Death with Interruptions. It premiered on July 14, and music critic Linda Bargreen of The Seattle Times called it “…an attractive and contemplative trio…[which] grows in…
Thomas May of City Arts Magazine interviews composer Derek Bermel about the upcoming world premiere of Death with Interruptions — his new, commissioned trio at this year’s Seattle Chamber Music Society Summer Festival. Besides noting that Bermel is “one of today’s…
Summer’s heating up, so get ready for the 22nd season of the Moab Music Festival. Cherie Yurco of Making Music Magazine talks about the thoughtful planning that goes into Moab’s concerts which offer a variety of musical genres, as well…