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2023 Projects

9/12/2023
The UNM John Donald Robb Musical Trust is actively involved in supporting the community by providing underwriting to organizations, ad hoc projects, educational outreach, programming, concerts, and events. Below is a list of the Trust's recent endeavors.

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Adobe Saxophone Quartet

Part of the Robb Trust's mission is to promote the compositions of John Donald Robb. To that end, the Trust commissioned the Adobe Saxophone Quartet to perform a new arrangement of Robb's String Quartet No. 2, created by the Trust's graduate assistant Chris Orphal. The arrangement received its world premiere in March 2023 at the Robb Concert, the headliner event of the annual John Donald Robb Composers' Symposium. The Adobe Quartet subsequently recorded the Robb String Quartet No. 2 arrangement in May of 2023.

The Trust underwrote the studio recording, which involved hiring an artistic director to oversee the recording session, a recording engineer, the musicians, and an audio/visual editor to mix and edit the audio and create an official music video.

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National Hispanic Cultural Center

The Robb Trust underwrites annual community programming produced by the National Hispanic Cultural Center. Most recently was Día de Familia y Comunidad: Fiesta de Barelas March 22, 2023. Visitors had a chance to make paper architecture, maracas, and weavings, and learn from Barelas community organizations. Vicente Griego and Chuy Martinez who presented sing-along performances featuring music from the John Donald Robb Archives at the UNM Center of Southwest Research and Special Collections.

The free community event was supported by Bank of Albuquerque and musical performances were sponsored by the Robb Trust.

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PBS Learning Project

Folk Music of New Mexico: The John Donald Robb Collection is an educational initiative produced by New Mexico PBS and the University of New Mexico John Donald Robb Musical Trust with support from the University of New Mexico Libraries' Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections, The Mr. and Mrs. Sanford N. McDonnell Foundation, The Brabson Library and Educational Foundation, and Albuquerque Public Schools. The collection contains video, audio, Spanish transcriptions, English translations, and sheet music for the traditional songs. Support materials include lesson plans (coming soon), student handouts, and video descriptions of the song forms. Supplemental reading material and a documentary film by NM PBS, The Musical Adventures of John Donald Robb in New Mexico, are also available.

The Robb Trust provides underwriting and extensive, detailed content. Trust Board members Rosalia Pacheco and Nancy Harbert, and Honorary Board member Enrique Lamadrid, are working closely with NMPBS to bring this project to a completion.


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Universidad de Nuevo México Mariachi

The Trust pays salary and benefits for two adjunct faculty teaching with the UNM Mariachi Program. Currently, those faculty are Monica E. Trujillo and José Carrillo.



UNM Music Department Audiotape Digitization Archival Project

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Approximately 25 years ago the UNM Fine Arts Library discarded about 1,500 reel-to-reel audio tapes of events presented by the UNM Music Department. The library no longer had the technology to play these tapes. The tapes represent a historic treasure trove with  recordings of faculty, student, and guest performances dating from the 1950s – 1990s.

They were given to the Music Department which placed them in the basement of Hokona Hall where they sat deteriorating and unavailable for decades. In the summer of 2022, the tapes were “rescued” and subsequently cleaned, labeled, and catalogued. They now reside back in the Music Department. The next goal of the project is to get the tapes digitized so the recordings are once again playable on modern equipment.


The UNM Robb Trust and its Archives/Underwriting Committee initiated support for the process.

 

Robb Symposium Series

5/1/2023
2023 Events

Fri 10 February 11:00am-11:50am
Composition Masterclass with Ellen Reid
in cooperation with New Mexico Philharmonic
Performers: UNM composition students
Tickets: $0

Venue: UNM Center for the Arts, Room 1111
Program: TBA

Fri 10 February 1:00pm-2:40pm
Workshop with
Jeffrey Brooks clarinet & Silviu Ciulei guitar
Composers: UNM composition students
Tickets: $0
Venue: UNM Center for the Arts, Room 1111
Program: TBA

