Bernard Gordillo Brockmann

Bernard Gordillo Brockmann, a native of Nicaragua, is a postdoctoral associate at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music. He holds a PhD in historical musicology from the University of California at Riverside, and degrees in performance from Indiana University (Bloomington), the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (London), and Centenary College of Louisiana. His scholarship lies at the crossroads of music, culture and politics in Latin America and its historical relations with the United States, taking a special interest in Central America. His book project, “Canto de Marte: Art Music, Popular Culture, and U.S. Intervention in Nicaragua” (under contract with Oxford University Press), examines the cultural impact of early 20th century U.S. intervention through the art and popular music, published writings and social networks of Nicaraguan composer Luis Abraham Delgadillo. Other current projects include a study of music and socio-political liberation after Vatican II in Central American communities. He is a recipient of the Ingolf Dahl Memorial Award and a Fulbright Fellowship, and he has presented at annual meetings of the Society for American Music, American Musicological Society, and Society for Ethnomusicology. He is also a professional harpsichordist who has performed in past seasons with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Long Beach Opera and the Canadian chamber orchestra Les Violons du Roi.