On Saturday, October 4, 2025, at 1 p.m. the Allentown Art Museum will host La Sinfonía del Muro de Flores (The Symphony of the Wall of Flowers), a multimedia live performance that unites original music, contemporary dance, storytelling, and visual art into an immersive sensory journey. The performance will last 45 minutes and be followed by an interactive Q&A session. The event is bilingual, with the storytelling done simultaneously in both English and Spanish. Admission to the Museum and the performance is free.
Created and directed by Daniel Djuro-Goiricelaya (Venezuela/USA), La Sinfonía del Muro de Flores translates the patterns of nature into sound, movement, and light, offering audiences a poetic exploration of resilience, beauty, and harmony—a symphony where art and nature breathe together.
The performance features an original score by Chilean composer Ignacio Valdivia, conducted by Nicolás Gómez Amín, with choreography by Angela Sigley Grossman and performances by dance artists Amber Clews, Yoelis De La Cruz, and Madisyn Miracle. Storytelling is interwoven by Jeneilyn Rodriguez, whose narrative threads guide audiences through moments of memory and transformation.
“This project is about creating a space where music remembers, dance dreams, stories unfold, and the natural world resonates as symphony,” said Djuro-Goiricelaya, who also authored the original story and provides the visual direction.
Audiences are invited to stay after the performance for a Q&A with the cast and creative team, offering deeper insight into the making of the work and the collaboration between international and local artists.
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Daniel Djuro-Goiricelaya is a Venezuelan-born American visual artist of Cuban and Russian descent. His multidisciplinary practice explores the poetics of nostalgia, memory, and the childlike experience of light and color. Working with painting, installation, and performance, he often incorporates natural elements—rainwater, soil, plant matter—into his art. His projects, including The Wall of Flowers, Art for Breakfast, and La Revolución Cromática, reflect on how personal memory intersects with collective experience. Djuro-Goiricelaya’s visual direction for La Sinfonía del Muro de Flores transforms the stage into an ephemeral garden of light and sound, where the patterns of nature reveal themselves as both fragile and eternal.
Ignacio Valdivia is a Chilean composer, guitarist, and producer whose work explores the fusion of contemporary classical music, ambient textures, and jazz influences. He received his Bachelor of Music Composition at UNIACC University in Santiago de Chile, graduating with honors in 2021. Valdivia has premiered two original pieces with the Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra: Elegy No. 1 (2023), commissioned by Nicolás Gómez Amín, and the string quintets for La Sinfonía del Muro de Flores (2024). His first solo EP, Textos (2023), is an experimental project combining music with theatrical monologues. He has also composed original scores for stage productions, including Federico García Lorca’s La Casa de Bernarda Alba (2018) and Las Dos Muertes (2025), and arranged/orchestrated numerous musical theater productions (Les Misérables, Into the Woods, Moulin Rouge, Jesus Christ Superstar, Aladdin, Beetlejuice, Oliver!, Beauty and the Beast). As a guitarist, Valdivia is an active figure in Santiago’s independent music scene, performing with the band Hijo de Ladrón and collaborating with artists such as Alfilera, Futnes, and Gatajazz.
Chilean conductor and violinist Nicolás Gómez Amín has performed internationally in Chile, the United States, and Greece. From 2022 through 2024 he served as music director of the Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra and is a regular guest conductor with the Berks Sinfonietta. He has also led the Chamber Players at Kutztown University and worked as assistant conductor at the 2024 Portillo International Music Festival in Chile. Currently, Gómez Amín serves as assistant conductor for the Orchestra Now and the Bard Conservatory Orchestra. He holds a Bachelor’s in music performance from Kutztown University and a Master’s in orchestral conducting from the Bard College Conservatory of Music. His work is marked by a sensitivity to color and nuance, making him a vital collaborator in bringing Valdivia’s score to life.
Angela Sigley Grossman is a dance artist and associate professor of dance at DeSales University. She holds an MFA in dance performance and choreography from Temple University. Her choreographic research investigates embodiment, improvisation, and technology, including the use of Brian Eno’s Oblique Strategies as a generative choreographic tool. Her recent projects explore the relationship between artificial intelligence and dance-making, and in La Sinfonía del Muro de Flores, her choreography channels organic movement inspired by the natural world.
Jeneilyn Rodriguez brings a powerful narrative voice to the production, weaving stories of memory, vulnerability, and resilience. Her storytelling bridges the visual and sonic elements of the piece, grounding the abstract in human experience.
DANCERS
Amber Clews began dancing at age four. She studies dance and criminal justice at DeSales University, has trained internationally at the Braswell Arts Center in Basel, Switzerland, and has performed in multiple university ensembles.
Yoelis De La Cruz has trained for 11 years, specializing in ballet, modern, and hip hop. A DeSales University student double-majoring in dance and marketing, she also trained in Basel, Switzerland, with the Braswell Arts Center.
Madisyn Miracle has danced for 20 years in styles ranging from ballet to hip hop. Currently studying dance and education at DeSales University, she has performed in the Emerging Choreographers Concert and the DeSales Dance Ensemble.