PROGRAM (in Valencian) DIMECRES 15 17 h - Acte d’apertura. 17.30 h - Taula Redona: “Reflexions al voltant de la percussió en la creació cotemporània I” - Francisco Zacarés. Conservatori de Torrente - Emilio Calandín. ConservatoriProfessional de Música, de Castelló. - Claudia Montero, Compositora. - Miguel A. Berbis. Conservatori Superior de Música, de Castelló - […]
https://youtu.be/iA8lEPJlpxs Workshop on vocal experimentation with Cristina Cubells at Matilde Salvador Hall, La Nau (University of Valencia), and 16th Harmonic Procession by the most populated streets around. Media: 2019'IV'29.- Beckmesser: Invasión Ensems
16th Harmonic Procession: https://youtu.be/nviEbLsmbx8 Choral action, with 400 singers: https://youtu.be/SytiK-g2EUI Media: Ayuntamiento de Madrid: Conde Duque enCantado Federación Coral de Madrid: Performance coral en el Conde Duque con Sonia Megías 3/04/2019 Somos Malasaña: Conde Duque enCantado: ¿pueden cantar 800 personas juntas?
https://youtu.be/vF1O4iWW4Ho Music is the most democratic art, it does not understand about ages or knowledge, it simply goes through corporalities: it is able of playing unsuspected and precipitating keys to joy or collapse in just a few seconds. Sounds directly connect with the emotions and are translated into the gesture, the dance, the externalization […]
Artículo de Carmen Pardo Salgado: The Influence of John Cage on Spanish Experimental Music " The ‘bridge generation’ encompasses José Manuel Beren- guer (b. Barcelona, 1955) and the aforementioned Zavala and Galán. For the second group, born in the 1970s and the 1980s, Barber is the central figure. Montserrat Pala- cios (b. Mexico, 1975), Isaac […]
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Here you can learn the song Bubo: https://soniamegias.es/portfolio/cancion-de-bubo/ Here you can download Bubo's App: https://apps.apple.com/es/app/bubo/id1384304747 Other links: SGAE: Pedro Vaquero presenta ‘Bubo’, un cuento interactivo para desarrollar la inteligencia emocional en los niños RNE: Bubo en La Pequeteca
At the IAWM Journal Vol. 24 num. 1, June 2018, came out my article about Dúa de Pel and our trips to China:
Project Triángulo worked from November 2017 to may 2018. It consisted in three artists intervention into three collectives from the city of Móstoles (Madrid, Spain): - Julián Mayorga at Rodolfo Halffter's Conservatory - Luz Prado at Beato de Rojas' School - Sonia Megías with 'Un Coro Amateur' (experimental chorus) at Centro de Arte Dos de […]
Go to this link to aproach project 'Habitar el barrio' (inhabit the neighborhood), in which we carried this procession. Television: La aventura del saber - 11/09/18 https://youtu.be/Q6VLgW2wRLA Stickers:
https://youtu.be/hwHJ8Z5N-lo We'll start the procession at 4:30pm at Retiro subway station, inside the park. We'll walk through the drawn map to end at the white piano inside Esther Ferrer's exhibition, inside Velazquez Palace (luckily, there's heating there). Graphic documents:
What: Open mic 'Dando voces' for vegetable exchange. Who: Me at the piano, and whoever want to sing! You don't have to have a great voice, you don't need to read music, only you need to like people and spend a while with us! Here you have the songbook in pdf, and in the […]
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2017'V. Pekín. Dúa de Pel live at the National Chinese TV After our Chinese tour... Let's go to Argentina! Sunday 24.09 - Concert at the Cultural Center 'Resurgimiento' at 7:00 pm - C/Artigas 2262 CABA Monday 25.09 - Folkyoumondays at 'La Dama de Bollini' at 10:30 pm.- Pasaje Bollini 2281 Tuesday 26.09 to Saturday […]
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwdhZ9Jlbrc What: Great premiere of my cantata SOMOS NATURALEZA. For narrator, choir, children's choir, piano, chamber orchestra and children's orchestra. Libretto: Eva Guillamón Music: Sonia Megías Pianist: Rosa Torres-Pardo Choral conductor: Nuria Fernández Orchestral conductor: Javier U. Illán Who: Choirs and orchestras by Fundación Acción Social por la Música (El Sistema de Venezuela in Spain) Where: Main […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Khmk6teZkII
¡Disfrutemos la puesta de sol desde el lugar más bonito en Madrid!
