Current Projects
My most recent endeavor has been scoring
for visual media. This field of music refers to music that has been
composed, arranged, and/or selected specifically for some kind of
visual media including but not limited to film, T.V. shows,
commercials, video games, and artwork. My introduction to this field
was writting the score for the thesis film of a master's student in the
filmmaking department of UNCG. I was immediately intrigued by the
process of watching and composing simultaneously. Music and filmmaking
are both storytelling traditions and are close relatives as a result.
Growing up in a hispanic culture I was surrounded by storytelling, I
was enraptured by it. Composing for visual media allows me to be a
storyteller on two levels: one as a composer and two as a member of the
filmmaking process.
I was quick to discover however, that it is not easy to find a
filmmaker with a budget for original music or a completed and unscored
film. In order to garner practice in this unique skill, I turned to
silent films as it is simple to remove any music if any, and insert
your own. In a recent project I composed a score for the 1902 French
silent film Le Voyage Dans La Lune, (A Trip To The Moon) by Georges
Méliès. The score was written for a reed quintet called Quintet Sirocco
(oboe, clarinet, saxophones, basson, bass clarinet). I conducted the
quintet while the silent film was shown in front of a live audience. As
part of the same project, I wrote a jazz big band chart for a montage
scene from the hit show Breaking Bad. I am currently working with
Quintet Sirocco on future projects of this nature. Samples of my work
can be heard and seen on the Music/Videos page. |
Past
2013
November 18: A
Trip To The Moon: 1902 Silent Film with Original Music by Truyols.
Three world premiers to be presented. 7:30pm, Presbyterian Church of
the Covenant in Greensboro. Free admission, reception to follow.
Greensboro, NC
June 28: Artist Faculty Concert Series. 7:30pm, Music Academy of North Carolina. $5 MANC students, $10 all others. Greensboro, NC
June 20: Benefit Concert, Imaginary Friends Ensemble. 7:30pm, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church. 170 Councill St. Boone, NC
May 24: Recital 4th Friday Mix, Ruggero Concert Series. 7:30pm. Bosendorfer Hall at Ruggero Piano. Raleigh, NC
May 11: Flamenco Jazz! 8pm, Alden Theater. McLean, VA
April 19: Pinky’s
Doctoral Recital: Preservation of American Sheet Music, Imaginary
Friends Ensemble. 7:30pm, Presbyterian Church of the Covenant. 501 S.
Mendenhall St. Greensboro, NC
April 5: Preservation of American Sheet Music Lecture Recital, Imaginary Friends Ensemble. 3pm, University of Maryland. College Park, MD
March 23: Swing Band Concert. 8pm-11pm, The British Bulldog Pub. Columbia, SC
March 22: Swing Band Concert. 10pm-1am, The Speakeasy Fivepoints. Columbia, SC
March 16: MANC
Jazz Clinic and Concert. 1:30pm-2:30pm, Introduction to Improvisation.
3pm, MANC Jazz Faculty Concert. Music Academy of North Carolina.
Greensboro, NC
March 3: Flamenco
Jazz! as part of INTERSECTIONS: A New America Arts Festival. 2pm, Atlas
Performing Arts Center, Lang Theater. Washington, D.C.
March 1: Jazz Clinic and Concert, Unit Three. 9:20am, clinic. 11am, concert. Quince Orchard High School. Gaithersburg, MD
February 20: Preservation of American Sheet Music Lecture Recital, Imaginary Friends Ensemble. 12:30pm, George Mason University. Fairfax, VA
February 7:
Preservation of American Sheet Music Lecture Recital, Imaginary Friends
Ensemble. 3pm, University of North Carolina School for the Arts.
