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Estelí Gomez - Wikipedia

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Estelí Gomez
Born	(1985-12-28) December 28, 1985 (age 38)
Genres	Contemporary classical music, Classical music, Baroque music, Early music, a cappella
Occupations	Musician singer
Instrument(s)	Vocals, piano
Years active	2011–present

Website	esteligomez.com

Estelí Gomez (born December 28, 1985) is an American singer. She is a multiple Grammy Award winning musician.

In addition to her solo touring and recording career, Gomez is a founding member of Roomful of Teeth, recipients of the 2013 Grammy for "Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance",^[1] and they also performed at the 2014 ceremony. Roomful of Teeth was nominated again in 2015 for the album, Render.^[2]

Gomez received her second Grammy in 2017 for collaborating on the opening track of Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble's Sing Me Home, which won in the category of "Best World Music Album"^[3] along with fellow Roomful of Teeth members, Caroline Shaw, Cameron Beauchamp and Virginia Warnken Kelsey.^[4] She received her third Grammy for "Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance" in 2024 due to her collaboration on Roomful of Teeth's record Rough Magic.^[5]

Biography

Gomez was born in Watsonville, California.^[6] She received her undergraduate degree from Yale,^[7] and a masters from McGill, where she studied with Sanford Sylvan.^[8]

She first gained international acclaim in 2011 when she received first prize in the Canticum Gaudium International Early Music Vocal Competition in Poznań, Poland.^[9]

She has been praised for her "clear, bright voice" in The New York Times,^[10] and for an "artistry that belies her young years" in the Kansas City Metropolis,^[11] and has been a featured performer at the Kennedy Center,^[12] the University of Oregon's Music Today Festival,^[13] and many other venues and festivals around the world.

In 2017, she was the featured soloist for the Seattle Symphony's recording of Nielsen: Symphony No 3, Symphony No 4,^[14] and toured with Conspirare as a part of its new major work, Considering Matthew Shepard, for the 2017/2018 season.^[15] In February 2018, she returned to Carnegie Hall, performing songs by Philip Glass and arranged by Nico Muhly.^[16]

In 2019, Gomez joined the faculty of Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, as an assistant professor^[ambiguous] of voice.^[17]

In 2024, Gomez co-edited the book Historical Performance and New Music: Aesthetics and Practices, and co-wrote the chapter "Feeding the Flexible Omnivore: Collaborative Systems in A Far Cry and Roomful of Teeth".^[18]

References

^ "New Music Shines at Classical Grammy Awards". National Public Radio. January 24, 2014. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
^ "GRAMMY Award Results". Grammys. 2015. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
^ "Yo-Yo Ma & Silk Road Ensemble win Grammy". Classical Source. February 15, 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
^ "Yo-Yo Ma & Silk Road Ensemble win Grammy". Cision PR Newswire. April 22, 2016. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
^ Kaster, Ashley (2024-02-05). "Lawrence University professor and ensemble win another Grammy". WLUK. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
^ "Estelí Gomez". Performing Arts Monterey Bay. July 28, 2015. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
^ "Roomful of Teeth releases debut album". Yale School of Music. October 31, 2012. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
^ "Esteli Gomez and Brian Losch are the latest Schulich Grads to win Grammys". McGill University. January 29, 2014. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
^ "Esteli Gomez Biography". New York Philharmonic. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
^ "Missionary Zeal, Baroque Style". The New York Times. May 3, 2013. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
^ "Roomful of Teeth Shreds Convention". Kansas City Metropolis. September 3, 2014. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
^ "Composer Throws the Kennedy Center a Great Party". The Washington Post. November 10, 2015. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
^ "Music Today Festival review: listening, collaborating, exploring". Oregon Arts Watch. May 29, 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
^ "Seattle and Dausgaard Welcome Us to Nielsen's World". stereophile. December 17, 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
^ "Considering Matthew Shepard". Musicbrainz. May 4, 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
^ "Nico Muhly and Friends Investigate the Glass Archive". Carnegie Hall. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
^ "Estelí Gomez". Conservatory Faculty. Lawrence University. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
^ Cypess, Rebecca; Gomez, Estelí; Lansang, Rachael, eds. (2023). Historical performance and new music: aesthetics and practices. Studies in contemporary music and culture (1. ed.). Abingdon, Oxon ; New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-003-30022-9.

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