Susie Ibarra

Apr 11, 2013: 3am- 5am
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Legendary jazz drummer Susie Ibarra will be live in the WGXC Wave Farm studio in Acra April 13 with Michael Century, Michael Century, pianist and composer, and Professor of New Media and Music in the Arts Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ahead of "Susie Ibarra's Circadian Rhythms and WorldDrum Performance" at EMPAC and in Troy, NY the following weekend in celebration of Earth Day. This show features works including Ibarra, Legendary jazz drummer Susie Ibarra will be live in the WGXC Wave Farm studio in Acra April 13 with Michael Century, Michael Century, pianist and composer, and Professor of New Media and Music in the Arts Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ahead of "Susie Ibarra's Circadian Rhythms and WorldDrum Performance" at EMPAC and in Troy, NY the following weekend in celebration of Earth Day. From Wikipedia: "Susie Ibarra (born Anaheim, California, November 15, 1970) 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."