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MUSIC FOR CHILDREN CANCIONES PARA LOS INQUIETOS I AND II (SONGS FOR CHILDREN) (1994-1996): AVAILABLE ON A WEBSITE OF MUSIC FOR CHILDREN IN THE UNITED KINDOM; THE WEBSITE OWNERS LIKED HER MUSIC AND INCLUDED SOME OF HER WORKS ON THEIR WEB PAGE WITH THEIR REPERTORY. CAN BE FOUND AT: WWW.FAMILYWORSHIP.ORG.UK/SHOWCASE/ADRIANA_FIGUEROA.HTM CHAMBER MUSIC: SPRING IN THE DESERT CHAMBER MUSIC FOR WIND QUINTET AND XYLOPHONE) (1996): THIS WORK WAS SENT TO A GROUP IN THE U.S.A., TO BECOME PART OF THEIR REPERTORY AND SENT TO FRANCE, TO A CONSERVATORY IN CASTRES. FANTASYS FOR FLUTE AND PIANO: ADRIANA PREMIERED THIS WORK AS PART OF HER FINAL EXAMINATION FOR HER LICENSE IN FLUTE. TOYS FOR FLUTE, OBOE, CLARINET AND BASSOON (1996) THE WORK IS PREMIERED IN THE 8TH FESTIVAL OF WOMAN COMPOSERS IN HARTFORD, CT, EEUU, IN 2008.
MOONLIGHT FOR CELLO AND PIANO (1996) LITTLE SUITE FOR PIANO, FLUTE AND BASS (1997): THIS PIECE WILL BE PREMIERED IN AUSTRALIA ON MAY 26th, BY THE TRIO OF ALISON ROSSER, FLUTE, BERNICE HARRISON, PIANO, AND DAVID REID, BASSOON. SUITE INFANTIL (1998): A CHAIN OF LITTLE NUMBERS THAT INCLUDE KIDS’ POPULAR MELODIES. THIS IS FOR WOOD QUINTET. ARRANGEMENTS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FOR FLUTE QUINTET, AND THE TANGO ''POR UNA CABEZA'' FOR DIFERENT QUARTETS: STRING QUARTET, WOOD QUARTET, METAL QUARTET AND SAXOPHONE QUARTET (SENT TO HOLAND) AND FOR WOOD QUINTET, AND "SOLEDAD", TANGO ARRANGEMENT (1998). THREE CHORALS FOR BRASS TRIO: WAS COMPOSED FOR THE "BOREALIS TRIO" FROM ALASKA (USA) WHO WILL HAVE SEVERAL CONCERTS WITH THAT WORK IN VATICANO, FIUGGI, AND OTHER PLACES IN ITALY, DECEMBER 2000, IN THE JUBILEO FESTIVAL (CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.DONNEINMUSICA.ORG). THIS WORK AND OTHERS OF THE SAME COMPOSER ARE PART OF THE REPERTORY OF THIS TRIO. TANGO SUITE: COMPOSED SPECIALLY FOR A SAX QUARTET FROM ITALY. THE PREMIER OF THIS WORK WAS ON MARCH 3RD, TO START THE CONTRACANTO AND DONNE IN MUSIC FESTIVAL, IN ROME. THIS WORK WAS SELECTED TO BE PLAYED IN THE CONFERENCE FEMINIST THEORY AND MUSIC 6: CONFLUENCE AND DIVIDE, HELD JULY 5-8, 2001 AT BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY IN BOISE IDAHO. AFTER, THIS WORK HAD PERFOMANCES IN OTHER COUNTRIES, TOO. TANGO SUITE: STRING QUARTET VERSION, PREMIERED IN ATLANTA,EEUU, IN 2007. LITTLE TANGO PIECE: FOR TRUMPET AND PIANO (COMPOSED FOR A TRUMPETIST FROM ALASKA, PREMIERED IN 2001) THIS WORK HAS A SAX-PIANO AND FLUTE OR VIOLIN-PIANO VERSIONS. LITTLE TANGO PIECE: ONLY FOR PIANO. THIS VERSION PREMIERED IN CONNECTICUT, USA, IN MARCH, 2007. TANGOIMPRESSIONS: THIS IS A WORK WITH
TANGO INFLUENCES, FOR STRING QUARTET. IT HAS TWO PARTS: “AUDACIOUS