Sun 12 February 3:00pm
UNM Faculty Spotlight Concert
: Clarinet Meets Guitar
Composers: John Donald Robb (1892-1989), Marc Mellits (b.1966), Adrian Andrei (b.1980), Redi Marku (b.1984), Olga Amelkina-Vera (b.1976), Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Performers: Jeffrey Brooks clarinet & Silviu Ciulei guitar
Venue: UNM Keller Hall
Tickets: $0
Program:
  • Fantasia on Themes by Robb arr. Chris Orphal (2023) world premiere
  • Isolation Theory (2020) Mellits
  • Five Moods (2021) Andrei world premiere
  • Albanian Landscape (2020) Marku world premiere
  • Romanian Fantasy (2020) Amelkina-Vera
  • Histoire du Tango (1986) Piazzola

Fri 24 February 11:00am & 1:00pm
Composition Masterclass
with Sarah Hennies
Performers: UNM composition students
Tickets: $0
Venue: UNM Center for the Arts Room 1111
Topic: TBA

Fri 3 March 11:00am & 1:00pm
Artist Talk
with Composer Levi Raleigh Brown
Levi will present by Zoom
Tickets: $0
Venue: UNM Center for the Arts Room 1111
Topics:
  • 11:00am Out and About: Composing after Graduation
  • 1:00pm Constructing Escalator

Sat 4 March 2:00pm
Workshop
with Percussionist Alan Zimmerman
Tickets: $0
Venue: UNM Keller Hall

Sat 4 March 7:30pm
Concert with Percussionist
Alan Zimmerman
Composers: Rebecca Saunders, Kenneth Cornell, Raven Chacon
Tickets: $0
Venue: UNM Keller Hall
Program:
  • Dust Saunders (2019)
  • body maps Cornell
  • For Suzanne Kite from For Zitkála-Šá Chacon (2019)

Tue 7 March 3:00pm
Piano Masterclass
with Emanuele Arciuli
Performers: UNM Music students
Tickets: $0
Venue: UNM Keller Hall
Program: tba

Tue 7 March 7:30pm
Studio Recital

Performers: New Music New Mexico and The UNM Composition students
Tickets: $0
Venue: UNM Center for the Arts Room B120
Program: tba

Wed 8 March 11:00am
Lecture-Demonstration
with Xavier Foley
presented by Santa Fe Pro Musica
Tickets: $0
Venue: UNM Center for the Arts Room 1111
Program: Xavier will demonstrate and give a lecture on good string writing.

Wed 8 March 2:00pm
Piano Masterclass
with Emanuele Arciuli
Performers: UNM Music students
Tickets: $0
Venue: UNM Keller Hall
Program: tba

Thu 9 March 12:30pm
Piano Masterclass
with Emanuele Arciuli
Performers: UNM Music students
Tickets: $0
Venue: UNM Keller Hall
Program: tba

Fri 10 March 4:30pm
Piano Masterclass
with Emanuele Arciuli
Performers: UNM Music students
Tickets: $0
Venue: UNM Keller Hall
Program: tba

Wed 22 - Fri 24 & Mon 27 March
51st Annual John Donald Robb Composer's Symposium
Tickets: $0
UNM Keller Hall unless otherwise indicated*
Composers: Axel Retif, Beth Ratay, Cara Haxo, Carlos Arellano, Chris Orphal, Daniel Davis, Doug Falk, John Donald Robb, Jude Harb, Laura Cetilia, Levi Raleigh Brown, Mario Godoy, Niloufar Nourbakhsh, Paula Matthusen, Sky Macklay, Thomas Ropp.
Performers: Splinter Reeds (Kyle Bruckmann oboe, Bill Kalinkos clarinet, Nicki Roman saxophone, Jeff Anderle bass clarinet, Dana Jessen bassoon), Moving Lines Ensemble (Charlotte Leung alto saxophone, Adrian Gomez cello, Levi Raleigh Brown percussion, John Barney spoken word), David Felberg and Ruxandra Marquardt violin; Laura Tait Chang viola; Amy Huzjak cello.
  • Wed 22 John Donald Robb Concert 7:30pm reception following
  • Thu 23 Five Splinter Reeds Masterclasses 2:00pm
  • Thu 23 Splinter Reeds Concert 7:30pm
  • Fri 24 UNM Student Composers Concert ft. Splinter Reeds 7:30pm
  • Mon 27 Sky Macklay Composition Masterclass 9:00am-2:30pm *location tba

