Versos

Program Note

This piece was written to Gabriela Fernández who will be graduating from Choral and Orchestral Conducting in Argentina in a few months. 

Since Gabriela is currently living in Argentina I decided to contact other Salvadoran friends in the area to find a Salvadoran poet living there. That’s how I met Andrea Montano, a poet who kindly shared some of her works with me. From “Versos” I loved the intensity of the works and the search that is always fundamental in any artform. 

The music in Versos has a touch of ambiguity that pretends to reinforce the idea of searching through the notes and harmony. The textures formed by the voices tend to expand towards development. The composition process of this work was in fact a search experience. I had written almost 2 minutes of music when I decided to start from zero in favor of an idea that sparked my creativity. The work turned out to be a little more complex than the original but for sure it is a colorful work that will delight performers, conductors, and (i hope) the listeners as well.

• Juan Guerra González