The text for “La Décima Musa” (2016) for Soprano, Mezzo and Piano, written by Amaya E. Ortiz, is inspired and influenced by the life and work of the Mexican poet Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. Sor Juana Inés (1651-1695) was a controversial figure that defended women’s rights to education and was censured. Her defiance towards the Catholic Church at the time, led to all her books being confiscated. She has been since named “La Décima Musa” and has also been known as “El Phoenix de México”.

     The work is divided musically into ten sections of different character, each one preceded by a vocalized or brief instrumental interlude introducing each verse of the poem. The piece begins with a subtle, serene and contemplative vocalize in the tonality of F mayor and continues it’s musical discourse through modulations, rhythmic changes and imitative polyphony. The music reflects to a certain degree the neo baroque styling of the text, which in turn mirrors Sor Juana’s muse. The text transmits to me a phantasmagorical message that contains a great variety of metaphors and profound sentiment. I try to transform those words and thoughts into emotions and sensibilities through the miracle of what is music.

"La Decima Musa", William Ortiz - Music / Amaya Ortiz - Text

"Canción del hijo no nacido" for 3 Sopranos Flute and Piano, is a Lullaby/Lament that alludes to an abortion. The text is by Julia de Burgos with music by William Ortiz. 
Aleyda, Nicole Samara, Amaya Ortiz - Sopranos, Ernesto Busigó, Piano, Ana María Hernández, Flute.

"Canción Del Hijo No Nacido", - William Ortiz/The Ortiz Sisters

A work for Percussion and Piano in 3 consecutive movements:
I. "A Lower East Side Poem" II. "Broken English Dream" III. "South Bronx Prayer"
Alludes to the sounds of the streets.
José Torres - Percussion/ Alberto Hernández, Piano.

Chamber Music/Musica De Camera

"Graffiti Nuyorican" - William Ortiz

For one percussionist, the work is an urban soundscape for multiple percussion instruments.

Urbanización - William Ortiz

Soulful Latin  track with Passionate Spanish female vocals about the struggles of LGBTQ.  Beautiful Spanish guitar. Soothing and optimistic.

MOSAIC

Pichaera is a Reggaeton written and performed by Tury
Produced by TOKIOWAHL
Mixed and Mastered by Nohemy
Pal Mundo Mgmt: mgmtpalmundo@gmail.com

PICHAERA (Musica Oficial)

Writer / Producer / Musician / Singer  From Greenwich Village NYC.
has made music with U2, BOB DYLAN,LUSCIOUS JACKSON, WILLIE NELSON, CHRIS WHITLEY,BRANDI, FAITH HILL, SALT N PEPA, ZIGGY MARLEY, EMMY LOU HARRIS, DIDO.

Tury nacido como Christian Arturo Gutierrez Rodriguez en Los Angeles CA, es un versátil artista, cantante y compositor. Descubrió su amor por la musica a una edad temprana, tocando batería, timbales y congas. Se crió en la música puertorriqueña y cubana.

Puerto Rican composer William Ortiz was raised and educated in the United States, but his Latino identity plays a vital role in his music. Particularly, his experience as a Nuyorican in the 1970s have informed the aesthetics of his music, which transforms the sounds of the streets into art music. Unique in that respect is the use of instrumental and vocalized graffiti that are integrated in some of his works. A professor at the University of Puerto Rico at Bayamón, he has taught at the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music and is Music Director of the Ateneo Puertorriqueño. 
He makes the following statement on his music: "I conceive of music as the 'violent beauty' of urban life; as the expressions of the cries and shouts of the street - cries and shouts that reflect the thoughts of those who are oppressed, of those who feel. It is my intent to convert the language of the street into a legitimate instrument".

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