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The Seventy-first Season of

The William Nelson Cromwell and F. Lammot Belin

Concerts

National Gallery ofArt

2,933rd Concert

Ars Vocalis

William Rivera Ortiz, Artistic Director

De un pajaro las dos alas (Two Wings of One Bird):

Music from Cuba and Puerto Rico

March 31, 2013

Sunday, 4:00 pm

West Building, West Garden Court

Admissionfree
Program

Rafael Hernandez, arranged by Augusto Rodriguez

Los Carreteros (Puerto Rico)

Suzzette Ortiz

Salrno 150 (Puerto Rico)

Jesus M. Escobar, arranged by Ricardo Cabrera

Perla del Caribe (Puerto Rico)

Francisco Repilado, arranged by Jorge A. Martinez

Chan Chan (Cuba)

Leo Brouwer

Son Mercedes (Cuba)

Richard Egiies, arranged by Conrado Monier

El Bodeguero (Cuba)

Rafael Hernandez, arranged by Ruben Colon

El Cumbanchero (Puerto Rico)

Joaquin del Rio

Vida Criolla (Puerto Rico)

Rafael Escudero, arranged by Angel Mattos 

Anoranzas (Puerto Rico)

Rafael Hernandez, arranged by Ruben Colon

Capullito de Aleli (Puerto Rico)

Emilio Grenet

Tu no sabe Ingle (Cuba)

Xavier Montsalvatge

Canto Negro (Cuba)

Pablo Fernandez Badillo

Aire de Jaicoa (Puerto Rico)

Lito Pena, arranged by Pablo Fernandez

Homenaje a Rafael Hernandez (Puerto Rico)

Ricardo “Richie” Rey, arranged by Oscar Galian

Jala Jala (Puerto Rico)
The Musicians

ARS VOCALIS

Recognized for exceptional Puerto Rican and international programming,

Ars Vocalis is an ensemble ofsingers who are deeply committed to the

artistic and educational values of choral music. Founded in 1999 by William

Rivera Ortiz, the ensemble has represented Puerto Rico in many important

festivals, including the Choral Festival Villa de Sotomayor in Puerto Rico;

Coleraine International Choral Festival in Northern Ireland; Festival of

Sacred Music Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina in Rome; International

Advent Singing in Vienna; International Choral Festival in Stowe, Vermont;

and Festival Cantus Salisburgensis in Salzburg. In 2008 the choir represented Puerto Rico in the nineteenth Concorso Internazionale di Canto Corale

in Verona, Italy, and was awarded the first prize. It has been invited to

perform with the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra and the Philharmonic

Orchestra of Puerto Rico “Arturo Somohano.” Under the sponsorship ofthe

Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, Ars Vocalis’ recorded concert ofmusic by

Puerto Rican composers, Al son de mi voz, was released as a CD in 2012.

Members ofArs Vocalis performing in today’s concert are:

Sopranos

Natalia Gonzalez Santaliz

Zulma D. Latorre Negron 

Sharlene E. Reyes Torres

Myrnaliz Reyes Miller

Elizabeth Rodriguez Berrios

Odra Y. Velez Chetrangolo

Altos

Natalia Acevedo Aquino

Esthermarl Barbosa Alvarez

Vanessa Defillo Santiago

Sarai Haddock de Jesus

Johanny Navarro Huertas

Noraberth Reyes Rodriguez

Yasaira Santiago Rivera

Ariel Vargas Landin

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Tenors

Pedro A. Arroyo Ojeda

Jan C. Cruz Guzman

Jose F. Mejias Calderon 

Jehu J. Otero Mateo

Angel M. Vargas Santiago

Basses

Ramon Albino Guzman

Alberto Barrera Benvenutti 

Brian A. Colon Colon

Jeriel Mercado Acevedo

Domingo G. Perez Muniz 

Eliam J. Ramos Fuentes 

Carlos I. Rosado Ortiz

Luis D. Rosario Rosario

WILLIAM RIVERA ORTIZ

Founder and artistic director ofArs Vocalis since 1999, William Rivera Ortiz

is director ofthe Puerto Rico National Choir and chair ofthe department

of choral activities at the Conservatorio de Musica de Puerto Rico, where he 

teaches choral conducting, diction, and sight singing. Rivera’s artistic collaborations include choral performances with Alfredo Kraus, Luciano Pavarotti,

and Placido Domingo as well as preparation of choruses for conductors

Odon Alonso, Roselin Pabon, and Raymond Torres. Rivera has served as a

clinician and jury member in conducting workshops, seminars, forums,

choral festivals, and competitions in Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic,

Puerto Rico, the United States, and Venezuela. Other ensembles Rivera has 

conducted include the choir ofthe Disciples ofChrist Church in Sierra Linda,

Bayamon, Puerto Rico; San Juan Children’s Choir; and University of Puerto 

Rico Chorus.

A member ofChorus America, the International Federation ofChoral

Music, Puerto Rico Choral Association, and American Choral Directors

Association, Rivera was elected president ofthe Puerto Rico Choral Association in 1991, and five years later represented the University of Miami at the 

American Choral Directors Association in Norfolk, Virginia. He received the

doctor ofmusical arts degree from the University of Miami, master ofmusic

from Temple University, and bachelor ofmusic from the Conservatorio de

Musica de Puerto Rico.

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Upcoming Concerts at the National Gallery of Art

Crowden School Ensembles

Music by Bach, Dvorak,

and other composers

April 3, 2013

Wednesday, 12:10 pm

West Building, West Garden Court

Winners ofthe

2013 Feder Memorial String Competition

Presented in collaboration with the 

Washington Performing Arts Society

April 6, 2013

Saturday, 3:30 pm

West Building Lecture Hall

Danielle DeSwert Hahn, pianist

with National Gallery ofArt and

Phillips Camerata resident musicians

Music by Beethoven

and other composers

April 7, 2013

Sunday, 6:30 pm

West Building, West Garden Court

National Gallery ofArt Vocal Ensemble

Excerpts from Gilbert and Sullivan’s Patience

and other music by Victorian composers

Presented in honor of

Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Art and Design, 1848-1900

April 10, 2013

Wednesday, 12:10 pm

West Building Lecture Hall

National Gallery ofArt Vocal Ensemble

Excerpts from Gilbert and Sullivan’s Patience

and other music by Victorian composers

Presented in honor of

Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Art and Design, 1848-1900

April 14, 2013

Sunday, 6:30 pm

West Building, West Garden Court