Daniel Corral (composer)

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Daniel Corral (born 1981) is a Filipino-American composer and musician.

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Corral was born in Eagle River, Alaska, United States, in 1981. Corral went to Los Angeles in 2005 as a percussionist/composer. He holds an M.F.A. in music from the California Institute of the Arts (2007) and a B.M. from the University of Puget Sound (2004). While at Calarts he studied composition with Anne LeBaron and James Tenney. His musical voice finds outlet in puppet operas, [1] [2] accordion orchestras, [3] handmade music boxes, player pianos, [4] electronic collages, site-specific installations, chamber music, [5] and interdisciplinary collaborations.

The Los Angeles Times described the premiere at Zipper Hall of his Sigils for solo piano as "the recital's strongest piece. Sigils boasts a fascinating -- and somewhat split -- personality, with its mixtures of rhythmic data-dancing systems and more visceral, clustered fistfuls-of-notes, hazy keyboard cloud activity, and a deceptive 'resolving chord' (with a flatted second in the bass)". [5]

His second puppet opera, Zoophilic Follies, premiered in September 2011 at REDCAT and featured Timur and the Dime Museum along with other musical guests. [6] [7] His first puppet opera, Le Petit Macabre, premiered in 2008 at St. Ann's Warehouse, Brooklyn as part of the Great Small Works Toy Theatre Festival. [2] It was inspired by Gyorgy Ligeti's opera, Le Grand Macabre.

He also composes, arranges, and plays accordion/electronics in Timur and the Dime Museum, a music ensemble featuring operatic tenor Timur Bekbosunov, clarinetist Brian Walsh, violist Cassia Streb, guitarist Matthew Setzer, bassist David Tranchina, and drummer Andrew Lessman.

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References

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  2. 1 2 Portwood, Jerry. 2008. " Great Small Works' Eighth International Toy Theater Festival" http://www.backstage.com/bso/esearch/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003808602 24700. Calarts. 27, May 2008. Web. 5 Aug. 2012.
  3. ↑ Krausas, Veronika. 2010. " FREE REED CONSPIRACY: accordions, zippers and a ZOTE" http://catalysisprojects.wordpress.com/2010/12/14/free-reed-conspiracy-accordions-zipper-and-a-zote/ Catalysis Project. Calarts. 14, December 2010. Web. 5 Aug. 2012.
  4. ↑ Ginell, Richard. 2008. " Look ma, no hands (or pianist, either)" http://articles.latimes.com/2008/feb/14/entertainment/et-player14 Music Review. Los Angeles Times. 14, February 2008. Web. 5 Aug. 2012.
  5. 1 2 Woodard, Josef. 2011. " Music review: Vicki Ray at Piano Spheres recital at Zipper Hall" http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/11/music-review-vicky-ray-at-piano-spheres-recital-at-zipper-hall.html Culture Monster. Los Angeles Times. 16, November 2011. Web. 5 Aug. 2012.
  6. ↑ O'Malley, Sibyl. 2011. " REDCAT NOW FESTIVAL: the Who, the What, and the Word Zoophilia" http://www.lastagetimes.com/2011/09/redcat-now-festival-the-who-the-what-and-the-word-zoophilia/ First Person. LA Stage Times. 13, September 2011. Web. 5 Aug. 2012.
  7. ↑ Berman, Alan. 2012. " Don't Quarrel About Species" http://www.timesquotidian.com/2012/05/30/dont-quarrel-about-species/ Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Times Quotidian. 30, May 2012. Web. 5 Aug. 2012.
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