Children's ATELIERS
Fourteen ateliers of two different levels will be activated for the children (aged 6-13) plus a special atelier for parents and adults
► A LEVEL ATELIERS
A1 | The world before the music
lecturer: Maria Grazia Bellia (Italy)
primary schools | language: italian
A creative journey between sound imagination and ancient papers: from the Greek culture with the hymn to the sun of Mesomede to the modal suggestions of traditional and contemporary music.
WORKING ROOM: Palazzo dei Congressi (first floor), viale Giovanni Amendola, 2
♪ Vox Cordis Children’s Choir from Arezzo | conductor Eugenio Della Noce
♪ Voci bianche Senzaspine from Bologna | conductor Daniela Preziuso
♪ Coro Incanto dell’i.c. di Cossato (Bi) | conductor Simona Riussi
♪ Le Note di Classe della scuola primaria F.B. Tiezzi from Pozzo della Chiana (Ar) | conductor Benedetta Nofri
dress code of the atelier concert: TOTAL LIGHT-BLUE T-SHIRT
A2 | Brother John [Brother John]
lecturer: Marco Cordiano (Italy)
primary schools | language: italian
From Pachelbel to Bach, the canon has its own specific artistic expression. Why not try with popular or historical canons? With verbal or body language? You start, then I'll follow you!
WORKING ROOM: Palazzo dei Congressi (first floor), viale Giovanni Amendola, 2
♪ Coro Carducci della Direzione didattica 3° circolo di Cesena | conductor Maria Roberta Serra
♪ Primaria in… canto dell’i.c. don E. Ferraris from Cigliano (Vc) | conductor Angela Fiorano e Lidia Scarano
♪ Les Rossignols Milanais del Lycée Stendhal from Milano | conductor Irene Amico [1 class]
dress code of the atelier concert: TOTAL GREEN T-SHIRT
A3 | You make the music
lecturer: Maria Canton (Italy)
primary and junior high schools | language: italian
Singing is a game, it is movement, it is our body. Playing with the voice and filling the music with rhythm, without the need for tools, turning fantasy into music. Are you ready for a body percussion experience?
WORKING ROOM: Centro Congressi del Grand Hotel Vittoria, Via Guido Baccelli 2A
♪ Coro della scuola primaria Sant’Angela Merici from Gorizia | conductor Laura Belviso
♪ Sighele Choir dell’i.c. Riva 2 from Riva del Garda (Tn) | conductor Claudia Rizzo
♪ Coro Minincanto dell’i.c. V. Tortoreto from San Ginesio (Mc) | conductor Fabrizio Marchetti
dress code of the atelier concert: TOTAL WHITE T-SHIRT and a multicolor HEADBAND
A4 | Step by step
lecturer: Sofia Gioldasi (Greece)
primary and junior high schools | language: english
Go up on the stage, become familiar with the spaces, turn into characters and give voice to the score: step by step, you will be the leading actor of a choral choreography.
WORKING ROOM: Teatro Verdi, viale Giuseppe Verdi, 45
♪ Coro CantoAlto della C.P.E. La Traccia from Calcinate (Bg) | conductor Fernanda Colombi
♪ Coro polifonico di voci bianche Coeli Lilia dell’i.c. G.A. Colozza from Campobasso | conductor Giovanna Consiglio
♪ ISF Cantabile Choir dell’International School of Florence from Firenze | conductor Tanja Kustrin
♪ #minicantori di Rauscedo (Pn) | conductor Cristiana Fornasier
dress code of the atelier concert: TOTAL BLACK (black trousers and t-shirt)
A5 | Welcome to the opera
lecturer: José Maria Sciutto (Argentina/Italy)
junior high schools | language: italian
Are you ready to go on stage? Theater and Opera have inspired composers in writing melodies and works for children´ and youth´s voices. Sing, gestures, action… everyone at work!
WORKING ROOM: Centro Congressi del Grand Hotel Vittoria, Via Guido Baccelli 2A
♪ Coro scolastico Note Colorate dell’i.c. I. Petrone from Campobasso | conductor Giuliano Mariano
♪ Piccoli Cantori Valsassinesi dell’i.c. San Giovanni Bosco from Cremeno (Lc) | conductor Anna Vascakova
♪ Coro dell’i.c. don L. Milani from Monte Porzio Catone (Rm) | conductor Luigina Parisi
♪ Coro Archè della scuola sec. I grado dell’i.c. Cannizzaro-Galatti from Messina | conductor Maria Lucrezia Magistri
♪ Coro della scuola sec. di I grado S. Gregorcic dell’i.c. J. Pangerc di Dolina - San Dorligo della Valle (Ts) | conductor Alessandra Pertot
dress code of the atelier concert: WHITE SHIRT and RED HEADSCARF
A6 | Scores for the future
lecturer: Camilla Di Lorenzo (Italy)
junior high schools | language: italian
In the last decade the new repertoires for children and young people came from Giro Giro Canto (a series of songbooks for children published by Feniarco). This atelier offers a selection of tracks from the new edition and other new pieces.
