Gabrielle Herbst (b. 1986) is a composer, vocalist and educator. She seeks honesty and intimacy in her music. She’s received commissions from percussionist Ji Su Jung at the Yale School of music, Roulette and the Jerome Foundation, the Nouveau Classical Project, Duo Noir, Experiments in Opera, Fresh Squeezed Opera, and Magdalene as part of Prototype Festival 2020 in NYC. She’s been composer-in-residence at Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center, Exploring the Metropolis, Inc., Atlantic Center for the Arts, Avaloch Farms, and at Roulette where she developed her second opera, Ashes. She has had her compositions performed and premiered at venues including Roulette, National Sawdust, The Stone, Issue Project Room, HERE Arts Center, the National Guitar Society, MATA, and Lincoln Center Atrium. She released her debut album Sympathy on Software Recording Co. in 2015. Tour highlights included David Byrne’s Meltdown Festival, London, Pop Kultur Festival, Berlin, Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam, The Great Escape, Brighton, UK, Marfa Myths Festival, TX, SXSW, TX, The Wick presented by Pitchfork, and a series at Roulette curated by Meredith Monk. She released her sophomore album, Empty Me, on Double Double Whammy in 2018. She studied with Joan Tower, Marina Rosenfeld, and Zeena Parkins at Bard College, and recently graduated from the Yale School of Music where she studied composition with Martin Bresnick, Aaron Jay Kernis, and David Lang.
