Nicolas Chuaqui, D.M.A. composer | performer | educator
[email protected] http://www.nicolaschuaqui.com
Education
Eastman School of Music D.M.A. (Doctor of Musical Arts) in Composition 2021
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music M.Mus. (Master of Music) in Composition 2016
Dartmouth College A.B. (Artium Baccalaurei) cum laude in Music, with High Honors, and English 2012
Major Teachers
Composition: Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez Electronic Music: Matthew Barber David Liptak John Gibson Robert D. Morris Jeffrey Hass Aaron Travers Don Freund Voice: Jan Opalach Morris Rosenzweig Ruth Hennessy Kui Dong Jason McAdams Spencer Topel Charles Dodge Piano: Fred Haas Karlyen Tan Theory: William Marvin Seth Monahan Conducting: Melinda O’Neal Steve Swayne
Collegiate Teaching Experience
Eastman School of Music Department of Composition 2019-21
Organizer, Eastman Composers’ Concerts - Planned and presented 6 in-person recitals of student works. - Spearheaded, facilitated, and edited 2 additional online concerts for students studying remotely due to COVID.
Instructor, Composition for Non-Majors - Worked with students from diverse backgrounds to help realize their compositional goals in private lessons.
Department of Music Theory 2017-21
Instructor, Aural Musicianship I, III, and IV - Taught all class meetings; basic tonal theory through advanced chromaticism and modality. - Engaged students through hands-on music-making, including improvisation. (cont.) - Connected students to diverse repertoires and musicians. - Tracked student progress and met with students individually where appropriate. - Graded all assignments, quizzes, and tests in a timely manner. - Provided individualized tutoring to students of diverse backgrounds and interests.
Instructor, Tonal Analysis I, II - Taught all sectional meetings and integrated class activities with weekly lectures. - Tracked student progress, met with students individually and at office hours, and graded all work in a timely manner.
Dartmouth College Department of Music 2009-11
T.A., Beginning Music Theory - Designed and led weekly ear-training workshops for students with little to no music background. - Met with individual students to review material and provide guidance.
T.A., Melody and Rhythm - Lectured and contributed to class discussions. - Demonstrated potential solutions to class assignments, showing students multiple creative possibilities. - Connected course concepts to diverse genres and practices. - Assisted in lesson planning.
T.A., Harmony and Theory II - Designed, planned, and taught weekly supplemental lessons in dictation and class topics.
Youth Teaching Experience
Madeleine Choir School (Salt Lake City, UT)
Instructor, Grade 6 Music Theory and History 2013-14 - Designed curriculum to match with students’ performance experiences at the school. - Communicated with parents, balancing homework loads with families’ needs. - Worked well with students of different socioeconomic statuses.
Staff, Summer Camp: “Experience Opera” 2013 - Inspired children ages 9-14 to compose an original short opera. - Facilitated, notated, compiled, and assisted in performing the work.
Professional Activity
Professional Awards
New York City Contemporary Music Symposium: Finalist 2021 Khorikos ORTUS International New Music Competition: Winner 2020 The American Prize (Choral Music, Student Division): 3rd Place Winner 2020 ASCAP/SEAMUS Student Commissioning Competition: Finalist 2020 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award: Two-time Finalist 2017, 2014 Academic Awards
Wayne Brewster Barlow Prize (Eastman School of Music) 2020 Bernard Rogers Memorial Prize (Eastman School of Music) 2019 Eugene Roitman 1943 Memorial Award (Dartmouth College) 2012 National and International Organizations
International Computer Music Association 2019- Society for Electroacoustic Music in the United States 2019-
2 College Music Society 2016- BMI 2015- American Composers’ Forum 2012-
Participation in National and International Festivals and Conferences
College Music Society: National Conference 2021 - Premiere of Two Maps for Anna for chamber ensemble by Eastman musicians.
June in Buffalo - Performance of The Windowed Present by Ensemble Signal. 2021, - Performance of Halcyon Moments by Arditti Quartet. 2016 - Group masterclasses with composer participants and faculty. 2021: Augusta Read Thomas, Jeffrey Mumford, Hilda Paredes, Robert HP Platz, Stefano Gervasoni, David Felder. 2016: Hans Abrahamsen, Chinary Ung, Joshua Fineberg, Hannah Eimermacher, Josh Levine, David Felder.
