
William Ortiz was born in Puerto Rico but was raised in New York City. His latino identity plays a vital role in his music, particularly his experience as a "nuyorican" in the 1970's have informed the aesthetics of his music, which transforms the sounds of the "barrio" into art. His musical studies began at the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music. He received degree's in composition from S.U.N.Y. at Stony Brook and S.U.N.Y. Buffalo. Ortiz is professor of Music and Humanities at the University of Puerto Rico in Bayamón.
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Abrazo
Smooth
Composicion para Violin, Violincello y Piano
Graffiti Nuyorican
4 Piezas para Piano- Inspiradas en la Danza Puertorriquena
Street Nusic
Bolero and Hip-Hop en Myrtle Avenue
De Barrio Obrero a la Quince
4 Piezas Para Piano
Urbanizacion
Piezas tipicas puertorriquenas: I. Seis
Nací
Sobre el Puente de Brooklyn
Piezas tipicas puertorriquenas: III. Mazurca
Tropicalización
Por allí pasó un cavallero
A Sorcerer Of Lions
Satori
Las Siete Potencias
Ortiz: Recercada Quarta Sobre La Folia
Ortiz: Recercada Ottava Sobre La Folia
Exit Music For A Film
Fabula Para Orquesta
Lux Aeterna
Nature Boy
Tropicalizacin
Piezas tipicas puertorriquenas: IV. Danza
Piezas tipicas puertorriquenas: V. Bomba
Romance
Fantasias #1 & 2 Sobre Salve Regina
Rumbeando en la melangolla
Yo fui la más callada
Trio concertante en 3 Realidades: I. Bailando con los Santos
Trio concertante en 3 Realidades: II. Idylio tropical
Trio concertante en 3 Realidades: III. Música doméstica
Brisa urbana
Songs of Coconut: I. The Junkie Stole the Clock
Songs of Coconut: II. Guami caraya güey
Songs of Coconut: III. Deja que Puerto Rico sea
Tamboleo
Rito Ceremonial of the Church of the Spanglish Nación
Bombazo: Dancing in the Heat of Ogún
Ternura
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