https://youtu.be/ryOJ_6HXLi0
Orquesta Ciudad de La Mancha, conducted by Fernando Bustamante, has very peculiar components: Solo voice Flute Oboe Bandurrias I / Mandolinas I Bandurrias II / Mandolinas II Lutes Flamenco guitar Classical guitars Double bass 2 percussions Accordion Piano In this concert in honor to Santa Cecilia, they're going to play the four arrangements I wrote for […]
The COMA Festival, organized by the Composers Association of Madrid, presents Ensemble Kuraia, that will premiere Mal(in)con(i)ci in its version for flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello and piano. With vídeo by Paola Boioli (Milano). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjkljbT8cg0
From Empire State Building main door (12pm) to McSorley's old ale house (1pm), where we'll celebrate the gathering. Come with your voice or instrument! Stickers: Pictures:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhEI7V8S9Jg Our show 'Planeta Pel' found a new place where to be shown! Thanks to Margarita Danielian and Arnie Vargas, who are great organizers! We need you to book your seat before October 5th to show your interest. Please, send an e-mail to Arnie Vargas arnievargas@gmail.com including your name and your phone number.
Professor Ana Isabel Simón has invited Dúa de Pel to give a talk-recital for her students @ Adelphi University. For RSVP, please write to Ana Isabel to: aisimon@adelphi.edu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhEI7V8S9Jg Professor Ricardo Llorca invited us to give a masterclass and a recital as a part of his seminar 'The influence of Spanish folklore in Classical music'. The class-recital will be in a classroom of the school, RSVP @ professor Ricardo Llorca's e-mail: ricardo.llorca@gmail.com. Thanks! Looking forward!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpqUFf0YIJs RSVP at r.k.woerner@gmail.com PROGRAM 6:30pm - Guests welcome and cocktail hour 7:15pm - Performance Followed by Dinner (no need for pot luck, we will do big simple meal like vegetarian chili with rise & salad). Maximum dinner guests approx 24. We will pass a hat for a donation. Performance and Festivities in the Woerner Barn, […]
2015'V. Planeta Pel, del artista salvadoreño Renato Mira We're very lucky of having been invited by the Sevillan-Newyorker artist Marta Hernández, founder and vocalist of Mar Salá Band, invites us to sing our 'Planeta Pel' in one of her musical gatherings. ¡Yeeehaaaa! The gathering consists in bringing each one some food and, after the show we'll share […]
2016'X'9. Dúa de Pel en NYU Professor Nancy Shankman invited Eva and me as models of international artists to encourage music educators at their welcome to NYU. The party for the graduate students of Music Education will be at room 303 of the Steinhart School of Music (my school during my Fulbright fellowship!). So Dúa de Pel […]
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Inside Veranos de la Villa Festival (Madrid Government). In collaboration with edible art collective Ali&Cía. https://youtu.be/4kQ9_d0P7q4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_hSIGigoLc Poster: This time there was no stickers, because the procession had the function of inviting citizens to the workshops that we were giving during the following week. Map: Pictures by Juanma Aragón:
What: My piece ’Pequeña Suite Peninsular’, for wind quintet. Who: Sylvan Winds quintet.
As an activity of Centro Dramático Rural (CDR). Curated by Adolfo Simón. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KIBS1whV64?rel=0] Map: Stickers:
La revista 'Rescoldo', dirigida por la musicóloga Cecilia Piñero, me pide este artículo que surge del taller que les impartí sobre experimentación coral:
In december 2015 I exposed my rare scores at Mujeres en la Música stand in the international fair Expoclásica.
