MIGUEL DEL AGUILA CONGA LINE IN HELL 1

MIGUEL DEL AGUILA CONGA LINE IN HELL 1

SO WHO IS MIGUEL DEL AQUILA 2

Three-time Grammy nominated American composer Miguel del Aguila was born 1957 in Montevideo, Uruguay. 3

IN THE 1970’S DEL AGUILA FLED URUGUAY’S REPRESSIVE MILITARY GOVERNMENT IN 1978 DEL AGUILA MOVED TO CALIFORNIA GRADUATED FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC 4

STUDIED 10 YEARS IN VIENNA RECEIVED CLASSICAL TRAINING IN PIANO AND COMPOSITION VIENNA DEL AGUILA AS YOUNG COMPOSER AND MUSICIAN 5

DEL AGUILA RETURNED TO USA IN 1992 AND CURRENTLY RESIDES IN LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA HE IS A VERY PROLIFIC COMPOSER AND PERFORMER WITH OVER 115 MUSICAL WORKS. • • • 40 27 19 16 12 3 CHAMBER WORKS. ORCHESTRAL PIECES. VOCAL OR CHORAL WORKS. PIANO AND SOLO INSTRUMENT PIECES. DANCE, FILM, OR TV WORKS. OPERAS HE HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS PRESTIGEOUS MUSICAL AWARDS INCLUDING 3 GRAMMY NOMINATIONS 6

INTERVIEW WITH MIGUEL DEL AQUILA HTTPS: //WWW. YOUTUBE. COM/WATCH? V=V CIXHYBUNM 4&T=487 S [0 – 1: 00] TRAINING AS A STUDENT IN VIENNA [5: 14 – 8: 05] HIS LIFE AS A COMPOSER AND HOW HE COMPOSES MUSIC. 7

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF AGUILA’S MUSIC • A 21 ST CENTURY AVANT-GARDE CLASSICAL COMPOSER. • SOUTH AMERICAN MUSICAL INFLUENCES, [PIAZZOLLA & MILONGA] • NATIVE SOUTH AMERICAN DANCE & FOLK MUSIC, [ANDEAN] • PROGRAM MUSIC TO TELL A STORY. • MODERN AMERICAN COMPOSERS, [JOPLIN & COPELAND] 8

TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF AGUILA’S MUSIC • SHORT REPETITIVE MINIMALIST PHRASES, [JOHN ADAMS & PHILIP GLASS] • ABA MUSICAL FORM. SOMETIMES “B” SECTION HAS SIMILAR MELODY AS “A” BUT WITH DIFFERENT TEMPO AND COLOR. • FAST TRICKY TIME MEASURES, [EG: 13/16 – CONGA] o 123 123 12 12 o 123 12 123 – ETC. • USES CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTS TO GET UNCONVENTIONAL SOUNDS. 9

PRESTO ll – STRING QUARTET • ORIGINALLY COMPOSED IN VIENNA IN 1988. • CLASSICAL FUGUE • JAZZY IRONIC LATIN DANCE. • REPETITION OF SMALL MELODIC CELL. • EACH CELL ENDS WITH A LEADING NOTE THAT RETURNS TO A DIFFERENT VARIATION OF THE SAME CELL. • TRICKY RYTHMIC PATTERNS. • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=J 1 Lfgv 0 g. FY 4 • [0 [1: 18 – 10

TOCATTA –FOR PIANO • COMMISSIONED IN 1988 • 6/8 + 7/8 TIME MEASURE. • INSPIRED BY AFRO –AMERICAN DANCE. • STARTS VERY SLOWLY, QUICKLY SHIFTS TO FAST TRICKY BEAT, ENDS WITH A BANG. • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=3 ZVr. Gd. N 2 -z. Q • [0 [1: 00 – 11

CLOCKS – FOR PIANO AND STRING QUARTET BALLET • COMMISSIONED IN 1998 BY THE VENTURA CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL • HONORED WITH A LATIN GRAMMY NOMINATION • PORTRAYS AN IMAGINARY VISIT TO A CLOCK MUSEUM, EXPLORING THE SOUND WORLD OF CLOCKS. • CHOREOGRAPHED FOR BALLET. https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Z 1 l 7 kh-a. L 8 s • [25 - 220] 12

THE GIANT GUITAR • COMMISSIONED 2006 FOR THE BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC. • PROGRAM MUSIC. • SOUTH AMERICA IS A GIANT GUITAR. • BEGINS WITH LIGHT ANDIAN MUSIC AND ENDS IN REVOLUTION AND DEATH. • NARRATED BY MIGUEL DEL AGUILA • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=63 lbz. Cj. VPh 0 • [2: 30 – 4: 48] 13

CONGA 6 PIANOS • UNCONVENTIONAL USE OF CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTS FOR CREATIVE EFFECTS. • CONGA 6 PIANOS: [10 [206 – • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=yh 2 i 0 -Bxd. Tk 14

CONGA LINE IN HELL Composed in 1994 from a dream stemming from Dante’s poem Divine Comedy, (an endless line of dead people dancing through the fires of Hell) A SECTION: Begins quietly with tinkling bells to conga beat and grows to full orchestra. B SECTION: Melody begins with slow bluesy conga beat , which builds in volume and tempo. A’ SECTION: Melody is repeated and grows to full orchestra and loud dramatic ending. FAST TRICKY BEAT & TIME MEASURE: 13/16 SHORT MUSICAL PHRASES: REPEATED AND EMBELLISHED. WE WILL HEAR: The Bridge and concluding movement. https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=ee. F 4 q. Hv. HW 1 A [2: 15 [4: 55 – 15

THIS IS MIGUEL DEL AGUILA 16

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CANGA EXTRAS • FULL VERSION CONGA : [1 [11: 46 – https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=kltj 5 Hed. Jo. E 18