Professional Workshop in 2007

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Medieval Music

Willaert, sacral and  profane polyphonies (Xve s)

Direction : Stratton Bull and Peter Van Heyghen (co-directors of Cappella Pratensis)

Assisted by Chritopher Kale

Studied works : extracts from mass and madrigals composed by Willaert

Dates (to be confirmed) : from May 2nd to May 7th 2007 ; from June 27th to  July 1rst 2007  and from September 27th to September 29th 2007

Places available for : singers, all voices

Auditions (to be confirmed) : february 12th

Public presentation : “Fenêtre sur cour[s]”  on July 1rst 2007, Concert at the end of the workshop on September 29th 2007

Baroque Music

Antonio Vivaldi : Ottone in Villa

Direction : Gérard Lesne (singer) and Blandine Rannou (harpsichordist)

Studied works : Ottone in Villa is the first Opera from Vivaldi, it will be studied during the whole workshop

Dates (to be confirmed) : from May 7th to May 15th  2007 and from October 10h to September 14th 2007

Places available for:

Singers : alto, contralto, tenor, soprano

Continuo : already completed ensemble or ensemble in the process of being formed. Baroque vocal director

Auditions (to be confirmed): 

Singers : January 29th  and January 30th 2007

Vocal directors and Continuos : January 31th 2007 – Paris

Public presentation : “Fenêtre sur cour[s]” on May 14th 2007 (for vocal director, singers and continuo) , concert at the end of the workshop on September 23th 2007 ( for singers and continuo)

Schütz / Monteverdi

Direction : Benoît Haller (singer) and the artistic director of  la Chapelle Rhénane

Studied works : Schütz (cantiones Sacrae and Petits concerts Spirituels), Geitlische Chormusik; Monteverdi (madrigals from books 1 to 8)

Dates (to be confirmed) : from May 16th to May  25th 2007

Places available for : singers sopranos, counter tenors, tenors, barytone-bass

Auditions (to be confirmed) : February 13rd and 14th 2007

Public presentation : “Fenêtre sur cour[s]” on May 24th 2007

Lully/Quinault : Cadmus et Hermione

APPLICATIONS ARE OVER FOR SINGERS

Direction, Vincent Dumestre

stage direction, Benjamin Lazar

Choregraphy, Gundrun Skamletz

With le Poème Harmonique

Dates : from June 2 to 6,  2007 (soloists singers only)

        from Jully 20 to 29, 2007 (tutti)

        from november 30 to december 9, 2007 (tutti)

Places avaible for : 11 soloists singers, 15 chorus and coryphei singers, 8 dancers

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Musical comédy

Cole Porter and the Broadway Musical

Direction : Kim Criswell (singer), Pascal Verrot (director)

Assisted by Karl Paulnak (vocal director)

With the participation of Jimmy Brennan (choreographer)

And the “Orchestre de Picardie”

Studied works : 50 million Frenchmen ; Dubarry was a Lady

Dates (to be confirmed): from July 10th to July 18th 2007 and from September 9th to September 16 th 2007

Available for : singers, all voices

Audition : February 2007

Publics presentation : “Fenêtre sur cour[s]” on July 17th 2007, concert at the end of the workshop on September 15th 2007

Lied and Melody

Preparation for recital

Direction : Ruben Lifschitz (pianist)

Studied works : choice between several big German rings (Brahms, Schubert, Schuman, Mendelson, Berg, Mahler) and French (Debussy, Poulenc, Fauré…)

Dates (to be confirmed) : from June 30th to July 6th 2007

Available for : 3 teams singer/pianist

Auditions (to be confirmed) : February 1st and February 2nd 2007

Public presentation : « Fenêtre sur cour[s] » on July 5th 2007

Contemporary Music

Contemporary music Vocal Workshop

Direction : James Wood (director of New London Chamber Choir, composer)

With ensemble Cairn

Dates (to be confirmed) : from August 30th 2007 to September 9th 2007

Available for : 5 singers, all voices

Audition (to be confirmed) :  May 17th 2007

Public presentation : « Fenêtre sur cour[s]” on September 8th or 9th 2007

In association with Voix Nouvelles Composition Course 2007

Voix Nouvelles Composition Course 2007

Direction : Brian Ferneyhough, Thierry Blondeau, Daniel D’Adamo

With ensemble Cairn

Dates (to be confirmed) : from  August 20th to September 9th 2007

Available for : 15 composers

Public presentation : “Fenêtre sur cour[s]” on September 8th or 9th 2007

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Musical Theater of  Salvatore Sciarrino

Direction : Neue Vocal Solisten

Dates (to be confirmed) : December 16th to December 22nd 2007

Available for : 10 singers, all voices

Audition (to be confirmed) :  April 25th 2007

Public presentation : “Fenêtre sur cour[s]” on December 22nd 2007

For this session, please refer to www.voixnouvelles.fr

Improvised and oral music

Georgian vocal polyphony

Direction : Malkhas Erkvanidze , from Ensemble Anchiskhati with the participation of the composer, Alexandros Markéas

Dates (to be confirmed) : from December 10th to December 18th 2007

Avalaible for  : 8 singers, classical or traditional training, improved music.

Studied works : vocal polyphony, sacred et profane, from different areas of Georgia ; research paths will be studied with Alexandros Markeas in order to use the Georgian polyphony for new music pieces.

Selection : based on files, application deadline September 15th 2007

Public presentation : “Fenêtre sur cour[s]” on December 16th 2007

Taksim : musical writing and improvisation workshop

Direction : Zad Moultaka, artistic director of Ensemble Mezwej, assisted by X

Dates (to be confirmed) : from August 6th to August 13th 2007

Available for : 8 instrumentalists (Classical or eastern) and singers

Studied works : Eastern monodic structures like « maqam » and  « taksim », in their ancient shapes, vocally transmitted. New pieces freely inspired by those structures.

Selection : Based on files, application deadline June 15th2007

Public presentation : “Fenêtre sur cour[s]” on August 14th 2007