Composition portfolio

Dear members of the search committee,

Thank you for taking the time to review my application! The below three pieces highlight the direction my work has taken in the last years, and illustrate some of the ideas I am most interested in delving deeper into. After these three, I have added a snippet of a performance-oriented project.

Respectfully yours,
Francisco del Pino

alba par: Tant que vivray (Claudin de Sermisy)

Clara Elena Montes, voice | Francisco del Pino, electric guitar

alba par—an anagram of “palabra” (“word”)— is a voice & guitar duo that navigates the crossroads between the medieval and renaissance chanson and the contemporary popular song. Its repertoire so far includes ‘reimagined’ versions of music by Guillaume de Machaut, Claudin de Sermisy, John Dowland, Pierre Guédron and Henry Purcell. I include this as a bonus track not with regard to the performance itself, but because I think it offers another perspective of my musical self.