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Derek Bermel is guest composer at Indiana University.

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Hamish McKeich performs Derek Bermel’s Canzonas Americanas on the Shed Series.

Windscape performs Derek Bermel’s Wanderings, alongside works by Schubert, Werner, Pärt, and Ginastera at the Manhattan School of Music.

The Carnegie Mellon Contemporary Ensemble, conducted by Daniel Nesta Curtis, performs Derek Bermel’s Canzonas Americanas, alongside works by Takemitsu, Lolavar, and Vali.

Derek Bermel performs an all-Copland concert with Music from Copland House at CUNY’s Elebash Hall.

Derek Bermel performs an all-Copland concert with Music from Copland House at John Jay Homestead.

Vocalist Clarice Assad performs Derek Bermel’s Mar de Setembro with the Orquestra de Câmara da OCA, conducted by Gil Jardim, at the Auditorio Ibirapuera.

Derek Bermel performs his Thracian Sketches at Music From Copland House’s 2019 Gala, also featuring works by Gabriela Lena Frank, David Schiff, Angel Lam, and Flannery Cunningham, at the Angel Orensanz Center.

The Sejong City Cultural Foundation presents a new collaborative work by artist Sook Jin Jo and Derek Bermel as part of the exhibition: Sejong and His Music: Chihwapyung.

Derek Bermel is a panelist at the RHI Conference along with Andreia Pinto Correia, Mi Ryung Song, and Lucio Gregoretti.

Members of the Orquestra Sinfônica da Bahia perform Derek Bermel’s Wanderings, alongside works by Ligeti, Gnattali, and Danzi at the Teatro do ICBA (Goethe Institut).

Music in the Vineyards at Silverado presents Derek Bermel’s Language Instruction, alongside works by Felix Mendelssohn, Miguel del Águila, and Brett Dean.

Derek Bermel and Gabriela Ortiz are mentor composers for three days of Earshot Readings with the Aguascalientes Symphony Orchestra, conducted by José Arean.

Salt Bay Chamberfest presents Half & Half, Expanded featuring Nate Smith, Jaleel Shaw, Fima Ephron, and 50%, with additional works by Bermel, Bernstein and Bartók performed by Jennifer Frautschi and Thomas Sauer.

The Bowdoin International Music Festival presents Derek Bermel’s Tied Shifts, alongside works by Brahms and Beethoven.

Derek Bermel curates the Gamper Festival of Contemporary Music, featuring faculty and fellows at the Bowdoin International Music Festival and special guests The Imani Winds.

Violinist Jennifer Frautschi and pianist Thomas Sauer perform Derek Bermel’s Over Algiers at the Vassar Summer Concert Series.

The Flatirons Chamber Music Festival presents Derek Bermel’s Death with Interruptions at Ruby Red Farm.

Sentieri Selvaggi perform Derek Bermel’s Sonata Humana at La Festa Di RAI Radio 3.

The Princeton Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Rossen Milanov, performs Derek Bermel’s Mango Suite, with text by Sandra Cisneros.

Author Sandra Cisneros discusses her acclaimed novel The House On Mango Street, featuring a performance by mezzo-soprano Paulina Villareal and pianist Steven Beck of Derek Bermel’s songs, set to her texts.

The Boise Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Eric Garcia, performs Derek Bermel’s Three Rivers at the Egyptian Theatre.

Derek Bermel performs a recital of American music with members of the Seattle Symphony at the new Octave 9: Raisbeck Music Center.

Pianist Anthony DeMare plays Derek Bermel’s Fetch on the Metropolis Ensemble’s Points of Departure Festival, along with performances by Kris Davis and Erika Dohi.

BRIClab presents scenes from Golden Motors, a music theatre work by Wendy S. Walters and Derek Bermel, and directed by Johanna McKeon.

Violinist Jennifer Koh performs Derek Bermel’s Twenty Questions.

LyricFest presents a new song by Derek Bermel for baritone Sidney Outlaw on poetry by Walt Whitman.

Sentieri Selvaggi perform Derek Bermel’s Sonata Humana, alongside works by Wuorinen, Donatoni, Arnold, Lucchetti, and Shostakovich.

Derek Bermel performs a recital of American music with pianist Ethan Iverson, cellist Seth Parker Woods, and members of the Seattle Symphony at the new Octave 9.

Music for Food presents Derek Bermel’s Death with Interruptions, alongside works by Beethoven and Rachmaninoff.

Music & Wine at St. Luke’s presents Derek Bermel’s Mulatash Stomp, alongside works by Bartók and Weiner.

The HICO Brass Quintet performs Derek Bermel’s Catcalls at CCSU.

The Blue Streak Ensemble performs Derek Bermel’s Tied Shifts at BopStop, alongside works by Margaret Brouwer and Matthew Saunders.