…y aún sigues dándole a la vida sueños
Program note
The title of the piece comes from a line in Fayad Jamís’ poem Con tantos palos que te dió la vida.
This music is dedicated to those who continue to get up after life strikes them down, and more importantly, to those that not only get up but also continue to create and bring beauty into this world. I also want to express my heartfelt gratitude to the composers and performers who were part of the 16th cycle of the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music’s Bahlest Eeble fellowship program.
-Ivette Herryman Rodríguez
Performers: Ráyo Furuta (flute), Amr Selim (French horn), and Christine Lamprea (cello)
Producer: Gabriela Lena Frank Video Editor: Stephanie M. Neumann Recording Engineers: GLFCAM staff Media Documentation: GLFCAM staff, ACF staff, Cycle 16 Composer Fellows.
Special thanks to the AMERICAN COMPOSERS FORUM and their ACF | CONNECT program for their partnership and hosting of our core residency for Cycle 16, and to the BELWIN STAFF for the use of the BELWIN CONSERVANCY in Afton, MN where we held initial workshops.