Susie Ibarra
Composer

Composer/Percussionist Susie Ibarra resides in New York and has performed as a soloist and collaborator in various configurations. Ibarra is a Vic Firth, Paiste and Yamaha Drum Artist .Ibarra composes and performs regularly with composer/percussionist Roberto Rodriguez in their eco-electronica duo Electric Kulintang, childrens world music with Mundo Niños, and chamber jazz ensemble Susie Ibarra Quartet, as well as various interdisciplinary art collaborations with poet Yusef Komunyakaa and visual artist Makoto Fujimura. She has recorded numerous works as a leader and collaborator. Recent Works Include: Drum Sketches,solo percussion, Dialects by Electric Kulintang, Summer Fantasy and Folklore commissioned by MoMa Summergarden and Jazz at Lincoln Center, A Translation of Silk with Yusef Komunyakaa premiered at the Harlem Stage, Canciones de Cuna / Lullabies by Mundo Niños ,Madre Selva a soundtrack video installation by Juan Sanchez in tribute to Ana Mendieta, Kit: Music for Four Pianists commissioned by Ars Nova Workshop, War Horses music by Electric Kulintang and poetry by Yusef Komunyakaa commissioned by Isamu Noguchi Museum, These Trees That Speak commissioned by Ethos Percussion Quartet, Pintados Dream/ The Painteds Dream a concerto for drums , visual art by Makoto Fujimura commissioned by American Composers Orchestra and premiered at Zankel Carnegie Hall.

In 2004 Ibarra began work in cultural and environmental preservation with Indigenous and children’s groups in the Philippines, US, Asia/Pacific and co-founded in 2008 Song of the Bird King. She is honored to be a TED Fellow and Asia Society Young Leaders Delegate as she continues her documentary work and public service projects towards cultural innovation and preservation.

Ibarra is currently working on several collaborations including a sound walk installation for lower Manhattan 2012 , Hidden Truths, with percussionist/composer Roberto Rodriguez and Makoto Fujimura. Hidden Truths are compositions by Electric Kulintang including recordings of guest Filipino traditional artists from seven Indigenous tribes in the Philippines. Another collaboration is with Lebanese electronic conceptual artist Tarek Atoui, Visiting Tarab , new compositions inspired by archival Arabic classical Tarab music, for mixed ensemble of oriental taq and contemporary musicians in Sharjah 2012. Electric Kulintang will release a new record, Drum Codes, beginning of 2012.

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