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Rubén Colón Tarrats

January 01, 1970

Rubén Colón Tarrats[note 1] (b. 1940) is a Puerto Rican composer, clarinet player and band director from Ponce, Puerto Rico. He also conducted the Banda Municipal de Ponce for ten years. He received his music training at Escuela Libre de Música de Ponce, Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, and Temple University College of Music, and was a music professor at Ponce High School, Instituto de Musica Juan Morel Campos, and Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Puerto Rico.

Rubén Colón Tarrats
Rubén Colón Tarrats directing the Banda Municipal de Ponce
Background information
Birth nameRubén Colón
Born9 March 1940
New York, New York
OriginPonce, Puerto Rico
GenresDanzas, plenas, valls, polkas, boleros and danzones
Occupation(s)Clarinetist, composer, band director
Years active1965-2013

During a music career that spanned half a century, he directed over a dozen choirs, composed over 200 works of music, founded music institutes and music festivals, directed numerous orchestras, presented concerts spanning the Western Hemisphere, and was president of the Puerto Rican Association of Choir Directors. Upon his retirement from active music life, he was honored by many artists, educators, and politicians, and was also honored by the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña and the Ponce Municipal Government.

Early years edit

 
Colón Tarrats (center) with "The Casual Trio", circa 1965

Rubén Colón Tarrats was born on 9 March 1940 in New York, New York, while his parents, both Puerto Ricans, were visiting relatives in the Big Apple. His parents were Isaac Colón and Luz María Tarrats, both from Ponce. His family, including little Ruben Colón Tarrats, returned to Ponce before Colón Tarrats was a year old and he subsequently started his grade school in the public schools of the Ciudad Señorial.[1][2]

Training edit

Colón Tarrats studied music at Ponce's Escuela Libre de Música under Emilio Alvarado, Librado Net, and Rafael Franco. After graduating from Ponce High School, he entered Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico (UIA) where majored in music and learned music composition, choir conducting, and how to play the clarinet, among various other music studies. He joined the university choir and sang first bass in a group called Interamerican Concert Singers. He became associate director of said Singers group and toured the Caribbean, New England, and New York State. He graduated from UIA in 1963 with a Bachelor of Music and entered a Master's program in Music at Temple University, where he was a student of David L. Stone, founder of Temple University's Music College.[3] At Temple, he was a member of the Opera and Concert Choir. He graduated from Temple in 1965 with an M.Mus. degree.[4]

 
Colón Tarrats directing the Banda Municipal de Ponce during the Carnaval Ponceño in 2012

Music career edit

Upon graduating from Temple, he joined the Puerto Rico Department of Education as a music teacher and school choir director in Ponce, where he taught at various Ponce public high schools and also lead the schools' choirs. While a music teacher, he created the Octeto de Ponce, a musical group of eight singers. He also joined the Vocal Instrumental Ars Nova and the Coral Polifónica de Ponce. During 1980 and 1981, he co-founded the Instituto de Música Juan Morel Campos where he also became professor of choir and music theory. Among his students are Marilucy Rodríguez (director of Universidad de Puerto Rico-Ponce Choir), Alexander Rodríguez (director of Coro de la Academia Cristo Rey), Dennis Valdés-Brito Díaz (director of the Instituto de Música Juan Morel Campos and Universidad Interamericana-Ponce choirs), Víctor Quiles (director Ponce High School Choir), Hugo Adames (Director Coro de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico Choir), José Rafael Morales and Mayte Morales Frau (co-directors of La Coral Municipal de Ponce).[5]

From 1983 to 1999 he was director of the Coral Polifónica de Ponce and while under his direction, Coral Polifónica competed at the Festival Coral America Canta in Mar del Plata, Argentina, in 1983 and, in 1999, at Carnegie Hall, in New York City. In 1993-1994 he was choir director of the Coro de la Universidad Interamericana in Ponce and from 1994 to 1995 he was president of the Puerto Rican Association of Choir Directors. In 1994, he joined the teaching staff at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico (PUCPR) and became the school's choir director. Under his leadership, the choir at the PUCPR recorded its first DVD of Christmas carols.

