DENTON, Texas — The University of North Texas College of Music is world-renowned, with countless awards to its name. And now, that list has grown even longer, as the school has earned its first-ever Latin Grammy nomination.
"Caribbean Berceuse," a composition by Paquito D'Rivera, was performed by the North Texas Wind Symphony and conducted by Eugene Migliaro Corporon. It's nominated in the Best Classical Contemporary Composition category.
The piece, which features numerous motifs found in Caribbean music like maracas and steelpans, was recorded at UNT's Murchison Performing Arts Center in the Margot and Bill Winspear Performance Hall.
Watch a performance of the piece here:
Corporon has been with UNT for more than three decades and has conducted around the world. He's frequently served as a guest conductor at the Showa University of Music in Japan and as a visiting conductor at the Julliard School. His career first began in 1969 at Mt. Miguel High School in Spring Valley, California, where he was the director of instrumental music.
More than 1,000 works have been recorded by Corporon's works, which have aired regularly on radio broadcasts around the world, and three have appeared on the Grammy nomination long ballot. His recordings with the North Texas Wind Symphony, as well as with the Lone Star Wind Orchestra, the Showa Wind Symphony and the Cincinnati Wind Symphony, have gained more than 15 million views worldwide on YouTube and other sites.
