Angelica Negrón

Bio

Puerto Rican-born composer and multi-instrumentalist Angélica Negrón writes music for accordions, robotic instruments, toys, and electronics as well as chamber ensembles and orchestras. She has collaborated with artists like Sō Percussion, The Knights, Face the Music, and NOVUS NY, among others, and is a founding member of the electronic indie band Balún. She is currently a doctoral candidate at The Graduate Center (CUNY), where she studies composition. She’s a teaching artist for New York Philharmonic’s Very Young Composers Program and Lincoln Center Education working with learners of all ages on creative composition projects. She is currently an artist in residence at National Sawdust working on a lip-sync opera titled Chimera for drag queen performers and chamber ensemble. She is the composer in residence for the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra for their 2018-2019 season.