SEAMUS (Society for Electroacoustic Music in the US): National Conference - Premiere of Liminal X for stereo fixed media. 2021, - Presentation of Memories for cello, piano, and electronics. 2020
National Student Electronic Music Event 2019 - Performance of Footprints I for trumpet and electronics. - Presentations and networking with other composers.
International Computer Music Conference/NYC Electroacoustic Music Festival 2019 - Performance of Memories for cello, piano, and electronics by Madeleine Shapiro, cello, and Marija Ilić, piano.
New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival - Performance of Footprints I for trumpet and electronics. 2018, - Premiere of Antagonism Constellation Factory for stereo fixed media. 2014
Valencia International Performance Academy and Festival (Valencia, Spain) 2017 - Premiere of Footprints II by Smash Ensemble. - Faculty: Jorge Grossman, Melinda Wagner, Stefano Gervasoni, José Maria Sánchez-Verdú.
Diffrazioni Multimedia Festival (Florence, Italy) 2016 - Performance of Desert Presence for guitar and electronics.
Other Festivals
Collaborative Composition Institute at Stony Brook University 2020 - Premiere of The Windowed Present by Unheard-of//Ensemble. - Private lessons with composition faculty: Reiko Füting, Nirmali Fenn, Christopher Stark.
Big Sky Choral Initiative 2017 - Premiere of Pater, si non potest by The Crossing, dir. Donald Nally. - Lessons with Gavin Bryars.
SPLICE Institute 2017 - Premiere of Footprints I for trumpet and electronics. - Faculty: Christopher Biggs, Per Bloland, Paula Matthusen. - Workshops and presentations with faculty and participant composers.
FEASt (Florida Electroacoustic Student Festival) 2015 - Performance of Desert Presence.
Midwest Composers’ Symposium 2015
3 - Performance of Voices of the Nebulae for chamber ensemble.
Deer Valley Festival: Emerging Composers and Quartets Program 2014 - Premiere of Common Ground by Rosco String Quartet. - Lessons with mentor composer Joan Tower.
Other Notable Performances
Toxic Wind, for brass quintet 2017 - Commissioned by NOVA Chamber Music Series. - Premiered by Utah Symphony brass players, Libby Gardner Hall, University of Utah.
The Forest of Dreams: an opera in one act (with orchestra) 2016 - Commissioned by New Voices Opera. - Premiered by New Voice Opera, Buskirk-Chumley Theater, Bloomington, Indiana. Fully-staged production.
Break Free, for two violins and electronics 2015 - Commissioned by String Noise. - Premiered by String Noise, Festival of Contemporary American Music, Dartmouth College.
Christmas Time is Here (Vince Guaraldi), arr. Nicolas Chuaqui 2011 - Performed by the Dartmouth Aires, dir. Nicolas Chuaqui. Christmas Party, White House, Washington, DC.
Recordings
Unheard-of//Ensemble: CCI Sessions, Vol. 2 2021 - Contains The Windowed Present, for chamber ensemble
NOTUS: Of Radiance and Refraction (as performer) 2018
Experience in Electroacoustic Music and Technology
11 years of experience working with digital music technology: 2010- - Courses taken at the Eastman Audio Research Studio (EARS), Indiana University Center for Electronic and Computer Music (CECM), and Dartmouth College. - Proficiency in Max/MSP, Pure Data, and Logic Pro, with additional experience in Supercollider, Ableton, Pro Tools, and Digital Performer. - Successful premieres and performances at: o International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) o Society for Electroacoustic Music in the US - National Conference (SEAMUS) o New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival (NYCEMF) o National Student Electronic Music Event (N_SEME) o Diffrazioni Multimedia Festival (Florence, Italy) o Florida Electroacoustic Student Festival (FEASt)
Performing/Conducting Experience
22 years of experience as a singing musician: 1999- - Full-time chorister, age 9-14, the Madeleine Choir School (Salt Lake City, UT). Strong emphasis on sight-reading and musicianship from age 9. - Volunteer member, Choir of the Cathedral of the Madeleine, age 14-18; professional member and cathedral cantor, age 22-24 (2012-14). Wide-ranging repertoire. - Member, The Dartmouth Aires, 2008-12, including appearance as runners-up on NBC’s The Sing-Off (Season 3, 2011).
