I’ve the great honor of conducting the Opening Concert-Workshop at the First Art Research Conference at the High Conservatory of A Coruña (Galicia, Spain).
The show will be free and open to all audiences!
Looking forward!
Vídeo of the workshop:
Sonia Megías
NYC: ‘Singing Bodies’ by CoroDelantal NYC
CoroDelantal is a laboratory for choral experimentation that was created in New York City in 2011 by Spanish composer Sonia Megias. After one year of work, the project expanded to Spain (Madrid and Alicante), where it continues running.
We continue celebrating our 15th anniversary with our series of concerts in New York City. For this one, we’ll share stage with solo soprano Ally Christiansen.
Program:
- Hi, hi ______________________________________ Sonia Megías
- Contrapunto fonémico IV (video-score) * ___________ Sonia Megías. Thessia Machado, motion graphics
- Asatoma Sadgamaya (mantra) __________________ traditional from India, arr. Sonia Megías
- Templo (fragment, labyrinth-score) _______________ Sonia Megías
- Grafía Cantada (video-score) __________________ Sonia Megías + Pepe Gimeno
- Hotarukoi (round) _________________________ traditional from Japón
- Family Cord (tactile score) _____________________ Sonia Megías
- Barca Magia (video-score)** ___________________ Sonia Megías. Ally Christiansen, soprano
- Tempsiabo (video-score)** ____________________ Sonia Megías. Ally Christiansen, soprano
- Bye, bye _______________________________ Sonia Megías
* World Premiere
** World Premiere of the video-score for the piece
Singers at CoroDelantal for “Singing Bodies”:
SOPRANOS: Floor Grootenhuis, Inma Heredia, Thessia Machado
MEZZOS: Mimi Berkova, Ana Fisyak, Marina Garde, Megan Schubert
ALTOS: Ranjit Bhatnagar, Joana Costa, Luisen Elias, Lindsey Williams
VALENCIA: Tribute to Pauline Oliveros @ the Sporting
Pauline Oliveros was a fabulous composer. Her charisma still resonates in the town of Kingston, north of New York, and dozens of followers attend events organized by IONE, her widow, or by the current Center for Deep Listening.
On November 6 and 7, the Sporting Club de Russafa will screen the documentary Deep Listening: The Story of Pauline Oliveros, directed by Daniel Weintraub. We will divide it into two sessions because, although it has Spanish subtitles, it lasts two hours and it is better to have a discussion and listening exercises after each half.
These meetings are coordinated by Lucía Peiró and moderated by Sonia Megías. With the support of American Space Valencia and the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Polytechnic University of Valencia.
The meetings are free, but you must book your seat at the following link.
NYC: CoroDelantal’s 15th Anniversary
CoroDelantal is being 15 years in 2026, and it starts celebrating it with a 5 month intensive workshop in the city wher it was born!
We make a call to brave singers!
Rehearsals are on Mondays at 6pm in Manhattan.
Please, contact info@edicionesdelantal.es for more info.
Welcome to join us!
BROOKLYN: “I Do Sing in Spanish” with Sonia Megías
NYC: Interview to Yarisa Colón
In the series Art for the Living I’ll interview 5 women artists from New York.
This first one is poet Yarisa Colón, who also creates very special books.
Book your seat:
https://as.nyu.edu/research-centers/espaciodeculturas/events/Spring-2026/art-for-the-living-curated-by-artist-in-residency-sonia-megias.html
NYC: Interview to Katherine Liberovskaya
In the series Art for the Living I’ll interview 5 women artists from New York.
This first one is videoartist Katherine Liberovskaya, current director of Experimental Intermedia.
Book your seat:
https://as.nyu.edu/research-centers/espaciodeculturas/events/Spring-2026/art-for-the-living-curated-by-artist-in-residency-sonia-megias.html
NYC: ‘Airth’ by CoroDelantal NY + Sonic Mud
CoroDelantal is a laboratory for choral experimentation that was created in New York City in 2011 by Spanish composer Sonia Megias. After one year of work, the project expanded to Spain (Madrid and Alicante), where it continues running.
We’ll start celebrating our 15th anniversary with a series of concerts in New York City. For this one, we’ll share stage with some special guests: flutist Jane Rigler or visual artist Julia Elsas with her Sonic Mud creations.
