Vocal quartets by Brahms
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Presentation
Composition for vocal quartet and piano is a genre that runs through the entire creative career of Johannes Brahms (1833-1897).
It took root in the bourgeois home, a prestigious seat of musical culture in which the practice of polyphonic singing was highly regarded.
From opus 31 (1859)—a magnificent lied cycle with an intimate, folkloric thrust over which hovers the benevolent shadow of Schumann—to opus 112 (1891), complex, tortuous, imbued with an esthetic bordering on abstraction, Brahms brought the genre to the confines of radical musical thought which is the hallmark of his late style.
Through study and interpretation of these significant works (op. 31, 64, 92, 103, 112), Anne Le Bozec and Geoffroy Jourdain propose to discover at once the metamorphosis of a musical genre and the stylistic evolution of one of the greatest exponents of vocal music in the 19th century.
Theoretical instruction
In-depth study of the vocal quartet texture, and of the work within the ensemble of Brahms’ œuvre.
Study of the practice of polyphonic vocal performance.
Practical instruction
Work on diction, style, phrasing, colors and vocal/piano interaction, an approach to the stylistic evolution within the song as well as of the song within the cycle or ensemble. Work on choral form.
Method
Alternating group classes (practice of ensemble singing and of choral forms), small-ensemble workshops and individual instruction.
Faculty
Anne Le Bozec, pianist, vocal/role coach
Geoffroy Jourdain, artistic director of Les Cris de Paris
Calendar
Auditions
Wednesday 25 February 2010
Sessions
Thursday 13 through Sunday 16 May 2010
Saturday 3 through Thursday 8 July 2010
for a total of 10 days of instruction
Public presentation
Fenêtre sur cour[s] Thursday 8 July 2010
Places available for
8 singers: 2 sopranos, 2 mezzos, 2 tenors, 2 basses
Fee information
The cost-sharing fee is made up of a compulsory registration fee, a compulsory membership in the Association des amis de Royaumont, tuition, and boarding expenses.
For this session a scholarship arrangement with the AFDAS is pending.
Financial aid for tuition
› for casual entertainment workers (intermittents du spectacle): through the AFDAS under the following conditions: 2 years in activity, 48 fee units (days) within France, as attested by payslips and Congés Spectacles certificates.
› for salaried employes (full or part time): via their employers’ continuing education programs.
› for the unemployed: instructions available from the local ANPE and/or ASSEDIC offices.
› 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, a total amount of 150 € remains at your expense.
Scholarships
Every year L’Association des amis de Royaumont grants scholarships to artists under 29 years of age who do not yet have a regular professional activity.
This grant is made by a commission on the basis of a portfolio (resume, photo, letter of motivation).
If you are eligible for this scholarship from the Association des amis de Royaumont, a total amount of 150 € remains at your expense.
For participants who are not in a position to qualify for any other financial aid, the Foundation grants scholarship stipends on request and based on a portfolio.
If you are eligible for such financial assistance, a total amount of 350 € remains at your expense.