Winston-Salem, NC
January 30: Preservation of American Sheet Music Recital, Imaginary Friends Ensemble. 7:30pm, Western Carolina University. Cullowhee, NC
2012
December 24: A Swingin’ Christmas Eve! 5pm, Presbyterian Church of the Covenant. 501 S. Mendenhall St. Greensboro, NC
December 10: Alive! CD release Party. 7:30pm,Presbyterian Church of the Covenant. 501 S. Mendenhall St. Greensboro, NC
October 22: Unit Three Alumni Concert. 7pm, Alumni House, UNCG. Greensboro, NC
October 6: Nottingham International Jazz Piano Competition, Semi-finals. 6pm, Clement Pianos Recital Hall. Nottingham, England
May 20: Unit Three Jazz Service. 10am, Adams Farm Community Church. Greensboro, NC
May 4: Masterclass. 5pm, Tianjin Grand Theater, Playhouse. Tianjin, China
May 3: Tianjin Grand Theater. 8pm, Concert Hall. Tianjin, China
April 27: Masterclass at Beijing Normal University. 1pm, Beijing, China
April 25: Inner Mongolia University for Nationalities. 7pm, Tongliao, Inner Mongolia
April 24: Tongliao No. 5 High School. 7pm, Tongliao, Inner Mongolia
April 22: Shanghai Oriental Arts Center. 8pm, Shanghai, China
April 20: Ningbo Performing Arts Center. 8pm, Ningbo, China
April 14: Phe Phi Pho Phunk featuring Donnie McCaslin. 10:30pm-2:00am, Brewski’s Tavern. Greensboro, NC
April 14: 7th Annual Miles Davis Jazz Festival with guest artist Donnie McCaslin. 8pm, Aycock Auditorium. Greensboro, NC
March 1: UNCG Jazz Ensemble, Afro-Cuba! featuring vocalist Margarita Ossorio. 7:30pm, Recital Hall. Greensboro, NC
February 16: WAM
Jam. Original music inspired by the work of Texas-based artist Trenton
Doyle-Hancock. 5:30pm, Weatherspoon Art Museum. Greensboro, NC
January 21: Hot Sevens. 7pm, Wilmington Presbyterian Church, Wilmington, NC
January 18: Flamenco Meets Jazz: A Cafe Ole Presentation. 5pm, room 110 UNCG School of Music. Greensboro, NC
2011
November 30: Unit Three in Concert. 7:30pm, Recital Hall. Greensboro, NC
November 6: The Imaginary Friends Ensemble, Urban Ministry Fundraiser Concert. 4pm, First Presbyterian Church. Greensboro, NC
July 14: Solo Study: A study of the history of solo jazz piano playing through performance. 6pm, Private Residence. Bethesda, MD
June 19: The
Imaginary Friends Ensemble, A Concert for Hope. Fundraiser for the
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. 7pm, St. Rose of Lima Church.
Gaithersburg, MD
June 18: The Imaginary Friends Ensemble, Fête de la Musique Celebration. 6:30pm, French Embassy. Washington D.C.
April 15: The Imaginary Friends Ensemble: A Concert for Haiti. 7pm, Guilford College United Methodist Church. Greensboro, NC
February 22: Masterclass with Anthony McGill. 3:30pm, Winston Salem State University. Winston-Salem, NC
2010
November 11: The Blue Ridge Piano Trio and Unit Three present: An Evening of Piano Trios. 5:30pm, UNCG Recital Hall. Greensboro, NC
May 13: Unit Three, Finals of Bucharest International Jazz Competition. Royal Palace. Bucharest, Romania
May 10: Unit Three, Round 3 of Buchrest International Jazz Competition. Tinerimea Romana. Bucharest, Romania
May 8: Unit Three, Round 2 of Bucharest International Jazz Competition. Hard Rock Cafe. Bucharest, Romania
April 22: Unit Three presents: Creativity Overseas. 8pm, Fork in the City. Roanoke, VA
April 16: 5th Annual Miles Davis Jazz Festival with guest artist Lee Konitz. 8pm, Aycock Auditorium. Greensboro, NC
February 7: Conjunto, Latin Jazz Concert. 5pm, Collins Lecture Hall. Greensboro, NC
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