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DOCUMENTARY FILM AND ITS PREMIERE:
Guillermo Esparza is the subject of the documentary by Los Angeles filmmaker Veronica Aberham for London-based Studio International. Original soundtrack composed and performed by Maria Andriasova Esparza. Release date: June 1st, 2009. Premiere: at St. Patrick's Old Cathedral for its 200-year anniversary on June 7th, 2009, after Archbishop Timothy Michael Dolan's historic Mass.
FILM NOMINATION:
"Mozart Award" from IBC, Cambridge, UK for best original music to a documentary. The soundtrak is listed on Top 40/Sony Masterwork.
LATEST PRESS RELEASES ABOUT THE FILM AND THE NOMINATION:
EXHIBITION:
New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg honors Guillermo Esparza's sacred art exhibit "Arcanum Angelorum" ("Mystery of the Angels") at St. Patrick's Old Cathedral, and proclaims its opening date of February 26, 2009 as the official “St. Patrick's Old Cathedral Day” in New York City. DUE TO EXTRAORDINARY POPULARITY OF THE EXHIBIT, IT HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH 2010!
ART INSTALLATION:
Installation of Mural and Mensa for "Our Lady of Lujan" shrine, Holy Name Chapel, St. Patrick's Old Cathedral, September 27, 2009.
Upcoming events:
LECTURE:
December 6, 2009 at 2 pm: Guillermo Esparza presents his Sacred Arts lecture on Byzantine iconography at Holy Name Chapel, St. Patrick's Old Cathedral in SoHo. The lecture is followed by a 4 pm concert in the Cathedral by the music department of the Tisch School of the Arts, NYU.
ART INSTALLATION:
Installation of the mural Icon of the Deisis, Holy Name Chapel, St. Patrick's Old Cathedral.
Please check the EVENTS page for more details!
photo credit: Veronica Aberham
Composer and pianist
Maria Andriasova Esparza
Guillermo Esparza
Artist-in-Residence
St. Patrick's Old Cathedral New York City
