Alejandro Bonilla is an undergraduate music education student at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He is a composer, conductor, and saxophonist with a particular interest in wind literature.
His work is eclectic, exploring a wide range of influences and practices through research and the creative process, and he hopes to share these niches to the world in an inspiring way.
LATEST
New YouTube upload! I am revisiting An Autumn Story, a song collection I wrote between my senior year of high school and freshman year of college. Score videos for all the movements will be rolled out throughout November to stick with the fall theme. Check out the Overture score here! and subscribe if you'd like :)
New YouTube upload! This is a lied-style piece setting the text of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "The Rainy Day" to song for solo voice and piano. Check it out and see the score below!
New YouTube upload! This is a short little arrangement of Thad Jones' A Child is Born for brass ensemble, merging jazz voicings with classical counterpoint. Check it out!
New YouTube upload! In this one I dissect my arrangement of the classic Cambodian folk song, Sarika Keo, and how I used little motives in the short melody to stretch out a 3-minute band piece. Check it out, or click below to see the full score!