4 - Performance of new music in both ensemble and solo settings (2014- ): o NOTUS (Indiana University’s new music vocal ensemble) o Indiana University’s Student Composition Recitals o Eastman Composers’ Concerts - Formal studies in voice through Eastman’s DMA degree.
Experience as a collaborative and solo pianist: 1996- - Strong relationship with the piano since childhood. Lessons included strong education in music theory, sight-reading, and musicianship. - Active performer of new music for the piano, including premieres at Eastman, Indiana University, and in Salt Lake City, Utah as a freelancer. - Collaboration with singers and wind, brass, and string players, performing new music in duet and chamber settings.
Versatile experience as a conductor: 2011- - Lead the Dartmouth Aires to finish as runners-up on Season 3 of NBC’s “The Sing-Off ” as Musical Director, facilitating all rehearsals and coordinating with producers. - Directed adolescent children at the Madeleine Choir School in daily rehearsals as a music staff member, 2013-14. - Conducted premieres of new music in chamber and choral settings at Eastman and Dartmouth College.
Other Experience and Interests
Research Presentations and Manuscripts 2012-19 - Hans Abrahamsen’s Schnee: Canons 1a and 1b. - Chopin’s Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 1. - Sonata and Symmetry: The Creation of Form in the First Movement of Christopher Rouse’s Symphony No. 2 and Its Relationship to the Work as a Whole. - Pitch Centricity in Characteristic Works of Debussy, Bartók, and Copland. - Coherence in Webern’s Opus 10, No. 1. - The Beam in Their Own Eyes: Reexamining Ulysses’ ‘Cyclops’ as Political Satire.
Web design - HTML, CSS, basic design.
Spanish language
Complete List of Works
Dancing Over the Abyss (2021). Piccolo, bass clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, cello (8 min.) - To be premiered by Ensemble Paramirabo 2022 (premiere cancelled due to COVID).
Cantus (2019 - 21). 2.2.2.2-3.2.2.1-timp.-2pc.-harp-strings (16 min.) - May 5, 2021: read by Eastman Philharmonia, cond. Maurice Cohn. Ray Wright Room, Eastman.
At the Waters of Oblivion (2015, rev. 2021). 1.1.1.1-1.1.1.0-1pc.-1.0.1.1.1 (10 min.) - March 25, 2021: Eastman Graduate Composers’ Sinfonietta, Austin Chanu, cond. Kodak Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY. - First version read August 31, 2015: Indiana University New Music Ensemble, David Dzubay, cond.
Liminal X (2020). Stereo fixed media (7 min.) - April 23-25, 2021: SEAMUS National Conference. - March 16, 2021: The Eastman Audio Research Studio Presents: “Where.” Hatch Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY.
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Wheel of Fire (2020). 2.2.2.2-3.2.2.1-timp.-2pc.-harp-strings (7 min.)
Over the Next Hill (2020). Violin (5 min.) - April 1, 2021: Carina Yee, violin. Eastman Composers’ Concert. Kilbourn Hall, Eastman, Rochester, NY.
The Windowed Present (2020). Clarinet, violin, cello, and piano (6 min.) - June 7-12, 2021: Ensemble Signal, Brad Lubman, cond. June in Buffalo (virtual). - Recorded on CCI Sessions, Vol. 2 by Unheard-of//Ensemble; released February 1, 2021.
Two Times (2020). Piano (5 min.) - September 24, 2020: Nicolas Chuaqui, piano. Eastman Composers’ Concert. Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY.
Grand Canyon View (2019). Flute, guitar, violin (6 min.) - Movement 1 premiered March 27, 2019: Mimi Harding, flute; Erik Gibelyou, guitar; Raina Arnett, violin. “Landscape/Soundscape,” Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY.
Aurora (2019). 1.1.1.1-1.1.1.1-2pc.-harp-pno.-1.1.1.1.1 (17 min.) - April 10, 2019: Eastman Graduate Composers’ Sinfonietta, Garrett Wellenstein, cond. Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY.
Memories (2018). Cello, piano and electronics (12 min.) - June 21, 2019: Madeleine Shapiro, cello; Marija Ilić, piano. International Computer Music Conference/New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival 2019, Concert 19. Loreto Theater, Sheen Center for Thought & Culture, New York, NY. - January 27, 2019: Clara Hope Simpson, cello; Alice Chuaqui Baldwin, piano. “DMA Recital 2.” Hatch Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY. - Movements ii and iii premiered December 12, 2018: Diana Rosenblum, cello; Alice Chuaqui Baldwin, piano. Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY.
