Angélica Negrón


Angélica Negrón is a Puerto Rican composer. She writes music for various instruments, including: accordions, toys and electronics, and robotic instruments. Negrón uses an extended technique, incorporating unusual sounds and instruments into her music. Her many works have been performed at music festivals and concerts.

Life

Angélica Negrón is a Puerto Rican native, born in San Juan, who lives in Brooklyn, New York. As a child, Negrón studied piano and violin at the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico. She earned her master's degree at New York University and is working on her doctoral degree in music composition at City University of New York as of 2016. She educates at New York Philharmonic's Very Young Composers Program, Lincoln Center Education, The Little Orchestra Society, and co-founded the Spanish immersion music program for young children. Negrón was selected for a Van Lier Fellowship Program in 2014-2015 and a New York Foundation for the Arts Artist Fellowship in 2016.
Negrón composed pieces for various art forms and entertainment including Memories of a Penitent Heart and Los Condenados. She has been featured in concerts and music festivals including the “Ecstatic Music Festival 2012," MATA Festival 2011, and Bang on a Can Summer Festival 2011. Her collection of instruments began with a Strawberry Shortcake music box, and has expanded with the addition of bells, trumpet, voice box, and whistles. She performs with Balún, an electro-acoustic pop band, and her chamber ensemble, Arturo en el barco. Negrón's music is published by .

Compositions

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