Fri 7 April 11:00am
Artist Talk
with Clara Byom and Joshua Carro
Tickets: $0
Venue: UNM Center for the Arts Room 1111
Topics: tba

Fri 14 April 11:00am
Artist Talk with Beth Ratay
Tickets: $0
Venue: UNM Center for the Arts Room 1111
Topics: Emotions and Math, the Music of Beth Ratay

Sun 30 April 12:00pm
Studio Recital

Performers: New Music New Mexico and The UNM Composition students
Tickets: $0
Venue: UNM Keller Hall
Program: tba
 

2023 John Donald Robb Composers' Symposium

3/27/2023
COMPOSERS
Axel Retif, Beth Ratay, Cara Haxo, Carlos Arellano, Chris Orphal, Daniel Davis, Doug Falk, John Donald Robb, Jude Harb, Laura Cetilia, Levi Raleigh Brown, Mario Godoy, Niloufar Nourbakhsh, Paula Matthusen, Sky Macklay, Thomas Ropp
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Sky Macklay, composer-in-residence
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Levi Raleigh Brown, guest composer
PERFORMERS
  • Splinter Reeds: Kyle Bruckmann oboe, Bill Kalinkos clarinet, Nicki Roman saxophone, Jeff Anderle bass clarinet, Dana Jessen bassoon;
  • Moving Lines Ensemble: Charlotte Leung alto saxophone, Adrian Gomez cello, Levi Raleigh Brown percussion, John Barney spoken word
  • Ruxandra Marquardt and David Felberg violin, Laura Tait Chang viola, Amy Huzjak cello
  • Adobe Saxophone Quartet: Taylor Gilman soprano saxophone, Cade Gutierrez alto saxophone, Brady Charrier tenor saxophone, Parker Head baritone saxophone, Ashley Kelly coach
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Splinter Reeds headline the 2023 John Donald Robb Composers' Symposium
The John Donald Robb Composers' Symposium is a part of the Robb New Music Series, in partnership with UNM Music and the UNM College of Fine Arts.

View  and download the 2023 51st Annual John Donald Robb Composers' Symposium commemorative program:
Download 2023 Program (98.7MB)
SCHEDULE

Wednesday 22 March
John Donald Robb Concert
7:30pm * free admission and reception
UNM Keller Hall | directions

Composers: John Donald Robb, Daniel Davis, Beth Ratay, Levi Raleigh Brown
Performers: Adobe Saxophone Quartet (Taylor Gilman soprano saxophone, Cade Gutierrez alto saxophone, Brady Charrier tenor saxophone, Parker Head baritone saxophone, Ashley Kelly coach); Ruxandra Marquardt and David Felberg violin; Laura Tait Chang viola; Amy Huzjak cello; Moving Lines Ensemble (Charlotte Leung alto saxophone, Adrian Gomez cello*, Levi Raleigh Brown percussion, John Barney spoken word)
John Donald Robb Concert Program
Program ~ Four World Premieres:
  • String Quartet No. 2, Op. 38 (1932) John Donald Robb transcribed for saxophone quartet (2023) Chris Orphal
  • Gems Out of Darkness, Miniatures for String Quartet (1981/2014) Daniel Davis
  • Painting for Strings Beth Ratay
  • Escalator (2019) Levi Raleigh Brown
The public is cordially invited to a free reception in the lobby of Keller Hall following the concert.
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*Adrian's cello is generously provided by
 Robertson & Sons Violin Shop, Inc.