As a part of Festival Intramurs. Poster: Map: Stickers:
2015'VI'17. Impro al piano sobre 'El maquinista de La General' de Buster Keaton
Conservatory 'Jerónimo Meseguer' in Almansa invites me to give a talk on my creations, with the performance of them by the students: PROGRAM: DIVERTIMENTO. Primer movimiento · osm14#1 (Almansa, 2001) MªJosé Castillo (Violín), Sofía Pina (Violín), María Sánchez (Viola), Carmen García (Violoncello) PEQUEÑO FAGOT · osm11# (Almansa, 2000) * Pascual Martínez (Fagot), José Juan […]
Media: Biblioteca de la Universidad Europea de Madrid: El hombre mosca en la American Space Madrid
Alfredo Carrión, curator PROGRAM RiChiamo* (2012) in the version for piano and string quartet RCSMM (Royal Conservatory of Madrid) ensemble. Sebastián Mariné, conductor Elisa, Para** (2007) for alto sax and piano Felipe Zaragozí, sax Jorge Jambrina, piano Pequeña guitarra*+ (1999-2004) for solo guitar Pilar Rius, guitarra Sonata (2002) for violín and piano Pablo Gastaminza, violín Hortensia […]
http://madridfree.com/concierto-grupo-de-musica-contemporanea-del-rcsmm/ http://amcc.es/coma/coma14/grupo-de-musica-contemporanea-del-rcsmm-2/
On October 31st 2014, a day after the anniversary of poet Miguel Hernández death, Dúa de Pel performs 'De la raíz a la hoja' a theatrical-musical happening at the festival Abierto de Acción, in Orihuela (Alicante), as a tribute to the poet. This was the first happening of Dúa de Pel, that was born that […]
Curated by Laura Corcuera from La Selecta, laboratory for the arts and sciences of the North Mountains of Madrid. Stickers:
Music summercamp MUSA. Felipe Zaragozí, director Festival 'Nits al so del aigua'. Altea (Alicante) Some pieces performed by the camp professors: Shelley I, for solo clarinet https://youtu.be/AgwExhXwIQU Amor y cantilena, for saxophone quartet https://youtu.be/AduERJ6alxc Pequeña suite peninsular, para quinteto de viento https://youtu.be/0bcP7E_b8eY JudiCanciones, for brass quintet https://youtu.be/uQJdimZVU0w Misa RobertAna, for ensemble […]
During artist books fairs 'Más que libros' 2013 and 2014 in Madrid, I've been participating with my 'rare scores' as part of Sigilosamente collective, whose leader is Miguel Ángel Invarato. This artists collective has a very special phylosophy that consists in 'sigilar' (sealing) every piece with sealing wax before exposing it, so that they remain closed […]
6th Mono+Graphic, curated by Almudena Albi Parra, from and to Entredós Foundation (Madrid). [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWdDGQQa5yc?rel=0] Map: Stickers:
https://youtu.be/c_r_nxGYzS8 Production team: Aludena Albi, curator Juanma Aragón, video Pictures: PROGRAM (with links to some videos): April 2nd 2014: the opening. - Harmonic procession - Interview - Guided visit to the exhibition April 9th 2014: the concert. Cantilena from The Monkey (2010) Eva, Reyes, Tania, Julia, Inés, Maika, Luisa, Marta, Sonia Mi habitación […]
The final act for the Dignity Marches (people from all over the country walking towards Madrid, the capital, asking for dignity) was a big concert with more than 1000 people playing and singing, and more than 2 million people listening and celebrating. Police closed the act through violence before we could make a good ending. […]
Round table on Contemporary Music @ coworking Lanau. Iván Caramés, coordinator. Media: 2013'XII'4 - Mundo Clásico. Mesa redonda sobre música contemporánea en Lavapiés
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzH1Q651GF8 PROGRAM (with some links to videos): At 19:00 Cello mantra (2011) choreography for cello, breathing and two bells Ana Belén Berenguer, performance artist Sonia Megías, assistant Loli García, guidance for the audience - Break - At 20:00 La maleta (2009) videoprojection and acting Sonia Megías, performance artist Eduardo Momeñe, video Si pudiera (2002), lyrics […]
BEA Festival (Braojos Open Scene). Curated by Laura Corcuera as a part of activities from La Selecta, laboratory of arts and sciences of the North Mountains of Madrid. Stickers: Place: Main streets of Braojos de la Sierra.
With music by Sonia Megías, texts and acting by Eva Guillamón, percussions by Manu Alcaraz and Miguel Ángel Real, and cooking by Fran Martínez.
Closing act of Almansa Popular University. Curated by Juan Luis García del Rey, director of the University, and Loli García, yoga teacher. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMHyZCpfn70?rel=0] Stickers: Map:
Sonia Megías, pianist for soprano Estela Ortega.
