
RORY BRICCA
Composer | Pianist | Educator
New Haven-based composer, pianist, and music educator.

Featured piece: ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI, premiered by the Boston Pops
"I was completely entranced. I hadn’t imagined that music could capture the dynamic environment of a black hole so beautifully. The graphics you connected to the musical themes were just right."
- Yale Professor Meg Urry, the astrophysicist who originated the theory of Active Galactic Nuclei
"Your interest and devotion to this particular act of creation is one of the highest compliments I think I've ever received as a teacher. I won't soon forget it."
- Yale Professor Charles Bailyn, "Introduction to Relativity and Black Holes"
Praised by David Ibbett, Resident Composer at the Harvard & Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Praised by Yale University President Maurie McInnis.
Winner of the 2025 Brevard Performance Prize.
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