Have you heard? Derek Bermel is a featured composer at this summer’s “Intersect Festival” in Bryant Park (New York, NY). The two-day music festival is a rare opportunity to experience some of the most sophisticated contemporary music on the scene,…
Derek Bermel was featured as a composer and performer at the Bowdoin International Music Festival. Allan Kozann, writing for the Portland Press Herald, “Bermel is one of Bowdoin’s success stories. Now a faculty member, he attended the festival as a…
Here’s another rave review for the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra’s performance of Derek Bermel’s Murmurations. Rob Hubbard of the Pioneer Press notes, “American composer Derek Bermel’s ‘Murmurations’ is one of the most involving new works the SPCO has presented in…
“Birds have been a frequent inspiration for composers,” wrote Michael Anthony (Minneapolis Star Tribune) after the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra’s recent performance of Derek Bermel’s Murmurations. Anthony continues, “While living in Rome not long ago, Bermel…composer, conductor and virtuoso clarinetist…
The Seattle Symphony’s Sonic Evolution series recently featured Derek Bermel’s Migration Series as part of its “Under the Influence of Jazz” concert. Bermel sat down with SoundInversion and talked about his jazz influences. He also spoke about paying tribute to…
The 2015 Bowdoin International Music Festival featured alumnus Derek Bermel, who critic Allan Kozinn (Portland Press Herald) called, “…one of Bowdoin’s success stories. Now a faculty member, he attended the festival as a student 22 years ago…” Kozinn continued by…
From May 28 – 31, the New Century Chamber Orchestra presented the first West coast performances of Featured Resident Composer Derek Bermel’s recent work Murmurations, a work inspired by the migratory patterns of starlings. Rebecca Wishnia of the San Francisco Classical…
Before the Seattle Chamber Music Society’s premiere of Derek Bermel’s piano trio Death With Interruptions, Jill Kimball of Second Inversion met with him to chat about the work. Kimball related his story about traveling in Ghana and how he was…