Music among friends ORQUESTA DE CÁMARAwestminsterdayton.org/documents/2016_documents/...Music among friends ORQUESTA DE CÁMARA Corporación Universitaria Reformada, Barranquilla

Music among friends ORQUESTA DE CÁMARA Corporación Universitaria Reformada, Barranquilla Colombia

Music among friendsORQUESTA DE CÁMARA Corporación Universitaria Reformada, Barranquilla Colombia

From the beginning of the Reformed University Music Program in 2007 the ensemble and chamber music groups were formed following the educational tradition of the Schutmaat family (missionaries of the Presbyterian Church who arrived in Colombia in 1946) whose main purpose was to introduce the general public to the world of classical music. This effort resulted in the creation of the Alvin Schutmaat Music School (E.M.A.S.) within the educational system of the Presbyterian Church.

Following the example of his parents, our director, James Schutmaat decided to unite the talent of music professors and advanced students in order to form the Reformed University Chamber Orchestra, which through hard work and discipline has become known on a regional and national level. Within its repertoire are included works of great composers from diverse historical periods. From the baroque period are included works by Corelli, Albinoni, Telemann, Vivaldi and Bach. From the classical period some of the members of the orchestra have been soloists in concertos by Haydn (cello), Stamitz (viola), and Mozart (violin). Also among the great works of the romantic period the group has presented suites and serenades by composers such as Tchaikovsky (Serenade for Strings), Grieg (Holberg Suite), Holst (St. Paul´s Suite) Fletcher (Folk Tune and Fiddle Dance), Warlock (Capriol Suite), Barber (Suite for Strings) and Rutter (Suite for Strings). The group has also presented works by the director James Schutmaat (Concerto Grosso.)

BACKGROUND

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Just as in other forms of cultural expression, music is a powerful tool to communicate and represent our feelings.A simple melody is able to revive our emotions, put a smile on our faces, and provide us with a calm place to go to when we’re feeling down. It is a way to synchronize with an unlimited number of people, regardless of language, race, or social condition. This is an art of vital importance, not just because of its beauty and aesthetic value, but as a vehicle to express ourselves both individually and collectively.

MUSIC AMONG FRIENDS“Making music is a way of sharing life with good friends”



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MEMBERS

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RICARDOARCINIEGAS

String Bass

He was born in Armenia, Quindío. He studied under Dr. Wiktor Lebeda, in 1996 played a recital in the Colon theater of Bogotá as a first prize winner of the ALFA Classical Music Festival. He also accompanied the Sombra y Luz duet and composer Ancizar Castrillón Santa in the “Mono Núñez” and National Duet Contest festivals as a guitarist. He was a member of the Camerata Filarmónica del Caribe under the direction of violinist Roberto Valdés. He was a coordinator of the area of music in the District School of Art and popular tradition of Barranquilla, and a professor in the music Faculty of the Universidad del Atlántico.He is currently a professor of String Bass, theory, and Jazz at the Reformed University.

JAMESSCHUTMAAT

Director

He began his violin studies at the age of five. He studied at the J.J. Landaeta and Italian conservatories in the city of Caracas with Alberto Flamini. As a scholarship student at the Roy Harris festival in Puerto Rico, he played and studied under Mehli Mehta and Sidney Harth.

As a member of the Schutmaat Family Chamber Orchestra, he toured in countries of Latin America, North America, and Europe. He was the director of the Caracas Chamber Orchestra, the Barranquilla Symphony Orchestra, and the Hacaritama Chamber Choir. He currently directs the Barranquilla Community Symphony Orchestra, and the Reformed University Chamber Orchestra. His compositions for symphony orchestra, chamber groups, and choir, are known in Colombia and other countries.

DIANAFLÓREZ

Violinist

She was born in Bucaramanga, Santander. She began her studies at the age of 5, and graduated from the UNAB University in 2007, where she studied violin with Irina Lituin and piano with Marina Shetvsova. She was a choir member and vocalist of the university’s Big Band.She won first place in the fifth encounter of young musicians “Homenaje al Maestro Alfonso Guerrero”. She won the prize for best musical adaptation in the national song contest “José A. Morales”. Her composition “Gota Del Sol” won first place in the “Hatoviejo – Cotrafa 2007” festival. She is currently the academic director of the Reformed University Music Program, she is a research professor of the “Raíz” group, a member of the Faculty quartet as well as the Quinta Esencia String Quartet.



