Children's choir ateliers
9 ateliers are programmed for primary and junior high school children's choir (ages 6-13).
A1 | School of adventure
lecturer: Barbara Agnello
Can you study while singing? Or sing while studying? We discover how school subjects can be transformed into musical adventures, flying thanks to our imagination higher than books and desks, wherever our voices take us.
primary schools | language: italian
💒 VENUE: Palazzo del Turismo, Via Verdi 66
♪ Piccolo Coro delle Ville - Castel di Lama | conductor Stefania Pulcini
♪ Coro Carducci-Baronio III Circolo didattico - Cesena | conductor Maria Roberta Serra
♪ Coro Campanelle Colorate - Roma (group one) | conductors Livia Cangialosi and Francesco Coscarella
♪ Coro La Musica Unisce M.L. King school - Roma (group one) | conductor Guglielmo Pernaselci
A2 | Chasing
the White Rabbit
lecturer: Salvina Miano
Let's dive into a fantasy world where nonsense prevails and nothing is what it seems: we will learn to dream and all become a little visionary. After all, who said: “sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast”?
primary schools | language: italian
💒 VENUE: Centro Congressi Hotel Vittoria, Via Guido Baccelli 2A
♪ Il Coro dei Bambini - Cercola | conductors Lucia Mazzone and Marcella Manna
♪ Coro Arcobaleno, primary and junior high school - Civitella Val di Chiana and Vox Cordis Children’s Choir - Arezzo (first group) | conductor Eugenio Dalla Noce
♪ Coro della scuola musicale C. Eccher - Cles | conductors Massimo Chini and Maddalena Barbi
♪ Coro Canto Anch’io - Colle Umberto | conductor Beatrice Fioretti
♪ Coro Akademia - Fabriano | conductor Paola Taticchi
♪ Schola cantorum Al… Massimo, M. Massimo Institute - Roma | conductor Cristina Bortolato
A3 | The
breath of Africa
lecturers: Glòria
Coma Pedrals (Spain)
Perceiving the joy, the power, the energy and - why not - the spirituality of this far-away culture, makes us feel how much we are one. And we can recognize that in authentic sounds, fascinating rhythms, and boundaries that disappear when music unites us.
primary/junior high schools | language: english
💒 VENUE: Terme Tettuccio (Portoghesi hall), Piazza Domenico Giusti
♪ Coro Incanto tra le Note, primary and junior high school - Cossato | conductor Simona Riussi
♪ Coro InCanto, 8 primary and junior high school - Pescara | conductor Giusi Tatone
♪ Piccoli Cantori - Rauscedo | conductor Cristiana Fornasier
A4 | Jewish tales
lecturer: Camilla Di Lorenzo
Jewish music is not only beautiful, melancholic, and full of meaning, but also gathers and passes on fascinating traditions and narratives, dance steps, festive rhythms, and the pleasure of singing in several voices in a colorful language.
primary/junior high schools | language: italian
💒 VENUE: Hotel Vittoria Congress Center, Via Guido Baccelli 2A
♪ Coro Arcobaleno, primary and junior high school - Civitella Val di Chiana and Vox Cordis Children’s Choir - Arezzo (second group) | conductor Eugenio Dalla Noce
♪ Coro di voci bianche from C. Eccher Music School - Cles | conductor Chiara Biondani
♪ Coro di voci bianche ViviLeVoci - Firenze | conductor Viviana Apicella
♪ Sighele Choir, Riva 2 junior high school - Riva del Garda (Tn) | conductor Claudia Rizzo
A5 | Adventures by the sea
lecturer: Elia Orlando
A long voyage by ship, a shipwreck, a sea populated by mermaids, mirages, expanses of water and landings to be conquered wave after wave, with ancient music and modern songs, until reaching an unexpected place.
