Rafael Antonio Rodriguez

Violinist Francesca Anderegg performs this magical piece with the Banda de Conciertos de San José, Bandas Nacionales de Costa Rica, Ministerio de Cultura y Juventud. Rafael Antonio Rodriguez, conductor. I. As I Ebb’d with the Ocean of Life 00:02 II. Rapa Nui 08:51 III. El mar danzante 17:18 Originally written for orchestra, composer Reinaldo Moya weaves a tapestry of sound to evoke the spirit of this work through winds and percussion alone. His wind ensemble adaptation brings a new and highly complex work into the wind band repertoire and makes his unique compositional voice available to a wider world of musicians and audiences. Composer's notes can be found on Reinaldo Moya's website: https://www.reinaldomoya.com/vestidademar Video production: Braden Williams.

The Banda de Conciertos de San José, one of seven professional wind bands within the Ministry of Culture and Youth of Costa Rica, was proud to perform this magnificent work by composer Omar Thomas at the newly renovated Teatro de la Aduana. The concert was conducted by Dr. Rafael Antonio Rodriguez from Augsburg University in Minneapolis, and the featured soloist is a regular member of the ensemble, Maestro Rubén Mejía. La Banda de Conciertos de San José, una de las siete bandas sinfónicas profesionales del Ministerio de Cultura y Juventud de Costa Rica, tuvo el orgullo de interpretar esta magnífica obra del compositor Omar Thomas en el recientemente renovado Teatro de la Aduana. El concierto fue dirigido por el Dr. Rafael Antonio Rodríguez de la Universidad de Augsburg en Minneapolis, EE.UU., y el solista destacado es un miembro de la banda actual, el Maestro Rubén Mejía. Works by Omar Thomas are available on his website.

Rafael Antonio Rodriguez conducting the Banda Nacional de San José in Costa Rica, August 2015. Transcription by Clark McAlister. Edited by Alfred Reed.

Commissioned in 2021 by the Portland Youth Philharmonic Commissioning Program, composer Reinaldo Moya has expanded the instrumentation for full wind band. Rafael was delighted to conduct the international premiere of this work with the National Band of San José in Costa Rica, one of seven professional wind bands in the country's Ministry of Culture. Program notes: In meteorology, a nimbostratus cloud is a multi-level, grey, often dark, amorphous, nearly uniform cloud that usually produces continuous rain, snow, or sleet but no lightning or thunder. This short piece is a musical representation of these clouds. The music seems ominous at times, lithe in others and there is always a slight precipitation going on. One hears the coming-together of the grey, dark clouds, with the continuous raindrops. The multi-level nature of these clouds is represented musically by diverse layers of materials that coalesce to create larger masses. The music never quite gets loud e

Rafael Antonio Rodriguez conducting the Banda Nacional de San José in Costa Rica, August 2015. First two movements of Darius Milhaud's "Suite Française." i. Normandie 0:00 ii. Bretagne 1:45

Second rehearsal with the National Band of San José in Costa Rica, preparing John Mackey's Concerto for Soprano Saxophone. This video was presented as part of a workshop on rehearsal planning for the IV International Congress of Band Directors held in Colombia, hosted by Pro-Bandas Latinoamérica.