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ABOUT ME
Colombian composer and flutist Carmen Marulanda grew up in Bogotá, surrounded by Colombia’s rich musical traditions. She began playing in school bands, later performed with the State Band at festivals throughout the country, and founded her own ensemble.
In 2001, Carmen earned a degree in Music Education from the Pedagogical University of Colombia. She went on to teach music and direct children’s ensembles, including programs in communities affected by rural migration.
Her work as a composer and director has received recognition, including the 2003 Mono Núñez Award for Best Colombian Chamber Music Ensemble and second prize in the 2000 Composers of the New Millennium competition.
Her music has appeared in PAN Magazine (UK), the Flutist Quarterly (USA), the Solo Flauta (Spain) and the Aibú magazine (Venezuela). She has also been invited to give workshops and serve as a guest artist at flute conventions, festivals, and educational events throughout the United States and internationally, including the International Low Flutes Festival, the Toronto Latin American Flute Festival, Musik Messe Frankfurt, and this year’s NFA Flute Convention.
Now based in the Boston area, Carmen teaches private students and creates original educational music for flutists and woodwind teachers.
El Patasdilo, pasillo by Carlos Vieco
Duo Clave, First Canadian Flute Convention 2013
Fabián Gallón - Tiple
Chamber Compositions
"Madreselva" - Pasaje
for Alto Flute and Guitar
Commissioned by Noreen Friedman, 2021-22
for Two Piccolos
The harmonies of a playful Milonga, Caribbean porro and Cumbia
brings you up and down, among side by side!
Commissioned by Flute Specialists, Inc 2022
"The Mountain, the Sea and the Caiman"
Andean and Caribbean Rhythms from Colombia
Commissioned by the Wayland School of Music, 2022
"Guinevere's Journey"
For the Amaranti Ensemble's project "Guinevere's Tale", 2020
Music edition available
- Cucurucho - Torbellino- Camaradería ensamble - Audio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4rwUzAeTCw
- El Tapao - Merengue Venezolano - Camaradería ensamble
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8gjGMW2EV8
- Ya Voló - Pajarillo - Chamber ensamble
https://soundcloud.com/liliflu/ya-volo
-Scalattini 1,2,3 (2008) Flute and piano -Three small fantasies
-The Unicorn Spirit - Piano solo
-Jaquie in Joropo - Flute and Piano-
Inspired by Jaques Ibert's concerto for flute and orchestra
Arrangements
Ojo al toro: Bambuco fiestero by Cantalicio Rojas, with great rhythmic precision and dense counter-subjects, this piece is delicious to play due to its syncopation and off-beat accents.
Chispas: Traditional Colombian pasillo by Miliciades Garavito Arranged in traditional style, Chispas requires great precision due to the speed and quantity of notes. As a melodic and countermelodic resource, it is juxtaposed with the Río Cali pasillo, showing the formal harmonic curve of this genre.
Santafereña: Danza by Francisco Cristancho Each instrument plays the theme, achieving light textures with second voices, tiple strummings and pizzicato.
A un paisano: Venezuelan waltz by Henry Martínez The original score for two mandolins is expanded for the Camaradería group, giving weight to the lower voices and lightness to the fast passages. Henry Martínez is one of today's leading composers in Venezuela.
Batuta Pre-orchestras (Orff ensembles - 2000-2004)
Carmen Liliana worked extensively in designing and arranging teaching materials for Batuta, the System of Youth and Children's Orchestras of Colombia, whose pre-orchestras consist of soprano, alto and tenor flutes, metal rattles, xylophones, metallophones, percussion and voice.
The objective was to create an environment of musical knowledge, recreation, respect and socialization among the students.
The 31 pieces arranged by Carmen Liliana for this educational project focused on familiarity and accessibility. All the children played all the parts in rotation, sharing instrumental experience to facilitate a well-rounded knowledge.