Watch an archival live stream of the Robb Concert provided by UNM Keller Hall.
Thursday 23 March
Splinter Reeds Masterclasses
2:00pm-2:55pm * free admission
UNM Center For The Arts (CFA) multiple rooms:
  • Chamber Music Masterclass UNM Keller Hall | directions ~ Bill Kalinkos, clarinetist with Splinter Reeds, will coach a rehearsal of UNM's contemporary music ensemble, New Mexico New Music
  • Oboe Masterclass CFA alcove ~ Kyle Bruckmann, oboist with Splinter Reeds, will work with UNM oboe students
  • Clarinet Masterclass CFA 2100 ~ Jeff Anderle, bass clarinetist with Splinter Reeds, will work with UNM clarinet students
  • Saxophone Masterclass CFA B120 ~ Nicki Roman, saxophonist with Splinter Reeds, will work with UNM saxophone students
  • Bassoon Masterclass CFA B134 ~ Dana Jessen, bassoonist with Splinter Reeds, will work with UNM bassoon students

Thursday 23 March
Splinter Reeds Concert
Music from the Americas Concert Series
7:30pm * free admission
UNM Keller Hall | directions

Composers: Mario Godoy, Cara Haxo, Sky Macklay, Laura Cetilia, Niloufar Nourbakhsh, Paula Matthusen
Performers: Splinter Reeds (Kyle Bruckmann oboe, Bill Kalinkos clarinet, Nicki Roman saxophone, Jeff Anderle bass clarinet, Dana Jessen bassoon)
Splinter Reeds Concert Program
Program:
  • Exercices (2017) Cara Haxo
  • Choppy (2017) Sky Macklay
  • adrift (2019) Laura Cetilia
  • create. process. (2018) Mario Godoy
  • Firing Squad (2018) Niloufar Nourbakhsh
  • Antenna Studies (2018) Paula Matthusen

Watch an archival live stream of the Splinter Reeds concert, provided by UNM Keller Hall.
Friday 24 March
UNM Student Composers Concert
7:30pm * free admission
UNM Keller Hall | directions
Composers:
Axel Retif, Carlos Arellano, Chris Orphal, Doug Falk, Jude Harb, Thomas Ropp
Performers: Splinter Reeds (Kyle Bruckmann oboe, Bill Kalinkos clarinet, Nicki Roman saxophone, Jeff Anderle bass clarinet, Dana Jessen bassoon)
UNM Student Composers Concert
Program:
  • PentaClash (2023) Jude Harb
  • Amalgamation (2023) Doug Falk
  • Maverick (2022) Thomas Ropp
  • Eco IV (2023) Carlos Arellano
  • Atok (2023) Axel Retif
  • Ripples of Luminescence, Both Delectable and Foetid (2023) Chris Orphal

Watch an archival live stream of the Splinter Reeds concert, provided by UNM Keller Hall.
Monday 27 March
Sky Macklay Masterclass

9:00am-4:00pm * free admission
UNM Center For The Arts (CFA) see room schedule below
Composers: UNM composition students
Program: Composer Sky Macklay will coach UNM compositions students
  • 9:00am-10:00am CFA 1106
  • 10:00am-12:00pm CFA 1111
  • 12:00pm-1:00pm lunch break
  • 1:00pm-4:00pm CFA 1106
 

Noberta Fresquez Receives 2022 Robb Award

10/12/2022
A lifetime of achievement in the field of Southwestern Music 
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Noberta Fresquez, co-founder and executive director of Mariachi Spectacular de Albuquerque, will receive the 2022 Robb Award for Excellence during the annual ¡Música del Corazón! concert Sunday 13 November 2022 2:30 pm at the National Hispanic Cultural Center’s Albuquerque Journal Theatre. Admission is free and the public is cordially invited to attend.

The Robb Award is presented annually by the Board of Directors of the UNM (University of New Mexico) John Donald Robb Musical Trust to a musician, individual, or organization that has made an outstanding contribution in New Mexico in one of the following areas of expertise: Music of the Southwest, Music Education, or Contemporary Music. Each Robb Award recipient receives an honorarium and is recognized during one of the Robb Trust’s annual events. Visit robbtrust.org for details about
¡Música del Corazón! and the Robb Award.

