Hay futuro si se canta la verdad: tres canciones elaboradas a partir de la lectura del Tomo Cuando los pájaros no cantaban del informe final de la Comisión de la Verdad.

Abstract

Based on an approach to the work of the Truth Commission and a brief review of the armed conflict and the recent Peace Agreement, from the ritual reading exercise of the Volume: Cuando los pájaros no cantaban from the Truth Commission's Report, and the inquiry into protest song and social song movements; this thesis proposes the possibility of implementing music as a tool to bear witness to this process. Three songs are then composed, arising from a shared personal need to understand our recent history as a society and a political responsibility to accompany and join the voices of those who lived through and recount this conflict; delving into the possibilities that music has to enhance the communication of a message and questioning the implications of creating music that aspires to be a cry for peace, social justice, and ultimately, change.