In 2003, former Ponce mayor Rafael Cordero Santiago named him director of the Banda Municipal de Ponce, an orchestra that he conducted until November 2013.[6]

In 2006 he co-founded Festival Internacional de Coros “Descubre a Puerto Rico y su Música Coral”, and international musical festival that takes places yearly in Ponce.[7] In 2009, he created the Coral Municipal de Ponce for the Ponce Municipal Government, directing it until 2013. Also in 2009, he was a visiting professor of music at the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic promoted by the United States Embassy in Santo Domingo.[8]

 
Colon Tarrats at the Festival Internacional de Coros “Descubre a Puerto Rico y su Música Coral” in March 2012

Honors and legacy edit

Upon his retirement as director of the Banda Municipal de Ponce and the Coral Municipal de Ponce in November 2013, the municipality of Ponce honored him with a commemorative celebration at Teatro La Perla, attended by over 1,000 guests.[9] The commemorative sketch for the occasion was a work by Wichie Torres.[10]

On 13 December 2013 Colón Tarrats was recognized by the Municipality of Ponce as one of its illustrious citizens.[11] He is recognized at the Ponce Tricentennial Park for his contributions to music.[12]

In 2015, he was also honored by the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña.[13]

Works edit

Colón Tarrats has authored nearly 200 chorals many of which are about Puerto Rican folklore, among which are several by Rafael Hernández Marín including El Cumbanchero, Silencio, Capullito de Alelí, Preciosa, Lamento Borincano, Romance, y Ahora Seremos Felices.

  • Fantasía de Navidad, a musical (1986)
  • Cantares Navideños
  • Padre Nuestro
  • Guakia Baba
  • Shema Yisrael
  • Salmo 46
  • Dios mi Dios
  • Pueblo de Israel
  • Adonai Roi
  • Oración de San Francisco
  • Regalo de Reyes
  • Ruiseñor
  • Navidad Borincana
  • Plegaria de Navidad
  • Tributo Musical a Puerto Rico
  • 25 de Enero

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^
    In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Colón and the second or maternal family name is Tarrats.

References edit

  1. ^ Se despide Rubén Colón Tarrats. Reinaldo Millán. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, PR. 6 November 2016. Weblink updated 1 March 2018.
  2. ^ Se despide Rubén Colón Tarrats. Reinaldo Millán. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Year 32. Issue 1562. 6 November 2013. pp. 24-25. Accessed 10 March 2017.
  3. ^ David L. Stone, founded Temple's music college. Jim Nicholson. Philadelphia Daily News. 10 April 2001. Accessed 9 May 2016.
  4. ^ Se despide Rubén Colón Tarrats. Reinaldo Millán. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 6 November 2016. Weblink updated 1 March 2018.
  5. ^ Se despide Rubén Colón Tarrats. Reinaldo Millán. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Year 32. Issue 1562. 6 November 2013. pp. 24-25. Accessed 10 March 2017.
  6. ^ Se despide Rubén Colón Tarrats. Reinaldo Millán. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 6 November 2016. Updated 1 March 2018.
  7. ^ Con participación internacional la quinta edición del festival Descubre a Puerto Rico y su Música Coral. Primera Hora. 26 September 2011. Accessed 10 May 2016.
  8. ^ ICP reconoce a profesor de la Católica. Diario de Puerto Rico: Puerto Rico News Online. 19 May 2015. Accessed 10 May 2016.
  9. ^ Majestuoso tributo a Rubén Colón Tarrats. Sandra Torres Guzman. La Perla del Sur. 13 November 2013. Accessed 9 May 2016. Updated weblink 1 March 2018. (Updated link: Majestuoso tributo a Rubén Colón Tarrats.)
  10. ^ Se despide Rubén Colón Tarrats. Reinaldo Millán. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Year 32. Issue 1562. 6 November 2013. pp. 24-25. Accessed 1 March 2018.
  11. ^ Alcaldesa de Ponce Oficia Ceremonia de Exaltacion de Ponceños Ilustes. Notiuno 13 December 2013. Accessed 9 May 2016. (Alternate link: Alcaldesa de Ponce Oficia Ceremonia de Exaltacion de Ponceños Ilustes. 13 December 2013. "El Mundo, Puerto Rico".)
  12. ^ Music. TravelPonce. Accessed 9 May 2016.
  13. ^ Primer Festival Coral festeja sesenta años del ICP. Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. circa 1 April 2015.

External links edit

  • ¡Canta a la esperanza el Festival! Sandra Torres Guzmán. La Perla del Sur. 21 March 2012. Accessed 10 May 2016.

Further reading edit

  • Fay Fowlie de Flores. Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliográfica Anotada. Second Edition. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 276. Item 1381. LCCN 92-75480
  • "Coral Polifónica de Ponce: su historia." Coral. Year 8 (1990) pp. 6-7. (PUCPR).