Noberta Fresquez is recognized, locally, nationally, and internationally for her expertise in cultural entertainment and programming. She is a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the New Mexico Hispano Music Association; the Mark Ipiotis Award from the New Mexico Hispano Entertainers Association; the CREATIVE BRAVO AWARD, and the DE COLORES AWARD for excellence in cultural education programming. She has also been recognized by the New Mexico State Board of Education for her outstanding work in delivering Mariachi music education to public school children in the state. In 2010, she was recognized by the New Mexico Business Weekly as one of that year’s 25 influential Women of New Mexico. In 2011, Noberto received the highest award the Mexican government gives to non-Mexican citizens, El Premio OHTLI. She is one of three New Mexicans that have received this prestigious award. Most recently she received the New Mexico Distinguished Public Service Award from Governor Susana Martinez.

Learn more about Noberta
 

2022 John Donald Robb Composers' Symposium 50th Anniversary Celebration

7/9/2022
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5-10 April 2022

Performances

Sun 3 April 10:30a
Emanuele Arciuli

Chatter
912 3rd St NW, Albuquerque, NM 87102

This was a special pre-symposium concert.

Featured Composers:
  • Claude Debussy ~ Preludes (excerpts)
  • William Duckworth ~ Time Curve Preludes (excerpts)
  • Peter Gilbert ~ Piano Sonata “New Scenes from an Old World” (American premiere)

Tue 5 April 7:30p
Ekmeles vocal ensemble
FREE ADMISSION
UNM Keller Hall
Live Stream

Ekmeles is a NYC-based vocal sextet dedicated to the performance of new and rarely-heard works, and gems of the historical avant garde.

Featured Composers
  • Doug Falk ~ I Wear An Artichoke Heart for a Hat
  • Jude Harb ~ Jabberwocky
  • Morgan Ifversen ~ Children's Fun Fact Science Corner
  • Sourena Sefati ~ Human Beings
  • Thomas Ropp ~ Nevermore
  • Gabe Gonzales ~ Fumiko/Yukio (mov. I)
  • David McGuire ~ Yet Dish
  • Patricia Ann Repar ~ .breathing.bones.mobile.mind. ft. William Lang, trombone
  • Jeffrey Gavett ~ Waves
  • Anthony Braxton ~ Composition No. #255 (+ 245)

Ekmeles
  • Charlotte Mundy, soprano
  • Elise Sutherland, mezzo-soprano
  • Tim Keeler, counter-tenor
  • Eric Dudley, tenor
  • Jeffrey Gavett, baritone
  • Steven Hrycelak, bass

Wed 6 April 7:30p
Emanuele Arciuli

FREE ADMISSION
UNM Keller Hall
Live Stream

Emanuele Arciuli has established himself as one of the most original and interesting performers on today’s classical music scene. His repertoire ranges from Bach to contemporary music, with a strong affinity for composers from the United States.

Featured Composers
  • Neely Bruce ~ Four Geographical Preludes
  • Scott Wilkinson ~ Prelude
  • Patricia Alessandrini ~ Etude n.1 bis (d’aprés Scarlatti)
  • Louis W Ballard ~ Four American Indian Piano Preludes
  • Raven Chacon ~ Nilchi’ Shada’ ji Nalaghali
  • Michael Begay ~ Adéihozhdilzin (Know who you are)
  • Connor Chee ~ Navajo Vocable n.1 - 4 - 5 - 9
  • Monica Demarco ~ Dulce and the Doorway in the Sky; Katzimo; Green Meteor Shower in Gallup; Flight of the Stone Lion
  • Frederic Rzewski ~ Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues

Thu 7 April 7:30p
Ekmeles vocal ensemble

FREE ADMISSION
Cathedral of St John Albuquerque 318 Silver Ave. SW ABQ 87102

Featured Composers
  • Patricia Alessandrini ~ Hear Ekmeles; William Lang, trombone
  • Chris Orphal ~ Poi si tornò a l'etterna fontana
  • Peter Gilbert ~ As the waters began to rise
  • José-Luis Hurtado ~ All the names
  • Karola Obermüller ~ mass:distance:time
  • Charlope Mundy ~ SWEET FLAG!

