Michael Anthony RodriguezThe Final PremiereEdwin Guevara Gutiérrez is a long time coming guitarist and composer and recently performed in his world premiere: Ibero-American…4 min read·May 4, 2021----
Michael Anthony RodriguezAvengers’ Theme by Alan SilvestriWith the help of green screen and very skilled animators, the adaptation of superhero comics are now a reality. Many movies and actors…4 min read·Apr 23, 2021----
Michael Anthony RodriguezStravinsky’s Rite of SpringFor the past couple of weeks, I have been studying Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring. A popular piece of many performers and liked by many more…2 min read·Apr 16, 2021----
Michael Anthony RodriguezBerlioz Symphonie FantastiqueFor most of my posts, I often use the New York Philharmonic Archives. These have the most extensive information on music that has been…2 min read·Apr 3, 2021--1--1
Michael Anthony RodriguezBeethoven’s Final MasterpieceNo doubt that when Beethoven knew his time was coming to end soon, he wanted to go out with a bang. Just before his death, he created his…2 min read·Mar 23, 2021--1--1
Michael Anthony RodriguezHandel’s MessiahFor this week’s blog post, the discussion will be about Handel’s Messiah and the observations or questions that are asked and seen. The…2 min read·Feb 26, 2021----
Michael Anthony RodriguezMorescaWhat I found was a program of the Young People’s Composer Concert that took place February 11 through the 13 in the year 1978. The…1 min read·Feb 13, 2021----
Michael Anthony RodriguezThe Fire Within-Jennifer ThomasThe premiere I chose for my topic is the premiere of Jennifer Thomas’ piece and album, The Fire Within. I naturally was drawn to this…2 min read·Feb 1, 2021--4--4
Michael Anthony RodriguezThe Phoenix PremiereIn the year 2019, before COVID 19 took over the world, I was happily writing my piano solo named, Phoenix. The story we all know, about a…2 min read·Jan 22, 2021----