Interpretation of contemporary instrumental and vocal music

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This double training offers in a first session an ititiation to the reference contemporary repertory (Berio, Carter, Eötvös, Ligeti…) and in a second session direct learning of vocal works composed during the composition session of 2012

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Faculty

Geoffroy Jourdain, choirmaster
Engaged very early on in choral conducting, Geoffroy Jourdain has founded several choirs: Vivete Felici (17th and 18th century repertories), Les Cris de Paris (mixed 19th century and contemporary repertories, co-conducted Laurence Equilbey/Le jeune chœur de Paris (training centre for young singers at the Regional Conservatory CRR of Paris), and has with Didier Bouture assumed direction of the Paris Orchestra Choir.
His various posts have led him to collaborate with numerous orchestras, particularly of Pierre Boulez, Sylvain Cambreling, Christoph Eschenbach, Richard Hickox, Marek Janowski, Yutaka Sado, John Nelson, René Jacobs, Philippe Herreweghe, Vincent Dumestre...
Geoffroy Jourdain was distinguished in 1999 of the Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet Foundation and in 2000 by the Fondation de France (prêt d’honneur Marc de Montalembert).

Alphonse Cemin et Aurélien Richard, pianist-accompanists

Places available for

8 singers (2 sopranos, mezzo-soprano, alto or countertenor, 2 tenors, baritone, bass)

Presentation

This training session for young professional singers is an initiation into the rich contemporary repertory of vocal music for soloist ensemble. Works by Berio, Bussotti, Carter, De Pablo, Eötvös, Fedele, Gervasoni, Haas, Holliger, Levinas, Ligeti, Scelsi, Sciarrino, Schöllhorn… from two to eight voices, presenting all the esthetic thrusts that have developed since the 1960's will be studied and presented during 2 sessions at the Royaumont Foundation in May and August 2012. Then the singers, grouped into two vocal quartets, will participate in the 23rd Voix nouvelles Composition Session during which, after having practiced the repertoire, they will be faced with the problem complex of interpretation of works to be premiered in close relationship with the composers, under the direction of Geoffroy Jourdain and the three professors in the composition session (Brian Ferneyhough, Alberto Posadas and Raphaël Cendo).

Instruction

As determined by the vocal forces selected in the outcome of the auditions, the repertory training will concern certain works among the following:

Luciano Berio: Cries of London (8 voices) - 1975
Sylvano Bussotti: Ancora odono i colli (6 voices) – 1967; La curva dell’amore (6 voices) – 1968; Rar’ancora (6 voices) – 1968
Elliott Carter: Mad Regales (6 voices) – 2007
Luis De Pablo: Variaciones de León (6 voices) – 1992
Peter Eötvös: Drei Madrigalkomödien (6 voices) – 1970/1990
Ivan Fedele: Animus Anima (7 voices) – 2000
Stefano Gervasoni: In Dir (6 voices) – 2004
Georg Friedrich Haas: Drei Liebesgedichte (6 voices) – 2005
Heinz Holliger: Variazioni su nulla (4 voices) – 1988
Michaël Levinas: Les Lettres enlacées (4 voices) - 2000
György Ligeti: Nonsense Madrigals (6 male voices) – 1988/1993
Giacinto Scelsi: Tre canti popolari (4 voices) – 1958
Salvatore Sciarrino: L’alibi della parola (4 voices) – 1994
Johannes Schöllhorn: Madrigali a Dio (6 voices) - 2009

For the vocal workshop in September, the names of the young composers from the Composition Session will be made known after their selection in May 2012.

Calendar

Audition

Saturday 3 March 2012

Sessions

From Tuesday 15 May through Friday 18 May 2012
From Monday 13 August through Thursday 16 August 2012
From Thursday 13 September through Saturday 22 September 2012 (Vocal workshop)
for 18 days of instruction

Public presentations

Fenêtre sur cour(s) on Thursday 30 August 2012 at 6 pm
Concerts in the Composition Session on Saturday 22 September 2012

Fee Information

The cost-sharing fee is made up of a compulsory registration fee (including membership in the Association des amis de Royaumont and access to the François Lang Music Library), tuition, and boarding expenses.

The Royaumont Foundation takes over expenses for accomodations (room, board and breaks) during the entire duration of the training.

An AFDAS agreement is pending for this session.

Financial aid for tuition

› for casual workers in the entertainment field (intermittents du spectacle): through the AFDAS under the following conditions: 2 years in activity, 48 fee units (days) within France, as attested by Congés Spectacles certificates and payslips.

› for salaried employees (full or part time): via their employers’ continuing education programs.
› for the unemployed: instructions available from the local funds or Pôle emploi.
› for RMI beneficiaries: via authorities in each département (Conseil Général) – contact the appropriate services for further information.
If you are eligible for such financial assistance, only the enrolment fee remains at your expense, that is in the amount of 174 €.

Scholarships

The Association des Amis de Royaumont grants scholarships to singers born after the 1st January 1984 and instrumentalists born after 1st January 1987 who do not yet have a regular professional activity.
This grant is made during Board meetings of the Association on the basis of a portfolio (resume, letter of motivation).
If you are eligible for financial aid from the Association des amis de Royaumont, a total amount of 174 € remains at your expense.

For participants who cannot qualify for any other financial aid, the Foundation grants scholarship stipends on request and based on a portfolio.
If you are eligible for this scholarship from the Association des amis de Royaumont, a total amount of 354 € remains at your expense.