First edition
January 18th-22th 2021
The times we are living in have a painful impact on culture as well as education. Transmission has always been the strength of contemporary music: exchange, sharing, humanism. Today, we must together resist in front of the implacable loneliness imposed on us by the pandemic and act in solidarity for the sustainability of our practice, to continue to live and to reflect. This collective action arose out of the urgency of this situation.
All over the world, there are many young composers who feel isolated. Despite everything, we decided to get together, to maintain this link, even from a distance: We now have the technical means to achieve this, to ensure meetings and exchanges with students and teachers from all over the world.
The composers (Lara Morciano, Philippe Manoury, Mauro Lanza, Dmitri Kourliandski, Colin Roche and Raphaël Cendo) as well as the violinist Antoine Maisonhaute, and the electronic musician Max Bruckert, will offer free courses for all those who find themselves in an artistic and / or financial precariousness and / or a precarious location.
An artistic precariousness: those who do not have access to any composition course and who feel more and more isolated from the act of transmission and creation.
Financial insecurity: those who have not received any scholarship or significant financial support this year.
Precarious location: those who, due to their geographical location, do not have the means to travel.
If you meet any of these criteria these courses are for you. We want to clarify that no particular musical level is required. Our approach is for everyone.
The admission procedures are as follows:
send (before December 15th 2020) to solidaritycompositioncourses@gmail.com
- 1 score with a recording (or a video)
- a curriculum vitae
- a short letter briefly explaining your situation. You don't have to go into details, we trust you.
Due to this extraordinary situation, we can only take 10 students for this session. Obviously, private lessons and conferences will be open to all, as free listeners.
After an initial selection of the composers on file, a 15 minutes interview via zoom with Raphaël Cendo will be carried out on December 17th 2020.
We hope for the year 2021 to continue these courses, with the participation of other teachers to accommodate many more of you.
We appeal to composers / teachers and musicians from all over the world who have the opportunity and the time to join us for the next editions. We need you. Thank you in advance for your commitment. You can write to us at any time at the following email address: solidaritycompositioncourses@gmail.com
It is important to clarify once again that none of us will receive any remuneration.
The Solidarity Composition Courses are for those who:
- are in an artistic precariousness
- and / or those who are financially precarious
- and / or those who are in a precarious location
Each of the students will receive 2 lessons (each one with two different composers). They will also participate in eight public master classes of 1h30 each :
6 composing master classes with the composer/professor.
1 session with the violinist Antoine Maisonhaute.
1 session with the electronic musician Max Bruckert.
The lessons will take place on the Zoom app.
The link will be available 15 minutes before classes and master classes on :
https://compositioncourses.wixsite.com/compositioncourses/courses-links (the password will be sent by e-mail)
Classes will be in English.
Deadline December 15th 2020 !
Registration and lessons are free.
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