Program:
- SferaSpiriS (spheric score) __________ Sonia Megías
- Hi, hi __________________________ Sonia Megías. WORLD PREMIERE
- Nesta Rua ______________________ traditional from Brasil, arr. Heitor Villalobos
- Sonata (video-score) _______________ Sonia Megías, on drawings by Eva Lootz, motion by Carlos Cueto
- Shto e Pa Moru __________________ traditional from Bielorrusia, arr. Sonia Megías
- Somagwaza _____________________ traditional from Sudáfrica
- Embrace & Breathe (video-score) ______ Sonia Megías, motion by Carlos Cueto
- Improvisation ___________________ with Sonic Mud, Julia Elsas’ instruments, Jane Riggler…
- Only Believe ____________________ round from the United States
- Bye, bye ________________________ Sonia Megías. WORLD PREMIERE
CoroDelantal singers:
SOPRANOS: Floor Grootenhuis, Inma Heredia, Thessia Machado, Natalie Plaza
MEZZOS: Mimi Berkova, Ana Fisyak, Marina Garde, Lauren Lane
ALTOS: Ranjit Bhatnagar, Joana Costa, Luisen Elias, Lindsey Williams
NYC: Interview to Anna Tonna
In the series Art for the Living I’ll interview 5 women artists from New York.
Our fourth guest is mezzo soprano Anna Tonna, who not only sings opera but also contemporary music in the States and in Europe.
Book your seat:
https://as.nyu.edu/research-centers/espaciodeculturas/events/Spring-2026/art-for-the-living-curated-by-artist-in-residency-sonia-megias.html
NYC: Premiere of ‘Family Cord’ en el Metropolitan Museum
Next April 25th, a chorus of 40 people from the FMDG music school for blind people and prople with vision loss, will premiere at the Auditorium of the Metropolitan Museum of New York my tactile piece Family Cord, made of 43 meteros of satin ribbon with linen embroiders and ceramic figures.
The piece has been created thanks to the economic support of the school itself and the Consulate of Spain in New York.
More info in this link.
Video of the premiere: Go to minute 42:49.
The piece that the museum projected at the screen during the premiere was this one, made of a branch.
Media:
2026’IV’27. Sonia Megías, la compositora y alumni del programa Fulbright, estrenó su obra ‘Family Cord’ en el Metropolitan Museum of Art el pasado 25 de abril. US Embassy in Madrid Newsletter.
2026’IV’23. Nueva York acoge el estreno de una partitura rara de Sonia Megías. MQR Radio. Villena (Alicante, Spain).
2026’IV’21. La compositora almanseña Sonia Megías estrena partitura táctil en el Auditorio del Metropolitan Museum de Nueva York. Interview at TV Almansa
2026’IV’20. La compositora Sonia Megías estrena en el MET de Nueva York su partitura táctil Family Cord. Doce Notas music magazine.
2026’IV’17. Obra de Sonia Megías en el Met Museum de Nueva York. Website from ‘Mujeres en las Artes Visuales’ association.
NYC: Interview to Liz Geisewite
In the series Art for the Living I’ll interview 5 women artists from New York.
Our last guest is choral conductor Liz Geisewite, who is also the president of the American of Choral Directors Association in New York.
Book your seat:
https://as.nyu.edu/research-centers/espaciodeculturas/events/Spring-2026/art-for-the-living-curated-by-artist-in-residency-sonia-megias.html
MADRID: ‘Not Today’ at Teatros del Canal
Inside the theatre show ‘Los diarios de Manhattan’ by Ricardo Llorca, pianist Rosa Torres Pardo will play my piece Brooklyn Stravaganza, inspired in my first meeting with Ricardo and Rosa, while I was working as a cabaret pianist in the varietes show at Galapagos Club in Brooklyn. I was dressing as a carrot, and the guy I played with was dressing as a rabbit, at the end of our show I shooted him with a gun that I took from the piano.
Program:
Steven Sondheim (1930-2021):
- The Ladies Who Lunch
- I´m Still Here
Chick Corea (1941-2021):
- Children´s Songs N.º 1
- Children´s Songs N.º 6
Philip Glass (1937):
- Opening
- Etude n.º 6
George Gershwin (1898-1937):
- Three Preludes
John Adams (1947):
- China Gates
Sonia Megías (1982) / Eva Guillamón (1978):
- Not Today
Ricardo Llorca (1958):
- Las horas vacías – Obertura Chorale
Links:
2026’I’28: Los Diarios de Manhattan. EsMadrid.com