This first Ancient Music Summer School offers a workshop for the interpretation of religious works for soloists, choir and orchestra composed in Latin America during the 17th and 18th centuries.

The participants who are selected will fo rm a choir and orchestra including the following groups:

• orchestra (ancient instruments): violin, violoncello, double-bass, oboe, bassoon, transverse flute, recorder, French horn, diatonic harp (Celtic harp) and organ;

• choirs: soprano, alto, counter-tenor, tenor and bass (or baritone).

Who can take part?

• Instrumentalists and vocalists from Conservatoires and Schools of Music from the whole of Europe. Minimum level required: 5th year of instrumental or vocal studies at a National Conservatoire or equivalent.
• Amateur instrumentalists having a good level of sightreading and playing, equivalent to the 5th year at a National Conservatoire.
• Amateur choristers with a good voice and good sight-reading capacity or excellent auditory memory as the case may be.

Repertory

• Laudate Pueri Dominum & Villancico a la Purísima, by Roque Ceruti (Peru)
• Dixit Dominus, Anonymous (Peru)
• Lauda Jerusalem, by Carlos Patiño (Peru)
• Antiphona de Nossa Senhora, by José J. E. Lobo de Mesquita (Brazil)
• Laudate Dominum & Missa en Sol (fragments) by José de Campderrós (Chile)
• Salve Regina, by Bartolomé Massa (Argentina)

Selection of participants

The selection of the candidates will be based on their level of playing/singing and will take account of their musical background: musical education, concerts in which they have eventually performed as soloists, importance of the ensemble to which they belong, etc. The results of the selection will be sent by letter direct to the candidates. Those selected will receive a final booking form which they must return, accompanied by the deposit for their tuition fees, before 30th May 2005.

How to take part?

Send the pre-booking form accompanied by:

• a short CV (musical education, establishment where you are currently studying, membership of a musical ensemble where appropriate, etc.)
• a recording (audio CD or cassette) in order to evaluate your level of playing or singing. The pieces to be recorded are at the discretion of the candidate, but instrumentalists must send a recording of the instrument that they intend to play at the Academy.

Teachers

Sonia GOUSSINSKY (Brazil), Choir.
Lincoln ALMADA (Paraguay), Basso Continuo realization on diatonic harp.
Alberto PAULN (Argentine), conduction.

Conference

A public conference concerning the relation between the contemporary musical instruments with cords struck of Latin America and their Spanish ancestors of the Renaissance and the Baroque will be proposed saturday July 30. This conference will be presented by the Argentinian harpsichord and lute maker Sebastián Nuñez, and will be illustrated with the harp by Lincoln Almada.

Organization

The first Summer School of Ancient Latin American Music will take place at St-Affrique in the premises of the Cap Vert reception centre (http://planete-capvert.com/).

The choral and orchestral scores will be sent to selected candidates in order that they arrive at the Summer School having already studied them and resolved the majority of the technical problems. Non sight-readers who have been selected must obtain help in order to be able to participate in the workshop under the same conditions as their sight-reading colleagues. In addition to practice sessions involving the whole group, the different voices of the choir and different instrumental groups will work separately, under the direction of one of their number who will be elected, and according to the technical instructions given by the musical director.

The Summer School will end with a public concert given by th e participants as part of the XXVIII International Festival of Sacred Music of the Abbey of SylvanÃ?s on Saturday 30th July 2005.

IMPORTANT:
Neither the Association Academia Musical de Indias nor the Centre International de Rencontres Culturelles et Musicales possesses any musical instruments, apart from the organ. Each instrumentalist must, therefore, bring his own instrument.

For organisational reasons, no insurance is offered for the instruments and participants should therefore obtain insurance in their own country before leaving for Sylvanès.

Tuition fees

The total fee is 250 ?, payable in two instalments: a deposit of 65 ? with the final booking, and the balance at the beginning of the workshop.

Accomodation fees

Several different options for accommodation and meals are available at the Cap Vert centre itself. Candidates are, however, free to find alternative accommodation in hotels, camp sites, etc. Information about these is available from the St Affrique tourist office (+33 (0)5 65 98 12 40).

* Room without TV and with a shared bathroom for 2 rooms.

Restaurant prices for participants roomed outside Cap Vert
F: Including breakfast and 1 meal a day (13 meals): 156 ? (deposit: 45 ?)
G: Including all meals (25 meals): 300 ? (deposit: 90 ?)
Otherwise: 12 ? per person (lunch or dinner) at the Cafetería, booking 24 hours in advance.

Informations

General information, teaching information and submission of applications. Dead line: 15th May 2005:

Academia Musical de Indias
1, place Damase Malet
F-13114 Puyloubier
FRANCE
E-mail : Contact
Tel. : +33 4 42 66 36 55 (calling from abroad) or 08 74 59 66 76 (calling from France)

Information about accommodation and meals, submission of final booking and deposit (deadline 15th June 2005):

Centre International des Rencontres Culturelles et Musicales
Abbaye de Sylvanès
F-12360 Sylvanès
E-mail: abbaye@sylvanes.com
Website: www.sylvanes.com
Tel : +33 (0)5 65 98 20 20
Fax : +33 (0)5 65 98 20 25

Abbey of Sylvanès

An International Center for Cultural and Musical Encounters, Sylvanes Abbey is now an international meeting place for cultural, spiritual and musical encounters, offering:

• International Festival of Sacred Music
• Training, production and marketing of choral & sacred music, theatre, dance, religious and visual arts as well as colloquiums, encounters and seminars on diverse religious issues.
• A centre for research, training, publishing and recording of liturgy and sacred music.
• A programme of arts classes, heritage courses and shows for young people, exploiting the ensemble of the Park, and fifting both school and holiday calendars.
• Organised holiday-tours of abbeys, castles, Templar and Hospitaler sites, as well as cultural holidays in France and abroad.
• Quality accomodations at the Abbey and the Castle of Gissac.