1. MIGUEL DEL AGUILA
CONGA LINE IN HELL

2. WHO IS MIGUEL DEL AQUILASO
WHO IS MIGUEL DEL AQUILA

3. Three-time Grammy nominated American composer Miguel del Aguila was born 1957 in Montevideo, Uruguay.

4. IN THE 1970’S DEL AGUILA FLED URUGUAY’S REPRESSIVE MILITARY GOVERNMENT
IN 1978 DEL AGUILA MOVED TO CALIFORNIA
GRADUATED FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC

5. DEL AGUILA AS YOUNG COMPOSER AND MUSICIAN
STUDIED 10 YEARS IN VIENNA RECEIVED CLASSICAL TRAINING IN PIANO AND COMPOSITION
VIENNA
DEL AGUILA AS YOUNG COMPOSER AND MUSICIAN

6. DEL AGUILA RETURNED TO USA IN 1992 AND CURRENTLY RESIDES IN LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA
HE IS A VERY PROLIFIC COMPOSER AND PERFORMER WITH OVER 115 MUSICAL WORKS.
40 CHAMBER WORKS.
27 ORCHESTRAL PIECES.
19 VOCAL OR CHORAL WORKS.
16 PIANO AND SOLO INSTRUMENT PIECES.
12 DANCE, FILM, OR TV WORKS.
3 OPERAS
HE HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS PRESTIGEOUS MUSICAL AWARDS INCLUDING 3 GRAMMY NOMINATIONS

7. INTERVIEW WITH MIGUEL DEL AQUILA
cixHYBUnM4&t=487s [0 – 1:00] TRAINING AS A STUDENT IN VIENNA [5:14 – 8:05] HIS LIFE AS A COMPOSER AND HOW HE COMPOSES MUSIC.

8. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF AGUILA’S MUSIC
A 21ST CENTURY AVANT-GARDE CLASSICAL COMPOSER.
SOUTH AMERICAN MUSICAL INFLUENCES, [PIAZZOLLA & MILONGA]
NATIVE SOUTH AMERICAN DANCE & FOLK MUSIC, [ANDEAN]
PROGRAM MUSIC TO TELL A STORY.
MODERN AMERICAN COMPOSERS, [JOPLIN & COPELAND]

9. TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF AGUILA’S MUSIC
SHORT REPETITIVE MINIMALIST PHRASES, [JOHN ADAMS & PHILIP GLASS]
ABA MUSICAL FORM. SOMETIMES “B” SECTION HAS SIMILAR MELODY AS “A” BUT WITH DIFFERENT TEMPO AND COLOR.
FAST TRICKY TIME MEASURES, [EG: 13/16 – CONGA]
– ETC.
USES CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTS TO GET UNCONVENTIONAL SOUNDS.

10. PRESTO ll – STRING QUARTET
ORIGINALLY COMPOSED IN VIENNA IN 1988.
CLASSICAL FUGUE
JAZZY IRONIC LATIN DANCE.
REPETITION OF SMALL MELODIC CELL.
EACH CELL ENDS WITH A LEADING NOTE THAT RETURNS TO A DIFFERENT VARIATION OF THE SAME CELL.
TRICKY RYTHMIC PATTERNS.
[0 – 1:18]

11. TOCATTA – FOR PIANO COMMISSIONED IN 1988 6/8 + 7/8 TIME MEASURE.
INSPIRED BY AFRO – AMERICAN DANCE.
STARTS VERY SLOWLY, QUICKLY SHIFTS TO FAST TRICKY BEAT, ENDS WITH A BANG.
[0 – 1:00]

12. CLOCKS – FOR PIANO AND STRING QUARTET BALLET
COMMISSIONED IN 1998 BY THE VENTURA CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL
HONORED WITH A LATIN GRAMMY NOMINATION
PORTRAYS AN IMAGINARY VISIT TO A CLOCK MUSEUM, EXPLORING THE SOUND WORLD OF CLOCKS.
CHOREOGRAPHED FOR BALLET.
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13. THE GIANT GUITAR COMMISSIONED 2006 FOR THE BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC.
PROGRAM MUSIC.
SOUTH AMERICA IS A GIANT GUITAR.
BEGINS WITH LIGHT ANDIAN MUSIC AND ENDS IN REVOLUTION AND DEATH.
NARRATED BY MIGUEL DEL AGUILA
[2:30 – 4:48]

14. CONGA 6 PIANOS
UNCONVENTIONAL USE OF CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTS FOR CREATIVE EFFECTS.
CONGA 6 PIANOS: [10 – 206]

15. CONGA LINE IN HELL
Composed in 1994 from a dream stemming from Dante’s poem Divine Comedy, (an endless line of dead people dancing through the fires of Hell) A SECTION: Begins quietly with tinkling bells to conga beat and grows to full orchestra. B SECTION: Melody begins with slow bluesy conga beat , which builds in volume and tempo. A’ SECTION: Melody is repeated and grows to full orchestra and loud dramatic ending. FAST TRICKY BEAT & TIME MEASURE: 13/16 SHORT MUSICAL PHRASES: REPEATED AND EMBELLISHED. WE WILL HEAR: The Bridge and concluding movement. [2:15 – 4:55]

16. THIS IS MIGUEL DEL AGUILA

18. CANGA EXTRAS FULL VERSION CONGA : [1 – 11:46]