
RORY BRICCA
COMPOSER
Piano & Organ Improvisation
Since age five, Rory's favorite hobby has been spontaneously making up music on the piano. What comes out is often classically-inspired while also incorporating jazz harmonies, melodies from pop songs, or influences from whatever music has been running through his mind recently.
He now studies classical organ improvisation with Ethan Haman and John Paul McGee.
The Fate of the Forest
For Palette to Purpose 2025
Inspired by art by Dahlia Kordit
Improvisation in E Major
Performed at the Berger Performing Arts Center in Tucson, Arizona, May 14, 2022. The first and last 30 seconds were pre-composed, the rest was improvised.
Acqua Alta
A set of piano improvisations for Lily Selthofner's interdisciplinary experimental performance art piece Acqua Alta, to be accompanied by live improvised cello and opera.
Exploring the Cognitive Science of Improvisation
Read a paper I wrote for the Yale class Introduction to Cognitive Science with Professor Brian Scholl in which I apply concepts such as modularity of mind to better understand the "cognitive algorithm" behind my improvisation skills: