LUCRECIA Y EL CANTO DE LOS DUDASAURIOS

Bilingual opera (Spanish/English) inspires young audiences and their loved ones to be their genuine selves. Through the power of virtual production and an accompanying hands-on activity book, we can offer this joyful interactive performance to schools, families, and community centers all over the world. Available with the Amity Trio (https://www.amitytrio.com/) or for Orchestra and 4 opera singers. (30 minutes)

Mexican version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URCw-VvScGI&t=10s&ab_channel=NurSlim

botanica del viento

Music for brass quintet and voice, horn quartet & 1 piece for orchestra written in popular song format "décima"; plays with the classic counterpoint, with the freedom that gives improvisation and the writing of letters in tenth that mark the linguistic tradition of our country; suggests removing the labels to the musical genres and enjoy this new unusual camera ensemble. (45 minutes)

Folk version: https://open.spotify.com/album/5p1OFZy35ox6xtUpvnipvE?si=Gi7gc-uDRB6_qeGA0_WBsg

humming between branches

Nine miniatures, nine branches, nine songs that seek to unfold their branches aimlessly. Sometimes they group together, prompting the wind to respond; many others go alone wanting to show all their beauty. Its branching extends to form a swing with its swing, each branch begins its evergreen and does not stop blooming throughout the year. They have also shown themselves to be superb, thinking of the nights, where the darkness reveals nothing but a dry and empty wind; in the middle of nowhere with a red light; they fork until they become the petal under your pillow, amid the bustle in the city. Humming Between Branches are nine postcards, nine poems, nine silhouettes, which, trapped between shadows and sunsets, never stop singing. (18 minutes)

CEPROMUSIC version: https://youtu.be/JQFyAVxnOCk

ENSEMBLE DAL NIENTE version: https://youtu.be/CeaWWeC7BXg

break up

For for amplified viola and tape - 7’35”

This piece was composed along the development of Roberto's collaborational research project

about idiomatic composition for viola solo:: https://youtu.be/pC5_c-Tb-Sk

EL MITO DE CORONIS

For the Debut Album of Amity Trio “Between Us Now”

El Mito de Coronis is a colorful and gestural retelling of the myth of Coronis, a young princess who loved the god Apollo and was killed for the passion that loving awakened in her. Each movement presents new orchestration and musical structures that are as refreshing as they are beautiful, using the story of Coronis to illuminate the overlap between the myths we tell ourselves and lies that we hold onto. In the first movement, the piano and horn explore the passionate, tragic love story: Apollo falls in love with Coronis and impregnates her—their son grows up to be Asclepius, the Greek god of medicine. Because he’s a busy god, Apollo leaves Coronis, and while he’s away she falls in love with Ischys. Enraged, Apollo kills her (or has his sister, Artemis, kills her, depending on whose story you read). The second movement is based on the song, “El triste valle donde yo nací.” Nur takes it one step further with giving the performers the guidance to “imagine a canteen in the middle of nowhere and play this interlude thinking that this is the only thing that sounds for miles from this lost bar, everyone in the place is drunk and solid”.

https://www.amitytrio.com/projects/betweenusnow

PASSIONARIA ATIPUL

For Sattva Jazz Quartet:

https://www.amazon.com/Passionaria-Atipul/dp/B074J2XFK7

MONSTERS

Brass Quintet - Jazz - 3 minutes

ESQUINAS

Brass Quintet - Tango - 3’30”

MEXICAPAN

Brass Quintet - Popurri Mexicano - Miniature

BIRD FLUTTER

String Quartet 2022. not premiered

STRESS

Flauta

Oboe

Clarinete en Bb

Fagot

Corno

Trompeta en Bb

Trombón

Vibráfono (percusión 1)

2 Congas (percusión 2)

Soprano

Violín I
Violín II

Viola

Violonchelo

Contrabajo

Duración: 10'8"

not premiered