Unpublished Works for Cello Solo of the Mexican Avant-garde

My research project into Mexican Avant-garde music for solo cello (written between 1962 and 2012) attempts to define and evaluate what Mexican Cello Solo Music is and how it has evolved over the years to the point of exerting a significant influence on the universal cello solo repertoire. (This discipline belongs to a category of understudied fields and so far has no available literature on the subject) I have been privileged to discover these new works (approximately 20 pieces in all) many of which have yet to be published, or for that matter, adequately exposed to the public. My project provides me with the opportunity to describe and analyze these new works while simultaneously making important comparisons to the works that comprise the standard opus of great composers from western cultures, creating the first formal introduction to Mexican Cello Solo Music. My goal is to keep the performance of this repertoire alive in the concert hall to wider and varied audiences.

Faculty Supervisor:

Robin Elliott

Student:

Partner:

Collegefor Latin American composers;Universidad de las Américas Puebla

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Toronto

Program: