ERIC ESTRADA VALADEZ
Composer
News:
"Spare Parts Spin" has been selected as one of the winners in the 47th Festival of New American Music (FeNAM) Call for Scores 08/21/2024
"Your work stood out impressively among the rest, as recognized by our jury comprising of Shuying Li, Nina C. Young, Scott Perkins, Michael Avitabile (Hub New Music), Jordan Shippy (Metaphor Percussion), Ryan Murray (Director of Orchestra), and Brett Judson (Director of Choirs)."
https://www.csus.edu/college/arts-letters/music/spotlight/fenam-festival.html
"Del silencio brota un árbol" was the runner up of the Black Bayou Composition Prize 06/09/2024
https://www.newmusiconthebayou.com/blackbayoucompositionaward
"Spare Parts Spin" was one of the winners of SOLI's 30x30x30 Composition Competition 04/28/2024
"Your work truly stood out among the numerous submissions we received, showcasing creativity, skill, and artistry. The panel was impressed by your composition, and we are thrilled to have it as part of our project".- SOLI's competition panel.
https://sanantonioreport.org/soli-chamber-ensemble-30-year-anniversary-competition/
https://solichamberensemble.com/30-30-30/
"Northampton's Little Chilango" was one of the winners of Art Music Society Call for scores 04/15/2024
"We have received a total of 165 submissions from 27 countries and were impressed by the variety of influences and cultures that this contest managed to attract. Our judges were impressed by the level of applicants and wished that more spots could have been awarded."- Art Music Society competition jury.
Upcoming events:
February 15, 2025
Performance of "Northampton's Little Chilango" as part of the Arts Music Society 2024-25 season in Alexandria, Virginia.
November 1, 2024
Performance of "Spare Parts Spin" at the Festival of New American Music by Hub New Music.
https://www.csus.edu/college/arts-letters/music/spotlight/fenam-festival.html
October 18, 2024
Premiere of "Call it Intuition" for full orchestra at the Foro Internacional de Música Nueva Manuel Enríquez 2024 by the State Puebla Symphony
https://forodemusicanueva.inba.gob.mx/
October 11, 2024
Performance of "Memories of the Subsoil" at FNMC New Music Festival, in Omaha, Nebraska.
https://www.flutenewmusicconsortium.com/nmf-2024.html
October 5, 2024
Performance of "Perimeter Breached" and "Memories of the subsoil at Fourth Marathon of New Music Onix 2024 in Mexico City.
July 15, 2024
Premiere of "Brown Opal" for solo violin at the Texas New Music Festival in Houston.
http://artsandculturetx.com/texas-new-music-festival-celebrates-new-works/
June 7, 2024
Performance of "Del silencio brota un árbol" on the New Music on the Bayou Music Festival held at Louisiana.
https://www.newmusiconthebayou.com/nmb24composers
April 28, 2024
Doctoral Recital at the University of Houston Moores School of Music. Featuring "Spare Parts Spin", "Hékate", "Memories of the Subsoil" and "Northampton's Little Chilango".
https://uh.edu/calendar/index/713-743-1050?view=e&id=643997
April 25, 2024
Premiere of "Call it Intuition" by Aura Contemporary Ensemble at the Moores Opera House in Houston, Texas.
https://www.uh.edu/calendar/index/.php?view=e&id=638856
March 22, 2024
Performance of "Northampton's Little Chilango" at Tutti International New Arts Festival 2024, in Columbus, Ohio.
https://denison.edu/series/tutti
March 16, 2024
Performance of "Perimeter Breached" by Project Fusion Saxophone Quartet at CampGround International Music Festival 2024, in Tampa, Florida.
https://contemporaryartmusicproject.org/event-schedule/
February 21, 2024
Premiere of "Overture 2024: Former Present Today" at the Blaffer Museum. A collaboration with Cuban visual artist Reynier Leyva Novo.
https://blafferartmuseum.org/events/overture-2024-former-present-today-performance/
February 14, 2024
Premiere of "Spare Parts Spin" at the Blaffer Museum by HUB New Music.
https://blafferartmuseum.org/events/convergence-research-hub-new-music/
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