Sun 10 April 10:30a
Chatter

TICKETS $5-$16 pre-order chatter.org or $20 at the door (if not sold out)
912 3rd St NW, Albuquerque, NM 87102

Chatter fosters curiosity about and understanding of today’s composers by juxtaposing and weaving together new and traditional classical music.

Featured Composers
  • Stephanie Ann Boyd ~ Aurora
  • Julia Gomelskaya ~ the hint only
  • Richard Cameron-Wolfe ~ Code of Unsilence: A Prayer
  • Juanito Becenti ~ Divertimento no. 5 “Melodrama”

Chatter musicians
  • Jesse Tatum, flute
  • Jeff Brooks, clarinet
  • Jeff Rogers, horn
  • Jeff Cornelius, percussion
  • Ruxandra Marquardt, violin
  • James Holland, cello
  • Judith Gordon, piano
  • David Felberg, conductor

Sun 10 April 7:30p
Robb Concert featuring Seth Keeton & University of New Mexico Choirs

FREE ADMISSION
UNM Keller Hall
Live Stream

Featuring works by John Donald Robb (1892-1989) Dean of UNM College of Fine Arts (1942-1957) and other composers. Bass-baritone, Seth Keeton’s performances have been described by The New York Times as “driven” and “emotionally pointed.” UNM Choirs are directed by Dr. David Edmonds. The Annual Robb Concert will be followed by a public reception sponsored by the Robb Trust.

Featured Composers
  • Katerina Gimon ~ "Fire" (from Elements)
  • William Wood ~ selections from Clarinet Set
  • Steven Block ~ selections from Five Plainchants
  • Chris Shultis ~ centenary fragment with video by Hee Sook Kim
  • Michael Mauldin ~ Canyon Light: 4 Scenes for Woodwind Quintet
  • Nadia Boulanger ~ Chanson; Cantique
  • John Donald Robb ~ Psalm 23; Psalm 104; Tears; I Am Very Old Tonight; 7 Songs for Voice and Piano, Opus 6b; 5 Songs, Op. 36

Featured Performers:
  • UNM Concert Choir
  • UNM Las Cantantes
  • Dr. David Edmonds, UNM Choirs director
  • Kevin Vigneau, oboe
  • Scott Jacobsen, piano
  • Steve Higbee, clarinet
  • Video by artist Hee Sook Kim featuring Chatter in a pre-recorded performance. Chatter is: Jesse Tatum, flute; James Shields, clarinet; Megan Holland, violin; James Holland, cello; Jeff Cornelius, percussion
  • UNM Enchantment Winds: James Walter, flute; Natalia Valladares Salgado, oboe; Sam McClung, clarinet; Daniel Yim, bassoon; Sarah Schwenke, horn; Denise Reig-Turner, faculty coach
  • James Flora, tenor
  • Olga Perez Flora, mezzo-soprano
  • Seth Keeton, bass-baritone
  • Kristin Ditlow, collaborative pianist

Workshops

Tue 29 March 7:30p
loadbang
FREE ADMISSION
UNM Kurt Fredrick Hall, Room B120, Popejoy Hall lower level


This is a special pre-symposium UNM student composer workshop recital. loadbang is building a new kind of music for mixed ensemble of trumpet, trombone, bass clarinet, and baritone voice.