La fotógrafa Ela R que R ha hecho unas preciosas postales de mis partituras
Opening act of Festival Nits d'Aielo i Art. Prosperidad neighborhood - Teatro Pradillo. Curated by Llorenç Barber [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL_15SzLXag?list=UU9YzGUaWTfLxnkH-XuWymTw] Stickers: Map: Pictures:
PROGRAM (with link to videos): Cello Mantra (2011), choreography for bow, breathing and two bells. Ana Belén Berenguer, performance artist AvShalom (2010), crying for 6 voices for the son of David. Nur Chorus. José Manuel López Blanco, conductor ¿Te acuerdas? (2008), for soprano y piano. Alfonsina Storni, lyrics Estela Ortega, soprano José María Monteagudo, […]
Closing act of my work with the National System of Choruses and Orchestras of El Salvador. Curated by Fernando Fajardo, representing the Spanish Cooperation. https://youtu.be/-mCb_V2OYJE 2012'IX'8. San Salvador. II Procesión armónica - cartel Stickers: Promenade: Paseo de Santa Tecla
Download the program here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOjF3xIOVS4
Closing act of my Fulbright Grant at the New York University. Curated by professor John Gilbert. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZkQiUHSrdM] Stickers: Map: Pictures:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MSEF947fE8 Produced by the Cervantes Institute of New York, while Javier Baldivieso was the administrator and Javier Rioyo the director. Pictures from the exhibition: Pictures from the concert: PROGRAM (with links to the videos): Improvisación de bienvenida · en terrazas y jardín tod@s junt@s Segunda Beckettiana (2010) poema de Eva Guillamón · en […]
Video-summary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a5EMU_bliU Team of producers: Phill Niblock and Katherine Liberovskaya, curators Margarita Danielian, catering Phill Niblock y Fred Bernas, cameras Thessia Machado, flyers design and video edition PROGRAM (with links to the videos): Mal(in)con(i)ci (2004) projection Paola Boioli, video Alessandra Rombola, flute Jesus Aranda, clarinet Pilar Crespo, violin Ana Belen Berenguer, cello German Alonso, Spanish […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOjF3xIOVS4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxtY9FMJHdE Production team: Merche Blasco, curator María Marinas, coordinator Margarita Danielian, catering Yarisa Colón, special edition for Skins#1 Brian McCann, camera PROGRAM (with video links): Barcelona 2010 - Invierno Oblicuo (2010) CoroDelantal Skins#1 (2010), dedicated to Patti Kilroy premiere: Patti Kilroy, violin and loop pedal Shelley I (2004), dedicated to José Andrés Pérez […]
Proto Gonzo Project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhsctenUxmQ
On June 26th 2010, Tania R. Manglano and Blanca Aller curated a concert on my music at the University of Alcalá de Henares. This was the preparation of my MONO+GRAPHICs. Vídeos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ezgm5y16qXc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCqOrr2Vbx4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7yrNxRoEOU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0LKELHYy7c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_VqNWpmWJk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6od_fv27rs Pictures:
Arniches Theater presents Ensemble L'Espai Sonor, that under Voro García's conduction performs pieces by Aureliano Cattaneo, Alberto Posadas and Sonia Megías, plus Sombra del recuerdo by Voro García himself. Pictures: Video (in 2 parts): https://youtu.be/J_j7v4AlxtE https://youtu.be/IWB1sHnhyhI Media: 2009'IX'18 - MundoClásico: Comienza el XXV Festival de Música de Alicante, por Mikel Chamizo. Other media:
From January to April 2009 I could enjoy the Grant for spanyards by the artists residency Casa de Velázquez, Academy of France in Madrid. In this place, I met other artists and researcher with which I collaborated and reciprocally nourished:
CD: Fémina Clásica Company: Sello Autor M-48446 Piece recorded: LBaila
The academic year 2007-2008 I was teacher at the Music Conservatory 'Mestro Gómez Villa', in Cieza (Murcia, Spain), teaching the following classes: Analisys Harmony Composition Fundamentals Choral chant After the final concert. June 2008, conservatory's auditorium.
During academic year 2006-2007 I collaborated as a musician with several projects at the Royal School of Drama of Madrid. Here there's one of them.