Guatemalan Music for the Clarinet

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Voicing Guatemala through Clarinet Stories and Sounds. This is where you’ll find the most recent blog posts.
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This summer, I had the privilege of visiting NYC and dining with two Central American composers based in the city, whose music has shaped my research and performance journey: Sergio Reyes Mendoza (Guatemala) and Juan Guerra González (El Salvador). Sergio Reyes Mendoza Over the past year, I have performed three of Sergio’s works: Our dinner…
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I am honored to share that my chamber group and I were awarded 1st place in Category 4 “Best Performance of a Previously Unrecorded Work” in the Amplifying Voices Competition at the University of Missouri – Kansas City Conservatory for our performance of Miradas Azules by Guatemalan composer Sergio Reyes Mendoza. This piece is a…
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On May 15th, 2025, I had the incredible honor to present a premiere performance of Guatemalan music in New York City, at Aaron Davis Hall at City College, in collaboration with the Harlem Chamber Players, Association of Dominican Classical Artists, and Dzul Dance. This concert was titled “World Premieres by Latin Composers,” and was featured…
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