Reflections (2018). Clarinet and piano (9 min.) - January 27, 2019: Nathan Frost, clarinet; Nicolas Chuaqui, piano. “DMA Recital 2.” Hatch Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY.
Triptych of Life (2018). Harpsichord (10 min.) - November 28, 2018: Alice Chuaqui Baldwin, harpsichord. Composers' Concert. Hatch Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY.
A Quartet in Variations (2018). Oboe, clarinet (= bass clarinet), harp and cello (15 min.) - September 29, 2018: Gaia Saettermoe-Howard, oboe; Nick Morandi, clarinet; Amy Thompson, harp; Henry Myers, cello. “DMA Recital 1.” Hatch Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY.
Apocalyptic Visions (2018). Tenor and piano (22 min.) - January 27, 2019: Nicolas Chuaqui, tenor; Alice Chuaqui Baldwin, piano. “DMA Recital 2.” Hatch Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY.
Snow Songs (2018). Soprano and piano (18 min.) - September 29, 2018: Claire Caverly, soprano; Alice Chuaqui Baldwin, piano. “DMA Recital 1.” Hatch Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY.
Midnight Reverie (2018). Organ and fixed media (8 min.) - September 13, 2018: Margaret-Mary Owens, organ. “An Evening of Organ and Electronic Music.” Craighead-Saunders Organ, Christchurch, Rochester, NY.
Toxic Wind (2017). Brass quintet (4 min.) - October 29, 2017: Travis Peterson, Jeff Luke trumpet; Edmund Rollett, horn; Mark Davidson, trombone; David Hagee, bass trombone. NOVA Chamber Music Series. Libby Gardner Hall,
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Pater, si non potest (2017). Choir (ssaattbb) (4 min.) - July 22, 2017: The Crossing and Big Sky Choral Initiative Vocal Fellows, cond. Donald Nally. Big Sky Choral Initiative. Warren Miller Performing Arts Center, Big Sky, MT.
Potpourri (2017). Flute, guitar, and cello (12 min.) - July 8, 2017. Smash Ensemble, VIPA Festival, Valencia, Spain.
Footprints I (2017). Trumpet and fixed media (8 min.) - February 8, 2019: David Joo, trumpet. National Student Electronic Music Event, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA. - July 18, 2018: Sam Wells, trumpet. NYC Electroacoustic Music Festival, Concert 8. Abrons Art Center, New York. - June 17, 2017: Sam Wells, trumpet. SPLICE Festival, Participant Concert 4. Dalton Center Recital Hall, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI.
The Wall (2017). Piano (18 min.)
O Jesulein süss, o Jesulein mild (2016). Viola and cello (3 min.)
Qui Confidunt in Domino (2016). Choir (ssaattbb) (5 min.) - April 10, 2018: NOTUS IU Contemporary Vocal Ensemble, cond. Dominick DiOrio. “The Solitude of the Spirit.” Auer Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. - November 13, 2016: The Choir of the Cathedral of the Madeleine, cond. Gregory Glenn. Mass in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Madeleine Choir School. Cathedral of the Madeleine, Salt Lake City, UT.
Convergence (2016). 3.2.3.3-3.3.3.1-timp.-3pc.-harp-pno-strings (10 min.) - Read April 17, 2017: Indiana University Symphony Orchestra.
Epiphany (2016). Horn octet (2 min.) - April 15, 2016: Chris Neiner, Walter Everton, Michael Harris, Eric Dumouchelle, Anson Carroll, Steven Munson, Barbara Bright-Read, Olivia Martinez, horns. New Music for Horns, presented by students of Richard Seraphinoff. Ford-Crawford Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
Halcyon Moments (2015). String quartet (11 min.) - June 8, 2016: The Arditti Quartet. June in Buffalo. Baird Hall, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY. - February 2, 2016: Shaina Pan and Gaia Ramsdell, violins; Yonsung Lee, viola; Diana Wuli, cello. Student Composition Recital. Auer Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
Abandon (2015). Solo flute (6 min.) - September 27, 2015: Robin Meiksins, flute. Student Composition Recital. Auer Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
Infinity (2015). Choir (ssaattbb) (6 min.)