primary/junior high schools | language: italian
💒 VENUE: Croce di Malta Hotel, viale IV Novembre 18
♪ Piccolo coro Ardea 1 junior high school - Ardea | conductor Fabio De Angelis
♪ Coro La Musica Unisce, M.L. King primary and junior high school - Roma (second group) | conductor Guglielmo Pernaselci
♪ Coro Audite Nova - Staranzano | conductor Caterina Biasiol
♪ Coro Piessegi, Protette di San Giuseppe School - Torino | conductors Maria Silvia Merlini e Adriana Oderda
A6 | On the border
lecturer: Mirko Ferlan
Physical borders can be barriers, obstacles, scars, but also portals that open up new, unexplored, adventurous scenarios to those with the curiosity to cross them. And singing is the magic key that transforms diversity into richness to be discovered.
junior high schools | language: italian
💒 VENUE: Terme Regina, Piazza Domenico Giusti
♪ I Coriandoli, Mariani junior high school - Lissone | conductor Angela Carta
♪ Saru Jeeva, Pray junior high school - Pray | conductor Manuela Pacucci
♪ SMIM Riva 1 School Choir - Riva del Garda [first group] | conductor Nicola Calliari
♪ CorUccio, Educandato statale collegio Uccellis - Udine | conductor Annamaria Domini
A7 | Elements
lecturer: Tom Johnson (Belgium)
Nature is Pure. Nature is fierce. Nature gives peace. Nature is everything. Nature is ruled by the elements. Each element with its own unique power and beauty. Will we be able to grasp its secrets through music?
junior high schools | language: italian
💒 VENUE: Tuscany Inn Hotel, via Cividale, 86/E
♪ I Tridentini, Ovest 2 junior high school - Brescia | conductor Leonarda De Ninis
♪ Coro CDC Young - Cernusco sul Naviglio | conductor Paola Bozzolini
♪ Coro della secondaria Bonazzi-Lilli, Perugia 14 junior high school - Perugia | conductors Vladimiro Vagnetti e Paolo Bartoni
♪ I Fiori Musicali, M. Massimo Institute - Roma | conductor Cristina Bortolato
A8 | The little sweep
lecturer: Sara Matteucci
Benjamin Britten's opera The Little Sweep was written with the idea of including some songs for middle school children so that they could take an active part in the performance. Even today, this story of poverty and solidarity touches the heart, entertains and teaches us something profound.
junior high schools | language: italian
💒 VENUE: Terme Tamerici, Via dei Salici
♪ Canossa Choir, Canossiano Institute - Brescia | conductor Giacomo Gozzini
♪ Coro scolastico Cigalòbaibamba, G. Monaco primary and junior high school - Castel Focognano | conductor Luca Nocentini
♪ SMIM Riva 1 School Choir - Riva del Garda [second group] | conductor Nicola Calliari
♪ Coro interclasse Sacro Cuore Trinità dei Monti - Roma | conductor Osvaldo Guidotti
A9 | Superheroes
lecturer: Fabio De Angelis
Let us launch into this choral adventure with a touch of irony and the knowledge that each of us has superpowers that appear at the most unexpected moments and can change our lives. Will it be the sting of a spider or the contagious power of singing?
junior high schools | language: italian
💒 VENUE: Oratory of the Santa Maria Maggiore Church, Piazza del Popolo
♪ Coro Maior, Maior junior high school - Pescara | conductor Giulia Di Fabio
♪ Coro Campanelle Colorate - Roma (second group) | conductors Livia Cangialosi and Francesco Coscarella
♪ Coro Cum Magno Gaudio, A. Magno junior high school - Roma | conductor Caterina Falcone
♪ Coro e gruppo strumentale from D. Alighieri junior high school - Trieste | conductors Fabio Zanin and Alessandro Vodopivec
Ateliers: How to practice?
During the festival the choir participates in only one atelier, unless objective needs are agreed upon with the organisation. When registering, each group has the option of specifying multiple atelier choices. The options are only indicative; the final division into the ateliers is determined by the artistic coordinator, Carlo Pavese, jointly with the festival organisation on the basis of various factors such as: staffing, size of the group, curricula, previous participation in the festival, other characteristics.
The ateliers are held in Italian or English as specified in the section dedicated to the description of the ateliers. In Montecatini Terme, each participant receives the educational file related to his or her atelier, which he or she should keep carefully for study during the festival.
