PERSONAL DATA:
Place of Birth: Merida, Venezuela.
Citizenship: Venezuelan.
Place of Residence: Venezuela
CAREER OBJECTIVE: I am seeking a teaching position in the educational field, with responsibilities encompassing the full range of Music Composition, Music Analysis or Electronic Music.
EDUCATION:
Licenciatura en Musica (Bachelors in Music). Area: Musical
Composition.
Instituto Universitario de Estudios Musicales (IUDEM).
Caracas, Venezuela.
Master Degree in Musical Composition, 1996.
Collegue-Conservatory of Music at University of Cincinnati.
OH. U.S.A.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Musical Conductor and Academic.
National Youth Orchestra. Merida, Venezuela. 1992-94.
Musical Conductor.
Merida State Symphonic Band. Merida, Venezuela. 1992-94.
Departmental Director.
Audio Visual Archive, Musical Department, Venezuelan National Library.
Caracas, Venezuela.
1990-1992. Management of the entire musical collection.
Choral Director.
Unidad Educativa Instituto Educacionales Asociados. 1987-89.
Youth Ministry Choir. 1984-88.
Youth Orchestra Children's Choir. 1983-85.
Caracas, Venezuela.
Assistant Director. Cantoria de Merida. 1970-83.
AWARDS:
First Prize. 1989 for "Trio de Cuerdas".
Chamber Musical Composition Competition. Caracas, Venezuela.
Sponsored by The Chamber Music Cultural Association.
Honorable Mention. 1988 for "Five Songs, Op. 3". Consejo Nacional de la Cultura. (National Advisory Board)
Fulbright Scholarship towards a Master Degree at University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music. 1994
Residence at MacDowell Colony, December 2001
Residence at Coorporation of Yaddo, October 2002
PUBLICATIONS:
Castillo Olivari, Arcangel. "TUPAC AMARU (1977) PARA ORQUESTA, DE
ALFREDO DEL MONACO: Desde Una Vision y Una Conversacion con el Autor."
PAUTA. Cuadernos de Teoria y Critica Musical. Mexico, D.F.
Enero-Marzo, 1992.
Catalogo
1. Three Movements for String Orchestra (1996)
Premeried May 5th 1996
Patricia Corbet Theather
College-Conservatory of Music
University of Cincinnati
Concert Orchestra
Brad Tachut, conductor.
Score: 36 pages
Duration: aprox.: 16 minutes
2. Elegy for Strings Orchestra (1988) Last revision 2003
Score: 19 pages
Duration: aprox.: 7 or 9 minutes (very flexible piece)
3. String Quartet #1 (1999)
Last performance: May 3rd. 2006
Score: 20 pages
Duration: aprox.: 17 minutes
1. Allegro (Very energetic)-Adagio Sostenuto
2. Adagio (Lamentoso)
3. “Misterioso como la noche”-“Danza Ritual”
4. Adagio Nostalgico
4. Four Movements for Two Pianos (1997)
Last performance: May 23rd. 2000
Robert Werner Recital Hall
College-Conservatory of Music
University of Cincinnati
Score: 11 pages (11 x 17 page size)
Duration: aprox.: 16 minutes
1. Infernus Tonalis
2. Emptiness
3. SI/NO
4. Mustia Memoria (Withered Memory)
5. “Oración Por la Paz” (Pray for a Peace) (Piano and Electronic Music.)
Eliana Corredor, piano.
Poem by Carlos Cesar Rodriguez (Venezuela)
Last performance: May 23rd. 2000
Robert Werner Recital Hall
College-Conservatory of Music
University of Cincinnati
Duration: aprox.: 6 minutes
6. Postludio for Harp (1991)
Score: 12 pages
Duration: 7:40
Recording: http://www.sincopa.com/ethnic/cdinfo1/aguas_tebana1.htm
7. Nocturnal #2 for piano solo (1996)
Last performance: May 6th. 1996
Bahuer Hall
College-Conservatory of Music
University of Cincinnati
Maria Jose Marti, piano
Duration: 2:43
8. "Save Twilight" (“Salvo El Crepúsculo” Spanish version Patricia L. Boero, Speaker) (2005)
Selected poems by Julio Cortazar,
Translated by Stephen Kessler,
Music: Arcangel Castillo-Olivari
9. Chaos Metamorphosis (Computer Music)
Duration: 6:44
10. EverybodyDrinksMerlot (Computer Music)
Duration: 8:34
11. Pierrot (Computer Music)
Duration: 6:36
12. FOUR FOR FOUR (2002) Ochestrated at MacDowell Colony December 2002
Concerto for String Quartet and Chamber Orchestra.
Score: 62 pages
Duration: aprox.: 20 minutes
13. Piano Concerto. (2003)
Score: 59 pages
Duration: 25 minutes.
14. SOLEANDO
For Violin and Multimedia (Real Time Sound Processing with a Computer and DVD combining Video, Photography and Computer Graphics)
More information and listening at:
Scores: 29 pages plus improvisation.
Duration: aprox.: 25 minutes
15. IL GIARDINO DEL MAGO (2003) slow-fast overture for orchestra
Score: 28 pages
Duration: aprox.: 6 minutes.
16. ORPHEUS: The Last Transit (2003) slow overture for orchestra
Score: 24 pages
Duration: aprox.: 8 minutes
17. VIOLIN CONCERTO (October 2003)
Three Movements
Score: 55 pages
Duration: 20 minutes
18. Ándate Por Los Andes (for two harps) (2002)
Score: 4 pages
Duration: 3 minutes
19. Five Piano Pieces:
1.- Entrata
2.- I
3.- II
4.- IV
5.- RAGE
Score: 13 pages
Duration: aprox.: 10 minutes
20. SEXTET for Fl. Cl. Perc. Pno. Vl. Vc.
Six movements
Score: 32 pages
Duration: aprox.: 16 minutes
21. SIX EARLY SONGS for Soprano and Orchestra:
1. El Sur (poem: Jorge Luis Borges)
2. Cazador (poem: Federico Garcia Lorca)
3. Nocturno (poem: Otto De Sola)
4. Tu Imagen (poem: Carlos Rodriguez Ferrara)
5. Apolo y Dafne (poem: Carlos Rodriguez Ferrara)
6. Lejos (poem: Antonio Yépez Azparren)
22. FOUR SONGS FOR MEZZO AND STRING QUARTET (October 2002)
Arcángel Castillo Olivari: poems and music
Music composed at the Yaddo Arts Colony
1. Elegia
2. Pierrot
3. Espacio Líquido
4. Retrato
23. String Quartet #2
Score: 22 pages
Duration: aprox. 15 minutes
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