TANGO” AND “ROMANTIC AND MILONGA.” IT
WAS PREMIERED IN 2003, AND THIS WORK IS INCLUDED IN A CD "TEAR" BY
THE "DEL SOL STRING QUARTET"(RECORDED
IN SAN FRANCISCO, UNITED STATES). THIS AND OTHER WORKS ARE PART
OF THE REPERTORY OF THIS QUARTET, AS WELL AS OTHERS. THIS WORK
HAS BEEN PERFORMED IN SEVERAL COUNTRIES, INCLUDING ITALY, AT THE
BARI FESTIVAL, WHERE IT WAS SELECTED IN THE INTERNATIONAL SELECTION
OF CHAMBER MUSIC OF WOMEN COMPOSERS, FOR THE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL
IN BARI, ITALY. OUT OF 5 WORKS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, THIS STRING
QUARTET WAS SELECTED. THE “FUNDACIÓN ADKINS CHITI:
DONNE IN MUSICA” ORGANIZED THIS FESTIVAL (2007). TANGOMINIATURES: (FOR PIANO-VIOLIN-HORN) THIS WORK WAS COMISSIONED FOR A TRIO FROM ALASKA UNIVERSITY, IN THE UNITED STATES. IT WAS PREMIERED IN PUERTO RICO, IN 2002. THIS WORK WAS PLAYED AGAIN IN SWEDEN, IN 2004, BY THE "MALMO HORN TRIO". IT HAS 3 NUMBERS: “NOSTALGIAS”, “MILONGUEANDO”, AND “LA NOCHE”. THERE IS ALSO A PIANO-ALTO SAX-VIOLIN OR FLUTE VERSION. ARGENTIA: VERSION FOR
SAX QUARTET. TANGO IMAGES: FOR TUBA AND PIANO. THIS WORK WAS SPECIALLY COMPOSED FOR AN AMERICAN MUSICIAN, MARK NELSON, WHO COMMISSIONED THIS WORK, WHICH HE PREMIERED AT A CONCERT IN APRIL 2003. IT WAS ALSO PLAYED AT AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF TUBA AND EUPHONIUM IN JUNE, AT ARIZONA UNIVERSITY. (WWW.ITEAONLINE.ORG) THIS WORK AND OTHERS ARE PART OF HIS REPERTORY, AND IT WAS PERFORMED IN OTHER U.S. STATES IN 2004, 2005 AND 2006 BY MR. NELSON AND OTHER TUBISTS. THIS WORK WILL BE EDITED IN SHEET MUSIC BY THE TUBA-EUPHONIUM PRESS COMPANY, IN THE USA. THIS WORK IS PART OF THE REPERTORIES OF SEVERAL TUBISTS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD. TWO IMPRESSIONS: THIS WORK IS FOR XYLOPHONE AND VIBRAPHONE, AND WAS COMPOSED FOR THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF CUYO PERCUSSION CATHEDRA. IT HAS TWO MUSICAL IMPRESSIONS AS DESCRIBED BY THEIR TITTLES: “DREAMS” AND “CLOCKS”. THIS WORK WAS PUBLISHED IN "PERCUSSIVE NOTE" MAGAZINE, FOR PERCUSSIONISTS IN THE USA, BY THE PERCUSSION ARTS SOCIETY. IT WAS ALSO SENT TO FRANCE. TRANSFORMATIONS: FOR VOICE, PIANO, CELLO, FLUTE AND CLARINET, THIS PIECE WAS WRITTEN FOR THE CATHEDRA OF SINGERS OF THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF CUYO, IN MENDOZA. TRANSFORMATIONS: FOR VOICE, PIANO, CELLO, FLUTE AND CLARINET, AND EASY LEVEL CHORAL VOICES. THREE ARGENTINIAN PIECES: FOR CELLO AND VIOLIN. THIS WORK WAS COMMISSIONED BY A DUO OF VIOLIN AND CELLO FROM THE USA. IT WAS PREMIERED IN NOVEMBER 2003, IN USA. THIS WORK AND OTHERS ARE PART OF THEIR REPERTORY. IN