LARGE CHAMBER & ORCHESTRA

2015 Black House New Music Workshop-March 6 Composer-Ivonne Paredes Amanda DeBoer Barlett-Voice Chris Wild-Cello Maya Bennardo-Violin Steven Landis-Double Bass Molly MacLaughlin-Flute Wendy Grew-Oboe/English Horn Hunter Long-Tenor Sax, Recorders Russell Thorpe-Bari Sax, Bass Clarinet Joe Tucker-Percussion Ashley Tini-Percussion

Desconocimiento

- For Chamber Ensemble & Voice -

Desconocimiento (or "Lack of Knowledge") is a chamber piece that was written for the 2015 Black House Collective Workshop in Kansas City, MO. It was inspired by the poem Quien Sabe! by Peruvian poet Jose Santos Chocano. This piece has some melodies inspired by Huayno (a music style in Peru) and rhythms inspired by Festejo (another Peruvian music style) throughout the piece.

Performed by Amanda DeBoer Barlett (soprano), Molly McLauglin (flute), Wendy Raines Grew (clarinet), Russell Thorpe, Hunter Long (saxophones) Joe Tucker, Ashley Tini (percussions), Maya Bennardo (violin), Chris Wild (cello), and Steven Landis (bass).

Live recording on March 6, 2015 at the Kansas City Ballet Bolender Center in Kansas City, MO.

Selva

- For Chamber Ensemble & Electronics -

Selva (Jungle) is a work for large chamber ensemble and electronics divided in three movements. Selva uses sounds of the Amazon, and it is influenced by music of the Amazonas region with strong Native Peruvian musical influences.

This piece was written for the 2019 Black House SoCal Intermedia Workshop.

Performed by Daniel Lemer (flute), Kimberly Dunning (clarinet), Hunter Long (recorder), Kenken Gorder (trumpet), Jacob Elkin (bass trombone), Jordan Curcuruto, Joanna Chen, John Smigelski (percussions), Zoe Hartenbaum (viola), Dustin Seo (cello), Rebecca Lawrence (bass), and Ivonne Paredes (electronics).

Performance on March 31, 2019 at the Experimental Media Performance Lab at University of California in Irvine, CA.

"Primeros Pasos" Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Composed by Ivonne Paredes Featuring Freddy "Huevito" Lobaton Jazz Across The Americas: Colombia and Peru explores jazz as expressed by some of today's leading artists and composers from those countries now living in the United States.

Primeros Pasos

- For Jazz Orchestra -

Primeros Pasos (First Steps) combines the unique rhythms of Festejo and the sophisticated harmonic language of Jazz.

The rhythms of Festejo are based on polyrhythms - the three-against-two feel - and accents that fall on the first downbeat and then on upbeats. There are different permutations of the basic rhythms of Festejo throughout the piece, combined with extended chords - sevenths, ninths, and elevenths - that change in every section.

There are four well-defined sections in Primeros Pasos. The intro is slow and canonic, which represents the struggle that comes when we first try to walk. Dragging ourselves on the floor, falling down multiple times, and trying again and again until we can finally stand up and walk. The second section is upbeat and it represents the actual walking. The melodies in this section are inspired by Festejo standards that Paredes used to listen to when she was a little girl. The third section is more playful; we are running, jumping, and playing around in this one. There are more chord changes and broken-down melodies in this section than in others to represent playfulness. The last section after the climax takes us back to the second section when we were walking with some variations. The end is a reminder of when we started, and to not forget how far we have come.

This piece is dedicated to Paredes' niece Zoe, who was learning how to walk at the time.

Commissioned by Arturo O'Farrill's Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra.

Performance on February 15, 2014 by Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra featuring Freddy "Huevito" Lobaton on Cajón at Symphony Space, New York City.

This orchestral work is inspired by Marinera, a music genre from the northern regions of Peru. In particular, by the first Marinera song ever notated, "Concha de Perla." Recorded on May 9, 2013 at Whitman Theater in Brooklyn College, New York. Reading by the Brooklyn College Conservatory Orchestra, conducted by George Rothman.

Perla

- For Orchestra -

This orchestral work is inspired by Marinera, a music genre from the northern regions of Peru. In particular, by the first Marinera song ever notated, Concha de Perla.

Reading by the Brooklyn College Conservatory Orchestra, conducted by George Rothman.

Recorded on May 9, 2013 at Whitman Theater in Brooklyn College, New York.