The Forest of Dreams (2014 - 15). Opera in one act. Chamber orchestra: 1.1.1.1-2.1.0.0.-3pc.-1.1.1.1.1 (60’) - May 5, 2016: New Voices Opera. Buskirk-Chumley Theater, Bloomington, IN. Preview performances of various scenes: - December 2, 2015: New Voices Opera. “The X.” Ford-Crawford Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. - November 14, 2014: New Voices Opera. “Fall Exhibition.” Bloomington Playwrights Project, Bloomington, IN. - November 7, 2014: New Voices Opera. “Fall Exhibition.” Ford-Crawford Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
The Audition (2015). Quadraphonic fixed media (8 min.) - May 5, 2015. Musical Arts Center 301, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
7 New Christmas Carols (2015). Soprano, 3 tpt., 3 perc., hp., pno., vc. (11 min.) - November 3, 2015: Kellie Motter, soprano; Grant Barker, Malcolm Sheier, and Maximilian McNutt, trumpets; Stephen Karukas and David Miller, percussion; Alice Baldwin, piano; Peggy Houng, harp; Will Rowe, cello; Nicolas Chuaqui, cond. Masters Recital – Nicolas Chuaqui. Auer Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
Break Free (2015). Violin duo with electronics (14 min.) - November 3, 2015: Isaac Allen and Hua Zhang, violin duo. Masters Recital – Nicolas Chuaqui. Auer Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. - May 8, 2015: String Noise (Pauline Kim Harris and Conrad Harris), violin duo. “Festival of Contemporary American Music.” Faulkner Recital Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.
Voices of the Nebulae (2015). Clarinet, viola, double bass, piano, percussion (5 min.) - November 7, 2015: Wai Ki Wun, clarinet; Yoni Gertner, viola; Robert Windlowski, bass; Alice Baldwin, piano; Kathryn Yuill, percussion; Nicolas Chuaqui, cond. Midwest Composers Symposium. Auer Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. - April 14 and 15, 2015. Nick Morandi, clarinet; Yoni Gertner, viola; Brian MacAnally, bass; Yuhao Chen, piano; Keegan Sheehy, percussion; Nicolas Chuaqui, cond. “Hammer and Nail.” Buskirk-Chumley Theater, Bloomington, IN.
Dances in Mind and Heart (2014). Wind quintet (15 min.) - March 24, 2015: Elspeth Hayden, flute; Harry Mulligan, oboe; Jinkyu Kim, clarinet; Burke Anderson, horn; Merideth Wright, bassoon; Nicolas Chuaqui, cond. Student Composition Recital. Auer Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
Desert Presence (2014). Guitar with live electronics (7 min.) - November 24, 2016: Luca Scofano, guitar. “Diffrazioni” Festival, Concert VI. Florence, Italy. - November 7, 2015: Jack Le Sante, guitar. Florida ElectroAcoustic Student festival. Wertheim Performing Arts Center, Florida International University, Miami, FL. - December 7, 2014: Ian Jickling, guitar. CECM Computer Music Recital. Auer Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
Re-collections (2014, rev. 2017). Piano solo (5 min.) - October 28, 2014: Nicolas Chuaqui, piano. Student Composition Recital. Auer Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
Mass (2014). Mixed choir and piano (12 min.)
Common Ground (2014). String quartet (14 min.) - July 31, 2014: Rosco String Quartet. Deer Valley Music Festival: “Emerging Quartets and Composers.” St. Mary's Church, Park City, UT.
Echoing (2014). Violin and piano (14 min.) - November 3, 2015: Hua Zhang, violin; Alice Baldwin, piano. Masters Recital – Nicolas Chuaqui. Auer Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
Antagonism constellation factory (2013). Stereo fixed-media (6 min.) - June 4, 2014: New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival 2014, Concert 11. Abrons Art Center, New York City, NY.
Two maps for Anna (2013). Flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano (7 min.)
Zeugma (2013). String quartet (9 min.) - May 8, 2014: Rosco String Quartet. Salty Cricket Composers' Collective: “Unlikely Bedfellows.” Ladies’ Literary Club, Salt Lake City, UT.
Icarus (2012). Orchestra: 3.3.3.3-4.3.3.1-timp., 3pc. harp-strings (14 min.)
October (2012). TTBB choir (5 min.) - May 1, 2012: The Dartmouth Aires. 34th Annual Celebration of Music at Dartmouth: Song and Sound.
