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A glimpse of Dreaming/Undreaming

June 3, 2021 by carmen helena tellez

A glimpse of Dreaming/Undreaming, premiering on June 17th, 2021, at the Princeton Festival!

Categories: art, art and paradox, art music video, Carmen's work, contemporary music, context and perception, gesamtkünstwerk, interdiscipline, music composition, women in music • Tags: Dreaming/Undreaming, interdisciplinary art, new music composition, video art

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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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TEDx Talks are up!

February 28, 2014 by carmen helena tellez

View the Talk on YouTube    

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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Notes from a recent performance of Mozart’s Requiem

November 4, 2013 by carmen helena tellez

Last September 14 I had the opportunity to conduct Mozart’s Requiem in the Decio Theater of Notre Dame, with the Notre Dame Festival Chorus and Orchestra and the wonderful soloists Jessica McCormack, soprano; Julia Bentley, mezzo-soprano; Nick Fitzer, tenor; and Stephen Lancaster, bass.  Given that the hall is designed for drama and the spoken voice, I thought we would connect with our audience’s expectations better through a slightly unconventional approach, and instead of presenting a pre-concert talk, we delivered the […]

Categories: art and religion, art and ritual, Carmen's work, sacred music • Tags: Mozart's Requiem

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After 14 years, our CD of chamber music by Carlos Chávez is reissued

July 30, 2013 by carmen helena tellez

The CD was a concept of Roberto Kolb and Camerata de las Américas,  with research by Professor Gloria Carmona, on  occasion of Chávez’ s centenary celebrations in 1999. It sold out very quickly, and now it is back!  The great advantage of the new edition is that it is available for digital downloads and through Amazon.com

Categories: Carmen's work • Tags: Camerata de las Américas, Carlos Chávez, Gloria Carmona, Roberto Kolb, Xochipili

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¡Unicamente la verdad! has had tremendous reception this year!

June 27, 2013 by carmen helena tellez

Gabriela Ortiz, the composer of ¡Unicamente la verdad! has sent us the fantastic review written by Opera News after its California premiere with the adventurous Andreas Mitisek and Long Beach Opera, with the new title Camelia la tejana: Only the Truth!.  I invite you to revisit the notes on the conceptualization and premiere in 2008 at Indiana University of ULV, more than an opera, a work of interdisciplinary art. It is wonderful to see the different directorial approaches, one sardonic […]

Categories: art and ritual, art and society, Carmen's work, context and perception, multimedia, my work, new opera and music drama • Tags: Camelia la Tejana, Gabriela Ortiz, Unicamente la verdad

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Happy 2013!

December 31, 2012 by carmen helena tellez

This year offers many promises.  May it offer great joy and creative realizations to all of you!

Categories: art, Carmen's work, Uncategorized

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