A native from Cuba, Ivette Herryman Rodríguez holds a B.M in Music Composition from the Instituto Superior de Artes (Higher Institute of Arts), in Havana, a M.M in Music Composition from Baylor University, and a M.M in Music Theory and D.M.A in Music Composition from Michigan State University. She studied composition with Juan Piñera, Scott McAllister, Ricardo Lorenz, and Zhou Tian.
Ivette’s music has been described as “absolutely exquisite” and “breathtakingly beautiful” (Kevin Noe-Artistic Director of the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble and Director of Orchestras at Michigan State University). She is the composer of a bestseller piece for women’s choir, published by Walton Music. She is the winner of a Cubadisco Special Award, a Brandon Fradd Fellowship in Music Composition given by the CINTAS Foundation, and the 2019 Illinois State Music Teachers Association (ISMTA) Composer Commissioning program, among other awards.
Ivette’s most recent commissions include new compositions for the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, Michigan State University’s Symphony Band, Illinois State Music Teachers Association (ISMTA) 2019 Conference, Truman State University’s Wind Ensemble, percussionist Alex Smith, and the Aria Reed Trio from Crane School of Music at SUNY-Potsdam.
Ivette has taught Music Theory and Composition at the Instituto Superior de Artes, the Opera of El Salvador (OPES), the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Western Illinois University, where she also taught Class Piano. Currently, she is Assistant Professor of Theory and Composition at the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam, NY.
List of works
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• On the Inside (viola and loop pedal) 6:34’, 2016
• Son para Luis y Mara (viola) 3:25’, 2016
• Dúo para un solista-A Duet for a Soloist (bass clarinet) 6:40’, 2016
• Los musiniños encuentran un tesoro (5 solo works for guitar, violin, cello, piano, and prepared piano) 15’, 2009
•El libro de los musiniños, part I (piano solo) 12’, 2005
•Sutiles (piano solo) 4′, 2003
• Let’s talk Cuba (for Piano solo) 7:30′ – 2019
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• Convergencias (tenor saxophone and piano version) 14’, 2017
• Black montuno (clarinet in Bb and piano version) 12:45’, 2015
• Three dances for bassoon: Tanxibanera, Habanxixango, and Mabanxixera (bassoon and piano) 9’, 2015
• Texeando (alto sax and piano) 12:20’, 2012
• El libro de los musiniños, part II (2 pianos) 8’, 2005
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• Memorial (soprano voice, cello, piano) 7′ 2018
• Canción de cuna (violin, cello, piano) 6’, 2009
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• Convergencias, rapsodia concertante (tenor saxophone, percussion, piano, string quintet) 15′, 2017
• By the rhythm of your truth, set us free (flute, bassoon, violin, cello, marimba) 6:50’, 2016
• Fun-fare (7 trumpets in Bb) 3’, 2015
• Sol de las Esperanzas (baritone voice, soprano sax, harp, percussion, string quintet) 7:48’, 2015
• Advent overture (oboe, piano, strings) 3:12’, 2012
• Ofrenda (trumpet, double bass, piano, drums) 3:10’, 2005
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• Flores y Semillas (SSAA with piano accompaniment) 5:20′, 2018
• Sigue (SSAA with piano accompaniment) 3:10’, 2012
• Quiéreme entera (SSAA with piano accompaniment) 3’, 2012
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• Who? Where? Eat. (children’s choir with piano accompaniment) 3:37’, 2015
• Hungry for more (children’s choir with piano accompaniment) 3:21’, 2015
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• A Danzón done my way 7:25’, 2016
• Black montuno (version for clarinet in Bb, or soprano saxophone, and symphony orchestra) 13′, 2016
• Ofrenda (version for jazz quartet and symphony orchestra) 6′, 2016
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• Voices of the soul (mezzo-soprano and orchestra) 15’, 2013
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• The Barge Haulers (wind ensemble) 2′, 2017
• Black montuno (concertino for clarinet in Bb and wind ensemble) 12:50’, 2015
• Santiago (Wind ensemble) 6′,2019.
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• Cerca del Río (zarzuela for 6 soloists, choir, and orchestra) 55’, 2006
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• Electroescenas 4’, 2003
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• Hijo de Tigre (short film). Directed by Federico Naguil, 2004
• El Dorado (documentary). Directed by Ozren Milharcic, 2005
• Respira (short film). Directed by Gustavo Torres Riffo, 2007
• El último de los Forajidos (short film). Directed by Gustavo Torres Riffo, 2008
• Los Desplazados (short film). Directed by Gustavo Torres Riffo, 2009
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• Glorioso día aquel, 2000
• Yo dependo de Él, 2001
• Dime alma mía, 2005.
• Canción de la mujer, 2006
• Padre amoroso, 2008
• En quién confiar, 2008
• Madre, 2010
• Canción de la abuela, 2010
• Bendita navidad, 2010
• Venimos a la casa de Dios, 2011
• Yo sé, 2012
• Salvo por segunda vez, 2012
• Canción de adviento, 2012
• Wait and See, 2015
• Benediction Song, 2018
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• Benediction (SATB) 2′, 2015.
• Blessed through Jesus (SATB) 3′, 2017
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EVENTS upcoming & past
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UPCOMING
October 25-26: Featured composer at North Star Music Festival, Truman State University School of Music. Premiere of “Santiago,” for Wind ensemble.
October 28: Presentation on my music. Western Illinois University School of Music.
