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Antonio Gervasoni

Gervasoni is CMP Featured Composer

Cayambis Music Press is pleased to announce that Peruvian composer, Antonio Gervasoni is the featured composer for the month of April! Antonio, who is one of the leading Peruvian composers of his generation, has written 30 compositions (we’re proud to say that we publish a good number of them) that have been performed in Germany, Spain, Portugal, Chile, the United States, and of course, in Peru. Not only that, but during the entire month, when you add any of his works to your shopping cart you’ll receive 10% off that item’s regular price during checkout.

For Our Subscribers

Take 10% off the price of any item in our catalog! It's easy: At checkout enter the word, 10off, in the coupon field. This special offer is good for up to three items and even includes each and every one of Antonio Gervasoni's compositions. Cayambis Music Press values and appreciates the individuals and institutions that support our company.

Jorge Oviedo

CMP Composer’s Work Presented in Gala Concert

CMP composer Jorge Oviedo’s violin concerto was performed on March 30 by Ecuadorean violinist Jorge Saade and the Symphony Orchestra of Northern Virginia at the George Washington Masonic Memorial Theatre in Alexandria, Virginia, under the baton of Jeffrey Sean Dokken. Entitled, “A Celebration of North and South,” the program also included a performance by Ecuadorean pianist Juan Carlos Escudero, who played Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue.
Oviedo, who is one of the leading composers in his country, frequently conducts Quito's Metropolitan Symphonic Band.
Cayambis Music Press expects to release the first edition of this work within the next two months.

Alvarado Produces Musical Feast

Earlier this month, Jannet Alvarado, director of the José María Rodríguez Institute in Cuenca, Ecuador, presented over 100 musicians in a musical feast that featured some of the most representative works by Bach, Mozart and Ecuador’s own 20th composer, Luis Humberto Salgado. The audience of over 650 individuals was delighted by the event.

CMP Composer Wins Competition

René Silva’s composition, Y todavía tiene una pena…, was selected by the Chilean Society for the Rights of Authors as part of that organization’s third call for the premieres of works by Chilean composers. Silva’s composition will be premiered by the Symphonic Orchestra of Concepción during its 2014 season.

Welcome to the Cayambis Connection!

We are delighted to present the very first edition of the Cayambis Connection, and are pleased to welcome you to its pages! We use the word “connection” because we would like you to consider yourself part of a closely connected group of people, who like us, have very special interests. Because of this, we hope that you will find our newsletter to not only be interesting, but engaging as well. However, an equally important part of being connected is that our newsletter will be a source of exclusive news about the many projects and activities of Cayambis Music Press. For example, the company has begun to plan two back-to-back fall concerts of nothing but CMP editions that we hope will also be webcast. We’ll let you know about more details as they develop. Lastly, but more significantly, a connection is not just one-way. Should you have any comments or suggestions, we would be most happy to receive them. Just write to us and let us know what you think.

CMP Composers in the News

Oviedo, Ramírez and Yela Celebrate Success

Selected out of a total of 51 compositions submitted from twelve countries, Ecuadorean composer Jorge Oviedo's work, Huayra, for orchestra and children's choir, won second place in the Interamerican Composition Competition for Youth Orchestra. Applicants were required to compose a work with a duration of between nine and fifteen minutes at a difficulty level of "very easy" or "easy." Oviedo won a cash prize in the amount of $5000.
A recording of Gabriel Yela's work, Flauta espiritual (The Spiritual Flute), for flute and narrator, was recently released on compact disk in Guatemala. Entitled, Flautista y túnel (The Flutist and the Tunnel), the disk was recorded by Guatemalan flutist Gabriela Corleto, pianist Jr. Medina and actor Víctor Martínez. In addition to Yela's composition—the printed edition of which is soon to be released by Cayambis Music Press—the disk also features works by nine other Guatemalan composers.
Meanwhile, in Puerto Rico, a recording of Armando Luis Ramírez's Piccolo Quintet (currently being readied for publication by Cayambis Music Press) was recently released on compact disk. Under the title, Flauta Boricua, the disk features Puerto Rican flutist Ana María Hernández.

Walker to Perform U. S. Premiere

CMP co owner John Walker (seen here while practicing), will be performing the U. S. premiere of Luis Pérez Valero's Three Pieces for Charlie Parker for solo English horn on Monday, April 28, on the campus of Virginia Tech. The concert, which starts at 7:30 pm, will also include works by Hindemith, Persichetti and Kauder.

Latin American Composers Respond to Call for Compositions

Cayambis Music Press is pleased to report the successful response to a call for compositions sent in January to many different music organizations throughout Latin America. As of the March 15 deadline, nearly 60 compositions were submitted by 17 composers from Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela. These works are currently being evaluated by the CMP Editorial Board. In coordination with the owners of Cayambis Music Press this body will determine the quality and suitability of each composition.
If selected for publication, a contract will be offered, and upon acceptance by the composer, the process of publication preparation will begin. Watch these pages for more details.

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