Estelí Gomez
{{short description|American singer}}
{{update|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Estelí Gomez
| alias =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|12|28}}
| instrument = Vocals, piano
| genre = Contemporary classical music, Classical music, Baroque music, Early music, a cappella
| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Musician
- singer
}}
| years_active = 2011–present
| associated_acts = {{flatlist|
- Roomful of Teeth
- Caroline Shaw
- Santa Fe Desert Chorale
- Etherea Vocal Ensemble
- Conspirare
- Yo-Yo Ma
- Silk Road Ensemble
- Mixed Company of Yale
}}
| website = {{URL|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",{{Cite news |title= New Music Shines at Classical Grammy Awards |website=National Public Radio |date=January 24, 2014 |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/deceptivecadence/2014/01/24/265699972/new-music-shines-at-classical-grammy-awards |accessdate=2017-07-24 }} and they also performed at the 2014 ceremony. Roomful of Teeth was nominated again in 2015 for the album, Render.{{Cite web |title= GRAMMY Award Results |publisher=Grammys |date=2015 |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/roomful-teeth |accessdate=2017-07-24 }}
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"{{Cite news |title= Yo-Yo Ma & Silk Road Ensemble win Grammy |website=Classical Source |date=February 15, 2017 |url=http://www.classicalsource.com/db_control/db_news.php?id=4312 |accessdate=2017-12-30 }} along with fellow Roomful of Teeth members, Caroline Shaw, Cameron Beauchamp and Virginia Warnken Kelsey.{{Cite news |title= Yo-Yo Ma & Silk Road Ensemble win Grammy |website=Cision PR Newswire |date=April 22, 2016 |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/yo-yo-ma-and-the-silk-road-ensemble-releases-new-album-featuring-special-guests-including-rhiannon-giddens-bill-frisell-sarah-jarosz-abigail-washburn-gregory-porter-and-others-300233106.html |accessdate=2017-12-30}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Kaster|first=Ashley|date=2024-02-05 |title=Lawrence University professor and ensemble win another Grammy |url=https://fox11online.com/news/local/lawrence-university-professor-and-ensemble-win-another-grammy-esteli-gomez-appleton-wisconsin-roomful-of-teeth-rough-magic-music-psychedelics |access-date=2024-06-16 |website=WLUK}}
Biography
Gomez was born in Watsonville, California.{{Cite news |title= Estelí Gomez |newspaper=Performing Arts Monterey Bay |date=July 28, 2015 |url=http://performingartsmontereybay.com/esteli-gomez/ |accessdate=2017-07-24 }} She received her undergraduate degree from Yale,{{Cite web |title= Roomful of Teeth releases debut album |website=Yale School of Music |date=October 31, 2012 |url=http://music.yale.edu/2012/10/31/roomful-of-teeth-releases-debut-album/ |accessdate=2017-12-30 }} and a masters from McGill, where she studied with Sanford Sylvan.{{Cite web |title= Esteli Gomez and Brian Losch are the latest Schulich Grads to win Grammys |publisher=McGill University |date=January 29, 2014 |url=https://www.mcgill.ca/music/channels/news/esteli-gomez-and-brian-losch-are-latest-schulich-grads-win-grammys-232686 |accessdate=2017-12-30 }}
She first gained international acclaim in 2011 when she received first prize in the Canticum Gaudium International Early Music Vocal Competition in Poznań, Poland.{{Cite web |title= Esteli Gomez Biography |publisher=New York Philharmonic |url=https://nyphil.org/about-us/artists/esteli-gomez |accessdate=2017-12-30}}
She has been praised for her "clear, bright voice" in The New York Times,{{Cite news |title= Missionary Zeal, Baroque Style |work=The New York Times |date=May 3, 2013 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/04/arts/music/bolivian-baroque-at-columbia-university.html |accessdate=2017-12-30}} and for an "artistry that belies her young years" in the Kansas City Metropolis,{{Cite news |title= Roomful of Teeth Shreds Convention |website=Kansas City Metropolis |date=September 3, 2014 |url= http://kcmetropolis.org/issue/september-3-2014/article/roomful-of-teeth-shreds-convention |accessdate=2017-12-30}} and has been a featured performer at the Kennedy Center,{{Cite news |title=Composer Throws the Kennedy Center a Great Party |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=November 10, 2015 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/composer-throws-the-kennedy-center-a-great-party/2015/11/10/f37b6970-87e8-11e5-be39-0034bb576eee_story.html |accessdate=2017-12-30}} the University of Oregon's Music Today Festival,{{Cite news |title=Music Today Festival review: listening, collaborating, exploring |website=Oregon Arts Watch |date=May 29, 2017 |url=http://www.orartswatch.org/music-today-festival-review-listening-collaborating-exploring/ |accessdate=2017-12-30}} 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,{{Cite web |title= Seattle and Dausgaard Welcome Us to Nielsen's World |website=stereophile |date=December 17, 2017 |url=https://www.stereophile.com/content/seattle-and-dausgaard-welcome-us-nielsens-world |accessdate=2017-12-30}} and toured with Conspirare as a part of its new major work, Considering Matthew Shepard, for the 2017/2018 season.{{Cite web |title= Considering Matthew Shepard |website=Musicbrainz |date=May 4, 2017 |url=https://musicbrainz.org/release/6def2d01-a7bb-4a08-9593-6adaf9a6fca3 |accessdate=2017-12-30}} In February 2018, she returned to Carnegie Hall, performing songs by Philip Glass and arranged by Nico Muhly.{{Cite web |title=Nico Muhly and Friends Investigate the Glass Archive |publisher=Carnegie Hall |url=https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2018/02/08/NICO-MUHLY-AND-FRIENDS-INVESTIGATE-THE-GLASS-ARCHIVE-0730PM |accessdate=2017-12-30}}
In 2019, Gomez joined the faculty of Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, as an assistant professor{{ambig|date=September 2022}} of voice.{{cite web |url=https://www.lawrence.edu/conservatory/faculty/esteli-gomez |title=Estelí Gomez |work=Conservatory Faculty |publisher=Lawrence University |accessdate=2020-10-12}}
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".{{Cite book |title=Historical performance and new music: aesthetics and practices |date=2023 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-003-30022-9 |editor-last=Cypess |editor-first=Rebecca |edition=1. |series=Studies in contemporary music and culture |location=Abingdon, Oxon ; New York |editor-last2=Gomez |editor-first2=Estelí |editor-last3=Lansang |editor-first3=Rachael}}
References
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External links
- {{official|http://esteligomez.com/}}
- [http://roomfulofteeth.org/ Official ensemble website]
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Category:21st-century American singers
Category:People from Watsonville, California
Category:McGill University School of Music alumni
Category:Singers from California