October 30th: Presentation on my music. Bradley University.
Nov. 1-2nd: Presenter and performer at the 2019 ISMTA Conference. Eastern Illinois University. Premiere of “Let’s talk Cuba,” for piano.
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2019
April
April 6, 2019 | Performance of “Memorial” | Western Illinois University School of Music
April 21, 2019 | Performance of “A duet for a soloist” | Macomb, Illinois
March
March 26 | Premiere in the UK of “A Duet for a Soloist” for bass clarinet in B-flat | Performer: Cathal Killen
March 5 | Performance of “Sympathetic Tones” | New Music Festival of Macomb, Illinois
February
February 26 | Performance of “Black Montuno” (Clarinet in Bb and Piano) | The Crane School of Music at SUNY Postdam, NY
February 6
Performance of “Memorial”
COFAC Recital Hall
Western Illinois University
2018
September 2018
September 23rd
Performance of “Son para Luis y Mara” (for Viola)
Performer: Mara Tieles
The Netherlands
September 24th
Performace. “Memorial” (Soprano voice, Cello & Piano)
Performers: Musique 21 Ensemble from the College of Music of Michigan State University
Faichild Theatre at Michigan State University
April 2018
April 20
Performance of “Black Montuno“
The Ball State Symphony Band with Dr.
Elizabeth Crawford as a soloist.
Caroline Hand, conductor.
Sursa Performance Hall in Muncie, INJune 2018
World premiere. Flores y semillas (SSAA with piano accompaniment)
2018 More Than Music Here festival. Grand Rapids, MIJuly 2018
World premiere. Memorial (soprano voice, cello, and piano)
Commissioned by Kevin Noe and the Pittsburg New Music Ensemble (PNME).February 21, 2018
Performance of “Three Dances for Bassoon and Piano: Tanxibanera, Habanaxixera, Mabanxixango.“
Illinois Modern Ensemble from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Foellinger Great Hall, KCPA2017
March 15, 2017
Performance. Sutiles, for piano solo.
University of Nevada, Reno.April 11, 2017
Premiere. In the presence of beauty, version for tenor saxophone and piano.
Michigan State University College of MusicApril 11, 2017
“The Barge Haulers” – World Premiere
Premiere by the Georgia State University Wind Orchestra
Chester Phillips, conductor
Rialto Center for the Arts, Georgia State UniversityApril 18, 2017
Performance. From El libro de los musiniños: Arcoiris, Homenaje a Carlos Fariñas, Nana de los musiniños, and Guitarra, for two pianos.
Michigan State University College of MusicJune 2017
Performance. By the rhythm of your truth, set us free.
Branson, Missouri.February 2, 2017
Premiere of Black montuno (a concertino for clarinet in Bb and Wind ensemble)
Michigan State University Symphony Band
John T. Madden, conductor
Soloist: Sam Davies
Cobb Great Hall, Wharton Center, East Lansing, Michigan
http://music.msu.edu/event-listing/symphony-band-12February 28, 2017
Dúo para un Solista (A duet for a soloist)
San Davies, Bass Clarinet in Bb
Michigan State University College of Music (MSU)2016
Dec. 16
Performance of Sigue (foro women’s choir) by Choral Luna under Wilmia Berrier, conductor
Paula church, Havana, CubaDec. 18
Havana, Cuba
Premiere of Ofrenda for jazz quartet and symphony orchestra National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba
Cosette Justo, conductor
32 International Festival Jazz PlazaPremiere of Black montuno (version for soprano saxophone and symphony orchestra)
National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba
Cosette Justo, conductor
32 International Festival Jazz Plaza
Nov 29: “Duet for Bassoon and piano.”
Performers: MSU professors Michael Kroth and Deborah Moriarty.Nov 8
Performance of On the inside in Cook recital hall,
MSU College of Music
Performer: Matt PickartNov: “Son para Luis y Mara” (viola).
Written for violist Mara Tieles.Oct 20th
Premiere of the work On the inside, for viola and loop pedal in Amsterdan, The Netherlands. Written for Mara Tieles.July 30th: “Duo para un solista” (Duet for a Soloist)
for Bass Clarinet
La Paz, Bolivia
— World premiere —May 1st: “By the rhythm of your truth, set us free.”
for Chamber ensemble
Soup Spoon Cafe / 4:00 PM
East Lansing, MI
— World premiere —
for tickets and more information click hereApril 2016: “Un danzón a mi manera”
for Symphony orchestra
World premiere by the MSU Concert Orchestra
conducted by Weimar Arancibia
Fairchild Theater at Michigan State UniversityApril 2016: “Who? Where? Eat.” & “Hungry for more“
World Premieres by the Children’s Choir of the MSU Community Music School. CMS Singers
Wharton Center, East Lansing, Michigan.2015
October 19th: “Sigue”
for Women’s choir
Performance by The Harlingen South High School Combined Women’s Chorus. Harlingen, TX.November 14th: “Sigue”
for Women’s choir
Performance by the TMEA
District-Treble Choir. Harlingen, TX.November 24th: “Black Montuno” (piano and clarinet version), Performance by clarinetist Samuel Davies and pianist Ivette Herryman-Rodriguez in Cook Recital Hall. College of Music, Michigan State University.
Memorial-new composition in progress
This post is sort of a journal with sound, intended to record my work as I compose new pieces of music. My idea is to post recordings that reflect the end of each day of work, along with some text about what I have achieved in such day. The recordings will explain through sound what […]