-Autumn Leaves by Johnny MercerArrangement for band to teach beginner-level music reading, flute registers, performance and memorization.
-Sanjuanero by Carmen Marulanda brings rhithmical stability reading in 6/8 in the scale of G major with a bambuco party rhythm.
Performances
Trio Contratiempos 2005- (live recording)
Flute, tiple/cuatro and guitar
This group was formed with Iván Borda and Juan Miguel Sossa with the objective of performing works by contemporary Colombian composers. Appearances took place at the Monday Young Performers series at the Luis Angel Arango Library.
-Lilí, Bambuco by Carlos Gonzalo Guzmán
Namtik, Pasillo by Luis Carlos Saboya
Amo esta tierra - 2003 - (released on CD)
Amo esta tierra, Bambuco by Leonardo Laverde; Arr. Carlos A. Guzmán
La llamita, Bambuco by Gustavo Rengifo; collective Arr.
El Carrusel, Bambuco by Leonardo Laverde; Arr. Edwin Guevara
Si quieres ser feliz, Peruvian waltz by Lucho Vergara; Arr. Iván Borda
Santa Clara - 2005 - (released on CD)
Flute, tiple, guitar, electric bass, drums, and various soloists
CD by composer/guitarist Ricardo Gómez
Invited to record and perform with the Trío Colombita in the Bogotá Library Network and with various instrumental formats at Jorge Tadeo Lozano University.
-Sofía, Pasillo – Vs. Sofía Elena Sánchez/Oriol Caro
-Tabasco, Chorinho – Vs. Juan Padilla
XXV National Band Festival at Paipa Boyacá, 1999 (released on CD)
Banda Sinfónica Juvenil de Cundinamarca Winners of the Best Professional Band Award, under the direction of Maestro Florentino
Camacho
-El Cumbanchero, Samba by Rafaél Hernández
-Adiós a Bogotá, Dance by Luis A. Calvo
Winners of the XXV Mono Núñez Festival
Unpublished Works - 1999
Flute, cuatro and bass
With Armando González, cuatro and Leonardo Gómez, composer and bass - (live recording - released on CD)
-La piedra en el zapato, Joropo por corrío y por derecho
CD of the XXIX Mono Núñez Prizewinners, Instrumental Category, 2003
Mono Núñez Grand Prize and Best Insrumental Group: Camaradería
CD of the XXIX Mono Núñez Prizewinners, Vocal Category - 2003
Nominated with singer Sandra Esmeralda Rivera
Jesús Emilio González Espinosa (1998, released on CD)
-Buscando un sueño, Bambuco
Navidad Colombiana, Navidad Cascabel!
CD album available
Flute, tiple, guitar, percussion and voice
This group was formed by Sandra Esmeralda Rivera (vocals), Jhon Triana (guitar) and Iván Borda (tiple) to perform Colombian Christmas music in Bogotá (Fundación Santillana, Museo de Arte Colonial: La Ruta del Pesebre). They released the CD Navidad Colombiana, Navidad Cascabel!, whose arrangements were created collectively.
-Déjame niño hermoso, Bambuco by Germán Bernal
-El duraznero, Bambuco by Jeremías Quintero
-Joropo para Maelo, Joropo by María Cristina Rivera
-Toma lo que te ofrecí, Gaita zuliana by Aldemaro Romero
EDUCATION
Bachelor's Degree
Music Pedagogy
Pedagogic University of Colombia
Bogotá - Colombia, 2001
Composition and Baroque Music
IUDEM - El Sistema
Caracas - Venezuela, 2006-2009
Master's Degree
Music Therapy
ISEP-Superior Institute of Psicological Studies, Barcelona - Spain, 2018
Caribbean and Ibero American Music
ASAB - Superior Academy of Arts of Bogota
Bogotá - Colombia, 1995 - 1996
CERTIFICATES AND TITLES
Orff-Shulwerk - Level I Teacher Training
Bridgewater State University
Bridgewater, MA - USA 2015
