Summer Academy in Choral Conducting 2014 [1-7/7/14]

Ionian University’s Summer Academy announces the 5th Summer Academy in Choral Conducting that will be held at the Island of Corfu, Greece, on July 1st - 7th 2014. The seminar applies to choral conductors and/or to choral conducting students.

Summer Academy in Choral Conducting Announcement [.v2]

Summer Academy in Choral Conducting Application Form

Dr. Andre Thomas is specialized in choral conducting techniques and choral pedagogy, as well as in Gospel and Negro Spiritual Choral Music.

The daily itinerary of the seminar is constructed in 4 sessions: a) Choral Pedagogy – Methodology with a lab children’s/youth choir, on which Dr. Thomas will apply his methodology b) Vocal Techniques for conductors (sound production, diction, perfect intonation etc), c) Choral Conducting Techniques, where participants will conduct under the clinician’s supervision and d) Participants’ Choir, on which Dr. Thomas will teach a selected repertoire that will be presented at the closing concert of the seminar.

During the seminar there will be evening concerts by Greek children and Youth choirs.

All participants will receive Diplomas of successful participation. Official language of the seminar: English. The number of participants is limited.

Tuition fee: 250 euro. (Seminar tuition and admission to evening concerts included).

Registration Deadline: May 16th 2014.

For more information and application form, you can visit Music Department’s website at https://music.ionio.gr/gr/academy or email to chortherini@gmail.com

Scientific Supervisor of the Summer Academy in Choral Conducting is Dr. Miranda Caldi, Associate Professor and chair of Choral Conducting Studies at Ionian University.

See also:  Summer Music Academy

The attached zipped folder contains the application and the full text of the Summer Academy in Choral Conducting 2014 [.v2].

[Update: 28/04/2014 - First Publication: 06/02/2014]