Circles and Lines

Angélica Negrón is a composer and multi-instrumentalist born and raised in Puerto Rico and currently based in New York.  She received an early education in piano and violin at the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico where she later studied composition under the guidance of composer Alfonso Fuentes. Her music has been performed by the NYU Percussion Ensemble, Astoria Symphony Orchestra, TRANSIT ensemble, NYU Symphony Orchestra and the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra and she has written music for documentaries, films, theater and modern dance.  Angélica is a founding member of the electro-acoustic pop outfit Balún where she sings and plays the accordion and violin.  She holds a master’s degree in music composition from New York University where she studied with Portuguese guitarist and composer Pedro Da Silva and film composer Ira Newborn. She also holds a bachelor’s in audiovisual communications from the University of Puerto Rico, and has contributed as a writer to the International Alliance of Women in Music Journal and British magazine The Wire. Angélica is currently part of the Teaching Artists Collaborative from The Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall and a member of ASCAP, the American Music Center and New York Women Composers.

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Technicolor

Mi Lumia