Print-ready page Music Faculty By: Department: • Choral Conducting Centers and Programs: • Latin American Music Center Related Links: • Aguava New Music Studio

• Professor of Music, Jacobs School of Music
• Director, Latin American Music Center

Education:

• D.M. , Indiana University, 1989
• M.M. , Indiana University, 1982
• B.M. , Indiana University, 1980

Background:

Print-Quality Photo

Carmen Téllez won the American Choral Directors Association's Julius Herford National Dissertation Prize in 1991. She is a regular guest conductor with orchestras throughout Latin America, Spain, and the United States. Professor Téllez is the founder and director of the Inter-American Composition Workshops at Indiana University.

Professor Téllez is the editor of the Latin American Music Series with the Indiana University Press. She is the founder and music director of Aguava New Music. She served as the director of the Chicago Contemporary Chamber Players from 2001-2002 and as the music director for the Pocket Opera Players of New York.

Professor Téllez's recordings can be found on the LAMC, Aguava New Music, Nova Era (Spain), and Quindecim-CONACULTA (Mexico) labels.