ARGENTINA, THIS WORK WAS PREMIERED ON APRIL 6, 2007, IN THE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF CHAMBER MUSIC “POR LOS CAMINOS DEL VINO” IN MENDOZA. AND IN 2008 IN A CONCERT IN BUENOS AIRES. LANDS OF PEACE, WINDS OF FREEDOM, AND MAGIC DREAMS, ARE THREE PIECES COMMISSIONED BY THE BOREALIS TRIO (TRUMPET-HORN-TROMBONE). THESE PIECES WERE PREMIERED IN THE USA IN 2004, AND ARE PART OF THEIR REPERTORY. CELESTE Y BLANCO: ARE TWO PIECES WITH THE FOLLOWING VERSIONS: FLUTE, GUITAR, BASS OR CELLO-CLARINET, GUITAR, BASS OR CELLO-CLARINET, OBOE, VIBRAPHONE, BASS OR CELLO-FLUTE, OBOE, HARPSICHORD, BASS OR CELLO. THIS WORK WON AN HONORABLE MENTION BY ALIENOR AWARDS, IN THE USA, IN 2004.THE WORK IS PREMIERED IN THE 8TH FESTIVAL OF WOMAN COMPOSERS IN HARTFORD, CT, EEUU, IN 2008 ANGELS´CARILLONS: FOR TUBA AND MARIMBA.THIS
WORK WAS COMMISSIONED BY MARK NELSON, A TUBA SOLOIST WHO HAD PREMIERED
SEVERAL PIECES BY THIS COMPOSER, IN THE USA. THIS WORK AND OTHERS
OF THE SAME COMPOSER ARE PART OF HIS REPERTORY. THIS WORK WAS PREMIERED
IN APRIL 2005, AND EDITED BY THE “TUBA-EUPHONIUM
PRESS COMPANY” IN 2005. THIS WORK IS PART OF THE
REPERTORIES OF SEVERAL TUBISTS IN THE WORLD. ALUCITANGO: FOR FLUTE-2 VIOLINS-VIOLA AND CELLO. THIS WORK HAS NOT BEEN PREMIERED YET. IT IS A VERY CONTEMPORARY TANGO FOR STRING QUARTET AND FLUTE. LA CIUDAD NUNCA DUERME: FOR VIOLIN-VIOLA-CELLO-BASS & PIANO. THE WORK IS PREMIERED IN THE 8TH FESTIVAL OF WOMAN COMPOSERS IN HARTFORD, CT, EEUU IN 2008 EL ARBOL: A WORK FOR TWO VOICES (SOPRANO AND MEZZO) AND PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE. THIS WORK WAS SPECIALLY COMPOSED BY COMMISSION FOR MUSICIANS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. RHAPSODIA ANDINA: THIS WORK, FOR HARPSCHORD AND OBO D´AMORE, WAS COMMISSIONED BY TWO MUSICIANS IN THE USA, AND IT IS PREMIERED IN 2007. RHAPSODIA ANDINA: IN FLUTE-PIANO (OR HARPSICHORD) VERSION. RHAPSODIA ANDINA: IN VIOLIN-PIANO (OR HARPSICHORD) VERSION. TANGORMACIÓN: FOR WIND QUINTET. TANGORMACIÓN: FOR WIND QUINTET. + MARIMBA. TRES PIEZAS EN CLAVE DE TANGO: FOR HARPSICHORD (OR PIANO) AND CELLO. TWO CHARMS FOR THREE INSTRUMENTS: FOR VIOLIN-PIANO-CELLO TRIO. TWO ARGENTINIAN PICTURES : FOR BRASS QUINTET. THIS WOR WAS COMISSIONED BY A QUINTET FROM TORONTO, CANADA, AND IT IS PREMIERED IN MAY OF 2008. TANGOLUCIÓN, FOR VIOLIN SOLO
THE WORKS FOR CHAMBER MUSIC ARE INCLUDED IN CHAMBER MUSIC CATHEDRA OF THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF CUYO, IN MENDOZA ARGENTINA SYMPHONIC WORKS: LAS LADERAS DEL SOL (SYMPHONIC SUITE IN SIX NUMBERS) (1996): THIS SUITE WAS PERFOMED AT A SCHOOL OF MUSIC IN HILDESHEIM, GERMANY ON JUNE 15, 1997. THIS WORK IS VERY EASY FOR STUDENTS.
