Camila María Bermúez Ortiz

Camila María Bermúdez Ortiz is a Puerto Rican composer, percussionist/drummer, and filmmaker based in New York City, whose work spans film scores, music production, and arranging. She received a double bachelor’s degree in 2019; one in Audiovisual Communication from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, and a second one in Classical Percussion Performance from the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music. She went on to receive her master’s in Percussion Performance at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale in 2021, where she received two graduate assistantships to study and work with the university.

During her time as an undergraduate student, Camila started experimenting with scoring her own short films and, consequently, was asked to score various of her filmmaking colleagues' works because of her ties as a musician. This led to her immersion in screen scoring, music composition, and beat making. Since then, Camila has collaborated in eight short films, two of which have earned her nominations for “Best Score” and “Best Composer” in two different film festivals (Festival de Cine Europeo and Venice Shorts Film Festival). 

Camila is currently pursuing her master’s in Screen Scoring at NYU Steinhardt while collaborating with independent filmmakers, and artists.

As a percussionist, Camila has been Principal Percussion/Timpani of the Arturo Somohano Puerto Rico Philharmonic, Principal Percussion/Timpani of the Puerto Rico Camerata Philharmonic Orchestra, has worked with the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra as a Substitute and Extra, and has served as a soloist for the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music’s Percussion Ensemble and Concert Wind Ensemble. She was also a part of the award-winning steel band ensemble Supari Mai, which led her to record Thunder Coming, an album that won them a spot on the 20 Best Musical Productions of 2010 with the likes of Gilberto Santa Rosa, Calle 13, Cultura Profética, Andy Montañez, and many more.