Featured Composers
  • Christopher Orphal ~ As a River; As a Flame
  • Sourena Sefati ~ The Secret Eternal
  • Benjamin Work ~ The Man on the Brink of My Mind
  • Morgan Ifversen ~ Antigonish
  • Nikolas Hoerning ~ Tell Me How the World Ends
  • Thomas Ropp ~ To be a Frog
  • Eduardo Orea ~ Centaurus
  • Christopher Orphal ~ excerpts from "The Judgement"
  • Daniel Bukin ~ Snowstorm
  • Doug Falk ~ You're Not A Girl ... Just Now
  • Jude Harb ~ Strawberry Fire
  • Hyesun Lee ~ Sugungga (Song of the Sea Palace)
  • David McGuire ~ Harjo Fragments

Tue 29 March 2:00p
Bass Clarinet Master Class with Adrián Sandi, bass clarinet of
loadbang
FREE ADMISSION
UNM College of Fine Arts, Room B015

Born and raised in San José, Costa Rica, Adrián studied at National Institute of Music of Costa Rica. He obtained a BM magna cum laude from Virginia Commonwealth University, a MM with distinction from DePaul University, and a Doctorate in Musical Arts from Eastman School of Music. 

Mon 4 April 3:00p
Choir Master Class with ekmeles vocal ensemble
FREE ADMISSION
UNM College of Fine Arts, Room B117

Tue 5 April 12:15p
Composition Master Class with Patricia Alessandrini

FREE ADMISSION
UNM College of Fine Arts, Room 1106

Patricia Alessandrini studied composition and electronics at the Conservatorio di Bologna, Conservatoire de Strasbourg, and IRCAM, and holds two PhDs, from Princeton University and the Sonic Arts Research Centre (SARC) respectively. Her principal composition teachers were Ivan Fedele, Paul Koonce, Tristan Murail, and Thea Musgrave. Patricia is the 2020 John Donald Robb Composition Commission recipient.

Thu 7 April 3:00p
Voice Master Class with Seth Keeton, bass-baritone

FREE ADMISSION
UNM College of Fine Arts, Room B117

Fri 8 April 11:00a
Artist Talk with Monica Demarco, musician, teacher, composer

FREE ADMISSION
UNM College of Fine Arts, Room 1111
Monica Demarco’s work spans a range of styles pulling from many diverse musical experiences. She enjoys collaboration with many different artistic disciplines including dance, theatre and visual art. She lives in Albuquerque and is a UNM graduate with degrees in Piano Performance and Theory/Composition.

Performance Venues

Cathedral of St. John
318 Silver Avenue SW Albuquerque, NM 87102 | directions
located at the corner of 4th & Silver in downtown Albuquerque
stjohnsabq.org
COVID Protocols: coming soon

CHATTER
912 3rd St NW, Albuquerque, NM 87102 | directions
located between Granite and Marble Avenues
chatterabq.org
COVID Protocols:
As the risk from COVID in our community decreases, Chatter is changing our policies in line with other local theaters and arts presenters. Effective with the April 3rd concert, we will no longer be verifying vaccination status for entry to Chatter. Masks will continue to be required of the audience when not consuming food or drink, and we will continue to provide supplemental air filtration. These protocols are subject to change.

UNM College of Fine Arts
Center for the Arts & Art Musuem
203 Cornell Dr, Albuquerque, NM 87106 | directions
located within the Popejoy Hall complex
finearts.unm.edu
COVID Protocols: Effective March 19, 2022, the University of New Mexico no longer requires masks to be worn indoors at their campuses located in counties that are considered at low or medium COVID-19 community level by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). As a result, Keller Hall will not check vaccination cards and will not require patrons or performers to wear a mask. Anyone choosing to wear a mask may continue to do so. Click here for a detailed summary of UNM's COVID protocols. These protocols are subject to change.

UNM Keller Hall
Center for the Arts & Art Museum
203 Cornell Dr, Albuquerque, NM 87106 | directions
Keller Hall shares a lobby with Popejoy Hall
finearts.unm.edu/venues/keller-hall
COVID Protocols: Effective March 19, 2022, the University of New Mexico no longer requires masks to be worn indoors at their campuses located in counties that are considered at low or medium COVID-19 community level by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). As a result, Keller Hall will not check vaccination cards and will not require patrons or performers to wear a mask. Anyone choosing to wear a mask may continue to do so. Click here for a detailed summary of UNM's COVID protocols. These protocols are subject to change.

