Derrick Spiva
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Derrick Spiva (right) and Alex Shapiro (left) in 2005.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Derrick Spiva Jr |
| Born | 19 November 1982 |
| Origin | Los Angeles |
| Genres | Classical |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, Conductor, Musician, Educator |
| Instruments | trombone, Ewe percussion |
| Associated acts | Bridge to Everywhere |
| Website | derrickspiva |
Derrick Spiva (born Derrick Spiva Jr; 19 November 1982) is a musician, composer, teacher, and conductor based in the Los Angeles area who often integrates musical practices from cultures around the world in his work with classical music communities. The Los Angeles Times has described Spiva's music as "something to savor" and "enormous fun to listen to."
Spiva is the Artistic Director of the chamber ensemble and arts organization Bridge to Everywhere. He is also a Teaching Artist for the Los Angeles Philharmonic and a conductor for the Santa Clarita Valley Youth Orchestra. Educated at University of California, Los Angeles and California Institute of the Arts, Spiva studied classical music as a student of Ian Krouse, Paul Chihara, David Rosenboom and Alex Shapiro, while also studying Persian music theory with Pirayeh Pourafar, Balkan music theory with Tzvetanka Varimezova, tala in Hindustani classical music with Swapan Chaudhuri and West African music and dance with Kobla Ladzekpo. Spiva's compositional works often incorporate musical elements from different cultural traditions into contemporary classical music contexts.
His works have been premiered by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles Electric 8, Santa Clarita Valley Youth Orchestra,Lian Ensemble, UCLA Philharmonia,Chapman University Wind Symphony, Superdevoiche (Bulgarian Women's Choir), and Salastina Music Society, amongst other groups. Rhythm and the embodiment of rhythm through movement is an important theme in Spiva's works; he has collaborated with choreographers such as Mariel McEwan, Sheetal Gandhi, Cynthia Ling Lee, and synchronized swimming champion and international coach Sue Baross Nesbitt. He has been awarded a residency with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) through New Music USA's "Music Alive" program for LACO's 2015–2016 season and released the album Prisms, Cycles, Leaps with Orenda Records in 2015.
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