Composition Masterclass with Kyle Rivera
Join CMNW commissioned composer Kyle Rivera as he coaches students from Fear No Music’s Young Composers Project (YCP); helping them improve their skill and technique. Whether you are a composer or enjoy learning more about the music-writing process, you’ll be inspired seeing the growth that takes place in such a short time with an expert teacher.
PSU, Lincoln Hall Room 225
Thursday, 7/18 • 12:00 pm PT
Artists
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Kyle Rivera
Composer
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The ever-evolving artistic perspective of Kyle Rivera (b. 1996) makes his music a space for intrigue and exploration. Kyle is fascinated by visual imagery in sound and the way it can create windows into his mind. Sound and time are malleable objects with which he sculpts vivid sonic landscapes. He often draws upon the diverse sonic and cultural environments he grew up in to craft the soundscapes of his music. Interests in linguistics, spirituality, and media all influence the way he creates music. One of Kyle’s goals as an artist is to offer a perspective on the world through his personal experiences. Some of his music has focused on topics relating to social justice, equality, and racialized matters. Alongside that, his music explores the conceptual limits of psychology, spirituality, and consciousness in sound.
As a composer, his music has been performed across the United States and internationally in Russia, Thailand, Hong Kong, and China. Past collaborations include the Houston Symphony, Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, Aspen Music Festival, Yale Philharmonia, Albany Symphony, Musiqa Houston, EnSRQ, Tacet(i), KINETIC Ensemble, Houston Grand Opera, and the Chelsea Music Festival. Kyle was the 2023 Anne Spencer Fellow with the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. He received a 2024 MacDowell Fellowship and an Aaron Copland House Residency.
Kyle attended the University of Houston and Yale University where he earned the Woods Chandler Memorial Prize.