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Areas of Interest:
Musical composition, conducting.
Education:
Private Study in Paris, France, 1976-1977
D.M.A., composition, University of Southern California,
1975
Berkshire Music Center (Tanglewood), 1972
Conservatoire Americaine, Fontainebleau, France, 1969-1975
M.M., Composition, University of Texas at Austin, 1969
B.M., Composition, University of Texas at Austin, 1967
Look for Robert X.
Rodríguez's works throughout the UTD
Arts season.
Professional
Accomplishments:
Rodríguez’ music has been performed by
conductors such as Sir Neville Marriner, Antal Dorati,
Eduardo Mata, Andrew Litton, James DePriest, Sir Raymond
Leppard, Keith Lockhart and Leonard Slatkin. His work
has received over 2000 professional orchestral and operatic
performances in recent seasons by such organizations
as the Vienna Schauspielhaus, Theater Nordhausen, Theater
Recklinghausen, National Opera of Mexico, BAM Next Wave
Festival, Boston Repertory Theater, Dallas Opera, Houston
Grand Opera, New York City Opera, Aspen Music Festival,
Tanglewood Music Festival, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra,
Mexico City Philharmonic, the Dallas, Houston, San Antonio,
St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Boston and Chicago
Symphonies, The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Louisville
Orchestra, National Symphony, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
and Cleveland Orchestra. Rodriguez' chamber works have
been performed on the Juilliard Focus Series, in London,
Paris, Dijon, Monte Carlo, The Hague, Stockholm, Copenhagen,
Berlin, Edinburgh and other musical centers. His music
is recorded on CRI (Grammy nomination), Albany and other
labels and is published exclusively by G. Schirmer.
Rodríguez has served as Composer-in-Residence
with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the San Antonio
Symphony and the Dallas Symphony.
Representative
Works:
Monkey See, Monkey Do (1986) - opera
A Colorful Symphony (1987) based on The
Phantom Toll Booth (Norton Juster) - orchestra
Frida, the Story of Frida Kahlo (1991) - opera
Sinfonia a la Mariachi (1997) - orchestra
Bachanale (1998) - orchestra
The Last Night of Don Juan (2000) - actors,
puppets, dancers, soloists, chorus and orchestra
The Tempest (2001) - actors, puppets and orchestra
Works in Print:
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