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ORQUESTA DE CÁMARA
Corporación Universitaria Reformada, Barranquilla Colombia
Music among friends
ORQUESTA DE CÁMARA
Corporación Universitaria Reformada, Barranquilla Colombia
MUSIC AMONG FRIENDS
“Making music is a way of sharing life with good friends”
Just as in other forms of cultural
expression, music is a powerful
tool to communicate and
represent our feelings.
A simple melody is able to revive
our emotions, put a smile on our
faces, and provide us with a calm
place to go to when we’re feeling
down. It is a way to synchronize
with an unlimited number of
people, regardless of language,
race, or social condition. This is
an art of vital importance, not just
because of its beauty and
aesthetic value, but as a vehicle
to express ourselves both
individually and collectively.
ORQUESTA DE CÁMARA
Music among friends
Corporación Universitaria Reformada, Barranquilla Colombia
BACKGROUND
From the beginning of the Reformed University Music Program in
2007 the ensemble and chamber music groups were formed
following the educational tradition of the Schutmaat family
(missionaries of the Presbyterian Church who arrived in Colombia in
1946) whose main purpose was to introduce the general public to
the world of classical music. This effort resulted in the creation of the
Alvin Schutmaat Music School (E.M.A.S.) within the educational
system of the Presbyterian Church.
Following the example of his parents, our director, James Schutmaat
decided to unite the talent of music professors and advanced
students in order to form the Reformed University Chamber
Orchestra, which through hard work and discipline has become
known on a regional and national level. Within its repertoire are
included works of great composers from diverse historical periods.
From the baroque period are included works by Corelli, Albinoni,
Telemann, Vivaldi and Bach. From the classical period some of the
members of the orchestra have been soloists in concertos by Haydn
(cello), Stamitz (viola), and Mozart (violin). Also among the great
works of the romantic period the group has presented suites and
serenades by composers such as Tchaikovsky (Serenade for Strings),
Grieg (Holberg Suite), Holst (St. Paul´s Suite) Fletcher (Folk Tune and
Fiddle Dance), Warlock (Capriol Suite), Barber (Suite for Strings) and
Rutter (Suite for Strings). The group has also presented works by the
director James Schutmaat (Concerto Grosso.)
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Music among friends
Music among friends
ORQUESTA DE CÁMARA
Corporación Universitaria Reformada, Barranquilla Colombia
ORQUESTA DE CÁMARA
Corporación Universitaria Reformada, Barranquilla Colombia
MEMBERS
DIANA
FLÓREZ
JAMES
Director
SCHUTMAAT
He began his violin studies at the age of five. He studied at the J.J. Landaeta and Italian
conservatories in the city of Caracas with Alberto Flamini.
As a scholarship student at the Roy Harris festival in Puerto Rico, he played and studied
under Mehli Mehta and Sidney Harth.
As a member of the Schutmaat Family Chamber Orchestra, he toured in countries of Latin
America, North America, and Europe. He was the director of the Caracas Chamber
Orchestra, the Barranquilla Symphony Orchestra, and the Hacaritama Chamber Choir. He
currently directs the Barranquilla Community Symphony Orchestra, and the Reformed
University Chamber Orchestra. His compositions for symphony orchestra, chamber
groups, and choir, are known in Colombia and other countries.
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Violinist
RICARDO
ARCINIEGAS
String Bass
She was born in Bucaramanga, Santander.
She began her studies at the age of 5, and
graduated from the UNAB University in
2007, where she studied violin with Irina
Lituin and piano with Marina Shetvsova. She
was a choir member and vocalist of the
university’s Big Band.
She won first place in the fifth encounter of
young musicians “Homenaje al Maestro
Alfonso Guerrero”. She won the prize for
best musical adaptation in the national song
contest “José A. Morales”. Her composition
“Gota Del Sol” won first place in the
“Hatoviejo – Cotrafa 2007” festival. She is
currently the academic director of the
Reformed University Music Program, she is a
research professor of the “Raíz” group, a
member of the Faculty quartet as well as the
Quinta Esencia String Quartet.
He was born in Armenia, Quindío. He studied under Dr.
Wiktor Lebeda, in 1996 played a recital in the Colon
theater of Bogotá as a first prize winner of the ALFA
Classical Music Festival. He also accompanied the
Sombra y Luz duet and composer Ancizar Castrillón
Santa in the “Mono Núñez” and National Duet Contest
festivals as a guitarist. He was a member of the
Camerata Filarmónica del Caribe under the direction of
violinist Roberto Valdés. He was a coordinator of the
area of music in the District School of Art and popular
tradition of Barranquilla, and a professor in the music
Faculty of the Universidad del Atlántico.
