Ingrid Arauco
Ingrid Arauco
she/her/hers
The Ruth Marshall Magill Professor; Professor of Music
Roberts 215
(610) 896-1009
iarauco [at] haverford.edu

Education

B.A., Goucher College
M.A. and Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Biography

Ingrid Arauco began her studies in composition with Robert Hall Lewis while an undergraduate at Goucher College. She received her doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania, where she studied with George Crumb, George Rochberg, Richard Wernick, and C. Jane Wilkinson.  She has received commissions from the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society and the Kindler Foundation in the Library of Congress, and is the recipient of the Holtkamp/AGO Award in Organ Composition, an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Delaware Division of the Arts, and resident fellowships from MacDowell and Yaddo.  Her compositions have been performed by the Ying, Jasper, Momenta, Amernet and Colorado Quartets, Network for New Music, Third Sound, and the Atlanta Symphony, and featured at Oundle International Organ Week and the Havana Contemporary Music Festival. Her solo albums include Resonances, Vistas and Invocation on Albany Records; other works are available on the Innova, Neuma, Centaur, Capstone, PnOVA and Meyer Media labels.  Formerly on the faculty of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Ingrid is Ruth Marshall Magill Professor at Haverford College. 

Recordings

New Music for String Orchestra by Philadelphia-Area Composers, Centaur Records 4103

  • Via Cordis 
  • Chamber Orchestra First Editions, James Freeman, conductor

Where Songs Go at Night, Neuma Records 193

  • Sextet for flute, oboe, clarinet, alto saxophone, horn, and bassoon
  • Cobus du Toit, flute; Kemp Jernigan, oboe; Romie de Guise-Langlois, clarinet; Jonathan Hulting-Cohen, saxophone; Joshua Michal, horn; Rémy Taghavi, bassoon (Bandwidth)

Resonances, Albany Records, Troy 1865   

  • Sonata for Two Pianos 
  • Sonata for Piano
  • String Quartet No. 3
  • Resonances for solo piano
  • Charles Abramovic and Marcantonio Barone, piano; Ying Quartet

Second Flight, Innova Records 057 

  • Ruby for solo alto saxophone
  • Jonathan Hulting-Cohen, saxophone 

Heard in Havana, Innova Records 990

  • Fantasy-Quartet for violin, cello, clarinet, and piano
  • Karen Kim, violin; Michael Nicolas, cello; Romie de Guise-Langlois, clarinet; Orion Weiss, piano (Third Sound)

American Piano Music Series, Volume 4, PnOVA Recordings 21004

  • Sonata for Piano
  • Martin Jones, piano

Vistas, Albany Records, Troy 1525

  • Three for Two for clarinet and cello
  • Vistas for flute and piano
  • Trio for clarinet, viola, and piano
  • String Quartet No. 2
  • Divertimento for trumpet, violin, and cello
  • Violiloquy for solo viola
  • Jeffrey Khaner, flute; Paul Demers, Ricardo Morales, clarinet; Frank Ferraro, trumpet; Barbara Govatos, Hirono Oka, violin; Burchard Tang, viola; Yumi Kendall, John Koen, cello; Charles Abramovic, piano

Excursions, Meyer Media MM14028

  • Pavane-Variations for flute, violin, viola da gamba, cello, and harpsichord
  • Kimberly Reighley, flute; Christof Richter, violin; Donna Fournier, viola da gamba; Douglas McNames, cello; Tracy Richardson, harpsichord (Mélomanie)

Invocation: Solo Piano and Chamber Music, Albany Records, Troy 1249

  • Envoi, Ritorno, Hommage à Pierrot, and Meditation for solo piano
  • Fantasy-Quartet for violin, cello, clarinet, and piano
  • Sonata for cello and piano
  • Piano Quartet
  • Hirono Oka, violin; John Koen, cello; Burchard Tang, viola; Paul Demers, clarinet; Charles Abramovic, Matthew Bengtson, Debra Lew Harder, piano

Florescence, Meyer Media MM11016

  • Florescence for flute and harpsichord
  • Kimberly Reighley, flute; Tracy Richardson, harpsichord (Mélomanie)

Millennium Crossings, Capstone Records CPS-8734

  • Triptych for solo piano
  • Curt Cacioppo, piano

New Music for Oboe, Capstone Records CPS-8706

  • Jasper for solo oboe
  • Trio for oboe, violin, and piano
  • Jonathan Blumenfeld, oboe; Gloria Justen, violin; Curt Cacioppo, piano

Teaching Activities

I teach a range of courses in music theory and composition, including the introductory theory-musicianship course (Music 110), the three-semester sequence in tonal harmony (Music 203, 204, and 303), and counterpoint (Music 304). I also teach Music for Orchestra (Music 265; a study of both orchestral literature and orchestration) and the Seminar in 20th/21st Century Theory and Practice (Music 325). Every other year, I offer an introductory course in composition (Music 266) in partnership with our acclaimed ensemble-in-residence, Network for New Music. Students in Music 266 have the opportunity to hear and receive feedback about their works-in-progress throughout the course of the semester. Student compositions are also recorded by the Network ensemble and guests on our Concert Artist or Music and Conversation Series. Short videos documenting Network for New Music’s participation in the composition class and in the chamber music program (an innovative pairing of student and professional musicians to rehearse and perform contemporary music) are accessible at the links below.

My Links

  • Albany Records
    link to my solo album Resonances
  • Albany Records
    link to my solo album Vistas
  • Albany Records
    link to my solo album Invocation:Solo Piano and Chamber Music
  • Innova Recordings
    link to Ruby for alto saxophone, on the album Second Flight, performed by Jonathan Hulting-Cohen
  • Innova Recordings
    link to Fantasy-Quartet, on the album Heard in Havana, performed by Third Sound
  • Neuma Records
    link to Sextet, on the album Where Songs Go at Night, performed by Bandwidth
  • Meyer Media LLC
    link to Pavane-Variations, on the album Excursions, performed by Mélomanie
  • Meyer Media LLC
    link to Florescence for flute and harpsichord, on the album of the same title, performed by Mélomanie
  • Network for New Music
  • Video: Composition Class Reading by Network for New Music. Fall 2012
  • Video: Network for New Music residency, featuring the Chamber Music program, Spring 2009
    Produced by WHYY-TV; first aired on Friday Arts, July 2011. Segment begins at 20:47
  • Performance of String Quartet No. 3, Movement IV, from my solo album Resonances. Ying Quartet. Listen
  • Performance of Fantasy-Quartet, from my solo album Invocation.  Hirono Oka, violin; Paul Demers, clarinet; John Koen, cello; Charles Abramovic, piano:  Listen
  • Performance of Violiloquy, from my solo album Vistas.  Burchard Tang, viola: Listen
  • Performance of Piano Quartet, from my solo album Invocation.  Hirono Oka, violin; Burchard Tang, viola; John Koen, cello; Charles Abramovic, piano: Listen
  • Performance of Vistas, from my solo album Vistas.  Jeffrey Khaner, flute; Charles Abramovic, piano: Listen
  • Performance of Jasper, from the album New Music for Oboe.  Jonathan Blumenfeld, oboe:  Listen
  • Performance of Meditation (Glocken), Charles Abramovic, piano: Watch
  • Performance of Envoi, Curt Cacioppo, piano:  ​Watch
  • Performance of Ritorno, Curt Cacioppo, piano:  Watch
  • Performance of String Quartet No. 4, Jasper Quartet:  Listen