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A Podcast with Carmen-Helena Téllez and The Princeton Festival

June 3, 2020 by carmen helena tellez

I had the privilege of being interviewed by The Princeton Festival on a variety of topics, ranging from women in music, the role of new modes of presentation during the current coronavirus crisis., and my work with the project for inter-artistic composition, Kosmologia. The podcast is available through the month of June at this link: The Princeton Festival Podcast

Categories: art and ritual, art and society, meta-composition, multimedia, new forms of presentation, new opera and music drama, social media, women in music, women in the arts • Tags: CARMEN HELENA TELLEZ, coronavirus, covid-19, new modes of presentation, podcast, The Princeton Festival

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I found this fascinating read…as I get ready to create a new interdisciplinary work

October 19, 2019 by carmen helena tellez

This comes from AEON magazine, where one find many provocative new insights on how we and the world work, and could work… In fact, musical modernism exacerbated the idea that musical artists had to specialize–you were a composer, or a performer, or a historian, but rarely expected to be recognized professionally for credible expertise in all these –or other– disciplines. This is gradually changing. The most forward looking music departments and schools are considering interdisciplinarity, which does not eliminate the […]

Categories: art and paradox, art and society, Carmen's work, interdiscipline, postclassical music, Uncategorized • Tags: The Nine Muses by Carlos Dorrien

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Women and the arts- when will we tell the whole story?

August 19, 2019 by carmen helena tellez

In spite of the ongoing and ever-so-gradually disappearing patriarchy, there have been some tentative developments in the recognition of women in the arts. We see more women conductors taking the helm of orchestras. The Art Institute of Chicago is hanging more art by women, next to their male contemporaries. And here, Artsy magazine gives us a summarized history of the influence of women in the arts as patronesses. Shall we look at the history of art, music included, as the […]

Categories: art, art and society, women in music, women in the arts

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Two oratorios sing the trials of our society and prayers of reflection

May 5, 2019 by carmen helena tellez

I am delighted to announce that Ensemble Concept/21 has invited the Euclid Quartet, Kosmologia, and the Notre Dame Children’s Choir to premiere the oratorios The Tower and the Garden by Gregory Spears and Beatitudes by Jorge Muñiz, under my direction, next Friday, May 10, at 7 pm, in the Campus Auditorium of Indiana University South Bend. This project joins together two important sponsors of creativity in this country– The New Frontiers Program at Indiana University, and the Ann Stookey Fund […]

Categories: art and religion, art and society, gesamtkünstwerk, intermedia, music composition, new choral music, new forms of presentation, new opera and music drama, postclassical music, sacred music • Tags: CARMEN HELENA TELLEZ, Denise Levertov, Gregory Spears, Jorge Muñiz, Notre Dame Vocale, Thomas Merton

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Context affects perception-a case in Wall Street

April 14, 2017 by carmen helena tellez

An amazing example of how context and sharing space affect perception is playing out in Wall Street. When Arturo di Modica’s Charging Bull stood alone, it meant something to the passers-by. When Kristen Visbal’s Fearless Girl was placed next to it, now it means something else. The energy is coming from the dialogue between the two statues. But –which of the statues keeps its specific message regardless of the context? Check the article at Artnet.com

Categories: art and paradox, art and society, context and perception

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TEDx Talks are up!

February 28, 2014 by carmen helena tellez

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Categories: art and ritual, art and society, Carmen's work, context affects perception, context and perception, interdiscipline, my work, new conductor, new forms of presentation, new opera and music drama

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On opera commenting on history: Michael Dellaira’s The Death of Webern

December 11, 2013 by carmen helena tellez

It is now two months since the Pocket Opera Players premiered under my musical direction Michael Dellaira’s The Death of Webern, alongside John Eaton’s Rerouted, in New York City’s Symphony Space. In a way, both operas commented, one tragically and the other farcically, on the future of high art. Now Michael Dellaira sends me a wonderful article on his opera that offers both a summary and a context for his insightful work. It is worthy reading for those opera lovers […]

Categories: art and society, Carmen's work, music composition, new opera and music drama

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New discussions on social media and the impact on building an audience

October 17, 2013 by carmen helena tellez

As you know by now, the crux of my research and creative activity is that music can be presented in interdisciplinary and interartistic ways. Colleagues are investigating the impact of social media in the identification and cultivation of an audience. Some of this may have simple marketing objectives. However, it may also reveal new ways of interacting with an audience as an artist. For some interesting reading, see here and here.

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The controversy about the title “Female Composer”…..

July 17, 2013 by carmen helena tellez

…or “Woman” composer, (or “Latin American” composer, for that matter) gets a perspective from composer Kristin Kuster here. It is worth reading her opinion piece in the New York Times alongside the piece she quotes from NewMusicBox. Much of what she says about women composers applies to women conductors, and both contingents are underrepresented in the high-level circles of the profession that receive the most performances or conduct the elite ensembles. She is right that women have sought to separate […]

Categories: art and society, contemporary music, interdiscipline, music composition, my work, new conductor, postclassical music, postmodernism, Uncategorized • Tags: Kristin Kuster, Women Composers

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Category Archives: art and society

I found this fascinating read…as I get ready to create a new interdisciplinary work

Women and the arts- when will we tell the whole story?

Two oratorios sing the trials of our society and prayers of reflection

Context affects perception-a case in Wall Street

TEDx Talks are up!

On opera commenting on history: Michael Dellaira’s The Death of Webern

New discussions on social media and the impact on building an audience

The controversy about the title “Female Composer”…..