Los Recuerdos, poem and music by JC Maynard. Recorded April 27, 2022 at CU-Boulder's Pendulum New Music Concert.
Singers: Renova New Music Ensemble
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Lyrics: 
Los recuerdos de
mis días felices
me atormentan
sin cesar.

Recuerdos, por
favor déja me!

Los recuerdos son 
demasiado para
soportar

Translation: 
The memories of
my happy days
torment me
endlessly.

Memories, please
leave me!

The memories are
too much to bear

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Joshua Carter Maynard is a composer and author from Colorado Springs and is currently studying a Bachelor of Music in composition at the University of Colorado Boulder. Maynard’s choral compositions and arrangements have been performed by elite chamber, a capella and jazz ensembles at multiple choral festivals and CHSAA competitions. His twelve-part Latin piece Lux Aeterna was performed by the AAHS Chamber Singers at the Colorado Music Educators Association conference in January 2020. The choir was accepted into the conference after their CHSAA-Superior-rated performance of Maynard’s
Green Mountain at the Westside Honor Festival in November 2018. Additionally, Maynard’s orchestral piece Winterdove was performed by the Denver Playground Ensemble at Denver University’s Gates Hall in June 2020 and again at CU Boulder’s Septetmber 2021 Pendulum New Music Concert. Most recently, his four-movement choral suite Young Years debuted in December 2021 at Grusin Music Hall, as well as his woodwind quintet Dragonfly Pond in March 2022.
Maynard and his pieces have been awarded five Superior CHSAA ratings. Maynard directed music for multiple productions and sang in Honor and AllState level ensembles on the following stages: Carnegie Hall, the United States Polaris Center, the Pikes Peak Center, the Ent Center for the Performing Arts, the Colorado Bellco Theatre, David Filsinger Hall, the Kennedy Space Center and Broadmoor Hall. In Febraury 2020, he sang in the Colorado All-State Choir
at the Buell Theatre. Maynard is also the founder of the Kadet Chorale, the first honor choir at the Air Academy.
Maynard is also a decorated Eagle Scout and published author of a
fantasy novel, The Four Sunrises, available for purchase on Amazon. As an International Thespian Honor Society member, he has performed lead roles in Fiddler on the Roof, Les Miserables, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Mamma Mia.

Los Recuerdos, JC Maynard

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