 

2022 Underwriting: Lone Piñon "Musica de los Manitos"

7/7/2022

Lone Piñon is the 2022 recipient of a Robb Trust underwriting grant, for their project “Musica de los Manitos”. They recently delivered an invitational workshop with dancers from bailefolklorico and flamenco backgrounds, in which elders Reyes and Cordelia García (Pecos) and Lucy Salazar (Cañoncito) led participants through the entire repertoire of Northern New Mexico figure dances, with a focus on two endangered forms (el taleán and las cuadrillas). Attached is a video excerpt from the dance workshop. Upcoming events in the series will serve evacuees from communities affected by the Calf Canyon / Hermits Peak fire.

For more information about Robb Trust underwriting, visit: robbtrust.org/underwriting.html

Below: Elders Lucy Salazar, Reyes Garcia, and Cordelia Garcia lead young dancers from El Ballet Folklorico Santa Fe in "La Cuna," a traditional figure dance of Northern New Mexican bailes and fandangos. Lone Piñon performs a cuna from the repertoire of Mariano Romero and Los Villeros Alegres de Santa Fe.

 

2022 ¡Música del Corazón! Sun 13 Nov 3p

7/7/2022
¡Música del Corazón!
Baroque Fandangos of New Spain and Historic Fandangos of New Mexico!

Sunday 13 November 2022
2:30pm
National Hispanic Cultural Center ~ Albuquerque Journal Theatre
FREE Admission
Download 2022 Commemorative Program

Featured Artists
  • Lone Piñon
  • other featured artists to be announced

Schedule of Events

2:00pm
  • Box Office Opens ~ Although ¡Música del Corazón! is a free event, National Hispanic Cultural Center requires each audience member to obtain a ticket prior to entering the theatre
  • Visit the John Donald Robb information table
  • Meet members of the UNM Robb Trust Board

2:30pm
  • Listen to a discussion about fandangos with Brenda M. Romero, Ph.D. and Dr. Enrique Lamadrid, Ph.D.
  • Take dance lessons with Alex Manzanares and members of Ballet Folklórico Santa Fe

3:00pm
  • Noe Garcia Jacinto ~ Spanish and Baroque Guitar, with choreographer and dancer Carlos Menchaca
  • A special presentation of the 2022 Robb Award to Noberta Fresquez, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Mariachi Spectacular de Albuquerque, for Excellence in Southwestern Music
  • Lone Piñon ~ Orquesta Típica featuring Jordan Wax, Tanya Núñez, Karina Wilson, Santiago Romero, with Ballet Folklórico Santa Fe

Guest Curator Statement

Fandangos are an intercultural tradition of intertwined music, lyric, and dance that spread to the most remote corners of the colonies of Spain by the year 1700. Over the next three centuries, they evolved into venues of resistance, empowerment, and liberation. Fandangos are also celebrations for special occasions and saints' day feasts. In colonial New Spain, all social sectors participated, from village fiestas to royal courts. Baroque and Classical Spanish composers like Santiago de Murcia reintroduced these Mexican musical traditions back to Spain. The first nineteenth century American visitors to California and New Mexico danced in and wrote about fandangos with great enthusiasm. What were New Mexican fandangos like and how did they evolve into the bailes still enjoyed today? ~ Enrique Lamadrid, Ph.D.

2022 Production Committee

National Hispanic Cultural Center
  • Noël Bella Merriam ~ Artistic Director
  • Dr. Rosalia Pacheco ~ Education Program Manager
  • Andres Martinez ~ Technical Director
  • David Rivera ~ Box Office Manager

UNM John Donald Robb Musical Trust
  • Enrique Lamadrid, Ph.D. ~ Guest Curator
  • lisa nevada ~ Música Production Committee Chair
  • Robert Lucero, Jr. ~ Board Chair
  • Jim Bonnell ~ Board Secretary
  • Robert Tillotson, Ph.D. ~ Performance & Education Committee Chair
  • Christoper Orphal ~ Graduate Assistant
  • Thomas Goodrich ~ Program Specialist











 

2021 Robb Award ~ Dr. Brenda M. Romero

11/8/2021

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