Most creative artists draw their inspiration from a variety of sources, but by any reckoning, the composer and clarinetist Derek Bermel counts as a prodigious sponge. To listen to his music is to run ...

Perhaps it's because composer Derek Bermel is a native New Yorker that he had such trouble writing a piece about the city. He waited until last year, when he was 41 years old, to finally write "A ...

Grammy-nominated composer and clarinetist Derek Bermel creates music that can be hypnotic and meditative one minute and raucous and downright funky the next. The oft-decorated composer — head of New ...

2 JUDY GARLAND IS FAT AT CARNEGIE HALL to Play EdFest and Edinburgh Fringe Longtime collaborators Grammy nominated composer Derek Bermel and acclaimed author Wendy S. Walters have joined forces in a ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Nothing quite haunts some of today’s composers like the disturbing story ...

Every day for six weeks, composer Derek Bermel spent hours studying Bulgarian music under the tutelage of an accordionist named Blagoi. Bermel paid his teacher in rakia, a local spirit, and since they ...

On Wednesday, May 9 at 7 pm, in partnership with the Princeton Public Library, Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) presents a talk about the interest and challenges inherent in integrating cultural ...

Composer Derek Bermel was a teenager, maybe a little younger, when he first encountered the "Migration Series," Jacob Lawrence's epic, 60-panel, Harlem Renaissance masterwork depicting — in bold, ...

The New Century Chamber Orchestra introduced MidPeninsula audiences to its new “featured composer” for the upcoming season, Derek Bermel, at Palo Alto’s First United Methodist Church last Friday.

Derek Bermel, courtesy of his website. Academy Award-winning composer and clarinetist Derek Bermel does a lot of traveling, soaking up the musical traditions as he goes. His recent album, Migrations, ...

Birds have been a multifold source of inspiration for artists over the centuries. Messiaen was fascinated by their song, Audubon by their colors, and Hitchcock by their horrific, demonic qualities.