Dervish (2001) - Errollyn Wallen (b. 1958)
Lejanía interior (Inner Distance) (2018) - Arturo Marquez (b. 1950)
Cello Sonata (1915) Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Prologue: Lent, sostenuto e molto risoluto
Sérénade: Modérément animé
Finale: Animé, léger et nerveux
About the artists:
Syneva Colle is a cellist, composer and teacher with a special love for orchestral music. She is a member of the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra in Virginia and a substitute cellist for the New World Symphony in Miami, FL. Notable solo performances include the premiere of Maria Newman’s orchestral work Our Rights, and Nothing Less as principal cellist; and a performance of the Vivaldi Double Cello Concerto at the Smithsonian Museum’s 175th Anniversary celebration, playing the 1677 Amati cello from the Smithsonian collection. Syneva is passionate about making music accessible to communities of all ages. As a Teaching Artist with the D.C. Youth Orchestra Program, she coaches young musicians from elementary through high school ages. For twelve years she was on the faculty of the W.O. Smith Music School in Nashville, TN, providing music lessons free of charge to under-served students. From 2020 to 2021 she served as an Artist-in-Residence at the Collington Life Plan Community, modeling intergenerational living and collaboration.
Active in the world of music arranging and composition, Syneva co-owns Corwin Music Publishing, a platform offering contemporary string ensemble music for performers and educators. She composed the original score for the 2016 documentary Huan Dao, and has created string parts for over twenty commercial albums. In 2022 she completed a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Maryland.
Hailing from Guatemala, Alfonso Hernández is a Doctor in Musical Arts candidate at the University of Maryland. His dissertation explores 20th and 21st-century Guatemalan piano literature. Alfonso started learning music with his father when he was 4 years old and entered the National Conservatory of Guatemala at the age of 7 where he graduated with honors. As a student at the Conservatory, he won virtually all available national competitions and featured his first debut as a soloist with the National Symphonic Orchestra of Guatemala at the age of 12. A passionate educator, Alfonso is a Co-founder of the award-winning International Chamber Music Festival of Guatemala and has served as visiting faculty at the University of San Carlos in Guatemala. Alfonso earned an MBA in Arts Innovation from the Global Leaders Institute seeking to drive innovation, growth, and social impact with music and cultural agency. He has won awards from the Lynn Conservatory Concerto Competition, Moores School of Music Concerto Competition; TMTA; MTNA (Texas Division); the Chautauqua International Piano Competition; the Maria Clara Cullell International Piano Competition; and several others. He has participated in many renowned music festivals, including Chautauqua, Aspen, and Zeister Muziekdage in the Netherlands. Alfonso holds degrees from the University of Houston, Eastman School of Music, and Lynn University.
This project is supported in part by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts.
