Ricardo Lorenz worked on a multi-genre composition based on a dramatic story of a Cuban tightrope walker that skirts the line between truth and fiction. This intimate look at the relationship between storytelling and art combines symphonic music, fieldwork documentary, contemporary ballet, and new media. Among Lorenz's compositions are his pot-banging cantata Cacerola Soul, premiered at London's Southbank Centre, and Jara Songs, his viola concerto inspired by songs of the late Chilean singer-songwriter Victor Jara. Jara Songs received its world premiere in Philadelphia under violist Roberto Diaz and Symphony in C. The University of Georgia Wind Ensemble recoding of Lorenz's "El Muro" (Naxos Records)received second place in the 2012 Amewrican Prize in the category of Wind Ensemble/Concert Band Performance.
Ricardo Lorenz
Studios
Sprague-Smith
Ricardo Lorenz worked in the Sprague-Smith studio.
In January of 1976, the original Sprague-Smith Studio — built in 1915–1916 and funded by music students of Mrs. Charles Sprague-Smith of the Veltin School — was destroyed by fire. Redesigned by William Gnade, Sr., a Peterborough builder, the fieldstone structure was rebuilt the same year from the foundation up, reusing the original fieldstone. A few…