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Violinista

Violinist

He was born in Ocaña, Norte de Santander, and began his studies of the violin and piano at an early age with his parents. He also studied with his grandmother, Pauline Schutmaat, founder of the EMAS School and the Barranquilla Symphony Orchestra; and Federico Cadena, director of Music at the Universidad Del Valle. In 2009 he participated in a concert with the Mannheim Youth Symphony Orchestra.At the age of ten, he became a member of the Barranquilla Community Symphony Orchestra, and later became a member of the Reformed University Chamber Orchestra, playing in theaters such as the Amira de la Rosa (Barranquilla, William Velez (Medellin), and in the Schutmaat Festival, as a violinist with the Trío Schutmaat. He is currently violinist and director of the Ocaña Chamber Orchestra.

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ANDREATRUJILLO JORGE

VERGARA

Violinist

Violist

A graduate of the Reformed Unviersity, she was raised in different cities surrounded by very special people, such as the violinists James Schutmaat and Fabio Santana, the arranger Juancho Vartas, and the researchers Julio Cassiani and Ángela Marín.

A violinist, researcher, and professor, she works with the classics, her research of folklore and its roots, lessons learned from her students, and the work among good friends who fuel her spirit.

Jorge began his studies as a violist under the tutelage of professor James Schutmaat. After also developing his skills as a contra tenor and beginning his training as a vocalist at the Universidad del Norte in Barranquilla, Colombia under the instruction of Antonio Santos, Alexis Trejos and Leonadro Bermudez, he was a participant in the Festival Opera al Parque in Bogota. After completing his studies as a vocalist he once again joined the Orquesta de Camara de la Universidad Reformada.

JOHANA FLÓREZ

Violist

She was born in the city of Barranquilla, and began her studies at the Colegio Americano, where she was a member of the children’s choir, director by Eleazar Torreglosa and Elena Tabares. She studied in the EMAS School where she began violin with Federico Cadena and became a member of the Barranquilla Community Symphony Orchestra. She’s a graduate of the Reformed University under maestro James Schutmaat and is currently a professor of violin and viola on the faculty. She’s a member of the Reformed University Chamber Orchestra, with which she has toured extensively and is also a member of the Faculty quartet as well as the Quinta Esencia Quartet. She also directs the Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra of the Escuela de Música EMAS.

JOSEPHSCHUTMAAT



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KARENBARRAZA

KATIANAMOLINA

Violist

CellistShe was born in Barranquilla, and began her studies at the EMAS Music School. She later became a member of the Barranquilla Community Symphony Orchestra, and upon finishing high school, went to Bogotá to begin her studies of Philosophy at the Javeriana University. Upon returning to Barranquilla, she became an English teacher at the Colegio Americano and began her music studies at the reformed university under Johana Flórez and James Schutmaat.

Born in Barranquilla, she began her studies of the Violoncello at the age of eight in the EMAS Music School. In 2004 she became a member of the Barranquilla Community Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of maestro James Schutmaat.

She is currently finishing her studies at the Reformed University under Cellist Diego Valbuena, she has also studied Social Communication at the Autónoma University and teaches at the EMAS Music School.

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KARENMÁRQUEZ DANIEL

CASTRO

Violinist

ViolinistShe began her studies with Violin at the age of eleven in the Batuta foundation in Sincelejo. At the age of 15 she continued her education under Yovanny Morales.

In 2007 she became a member of the Batuta String Group, with which she gave concerts in Sincelejo and other cities on the coast, such as Cartagena and Barranquilla. She is currently a Music student at the Reformed University, under Johana Flórez.

He began his music studies at the age of 11 in the Comfenalco School in the city of Cartagena. He was a member of the Youth Philarmonic of Comfenalco, the Cartagena Philarmonic, and the Bolívar Symphony.

