1995 video and audio installation in Terminal 1 of the San Antonio Airport, featuring the musical theme from my then recently published CD, Tlacaelel. The installation included three monitors running a 20-minute video that I created specifically for the Tlacaelel musical theme, and digital prints made from video stills. I … Continue reading →
In 1995, I presented Tlacaelel, a recently completed CD of orchestral MIDI music at UNAM San Antonio. The presentation included a 20-minute music video of the Tlacaelel theme that was projected in the UNAM Auditorium throughout the evening. The CD was featured in Electronic Musician Magazine as a notable milestone in … Continue reading →
TLACAELEL A Symphonic Poem Michael Mehl, 1994 Click HERE to listen The title piece of this Compact Disc was inspired by Tlacaelel, Aztec Among The Aztecs, an historical novel by the Mexican author Antonio Velsaco Piña. I was so taken with the depth and consequence of the series of historical … Continue reading →
Cornyation is an annual program of staged, theatrical parodies of social and political current events, that takes place every April, during Fiesta San Antonio. In late 1993 I composed the music and lyrics for the Corny Rap Music Video and the Cornyation Overture, both of which would play at the … Continue reading →