CelloBello’s Teacher Training Seminar presentation about how to use Latin American music as a tool for teachers and performers.
The series of three bilingual posts provides context about the history, the style, sources and editions, and the pedagogical value of the first cello concerto written in Latin America
Ricardo Castro’s concerto is the first concerto for cello written in Latin America. It is written in a romantic style. The edition includes a piano reduction available for purchase here.
The resource is developed by the team of Strings of Latin America in partnership with the Sphinx Organization towards the mission of providing visibility to Latin American classical music. The directory contains biographic information and lists of works by Latin American composers.
With more than 820 entries on the date of its release, The Sphinx Catalog of Latin-American Viola Works is the most comprehensive database that contains information about works written by composers from Latin America, where the viola has a prominent role. It was created in partnership with the Sphinx Organization and Dr. Jesús Alfonzo. The catalog is free and available online through the sponsoring websites of the Sphinx Organization and Strings of Latin America.
The Voices of Latin American Cello is an educative audio-visual series featuring the protagonists of the cello-related classical music scene in Latin America. The series is hosted by the YouTube channel of The Sphinx Catalog of Latin-American Cello Works.
Webinar patrocinado por la Universidad Nacional de Música de Perú acerca de cómo usar el Sphinx Catalog of Latin-American Cello Works como herramienta para intérpretes y profesores.
With more than 2200 entries on the date of its release, The Sphinx Catalog of Latin-American cello Works is the most comprehensive database that contains information about works written by composers from Latin America, where the cello has a prominent role. It was created in partnership with the Sphinx Organization and Dr. German Marcano.
Informative presentation about Latin American cello music given at the National Convention of the American String Teachers Association.
This collection of double-stop exercises fill a void in the literature of technical exercises for cellists.
Study about a Venezuelan musical ritual of indigenous origin that bears the name of El Baile de las Turas.. Published on the Anthropology journal Boletín Antropológico. Año 34, N 91, Enero-Junio, 2016. pp. 53-74. You can find the article here.
Interpretación y Werktreue en las Ediciones del Siglo XIX de las Suites para Violoncello de J. S. Bach. Paper presented at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia about the different editorial approaches in early editions of Bach’s cello suites.
Música, memoria e identidad en el ritual de las Turas de San Pedro de Mapararí, Estado Falcón: Study about a Venezuelan musical ritual of indigenous origin that bears the name of El Baile de las Turas. Paper presented with Natali Herrera at the Third National Anthropology Conference of Venezuela.
A study about the use of fieldwork as a tool for musical interpretation, centered around the work Jaguar Songs by Paul Desenne. Published in the musicology journal musicaenclave. Spanish version available here.