I Was Never Meant to be a Composer (ft. DM R)

A native of Bogota, DM R [Diana Rodriguez] is an electroacoustic music composer based in New York City. Having its footholds in post spectral, ambient, pop culture, Colombian folk, and Rock en Español, their music has been presented by artists such as the International Contemporary Ensemble, Yarn Wire, Alarm Will Sound, ECCE Ensemble, counter)induction, Boston Musica Viva, Berrow Duo, Eric Drescher, and Josh Modney at venues like the BANFF Centre for the Arts and Creativity, the DiMenna Center for Classical Music, the Goethe Institut in Boston, Americas Society, University of North Colorado, the Coral Gables Museum, Boston Conservatory, and the New England Conservatory. Their recent projects include an electroacoustic installation piece for the National Sawdust Ensemble (NSE), part of the 2022 Hildegard Commission Initiative, an evening-length work for the New York-based trio Sputter Box commissioned by the Fromm Foundation at Harvard University, a multimedia piece for the TAK ensemble and Joy Guidry, and a string duo for andPlay. DM R is a dissertation fellow at Columbia University, a teaching assistant at New York University and teaches composition at Kaufman Center’s Face the Music. 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:00 Marching band 00:27:13 Classical music vs. non-Western music 00:38:25 Composing in an academic setting 00:42:00 Diversity 00:47:00 Composers wear many hats 00:51:00 Improvisation 00:58:20 Social media 01:04:33 Personal ideology 01:14:00 Academia in the United States 01:25:00 Privilege DM R’s website: https://www.dmr.land/ DM R’s husband, Murat: http://www.muratcolakmusic.com/about.html 👨🏻‍🏫 BOOK a 1-on-1 meeting with me directly via this link if you're interested in having a lesson or consultation: https://calendly.com/saadhaddad 📰 NEWSLETTER: https://saadnhaddad.us9.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=d52b653fc543f4ca604265d53&id=70d2af18c6