WORKING ROOM: Palazzo dei Congressi (second floor), viale Giovanni Amendola, 2
♪ Coro dell’i.c. di Busnago (Mb) | conductor Noemi Mantegazza
♪ Coro giovanile Mladì dell’i.c. M. Hack from Cernusco sul Naviglio (Mi) | conductor Bianca Raule
♪ Coro M. Hack dell’i.c. M. Hack from Roma | conductor Marina Schiavone
♪ Coro Saru Jeeva dell’i.c. di Pray (Bi) | conductor Manuela Pacucci
dress code of the atelier concert: DARK BLUE TROUSERS and DARK BLUE T-SHIRT
A7 | Music from the world, for a listening world
lecturer: Mathilde Vittu (France)
junior high schools | language: english
Contact with rhythms, languages and travel traditions, learn, learn and listen. With his teaching and life experience, Anass is a skilled guide in the cross-border sound contamination.
WORKING ROOM: Terme Tettuccio (Portoghesi room), viale Verdi 71
♪ Coro Tra le Note dell’i.c. di Cossato (Bi) | conductor Simona Riussi
♪ I Coriandoli dell’i.c. 1 Via Mariani from Lissone (Mb) | conductor Angela Carta
♪ Giardino dell’Armonia dell’i.c. Perugia 14 from Ponte Felcino (Pg) | conductor Paolo Bartoni
dress code of the atelier concert: BROWN, ORANGE and RED T-SHIRT
A8 | Classical but... not too much!
lecturer: Maria Cortelletti (Italy)
primary and junior high schools | language: italian
An engaging experience that will propose to the boys to immerse themselves in the music of the great authors written in various eras: a path of approach to the "classic" ... with a light heart.
WORKING ROOM: Palazzo dei Congressi (grand floor), viale Giovanni Amendola, 2
♪ Voci in Musica dell’i.c. di Andorno Micca (Bi) | conductors Maria Francesca Garbaccio e Sara Viale
♪ I Pacinini form Atri (Te) | conductor Chiara Leonzi
♪ Dream and Sing dell’i.c. don A. De Caro from Fisciano (Sa) | conductor Argentina Napoli
♪ Coro di voci bianche dell’i.c. Boer - Verona Trento from Messina | conductor Maria Luisa De Matteis
dress code of the atelier concert: TOTAL WHITE T-SHIRT and BLACK BOW TIE
A9 (ex B3) | Alla turca
lecturers: Çiğdem Aytepe and Atilla Çağdaş Değer (Turkey)
junior high schools | language: english
The memories of persian music in the melodies and rhythms of the songs and folk dances of Greece and Turkey. Cigdem will take us by the hand and accompany us on this mysterious and fascinating journey.
WORKING ROOM: Terme Regina, viale Verdi 71
♪ Coro Pascoli dell’i.c. G. Pascoli from Aprilia (Lt) | conductor Rita Nuti
♪ Coro giovanile dell’i.c. Ardea 1 from Ardea (Rm) | conductor Fabio De Angelis
♪ Coro dell’i.c. A. Stradella from Nepi (Vt) | conductor Tiziana Rolando
♪ I CanTorini dell’i.c. N. Tommaseo from Torino | conductor Armando Prioglio e Marco Ravizza
dress code of the atelier concert: TOTAL RED T-SHIRT
A10 | Giro giro canto
lecturer: Debora Bria (Italy)
junior high schools | language: italian
A fire that warms, a kite, a fisherman and a ghost. Discover all the characters of Giro giro canto and let yourself be carried away by the imagination in this workshop for young explorers.
WORKING ROOM: Hotel Tuscany Inn, via Cividale, 86/E
♪ I Tridentini dell’i.c. Ovest 2 from Brescia | conductor Leonarda De Ninis
♪ Coro dell’i.c. di Marostica (Vi) | conductor Lino Giuseppe Dalla Gassa
♪ Coro 1000 Note dell’i.c. C. Casteller from Paese (Tv) | conductor Fernanda Colombi
dress code of the atelier concert: TOTAL YELLOW T-SHIRT
A11 | Children in the world
lecturer: Luigina Stevenin (Italy)
primary schools | language: italian
The imagination, dreams and hopes of children all over the world in some compositions designed for children's voices: different languages, enchanted atmospheres, sounds and colors that even lead us to the rainbow egg!