(*) THREE PIECES FOR SOPRANO SAXOPHONE AND ORCHESTRA (1997): (PIANO-SAX VERSION AND Bb CLARINET-PIANO). THE COMPOSER HELD A PREMIER OF THIS WORK IN THE PIANO-SAX VERSION AND ORCHESTRAL VERSION, WHERE SHE PLAYED AS SOLOIST. SHE HELD THE PREMIER WHEN SHE WAS A SAXOPHONE STUDENT. THIS WORK IS EASY FOR YOUTH ORCHESTRAS. ESCENCIAS (1997): IN THIS WORK, ESSENCES OF ARGENTINE FOLK MUSIC ARE MIXED WITH CLASSIC ELEMENTS. THIS IS A SYMPHONIC POEM. FIVE MINIATURES (1998): FOR SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA. THIS WORK WAS SELECTED FOR A READING SESSION OF THE NATIONAL ORCHESTRA OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CUYO, IN MENDOZA, ARGENTINA. FANTASY FOR TROMBONE AND ORCHESTRA (1998): THE PIANO-TROMBONE VERSION WAS PLAYED FOR THE FIRST TIME ON APRIL 22ND, IN ARKANSAS, AND APRIL 29th, 1999 IN ALASKA, WITH THE TROMBONIST JAMES BICIGO, PROFESSOR AT ALASKA UNIVERSITY, WHO PLAYED IT WITH AN ORCHESTRA FROM MICHIGAN THAT YEAR ON DECEMBER 9TH. THERE WERE ABOUT 800 PEOPLE ATTENDING THAT CONCERT AND THIS WORK RECEIVED A STANDING OVATION. THIS WORK IS NOW PART OF THE TROMBONE CHAIR OF THE SCHOOL OF MUSIC IN MARQUETTE, ALASKA UNIVERSITY AND THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF CUYO, IN ARGENTINA. ARGENTINIAN RHAPSODY (1998/99): FOR XILOFON AND ORCHESTRA (PIANO-XILOFON VERSION, AND FLUTE-PIANO VERSION AS WELL). IT WAS PLAYED ON MAY 25th, AND IN JUNE OF 1999 IN A BROADCAST (FM NATIONAL RADIO) IN AUSTRALIA WITH THE PERCUSSIONIST RISZARD PUSZ. THIS WORK HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THE STUDY PROGRAM OF THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MENDOZA, IN THE PERCUSSION CHAIR. THIS WORK HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN A REVIEW IN THE USA. THIS PUBLICATION IS AVAILABLE TO ALL SUBSCRIBING AMERICAN PERCUSSIONISTS. ("PERCUSSIVE NOTES" FROM THE PERCUSSION ARTS SOCIETY). THIS WORK WAS ALSO SENT TO FRANCE. FANTASY FOR TUBA AND ORCHESTRA (1999): (ALSO PIANO TUBA VERSION) THIS WORK IS FOR FIVE TUBA SOLISTS FROM ARGENTINA AND THE USA. THE PIANO-TUBA VERSION HAD ALREADY BEEN PLAYED IN THE USA. THIS WORK HAS ARGENTINIAN FOLK AND CLASSIC ELEMENTS. IT RECEIVED AN HONORABLE MENTION IN A NATIONAL COMPETTITION OF SYMPHONIC MUSIC FROM THE ARGENTINIAN ARTS FOUNDATION IN 1999. ITS SYMPHONIC PREMIER WAS IN SEPTEMBER 2002, IN THE THEATRE URF WITH THE NATIONAL SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA OF BRASIL, WHERE THE TUBA SOLOIST FROM THAT ORCHESTRA, CARLOS VEGA, MADE A SPECIAL REQUEST OF THE COMPOSER TO CREATE THIS WORK. THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF CUYO INCLUDES THIS WORK IN THE CHAIR OF TUBA CAREER, IN ITS SCHOOL OF MUSIC. THIS WORK WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE ITEA JOURNAL, CONDUCTED BY MARK NELSON, TUBA SOLOIST, AND WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ALMOST ALL TUBISTS WHOM RECEIVE THIS JOURNAL WORLDWIDE. FANTASY: (EUPHONIUM
OR TENOR TROMBONE AND ORCHESTRA VERSION) ARGENTIA (1999): THIS
IS A SUITE FOR FLUTE AND ORCHESTRA (ALSO PIANO-FLUTE VERSION).