He is currently a professor of String Bass, theory, and
Jazz at the Reformed University.
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Music among friends
Music among friends
ORQUESTA DE CÁMARA
ANDREA Violinist
TRUJILLO
JORGE
VERGARA
Violist
A graduate of the Reformed Unviersity, she
was raised in different cities surrounded by
very special people, such as the violinists
James Schutmaat and Fabio Santana, the
arranger
Juancho
Vartas,
and
the
researchers Julio Cassiani and Ángela Marín.
Jorge began his studies as a violist under the tutelage of
professor James Schutmaat. After also developing his
skills as a contra tenor and beginning his training as a
vocalist at the Universidad del Norte in Barranquilla,
Colombia under the instruction of Antonio Santos,
Alexis Trejos and Leonadro Bermudez, he was a
participant in the Festival Opera al Parque in Bogota.
After completing his studies as a vocalist he once again
joined the Orquesta de Camara de la Universidad
Reformada.
A violinist, researcher, and professor, she
works with the classics, her research of
folklore and its roots, lessons learned from
her students, and the work among good
friends who fuel her spirit.
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ORQUESTA DE CÁMARA
Corporación Universitaria Reformada, Barranquilla Colombia
Corporación Universitaria Reformada, Barranquilla Colombia
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FLÓREZ
JOSEPH
SCHUTMAAT
Violinist
She was born in the city of Barranquilla, and
began her studies at the Colegio
Americano, where she was a member of the
children’s choir, director by Eleazar
Torreglosa and Elena Tabares. She studied
in the EMAS School where she began violin
with Federico Cadena and became a
member of the Barranquilla Community
Symphony Orchestra. She’s a graduate of
the Reformed University under maestro
James Schutmaat and is currently a
professor of violin and viola on the faculty.
She’s a member of the Reformed University
Chamber Orchestra, with which she has
toured extensively and is also a member of
the Faculty quartet as well as the Quinta
Esencia Quartet. She also directs the
Symphony
Orchestra
and
Chamber
Orchestra of the Escuela de Música EMAS.
He was born in Ocaña, Norte de Santander, and began
his studies of the violin and piano at an early age with
his parents. He also studied with his grandmother,
Pauline Schutmaat, founder of the EMAS School and the
Barranquilla Symphony Orchestra; and Federico Cadena,
director of Music at the Universidad Del Valle. In 2009
he participated in a concert with the Mannheim Youth
Symphony Orchestra.
At the age of ten, he became a member of the
Barranquilla Community Symphony Orchestra, and later
became a member of the Reformed University Chamber
Orchestra, playing in theaters such as the Amira de la
Rosa (Barranquilla, William Velez (Medellin), and in the
Schutmaat Festival, as a violinist with the Trío
Schutmaat. He is currently violinist and director of the
Ocaña Chamber Orchestra.
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Music among friends
Music among friends
ORQUESTA DE CÁMARA
Corporación Universitaria Reformada, Barranquilla Colombia
Violinist
KAREN
MÁRQUEZ
KATIANA
MOLINA
Cellist
She began her studies with Violin at the age
of eleven in the Batuta foundation in
Sincelejo. At the age of 15 she continued her
education under Yovanny Morales.
Born in Barranquilla, she began her studies of the
Violoncello at the age of eight in the EMAS Music
School. In 2004 she became a member of the
Barranquilla Community Symphony Orchestra, under
the direction of maestro James Schutmaat.
In 2007 she became a member of the Batuta
String Group, with which she gave concerts
in Sincelejo and other cities on the coast,
such as Cartagena and Barranquilla. She is
currently a Music student at the Reformed
University, under Johana Flórez.
She is currently finishing her studies at the Reformed
University under Cellist Diego Valbuena, she has also
studied Social Communication at the Autónoma
University and teaches at the EMAS Music School.
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ORQUESTA DE CÁMARA
Corporación Universitaria Reformada, Barranquilla Colombia
KAREN
BARRAZA
Violist
DANIEL
CASTRO
Violinist
She was born in Barranquilla, and began her
studies at the EMAS Music School. She later
became a member of the Barranquilla
Community Symphony Orchestra, and upon
finishing high school, went to Bogotá to
begin her studies of Philosophy at the
Javeriana University. Upon returning to
Barranquilla, she became an English teacher
at the Colegio Americano and began her
music studies at the reformed university
under Johana Flórez and James Schutmaat.
He began his music studies at the age of 11 in the
Comfenalco School in the city of Cartagena. He was a
member of the Youth Philarmonic of Comfenalco, the
Cartagena Philarmonic, and the Bolívar Symphony.
He currently studies music at the Reformed University
under James Schutmaat.
