Quinteto sobre los Poemas de Carlos Pintado, for strings and piano, performed by the South Beach Chamber Ensemble at South Beach Up North 2009, in Wausau, WI.
Each movement of the Quinteto is based on a poem by Cuban poet Carlos Pintado. For "Yo no te nombro musa", I felt ironically inspired by the idea that the muse is not there for the artist; he/she is on their own. The darkness of alone infused the music of this piece.