THIS WORK HAS 4 NUMBERS, AND IT CONTINUES THE FOLK STYLE THAT THE
COMPOSER GIVES TO HER SOLOIST WORKS. THE FLUTE AND PIANO VERSION
OF THIS WORK WAS PREMIERED WITH THE COMPOSER AS THE SOLOIST. IT
WAS PREMIERED BY THE CARSON CITY SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA IN
2004. AIRE DE TANGO: IN BASSOON-ORCHESTRA AND BASSOON-PIANO VERSION. FANTASYTANGO: FOR FULL ORCHESTRA. (2000) ROMANZA AND TANGO (2000): FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA (ALSO PIANO-VIOLIN AND FLUTE-PIANO,VERSION). THIS WORK IS IN THE CHAIR OF VIOLIN AND CHAMBER MUSIC OF THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF CUYO. TANGO COLOURS PIECE (2001): FOR SYMPHONIC BAND AND BRASS TRIO AS SOLOIST GROUP. THIS WORK WAS COMMISSIONED BY THE UAF BAND FROM ALASKA (USA) AND THREE SOLOIST MUSICIANS WHO BELONG TO "BOREALIS TRIO", A BRASS TRIO THAT HAS PLAYED OTHER WORKS BY THIS COMPOSER IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY AND OTHERS. THIS WORK WILL BE PREMIERED IN NOVEMBER, IN THE "ALASKA MUSIC EDUCATORS CONFERENCE". TANGO PICTURES: THEY ARE 3 TANGUISTIC NUMBERS FOR MEDIUM ORCHESTRA: “LOVERS”, “LOVE AND PASSION”, AND “THE DANCERS”. THESE NUMBERS DESCRIBE TANGUISTIC SCENES, AS THOUGH THEY ARE PAINTED IN A PICTURE. THIS WORK WAS PREMIERED BY THE CARSON CITY SYMPHONY IN THE USA, CONDUCTED BY DAVID BUGLI IN 2002. TANGO SERENADE: A VERY EASY WORK FOR HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRAS. METROPOLIS: PROFESSIONAL MEDIUM ORCHESTRA. THIS WORK WILL BE PREMIERED IN APRIL 11 OF 2008 IN MENDOZA , ARGENTINA, WITH THE NATIONAL ORCHESTRA OF THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF CUYO. FORMA HUMANA: A SYMPHONIC FANTASY FOR FULL ORCHESTRA OF A PROFESSIONAL LEVEL. THIS WORK HAS NOT YET BEEN PREMIERED. RHAPSODIA CIUDADANA: FOR SYMPHONIC BAND. ARRANGEMENTS: POR UNA CABEZA (1998): (TANGO OF GARDEL-LE PERA) ARRANGEMENT FOR SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA. (THIS TANGO IS THE SAME AS IN THE FILMS "SCENT OF A WOMAN", AND "TRUE LIES"). THIS ARRANGEMENT WAS PREMIERED BY AN ORCHESTRA FROM PORTUGAL ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2003, AND CONDUCTED BY BARRY KOLMAN, A GUEST CONDUCTOR FROM THE UNITED STATES. MR. KOLMAN OBTAINED THIS ARRANGEMENT FROM THE COMPOSER, TO TAKE WITH HIM TO ORCHESTRAS IN PORTUGAL AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC. POR UNA CABEZA: (TANGO OF GARDEL-LE PERA) ARRANGEMENT FOR BRASS ENSEMBLE.
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