Angélica Negrón

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. Her music has been described as “wistfully idiosyncratic and contemplative” and “mesmerizing and affecting,” while the New York Times noted her “capacity to surprise” and “quirky approach to scoring.” Angélica has been commissioned by Bang on a Can All-Stars, Brooklyn Youth Chorus, A Far Cry, Carnegie Hall, Sō Percussion, and the American Composers Orchestra, among others. Angélica is the composer-in-residence for the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra for their 2018-2019 season. She is a former Artist-in-Residence at National Sawdust, where she completed Chimera, a lip-synch, drag queen opera focused on the intricacies and complexities of identity, and is the first composer-in-residence at the New York Botanical Garden, where she is working on an interactive choral piece which will give voice to the natural world at the Thain Family Forest.