Susie Ibarra
Drums, Composer
1970 –
Who is Susie Ibarra?
Susie Ibarra is a contemporary composer and percussionist who has worked and recorded with jazz, classical, world, and Indigenous musicians. She is known for her work as a performer in avant-garde, jazz, world and new music. As a composer, Ibarra incorporates diverse styles and influences of Philippine Kulintang, jazz, classical, poetry, musical theater, opera and electronic music. Ibarra remains active as a composer, performer, educator and documentary filmmaker in the U.S., Philippines and internationally. She is interested and involved in works that blend folkloric and indigenous tradition with avant-garde. In 2004, Ibarra began field recording indigenous Philippine music and co-founded in 2009, Song of the Bird King, an organization focusing on preservation of Indigenous music and ecology. She currently resides with her husband, Cuban composer and percussionist, Roberto Juan Rodriguez and their son, Emanuel, in Forest Hills, Queens, New York.
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- Born
- Nov 15, 1970
Anaheim - Also known as
- Ibarra, Susie
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Sarah Lawrence College
- Goddard College
- Mannes College of Music
- Lived in
- Anaheim
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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