CoMa's Contemporary Music Summer School runs from Sunday 29 July to Saturday 4 August at Bangor University in North Wales, encouraging all of us whether experienced or not to try something new. CoMA (Contemporary Music for All) has run summer schools since 1993 and they have recently started doing them as a joint initiative with the ELLO Late Starter String Summer School. The summer school is intended to help broaden the horizons of all musicians, providing a non-competitive teaching programme which is accessible and exciting for both the inexperienced and the experienced. I attended one some years ago and have always intended to go back, finding them exciting and stimulating, giving me the opportunity to try things that I'd never thought about before.
This year, the tutors are percussionist Joby Burgess, pianist Mary Dullea, composer Larry Goves, mezzo-soprano Lore Lixenberg, instrumentalist/composer Zac Gvirtzman and pianist/composer Adam Swayne. Classes include a daily vocal warm up, an examination of iconic techniques for the modern composer and key 20th century works, improvisation, performing renaissance choral music, an exploration of John Cage's song books and Adam Swayne's 'composer in a week' class! Most of the classes are aimed at challenging the experience and supporting the beginner. Everyone collaborates on a joint performance of Stephen Montague's Dark Sun.
Bangor is 3 hours by train from London and there are accommodation options ranging from self-catering to full-board or even being a day visitor and staying in the Bangor Hilton. All sounds very tempting doesn't it?
More information from the CoMA website.
Wednesday, 4 July 2012
Popular Posts this month
-
The Pink Singers at Cadogan Hall, January 2023 (Photo Jessica Rowbottom) In July 1983 I allowed myself to have my arm twisted and take over ...
-
Peter Selwyn conducting the Lambeth Orchestra at All Saints West Dulwich in April 2022 (Photo: Anna Shilonosova) The Lambeth Orchestra , pri...
-
Ethel Smyth: The Wreckers - James Rutherford, Philip Horst, Karis Tucker - Glyndebourne (Photo Richard Hubert Smith) 2022 was a strong year...
-
Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg New Year’s Eve concert (Silvesterkonzert); Eva Hinterreithner (mezzo-soprano), Markus Obereder (tenor/barito...
-
Portrait miniature of Handel (c1710) by Christoph Platzer (Photo of a lost original, Handel-Haus, Halle) Handel: Sans y penser (Cantate Fra...
-
Sondheim: Company - Artform in rehearsal, Daniel Lawrence (Bobby) & Aimee Collins (Kathy) - Photo Bethany Andrews Artform is a non-profe...
-
Calidore String Quartet (Jeffrey Myers, Ryan Meehan, Jeremy Berry, Estelle Choi) The Calidore String Quartet is a young American string qua...
-
Hollie Harding, Heather Roche, Eva Zöllner, Colin Alexander LSO St Luke's(Photo Emily Hazrati ) Christophe Bertrand, Laurence Crane, Joa...
-
St Thomas' Church, Leipzig in 1723 Caldara: Sinfonia in C, Bach: Unser Mund sei voll Lachens, BWV110, Christ, ätzet diesen Tag, BWV6...
-
Max: A Child In Striped Pyjamas - Susanna MacRae, Rachel Roper - (Photo: Bonnie Britain) Noah Max: A Child in Striped Pyjamas ; Susanna Mac...