STEPH
Percussionist, Composer, Digital Artist
Selected Work
for Percussion and Electronics
Sheet Music
Ableton File (Fixed Media, Click Track, Processing)
Interactive Electroacoustic Audiovisual Installation
(Dimensions: 10m x 10m)
Program Notes
Strike, scrape, shimmer... the sea is listening.
La Reverberación Negra is an immersive, interactive sound installation built from
suspended metallic instruments. Visitors touch and move the instruments freely. Their
actions trigger real-time sound processing and shifting projection, creating a landscape that
breathes and responds.
The installation features up to six microphones, two projectors, two speakers, and a
range of suspended instruments,including sleigh bells,finger cymbals, a thunder sheet, and
a Thai gong.
This work gives voice to the silent suffering of marine life caught in the violence of
ongoing metallic pollution,especially in Latin America,where extractive industries continue
to damage rivers and coastal ecosystems. Once vibrant rivers have turned gray. The sounds
of the installation resemble the cries of animals that cannot speak for themselves, and the
shift from white to red projections speaks to the bloody massacre marine life endures from
metallic pollution.
The audience becomes part of this fragile ecosystem by interacting with the metallic
sound objects, shaping the sonic and visual textures that reflect humanity's impact. This
installation invites us to listen as the ocean goes quiet, to the vanishing rhythms of marine
life and the silence left behind.
Interaction
Audience members activate the discreetly miked suspended percussion instruments.
Contact/clipon microphones capture the signal and route it (along the pipe grid) into the
computer for live processing/envelope following.
Said signal also generates or alters visual projected media across both projection surfaces.
for Violin & Electronics (Piano optional)
Violin PDF
Piano PDF
Score PDF
Tape WAV
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About Me
I am an American, Venezuelan, and French percussionist, composer, and digital artist working in an interdisciplinary space that combines acoustic sound, technology, and visual media. I build worlds out of drums, gongs, marimbas, microphones, and electronics, inviting people into spaces that feel nostalgic, vulnerable, and otherworldly. My work often explores the tension of navigating this world as a woman and how intense and emotional life can be.
I study at Oberlin Conservatory and am based in Miami, Florida. I’ve performed with the New York Philharmonic, the New World Symphony, and at the Adrienne Arsht Center, and I’ve attended several contemporary music festivals. I’m currently working toward my Senior recital, and recently, I scored Coral Morphologic’s newest film, Cosmic Reef, which premiered on December 6, 2025, during Art Basel in Miami.
Events
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Concert: Oberlin Orchestra
Friday, April 11, 2025 7:30pm
The Oberlin Orchestra, conducted by Raphael Jiménez, features Oberlin Conservatory student musicians performing concert works for our largest ensemble. This concert features 2024-25 Senior Concerto Competition winner Ian McEdwards, clarinet.
Program:
Vivian Fung Prayer (2020)
Anders Hillborg Peacock Tales (Millennium Version) (1998)
Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 1 in D Major
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Oberlin Percussion Group: "Rain Cycle"
April 24, 2025 6:30 PM
Warner Concert Hall
This event is in-person only.
A performance by the Oberlin Percussion Group (OPG) in Central 25, led by Ross Karre ’05.
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SŌ Percussion Summer InstituteClosing Concert
August, 4 2024
(Passed)
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The Lightning Thief
Show Dates:
May 3, 2024
May 4, 2024
May 4, 2024
May 5, 2024
(Passed)
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Le Noir De L’Etoile
April 10, 2024 1:00-2:00 PM
(Passed)
Interlochen Center for the Arts
MC1010
More information coming soon!
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OCLIPSE Concert Series: Oberlin Percussion Group
April 8, 2024 1:00-2:00 PM
(Passed)
Oberlin, OH
Hales Gym
Oberlin Percussion Group (OPG), led by Ross Karre '05, will present “Le Noir de l’Étoile” by Gérard Grisey in Hales Gym.
Gérard Grisey “Le Noir de l’Étoile”
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Eclipse Concert Series: Oberlin Sinfonietta
Thursday, April 4, 2024 7:30 PM EDT
(Passed)
Oberlin, OH
Warner Concert Hall
Program:
Kaija Saariaho “Graal théâtre” (1994)
Hannah Hurwitz, violin
Bernard Rands “Canti dell’Eclisse” (1992)
Timothy LeFebvre, bass
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First-Year Midway
February 29, 2024 2:00 PM
(Passed)
Clonick Hall
Come and enjoy an afternoon concert featuring the work of first-year composers in jazz, TIMARA, and classical departments.
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Oberlin Sinfonietta
Thursday, February 29, 2024
(Passed)
Warner Concert Hall
Oberlin Sinfonietta focuses on a wide range of compositions by composers from the last 100 years. This concert will be conducted by Timothy Weiss and features Joshua Blue '16, tenor.
Program:
Michael Frazier “music for waiting” (2016)
Olly Wilson “Echoes” (1974)
Tyshawn Sorey “For Olly Woodrow Wilson, Jr. in Memoriam” (2021)
Wendell Logan “Runagate, Runagate” (1989)
Joshua Blue '16, tenor
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OPG Festive Holiday Event
Wednesday, December 13, 2023 4:30 pm EST
(Passed)
Oberlin Conservatory Lounge
Oberlin Conservatory’s percussionists perform holiday selections under the direction of Ross Karre in the Conservatory Lounge.
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Oberlin Orchestra
December 8, 2023 7:30-9:30 PM
(Passed)
The Oberlin Orchestra, conducted by Raphael Jiménez, features Oberlin Conservatory student musicians performing concert works for our largest ensemble. Faculty member and soprano, Katherine Jolly '05 will be performing on Previn's Honey and Rue.
Program:
Jihyun Kim A Tramp in the Assembly Line
André Previn Honey and Rue
(Katherine Jolly ’05, soprano)
Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E Minor
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Brass Extravaganza
December 1, 2023 7:30-9:30 PM
(Passed)
A concert presented by the large ensemble program and conducted by Raphael Jiménez, John Gruber, and Jeff Scott. Featuring Jonathan Moyer AD '12 on Saint-Saens' Organ Symphony, arrangement by Kenneth Singleton and students from the Brass and Percussion divisions of the Conservatory.
Program:
Tomasi “Fanfares Liturgiques”
Daugherty “The Gospel According to Sister Aimee”
Grainger/ arr. Higgins “Lincolnshire Posy”
Gabrieli Canzon “quarti toni from Sacrae Symphoniae, Venice, 1597”
Saint-Saëns/ arr. Singleton Finale from Symphony No. 3, “Organ”
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Oberlin Percussion Group
November 28, 2023 7:30-9:30 PM
(Passed)
A performance by the Oberlin Percussion Group (OPG) in Stull Recital Hall, led by Ross Karre.
Program:
Juri Seo Wah (2014)
LJ White COG (2016)
Johanna Beyer Waltz (1939)
Sarah Hennies Settle (2012)
Jlin (Jerrilynn Patton)/ arr. Robert Dillon Perspective (2019)
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Brass Ensemble
November 19, 2023 12:30-2:00 PM
(Passed)
Presented by the Oberlin Brass Ensemble in Warner Concert Hall.
Program:
Gabrieli Canzon “quarti toni”
John Williams/ arr. Verhaert “Hymn to the Fallen”
Danny Elfman/ arr. Catherall “The Batman Theme”
William Grant Still/ arr. Decker “Symphony No. 1”
Edward Elgar/ arr. Henry “Enigma Variations“
John Barry/ arr. Barry “The Essential James Bond”