8 Spaulding Auditorium, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.
Mending Wall (2012). Voice and two pianos (6 min.)
Paths of Thought (2012). Game piece for voices; variable number of players and duration (~20 min.) - Read in a classroom setting, Winter 2012.
Atom (2011). Violin, clarinet, and piano (2 min.)
Elegy (2011). Solo cello (4 min.) - May, 2011: Julia Floberg, cello. “Celebration of Music” 2011, Faulkner Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.
I give you a new commandment (2011). SATB choir and organ (7 min.)
No Avail (acoustic version) (2010). Flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello, and piano (6 min.) - Workshopped by Callithumpian Consort, March 2012.
No Avail (electroacoustic version) (2010). Violin, cello, piano, and tape (6 min.) - June, 2010: Spencer Topel, violin; Daniel Schley, cello; Will Lowry, piano. Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.
Nothing has Changed (2010). Electronic fixed media (4 min.)
Morning Greeting (2010). Solo piano (4 min.) - April 7, 2017: Alice Chuaqui Baldwin, pno. College Music Society Great Lakes Regional Conference. Murray State University, Murray, KY. - May, 2010: Nic Chuaqui, pno. “Celebration of Music” 2010, Spaulding Auditorium, Dartmouth Coll., Hanover, NH.
O Magnum Mysterium (2009). Choir (satb) (4 min.)
Three Piano Pieces (2009). Solo piano (10 min.) - Performed for peers in classroom workshops, Winter 2009.
Three Variations on “Home, Sweet Home” (2008). String Quartet (3 min.) - Workshopped by Brentano String Quartet in a classroom setting, October, 2008.
Scherzo (2007). Solo piano (5 min.)
Film and Online Music
Recuerdos de Mama (2012) Violin, cello, and piano (2 min.) - Featured in the short film, “Wiñaymanta,” dir. Augusto Zegarra, which was selected for the 2013 FilmoCorto Festival in Lima, Peru.
One in 4,000 - accompanying music (2011) Solo piano (5 min.) - Featured in online audio interviews as part of the Dartmouth Inter-Community Council's "One in 4,000" storytelling project.
Arrangements
Orchestral settings performed at the Cathedral of the Madeleine (Salt Lake City, UT): 2012-
Nueva Creación (Cesário Gabarain) Choir, guitars, drums, 2 Tpt, Hn, 2 Tbn, organ, Strings
O Come All Ye Faithful (Traditional)
9 Choir, 2 Ob, 2 Hn, 2 Tpt, Perc. Harp, Strings
What Child is This (Traditional) Choir, 2 Ob, Strings
Silent Night (Gruber) Choir, 2 Ob, 2 Cl, 1 Bn, 2 Hn, Strings
Salve Rociera (Traditional) Choir, 2 Hn, 2 Tpt, Strings
Que te adoren, Señor (Psalm 72) Choir, 2 Hn, Strings
Aleluya (Misa Melódica) Choir, 2 Hn, Strings
Señor, Ten Piedad (Misa Melódica) Choir, 2 Hn, Strings
O María, Madre Mía (Traditional) Choir, 2 Hn, Strings
Buenos Días, Paloma Blanca (Traditional) Choir, 2 Hn, 2 Tpt, Strings
María, Música de Dios (Traditional) Choir, 2 Hn, Strings
Other arrangements:
Not the Same by Ben Folds (2011) 16-voice men's ensemble (3 min.) - May, 2012: The Dartmouth Aires, with Ben Folds, Will Lowry dir. Mass. General Hospital's “A Capella Palooza” Benefit, Agganis Arena, Boston University, Boston, MA. - November, 2011: The Dartmouth Aires, with Ben Folds, Nicolas Chuaqui dir. Aired on NBC's “The Sing- Off.”
Christmas Time is Here by Vince Guaraldi (2010) 16-voice men's ensemble (5 min.) - December, 2011: The Dartmouth Aires, Nicolas Chuaqui cond. Christmas party, White House, Washington, DC.
Service Music
Gospel verses for the 24th, 26th, and 28th Sundays (2012) TTBB choir (1 min. each) - Fall, 2012: performed regularly at various liturgical services by the Choir of the Cathedral of the Madeleine, dir. Gregory Glenn. Cathedral of the Madeleine, Salt Lake City, UT.
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