January 01, 1970
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Ruben Colon Tarrats note 1 b 1940 is a Puerto Rican composer clarinet player and band director from Ponce Puerto Rico He also conducted the Banda Municipal de Ponce for ten years He received his music training at Escuela Libre de Musica de Ponce Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico and Temple University College of Music and was a music professor at Ponce High School Instituto de Musica Juan Morel Campos and Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Puerto Rico Ruben Colon TarratsRuben Colon Tarrats directing the Banda Municipal de PonceBackground informationBirth nameRuben ColonBorn9 March 1940New York New YorkOriginPonce Puerto RicoGenresDanzas plenas valls polkas boleros and danzonesOccupation s Clarinetist composer band directorYears active1965 2013 During a music career that spanned half a century he directed over a dozen choirs composed over 200 works of music founded music institutes and music festivals directed numerous orchestras presented concerts spanning the Western Hemisphere and was president of the Puerto Rican Association of Choir Directors Upon his retirement from active music life he was honored by many artists educators and politicians and was also honored by the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriquena and the Ponce Municipal Government Contents 1 Early years 2 Training 3 Music career 4 Honors and legacy 5 Works 6 See also 7 Notes 8 References 9 External links 10 Further readingEarly years edit nbsp Colon Tarrats center with The Casual Trio circa 1965 Ruben Colon Tarrats was born on 9 March 1940 in New York New York while his parents both Puerto Ricans were visiting relatives in the Big Apple His parents were Isaac Colon and Luz Maria Tarrats both from Ponce His family including little Ruben Colon Tarrats returned to Ponce before Colon Tarrats was a year old and he subsequently started his grade school in the public schools of the Ciudad Senorial 1 2 Training editColon Tarrats studied music at Ponce s Escuela Libre de Musica under Emilio Alvarado Librado Net and Rafael Franco After graduating from Ponce High School he entered Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico UIA where majored in music and learned music composition choir conducting and how to play the clarinet among various other music studies He joined the university choir and sang first bass in a group called Interamerican Concert Singers He became associate director of said Singers group and toured the Caribbean New England and New York State He graduated from UIA in 1963 with a Bachelor of Music and entered a Master s program in Music at Temple University where he was a student of David L Stone founder of Temple University s Music College 3 At Temple he was a member of the Opera and Concert Choir He graduated from Temple in 1965 with an M Mus degree 4 nbsp Colon Tarrats directing the Banda Municipal de Ponce during the Carnaval Ponceno in 2012Music career editUpon graduating from Temple he joined the Puerto Rico Department of Education as a music teacher and school choir director in Ponce where he taught at various Ponce public high schools and also lead the schools choirs While a music teacher he created the Octeto de Ponce a musical group of eight singers He also joined the Vocal Instrumental Ars Nova and the Coral Polifonica de Ponce During 1980 and 1981 he co founded the Instituto de Musica Juan Morel Campos where he also became professor of choir and music theory Among his students are Marilucy Rodriguez director of Universidad de Puerto Rico Ponce Choir Alexander Rodriguez director of Coro de la Academia Cristo Rey Dennis Valdes Brito Diaz director of the Instituto de Musica Juan Morel Campos and Universidad Interamericana Ponce choirs Victor Quiles director Ponce High School Choir Hugo Adames Director Coro de la Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Puerto Rico Choir Jose Rafael Morales and Mayte Morales Frau co directors of La Coral Municipal de Ponce 5 From 1983 to 1999 he was director of the Coral Polifonica de Ponce and while under his direction Coral Polifonica competed at the Festival Coral America Canta in Mar del Plata Argentina in 1983 and in 1999 at Carnegie Hall in New York City In 1993 1994 he was choir director of the Coro de la Universidad Interamericana in Ponce and from 1994 to 1995 he was president of the Puerto Rican Association of Choir Directors In 1994 he joined the teaching staff at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Puerto Rico PUCPR and became the school s choir director Under his leadership the choir at the PUCPR recorded its first DVD of Christmas carols In 2003 former Ponce mayor