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Estelí Gomez | |
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Born | December 28, 1985 |
Genres | Contemporary classical music, Classical music, Baroque music, Early music, a cappella |
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Instrument(s) | Vocals, piano |
Years active | 2011–present |
Website |
esteligomez |
Estelí Gomez is a multiple Grammy Award winning musician [1] from Watsonville, California. [2]
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", [3] and they also performed at the 2014 ceremony. Roomful of Teeth was nominated again in 2015 for the album, Render. [4]
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" [5] along with fellow Roomful of Teeth members, Caroline Shaw, Cameron Beauchamp and Virginia Warnken Kelsey. [6]
Gomez received her undergraduate degree from Yale, [7] and a masters from McGill. [8]
She first gained international acclaim in 2011 when she received first prize in the Canticum Gaudium International Early Music Vocal Competition in Poznan, 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, USA, as an assistant professor[ ambiguous] of voice. [17]