He currently studies music at the Reformed University under James Schutmaat.

JORGENORDMANN

Cellist

He began his studies in his native city, Cartagena, and continued at the National University in Bogotá under Julio Gutiérrez, Jorge Camelo, and Aníbal Espinosa.

He returned to the Caribbean and became a founding member of the Cartagena Philarmonic Orchestra. He is currently a teacher at the EMAS Music School and a member of the Quinta Esencia Quartet. He is finishing his studies at the Reformed University with Diego Valbuena and William Schutmaat.

VERENAFERREIRA

Violinist

She was born in Cartagena, and at the age of fourteen she began her studies with Gregorio Quintero in the INEM School of Cartagena. She is a graduate of the Reformed University, having presented an extensive research on the life and work of her teacher James Schutmaat Loew. She currently teaches in the city of Maicao and is a member of the Reformed University Chamber Orchestra.


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ROSALBACARRASCAL

STEFFINHERNÁNDEZ

Violinist

ViolinistA native of Ocaña, Rosalba is a viola student, as well as the Coordinator of the Conservatorio de Musica Unireformada Ocaña. She began her musical career as a vocalist and is a member of various choral groups, the foremost of which is the Coro de Camara Hacaritama directed by her husband, James Schutmaat. In addition, she is a member of the Orquesta de Camara de Ocaña and also of the Orquesta de Camara Universidad Reformada.

She was born in Barranquilla in 1993, and began her studies in 2012 with a talent scholarship at the Reformed University. She is currently a member of the Reformed University Chamber Orchestra. She has been a member of the Atlántico Symphony Orchestra and taught violin in that institution since 2012.

She is currently a member of the Ocaña Chamber Orchestra, and is on the faculty of the Ocaña Reformed University Music Conservatory.


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MUSICAL IMPACT

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Continuing the legacy of the Schutmaat family, the Reformed University Chamber Orchestra seeks to inspire new generations to listen to, enjoy, and play classical music with their friends. In this sense, it is important to highlight the importance of a good taste for music and friendship as the base for a student-teacher cycle. To put it another way, some members of the group began their studies as members of the Escuela de Música Alvin Schutmaat (E.M.A.S.), following up with the Reformed University, becoming the teachers of the same system that formed them as professional musicians. Similarly, this music group has proposed sharing their art, with as many people as possible, with three strategies.

First, creating an audience through concerts and tours, traveling to numerous cities over the

country. Then, forming groups that promote education initiatives, like the Reformed

University Pre-Chamber Orchestra, the Reformed University Chamber

Orchestra, and the recently formed Conservatorio de

Música Unireformada in Ocaña. Lastly, there’s the formation of the Schutmaat Chamber Music Festival, focused on motivating and training young people.


CONTACTSViolista

Milciades Púa Vicerector of Extention Programs and Interinstitutional Relations E-mail: [email protected] Teléfono: (+57 -5) 3603678 – 3680130

William SchutmaatRector E-mail: [email protected] Teléfono: (+57 -5) 3587045 Ext: 103

James SchutmaatDirector Orquesta de Cámara Universidad ReformadaE-mail: [email protected]: (+57 -5) 3175842595

Diana FlórezDirector of the Music Program E-mail: mú[email protected] Teléfono: (+57 -5) 3603678 – 3680130

Andrea TrujilloMusician of the Reformed University Chamber OrchestraE-mail: [email protected] Teléfono: (+57 -5) 3205132444

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The Reformed University Chamber Orchestra has played in many theaters around the country, including: Amira de la Rosa, José Consuegra, Bellas Artes, and the Sala Universidad Metropolitana in Barranquilla. Also, the Teatro Municipal in Sincelejo, the Santa Ana Cathedral in Ocaña, the Teatro Cajamag in Santa Marta, the Nuestra Señora de los Remedios in Riohacha, the Basílica de la Inmaculada Concepción Cathedral in Dabeiba, the Cultural Centre in Apartado, and the theaters in the Universidad Adventista and the sala William Vélez in Medellín.

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