Rafael Cordero Santiago named him director of the Banda Municipal de Ponce an orchestra that he conducted until November 2013 6 In 2006 he co founded Festival Internacional de Coros Descubre a Puerto Rico y su Musica Coral and international musical festival that takes places yearly in Ponce 7 In 2009 he created the Coral Municipal de Ponce for the Ponce Municipal Government directing it until 2013 Also in 2009 he was a visiting professor of music at the Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic promoted by the United States Embassy in Santo Domingo 8 nbsp Colon Tarrats at the Festival Internacional de Coros Descubre a Puerto Rico y su Musica Coral in March 2012Honors and legacy editUpon his retirement as director of the Banda Municipal de Ponce and the Coral Municipal de Ponce in November 2013 the municipality of Ponce honored him with a commemorative celebration at Teatro La Perla attended by over 1 000 guests 9 The commemorative sketch for the occasion was a work by Wichie Torres 10 On 13 December 2013 Colon Tarrats was recognized by the Municipality of Ponce as one of its illustrious citizens 11 He is recognized at the Ponce Tricentennial Park for his contributions to music 12 In 2015 he was also honored by the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriquena 13 Works editThis section of a biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Ruben Colon Tarrats news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2016 Learn how and when to remove this message Colon Tarrats has authored nearly 200 chorals many of which are about Puerto Rican folklore among which are several by Rafael Hernandez Marin including El Cumbanchero Silencio Capullito de Aleli Preciosa Lamento Borincano Romance y Ahora Seremos Felices Fantasia de Navidad a musical 1986 Cantares Navidenos Padre Nuestro Guakia Baba Shema Yisrael Salmo 46 Dios mi Dios Pueblo de Israel Adonai Roi Oracion de San Francisco Regalo de Reyes Ruisenor Navidad Borincana Plegaria de Navidad Tributo Musical a Puerto Rico 25 de EneroSee also edit nbsp Puerto Rico portal Juan Morel Campos Domingo Cruz Cocolia Julio Alvarado Tricoche Luis Osvaldo Pino Valdivieso List of Puerto Ricans People from Ponce Puerto RicoNotes edit In this Spanish name the first or paternal surname is Colon and the second or maternal family name is Tarrats References edit Se despide Ruben Colon Tarrats Reinaldo Millan La Perla del Sur Ponce PR 6 November 2016 Weblink updated 1 March 2018 Se despide Ruben Colon Tarrats Reinaldo Millan La Perla del Sur Ponce Puerto Rico Year 32 Issue 1562 6 November 2013 pp 24 25 Accessed 10 March 2017 David L Stone founded Temple s music college Jim Nicholson Philadelphia Daily News 10 April 2001 Accessed 9 May 2016 Se despide Ruben Colon Tarrats Reinaldo Millan La Perla del Sur Ponce Puerto Rico 6 November 2016 Weblink updated 1 March 2018 Se despide Ruben Colon Tarrats Reinaldo Millan La Perla del Sur Ponce Puerto Rico Year 32 Issue 1562 6 November 2013 pp 24 25 Accessed 10 March 2017 Se despide Ruben Colon Tarrats Reinaldo Millan La Perla del Sur Ponce Puerto Rico 6 November 2016 Updated 1 March 2018 Con participacion internacional la quinta edicion del festival Descubre a Puerto Rico y su Musica Coral Primera Hora 26 September 2011 Accessed 10 May 2016 ICP reconoce a profesor de la Catolica Diario de Puerto Rico Puerto Rico News Online 19 May 2015 Accessed 10 May 2016 Majestuoso tributo a Ruben Colon Tarrats Sandra Torres Guzman La Perla del Sur 13 November 2013 Accessed 9 May 2016 Updated weblink 1 March 2018 Updated link Majestuoso tributo a Ruben Colon Tarrats Se despide Ruben Colon Tarrats Reinaldo Millan La Perla del Sur Ponce Puerto Rico Year 32 Issue 1562 6 November 2013 pp 24 25 Accessed 1 March 2018 Alcaldesa de Ponce Oficia Ceremonia de Exaltacion de Poncenos Ilustes Notiuno 13 December 2013 Accessed 9 May 2016 Alternate link Alcaldesa de Ponce Oficia Ceremonia de Exaltacion de Poncenos Ilustes 13 December 2013 El Mundo Puerto Rico Music TravelPonce Accessed 9 May 2016 Primer Festival Coral festeja sesenta anos del ICP Instituto de Cultura Puertorriquena circa 1 April 2015 External links edit Canta a la esperanza el Festival Sandra Torres Guzman La Perla del Sur 21 March 2012 Accessed 10 May 2016 Further reading editFay Fowlie de Flores Ponce Perla del Sur Una Bibliografica Anotada Second Edition 1997 Ponce Puerto Rico Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce p 276 Item 1381 LCCN 92 75480 Coral Polifonica de Ponce su historia Coral Year 8 1990 pp 6 7 PUCPR Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ruben Colon Tarrats amp oldid 1024899571, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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