Gloria | JORGE SALAZAR | SAB + piano | Rocky Mountain Chamber Choir | Demo Recording

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Gloria
by JORGE SALAZAR
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Performed by the Rocky Mountain Chamber Choir - Virtual Singers
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The Rocky Mountain Chamber Choir is a collective of professional musicians based in the Wasatch Valley and all over the world. Our mission is to create beautiful recordings of new and old choral music in an efficient and cost-effective manner.
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JORGE SALAZAR, conductor and composer, Master of Music degree in orchestral conducting from the National University of Colombia mentored by Guerassim Voronkov. He also earned the Artist Diploma in Orchestral Conducting at Lamont School of music in Denver University mentored by Lawrence Golan. Maestro Salazar reached the semifinal round in the Cadaques International Conducting Competition 2010, won the best conductor prize in the VI International Choir Festival in Santander. Salazar is Music Director at Queen of Peace Catholic Church at Aurora Colorado and headmaster of conducting studies at Corpas University in Bogota Colombia since 2003. As composer, arranger, pianist and conductor, he was selected artistic director of the Orchestral and Choral Corporation of Colombia 2004 - 2013. He was the artistic director of the America Cantat International Choral Festival 2013 conducting its opening concert with the premiere of the Cantata America by Jose Buenagu, and Cancion por la Esperanza a piece for mixed and children choir, large orchestra, and soloists of its own authorship. As a guest conductor he has worked with: Samara State Philarmonic Orchestra (Russia), Togliatti Philarmonic Orchestra (Russia) Lamont Symphony Orchestra, Montclair State University Symphony Orchestra, Tomsk Philharmonic Orchestra (Russia), Boulder Opera, Bogota Philharmonic Orchestra, Colombia Symphony Orchestra, Antioquia Symphony Orchestra, EAFIT Symphony Orchestra, Medellin Youth Symphony Orchestra, Tolima´s Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, Cali Philharmonic Orchestra, University of Concepcion Symphony Orchestra (Chile), and Salta Symphony Orchestra (Argentina). He studied music theory with Jorge Zorro, piano with Pilar Leyva and orchestral conducting with Luis Eduardo Vargas, Guerassim Voronkov, and Markand Thakar; He has attended workshops and master classes with Gustavo Dudamel, Helmuth Rilling, Mari­a Guinand, Alberto Grau, Simon Carrington, Luis Gorelik, Andres Orozco, among others. On his role as a composer, he won: First prize in Alberto Grau International Choral Composition Contest CICCAG, First Prize in Choral Composition OFB contest for two consecutive years (2014-2015) and the honorific mention in the Ministry of Culture national contest composition for choir and chamber ensemble 2016 with El Renacuajo Paseador for choir and chamber ensemble. His works have been performed by the most important choirs in Colombia and he regularly writes for several vocal ensembles around the country. Maestro Salazar has a special interest in the popular music of his region and combines in his compositions Colombian and Latin-American rhythms with the academic language
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This recording of "Gloria" was recorded by RMCC Small Choir.

[@palm2004]

Excellent

[@nasher1257]

wow.... I can say some day: "I knew Him when....!" Really impressed here :)

[@kcmusicus]

Cool! What good musical ideas, and well developed!

[@rockymountainchamberchoir]

one of our favorites lately!