Program
Notes: Sonata El Sonoro
I. El Festejo de
las Bodas (The Festival of the Weddings)
II. Sueños de Querétaro (Dreams of Querétaro)
III. Las Niñas de Calle Aldama (The Little Girls of Aldama Street)
IV. La Música de las Americas (The Music of the Americas)
Commissioned
by pianist Dickran Atamian for his debut recital at Grady Gammage
Auditorium in Tempe Arizona, Sonata El Sonoro is my first major
work for piano. The sonata portrays scenic motifs depicting life
in rural Mexico and influenced by the life stories told to me by my students when I taught English at the Metrotech Institute in
Phoenix.
Public
Performances:
Grady
Gammage Auditorium - April 9, 1994 (Premiere - Tempe Arizona)
Finney Chapel Oberlin Conservatory - February 22, 1995 (Oberlin Ohio)
Michigan Theatre - March 5, 1995 (Ann Arbor Michigan)
EJ Thomas Performing Arts Center - March 30, 1995 (Akron Ohio)
Radio Broadcasts:
KBAQ - Phoenix (Southwest
Season Ticket and ASU in Concert)
National Public Radio (Performance Today)
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