https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ygv6FOHlyrc&feature=youtu.be

Today was the first full ensemble rehearsal.. it was the first day composers go to hear the begining of their music! Please help futher to make the dreams come to life! 

The money we need if for all the technical side, Lights, Sound, and Film equipment!

This is shaping up to be a great concert if we can just have that extra support! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPSynvidSMU&feature=youtu.be

The video clip is just a glimpse of what is to come! 

Below is the interview with the composer Wingel Gilberto Pérez Mendoza from Mexico, his piece _¿Y es ese el cielo que tenemos que mirar? _will be premiered on the 31st of june along with 6 other works. The interview comprises of a few question about the composer and his way of composing. 

What is your musical background? 

 

I was always surrounded by music, because my father is an opera Singer and my mother played the piano. But my real first approach with music was when I started to play Guitar. I was playing Led Zeppelin, Metallica, Pantera, Guns and Roses, etc. then I wanted to be a “Rock star” and I decided to study music.

When did you realise you wanted to become a composer and why? 

 

When I was studying music in the first’s years in the musical academy I heard for the first time “Sensemaya” by Silvestre Revueltas, for sure I analyzed other composers and I love them, but with Revueltas I found a musical language that was attached to me, and then I decided that I also want to create and to compose, to express something that is impossible with words, but with music.

How would best describe the piece for the next concert?

 

_Light of the moon Moves west,

flowers' shadows,

Creep eastward.

Yosa Buson (1716 – 1784)_

What experience do you have? Have you worked with this ensemble before? 

 

I worked with the ensemble the last year and my experience was really niece, my colleagues did their best, my work sounded great, Roberto Beltran (Conductor) gave us his great experience and effort in order to get an incredible premiere of my piece.

Have you had an experience […of another's work…] which changed your musical thinking and ushered in a new creative period?

 

Yes, when I heard … No hay caminos, hay que caminar by Luigi Nono, i discovered new sonorities, but the most important a new way to perceive the Music. The piece has a different narrative if you compare whit other, therefore, I decided to analyze the work of this great composer and then to find out how can I apply this techniques in my own music. 

A composer is surrounded by sounds. Do they influence you and are they in any way of significance for your compositional work?

 

The sounds exist because we pay attention to them, if we are not listening them, they simple doesn´t exist. Music is a perceptual stimulation, so when I hear a sound that is interesting for me that sound starts to live in my inner perception, that sound is communicating something to my conscience and my spirit. Consequently I need to try to explain that sound and that experience in my works.

How far can one speak of a personal style and when does self-repetition begin?

 

When a composer stops analyzing, reading, researching, etc… He or She is going to lose the most important thing for a creator… the curiosity and then He or She starts to repeat the same thing again and again.

Please help such fantastic artisits have their music perfromed and realised! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TpiHuy_2fA&feature=youtu.be

The rehearsals have began for the premiers of two theatre works. In the video you can see some clips from rehearsals taking place and what to expect from such a fine concert.  We have made a small interview with the composer Rubén L. Someso over his piece for the next concert May 31.

What is your musical background? 

 

My musical background is classical music. Before composing I learned to play the piano with classical works.

When did you realise you wanted to become a composer and why? 

 

During the last 3 years of my piano degree I began to take lessons of composition. I don’t know why, I only wanted to express myself. 

How would best describe the piece for the next concert?

 

It is a musical theatre piece for soprano, an actor, a clarinetist and electronic music.

_Y_our piece uses theatre how would describe the piece? How do you think of such characters? 

 

There is a concept behind the piece, and it is the concept of “Doubt”. Doubt is not only the questioning of the validity of a knowledge, but doubt can be projected also to decisions and actions. The decisions we make are always influenced by the reality that surrounds us. Sometimes even by other factors such as beliefs, superstitions and other spiritual issues.

In fact, the opinion of those who surround us is one of the most important factors when it comes to making our own decisions. To such an extent that many people lose the ability to decide for themselves when they are influenced too much by what another person thinks.

What experience do you have?

 

I have different experiences with music and theatre. I composed and conducted in 2008 the music for a theatre piece called “O Milagro da Boneca” based on the piece A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen. Later I composed several musical pieces for children.

Have you had an experience […of another's work…] which changed your musical thinking and ushered in a new creative period?

 

Probably this piece (Ser o Sólo Parecer) has opened a new field of opportunities and sound searching.

A composer is surrounded by sounds. Do they influence you and are they in any way of significance for your compositional work?

 

Of course they influence my as a composer, so I tried to surround myself of music and sounds that can help me to develop my music.

How far can one speak of a personal style and when does self-repetition begin?

 

If your language is rich enough you can develop your personal style without the feeling you are repeating yourself.

     Each day there will be a new Interview from one of the composers for the up coming concert along with Video footage of rehearsals. Please help us get to our 100% target and have these amazing new works premiered.