WORKING ROOM: Hotel Du Park et Regina, via Armando Diaz, 8
♪ Coro G. Pascoli dell’i.c. from Cappella Maggiore (Tv) | conductor Beatrice Fioretti
♪ Coro Millenote del Coro Città di Cernusco sul Naviglio (Mi) | conductor Paola Bozzolini
♪ Les Rossignols Milanais del Lycée Stendhal from Milano | conductor Irene Amico [2 classes]
♪ Schola cantorum al… Massimo dell’istituto M. Massimo from Roma | conductor Cristina Bortolato
dress code of the atelier concert: TOTAL ORANGE T-SHIRT
A12 | What about musical?
lecturers: Alessandro Fortunato and Marina Del Giudice (Italy)
primary schools | language: italian
Walt Disney used to say “If you can dream it, you can do it": an exciting journey throughout the most famous musical and animated movies, an atelier suspended between fantasy and reality. Are you ready for the magic?
WORKING ROOM: Hotel Du Park et Regina, via Armando Diaz, 8
♪ Piccolo coro delle Ville di Castel di Lama (Ap) | conductor Stefania Pulcini
♪ Les Rossignols Milanais del Lycée Stendhal from Milano | conductor Irene Amico [1 class]
♪ Coro di voci bianche Euphonios from Prato | conductor Andrea Bochicchio
♪ Campanelle Colorate della Corale Santa Monica from Roma | conductor Livia Cangialosi
♪ Voci bianche Città di Sassoferrato (An) | conductor Andreina Zatti
dress code of the atelier concert: STRIPED white and black or white and blue
A13 | The circle of music
lecturer: Anna Passarini (Italy)
primary and junior high schools | language: italian
From the simplest and most ancient form of circle singing, to the circle song improvisation for a ring of sounds without a break. What are you waiting for? Come and take a ride.
WORKING ROOM: Palazzo dei Congressi (first floor), viale Giovanni Amendola, 2
♪ Canossa Choir dell’istituto Canossiano from Brescia | conductor Giacomo Gozzini
♪ Cantiamo nella Media dell’i.c. di Monti (Ss) | conductor Marco Putzu
♪ Coro dell’istituto San Giuseppe from Venezia | conductor Barbara Terruzzin
♪ I ragazzi dell’Alighieri dell’i.c. from Zoppola (Pn) | conductor Ambra Tubello
dress code of the atelier concert: TOTAL WHITE T-SHIRT and CAP in different colours
► B LEVEL ATELIERS
B2 | We move the world
lecturer: Mateja Černic (Italy)
junior high schools | language: italian
The beauty will save the world. The visionary message of an artist in the interpretation of composers who try to change the world with singing: "We move the world, we are the light, we sing all day, we sing all night".
WORKING ROOM: Terme Excelsior, viale Giuseppe Verdi, 63
♪ Vocal Dreams dell’istituto Maria Ausiliatrice from Castellanza (Va) | conductor Stefano Torresan
♪ Coro della scuola media dell’i.c. I. Trinko from Gorizia | conductor Neda Sancin
♪ Coro di voci bianche Bonporti-Chiesa dell’i.c. Riva 1 from Riva del Garda (Tn) | conductor Nicola Calliari
♪ Le Piccole Voci Durantine from Urbania (Pu) | conductor Rosalba Rombaldoni
dress code of the atelier concert: MONOCHROME T-SHIRT RAINBOW DIFFERENT COULORS (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo,violet)
► ADULTS ATELIER
Happy to Sing
lecturer: Elia Orlando (Italy)
Share the passion of their children, perceive their emotions and feelings. A special day for curious, careful parents, eager to get close to the singing and music, even if it were the first time!
WORKING ROOM: Hotel Panoramic, viale Mario Bustichini, 65
dress code of the atelier concert: TOTAL BLACK with a particular coloured element (ex. accessory)
Ateliers: How to practice?
Every choir can attend one atelier only, except for objective necessities agreed with the organisation. When registering, each group will be asked to indicate two ateliers of its choice. The options are your wishes but the final ateliers’ composition will be decided by the Artistic Director of the festival, Lorenzo Donati, and the festival organisation, based on several factors such as voices, choral experience, previous participation in the festival, group size, or other. The ateliers language is Italian or English, as specified inthe section dedicated to the description of the workshops. At the arrival in Montecatini Terme, each participant will receive a booklet with the atelier scores.
ATELIER'S NEWS 2019
A level ateliers: registration by 31/01/2019
They are addressed to choirs wishing to attend the festival without an early preparation. You will find the scores directly in Montecatini Terme.
B level ateliers: registration by 15/12/2018
For singers who come prepared to the festival. In order to participate in this atelier, the choirs have to pass a selection based on the curricula and the video/audio files attached to the registration. The outcome will be communicated by the organisation by 15/01/2019 together with the atelier scores to be studied. Choirs not admitted to level B workshops will participate to A level workshops.
