Susie Ibarra is interested musically and culturally in the connection
of avant-garde and traditional culture. In 2004 Ibarra began work in cultural and
environmental preservation with The Philippine Eagle Foundation, and Indigenous and
children’s groups in the Philippines, US, Asia/Pacific and globally. With
Composer/Percussionist Roberto Rodriguez, Ibarra Co-founded Song of the Bird King
(SOTBK) in 2009 a New York based organization dedicated to creating multi-media work
in music and film that innovates and preserves Indigenous culture and ecology. The
organization also features their children’s music program, Mundo Niños, which
performs, workshops and teaches children cross-cultural music.
