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Derrick Skye (born Derrick Spiva Jr; 19 November 1982) is a composer, conductor, musician, and educator 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 Skye's music as "something to savor" and "enormous fun to listen to."[1] The Times (London) described Skye’s music as “deliciously head-spinning.”[2]

Derrick Skye
Derrick Skye (center) with Salastina Music Society co-directors Kevin Kumar (left) and Maia Jasper White (right) in 2017
Background information
Born (1982-11-19) 19 November 1982 (age 39)
OriginLos Angeles
GenresClassical
Occupation(s)Composer, conductor, musician, educator
Instrument(s)trombone, Ewe percussion
Websitederrickskye.com

Career


Skye 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[3] and a conductor for the Santa Clarita Valley Youth Orchestra[4] and Santa Monica Youth Orchestra, and Director of Instrumental Ensembles at Mount Saint Mary’s University. He was the inaugural artist educator for the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (2018–2020) and is currently Artistic Advisor and Composer for Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.[5] He is also a member of the New Music USA Program Council and a board member of the American Composers Forum.

Educated at University of California, Los Angeles and California Institute of the Arts, Skye studied classical music as a student of Ian Krouse, Paul Chihara, David Rosenboom and Alex Shapiro, while also studying percussion with Randy Gloss, 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, Beatrice Lawluvi, and Yeko Ladzekpo-Cole. Skye's compositional works often incorporate musical elements from different cultural traditions into contemporary classical music contexts.

His works have been performed and/or commissioned by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra (Canada), Chicago Sinfonietta, Albany Symphony Orchestra, Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, Berkeley Symphony, Orchestra Santa Monica, Santa Clarita Valley Youth Orchestra,[6] Lian Ensemble, Los Angeles Electric 8,

[7][8] UCLA Philharmonia,[9] Chapman University Wind Symphony,[10] Superdevoiche (Bulgarian Women's Choir), EXIGENCE,[11] Los Angeles Master Chorale, Lyris Quartet, Salastina Music Society,[12] Juventas New Music Ensemble, Ensemble Connect, and other groups.

Rhythm and the embodiment of rhythm through movement is an important theme in Skye's works; he has collaborated with choreographers such as Yeko Ladzekpo-Cole, Mariel McEwan, Sheetal Gandhi, Cynthia Ling Lee, and synchronized swimming champion and international coach Sue Baross Nesbitt.[13] 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[14] and has released two albums, Prisms, Cycles, Leaps (2015) and American Mirror (2018), with Orenda Records.[15] In 2021, Skye was awarded the Prince Grace Honoraria in the Theatre category for his work "Mother of Bravery" with Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra[16] and "Best New Composition" in the San Francisco Classical Voice Audience Choice Awards for his work "Mind the Rhythm" for violin and electronics.[17]

Skye has given talks, workshops, and pre-concert lectures about his musical practices at the Homeland Cultural Center], Skirball Cultural Center, Royce Hall (UCLA), Alex Theatre, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and various other schools and institutions. He was asked to speak at the 2016 annual League of American Orchestras conference in Baltimore on the topic of how classical music orchestras can build stronger relationships with their diverse communities.[18] In 2019, Skye was a panelist for "New Voices: Composers of Today" at the League of American Orchestras conference together with Daniel Bernard Roumain, Alex Temple, Evan Williams, Jennifer Jolley.[19]

During the week of Juneteeth 2021, Skye formally changed his name from Derrick Spiva Jr to Derrick Senam Eugene Skye, which was featured in a Los Angeles Times article.[20] Skye is the son of Artra Howard-Brant, and nephew of Mattina Howard, Sherri Howard and Denean Howard of the Howard Sisters[21] who won gold and silver medals in track and field at the 1984 (Los Angeles) and 1988 (Seoul) Olympic games. His father, Derrick Spiva Sr, is a lecturer at San Francisco State University in Africana Studies. He is married to ethnomusicologist Kim Nguyen Tran.


List of works



Orchestra



Wind ensemble



Choral



Small ensemble



Duets and trios



Music for choreography



Music for synchronized swimmers



Film



References


  1. "Rhythmically complex world premiere leads off LACO's new season". Los Angeles Times. 20 September 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  2. "LPO/Weilerstein review". The Times. 3 November 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  3. LA Phil (17 September 2012). "Teaching Artists". LA Phil. Archived from the original on 28 October 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  4. Santa Clarita Valley Youth Orchestra. "Derrick Spiva". Santa Clarita Valley Youth Orchestra. Retrieved 26 November 2012.[permanent dead link]
  5. "Derrick Spiva Jr., Appointed Laco's First Artist Educator". 13 September 2018.
  6. kMozart 1260 AM. "Press Release 4/1/2011". kMozart 1260 AM. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
  7. 6 days 2. "Sundays Live at LACMA". Los Angeles Electric 8. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  8. "Los Angeles Electric 8". Los Angeles County Museum of Art. 12 August 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
  9. "UCLA Department of Music Events". UCLA Department of Music. 1 October 2003. Archived from the original on 11 December 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  10. "Chapman University Wind Symphony | Chapman University College of Performing Arts | Chapman Conservatory of Music | Performing Arts". SparkOC. 18 April 2012. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  11. "EXIGENCE: A Vision Unfolding | Chorus America".
  12. "Calendar » Salastina Music Society: 6 Los Angeles Composers ~ June 10, 2016 at 8pm". www.sequenza21.com. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  13. "CalArts First FoCA Salon Of The Season". Los Angeles Magazine. 14 October 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  14. Allan Kozinn (22 October 2014). "Pairing Composers and Orchestras, With an Eye on Younger Audiences". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  15. "Artists". Orenda Records. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  16. "2021 Prince Grace Award Winners". Princess Grace Foundation. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  17. Feher, Peter. "Audience Choice Awards 2020-2021: Los Angeles Area Winners". San Francisco Classical Voice. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  18. "Leveraging Creative Connections « 2016 Conference, June 9–11 2016". americanorchestras.org. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  19. Temple, Alex. "Where Are the Operas About People Like Me? Imagining a Trans-Inclusive New Music World". I Care If You Listen. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  20. Gelt, Jessica (19 June 2021). "Essential Arts: One composer's personal reflection on Juneteenth". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  21. "Archives".




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