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Music among friends
Music among friends
ORQUESTA DE CÁMARA
Corporación Universitaria Reformada, Barranquilla Colombia
VERENA
FERREIRA
Violinist
JORGE
NORDMANN
Cellist
She was born in Cartagena, and at the age
of fourteen she began her studies with
Gregorio Quintero in the INEM School of
Cartagena. She is a graduate of the
Reformed University, having presented an
extensive research on the life and work of
her teacher James Schutmaat Loew.
He began his studies in his native city, Cartagena, and
continued at the National University in Bogotá under
Julio Gutiérrez, Jorge Camelo, and Aníbal Espinosa.
He returned to the Caribbean and became a founding
member of the Cartagena Philarmonic Orchestra. He is
currently a teacher at the EMAS Music School and a
member of the Quinta Esencia Quartet. He is finishing
his studies at the Reformed University with Diego
Valbuena and William Schutmaat.
She currently teaches in the city of Maicao
and is a member of the Reformed University
Chamber Orchestra.
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ORQUESTA DE CÁMARA
Corporación Universitaria Reformada, Barranquilla Colombia
ROSALBA Violinist
CARRASCAL
STEFFIN
HERNÁNDEZ
Violinist
A native of Ocaña, Rosalba is a viola student, as
well as the Coordinator of the Conservatorio de
Musica Unireformada Ocaña. She began her
musical career as a vocalist and is a member of
various choral groups, the foremost of which is
the Coro de Camara Hacaritama directed by her
husband, James Schutmaat. In addition, she is a
member of the Orquesta de Camara de Ocaña
and also of the Orquesta de Camara Universidad
Reformada.
She was born in Barranquilla in 1993, and began her
studies in 2012 with a talent scholarship at the
Reformed University. She is currently a member of the
Reformed University Chamber Orchestra. She has been
a member of the Atlántico Symphony Orchestra and
taught violin in that institution since 2012.
She is currently a member of the Ocaña Chamber
Orchestra, and is on the faculty of the Ocaña Reformed
University Music Conservatory.
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Music among friends
Music among friends
ORQUESTA DE CÁMARA
Corporación Universitaria Reformada, Barranquilla Colombia
MUSICAL IMPACT
Continuing the legacy of the Schutmaat family, the Reformed University Chamber Orchestra
seeks to inspire new generations to listen to, enjoy, and play classical music with their friends.
In this sense, it is important to highlight the importance of a good taste for music and
friendship as the base for a student-teacher cycle. To put it another way, some members of
the group began their studies as members of the Escuela de Música Alvin Schutmaat
(E.M.A.S.), following up with the Reformed University, becoming the teachers of the same
system that formed them as professional musicians. Similarly, this music group has proposed
sharing their art, with as many people as possible, with three strategies.
First, creating an audience through concerts and
tours, traveling to numerous cities over the
country. Then, forming groups that promote
education initiatives, like the Reformed
University Pre-Chamber Orchestra, the
Reformed
University
Chamber
Orchestra, and the recently
formed Conservatorio de
Música Unireformada in
Ocaña. Lastly, there’s the
formation
of
the
Schutmaat
Chamber
Music Festival, focused on
motivating and training
young people.
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ORQUESTA DE CÁMARA
Corporación Universitaria Reformada, Barranquilla Colombia
CONTACTS
Violista
Milciades Púa
Vicerector of Extention Programs and Interinstitutional Relations
E-mail: mpua@unireformada.edu.co
Teléfono: (+57 -5) 3603678 – 3680130
William Schutmaat
Rector
E-mail: wschutmaat@yahoo.com
Teléfono: (+57 -5) 3587045 Ext: 103
James Schutmaat
Director Orquesta de Cámara Universidad Reformada
E-mail: jhschutmaat@hotmail.com
Celular: (+57 -5) 3175842595
Diana Flórez
Director of the Music Program
E-mail: música@unireformada.edu.co
Teléfono: (+57 -5) 3603678 – 3680130
Andrea Trujillo
Musician of the Reformed University Chamber Orchestra
E-mail: atrujillo@unireformada.edu.co
Teléfono: (+57 -5) 3205132444
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Amira de la Rosa
“Concierto del mes”
The Reformed University Chamber Orchestra has played in many theaters around the country, including:
Amira de la Rosa, José Consuegra, Bellas Artes, and the Sala Universidad Metropolitana in Barranquilla. Also,
the Teatro Municipal in Sincelejo, the Santa Ana Cathedral in Ocaña, the Teatro Cajamag in Santa Marta, the
Nuestra Señora de los Remedios in Riohacha, the Basílica de la Inmaculada Concepción Cathedral in
Dabeiba, the Cultural Centre in Apartado, and the theaters in the Universidad Adventista and the sala William
Vélez in Medellín.
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