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August 8, 2021August 8, 2021 carmen helena tellez Uncategorized

Kosmologia will present Dreaming/Undreaming at the Ear Taxi Festival in Chicago

Our sister interdisciplinary project Kosmologia has been invited to present DreamingUndreaming at the exciting Ear Taxi Festival of Chicago, September 18 and 19, 2021.

Originally commissioned by The Princeton Festival for the virtual season of 2021, Dreaming/ Undreaming will be presented in its hybrid version, with the wonderful pianist Natasha Stojanovska performing live to videos projected in real time by their creators Camilla Tassi and Ryan Belock.

Learn more HERE!

To see a glimpse of Dreaming/Undreaming, click HERE

June 10, 2021 carmen helena tellez Carmen-Helena Tellez, Kosmologia, New Modes of Presentation

Kosmologia premieres art-music video

Follow our creative research project Kosmologia during the premiere of the art-music video Dreaming/Undreaming, commissioned by The Princeton Festival, on June 17-30, 2021.

News: Recent, Current and Upcoming Activities

October 1, 2020October 14, 2020 carmen helena tellez Aquavá's Recordings, Carmen-Helena Tellez

A preview of Natasha Stojanovska’s new CD, produced by Aquavá’s Carmen-Helena Téllez!

The gifted Macedonian pianist Natasha Stojanovska has compiled the most exciting piano repertoire by women composers of Eastern Europe, some of it recorded for the first time. Stay tuned for the publication announcement! If you wish to follow Natasha’s channel on YouTube, click HERE.

June 3, 2020June 4, 2020 carmen helena tellez Carmen-Helena Tellez, Kosmologia, New Modes of Presentation

A Podcast with Carmen-Helena Téllez and The Princeton Festival

Aquavá’s artistic co-director Carmen-Helena Téllez was interviewed by The Princeton Festival on different topics concerning women in music, the role of new modes of presentation during the coronavirus pandemic, and her work in inter-artistic composition with Aquavá’s sister project Kosmologia. You can access the podcast throughout the month of June at this link:

The Princeton Festival Podcast

May 21, 2020 carmen helena tellez Uncategorized

Carmen-Helena Téllez discusses new directions in choral music

On Friday, May 22, at 2pm EDT, Carmen-Helena Téllez is joined by the brilliant conductor Dominick DiOrio for a discussion on new cross-disciplinary and technological directions for choral music, produced by Alain Barker and the Office of Entrepreneurship and Career Development of the Jacobs School of Music. Everyone is invited.

https://www.facebook.com/events/244983303592115/

May 5, 2020May 5, 2020 carmen helena tellez Uncategorized

A Garden of Roses by Cary Boyce is now available

A Garden of Roses by Cary Boyce is now available for perusal and purchase in this site. Composed for SATB Chorus and String Quartet, it was premiered by the brilliant conductor Tim Westerhaus with the Spokane Kantorei Choir and the Spokane String Quartet, to critical acclaim.

Garden of Roses COVER-FULL

March 2, 2020April 27, 2020 carmen helena tellez Uncategorized

A wonderful review for “A Garden of Roses” by Cary Boyce

Read review HERE

Look for the news of the availability of the score of “A Garden of Roses” for choir and string quartet. For any questions, write to aquavanewmusic@gmail.com

Boyce-Garden of Roses Spokesman Review

February 14, 2020February 14, 2020 carmen helena tellez Uncategorized

Cary Boyce about to premiere “A Garden of Roses”

Cary Boyce, co-founder of Aquava New Music Studio, will premiere his new composition A Garden of Roses, for chamber choir and string quartet, with the Kantorei Chamber Choir under conductor Tim Westerhaus, this Sunday, February 16, in Spokane Listen to the INTERVIEW HERE.

kantorei Tim Westerhausjpg — Tim Westerhaus and the Kantorei Choir

January 15, 2020April 10, 2020 carmen helena tellez Uncategorized

Natasha Stojanovska records music by Eastern European women composers

The brilliant Macedonian pianist based in Chicago and Santa Fe, NM, has begun her project of recording works by Eastern European women composers Grażyna Bacewicz, Bojana Petrovic Aleksova, Zara Levina, Maria Szymanowska, Dora Pejačević and her own two Phantasies No.1 and No.2. The project will be engineered by the outstanding Dan Nichols of Aphorism Studio, and produced by Carmen-Helena Tellez of Aquava New Music. (Photo courtesy of Howard Eckdahl)

June 18, 2019 carmen helena tellez Uncategorized

Critical Praise for the CD John Eaton-The Sor Juana Project

The independent critic Grego Applegate Edwards has issued a wonderful review of John Eaton-The Sor Juana Project! He has praised its “precision and flair” of the ensemble, as well as the “presence and poise” of the vocalists Kate Maroney, Hyona Kim, Tony Boutté and Bridget Parker. It was indeed a privilege for Aquava New Music Studio to be commissioned by the John Eaton Foundation to bring this project into fruition. John Eaton (1934-2015) was a visionary and influential figure in the world of microtonal American music, and considered “the most interesting opera composer working in America today” by Andrew Porter and the Financial Times. For more information on John Eaton’s work and legacy, please visit his biographical page at the John Eaton Foundation’s website. The the two-CD album John Eaton-The Sor Juana Project is available at CDBaby, Amazon.com, and digital outlets everywhere.