Children's choir ateliers
10 ateliers are programmed for primary and junior high school children's choir (ages 6-13) and children choirs
⚠️ Please read the instructions at the bottom of the page carefully.
A1 | The
lightness of the whale
lecturer: Ilaria Cavalca (Italy)
Underwater, the body follows new rules, and what seemed heavy can acquire agile elegance. In this atelier our voice swims in the sea and dances on land.
primary school* | language: Italian
💒 VENUE: Hotel Panoramic viale Mario Bustichini 65
CHOIRS
♪ Coro della secondaria Bonazzi-Lilli dell’i.c. 14 of Perugia | conductors Vladimiro Vagnetti e Paolo Bartoni
♪ Saru Jeeva dell’i.c. of Pray (Bi) | conductor Manuela Pacucci
🌸 atelier DRESS CODE: jeans + plain-coloured BLACK T-shirt (without lettering or prints) + light cloth band (size 4x100 cm) in light blue/blue to recreate the various shades of the sea.
A2 | Pictures at an exhibition
lecturer: Serena Peroni (Italy)
Look at Botticelli, Van Gogh, Kandinsky and hear a melody, a text, a song that seems to spring from colours and shapes. Let's have fun dressing the colours in notes.
primary school* | language: Italian
💒 VENUE: Historical café Tettuccio piazza Domenico Giusti
CHOIRS
♪ I Coriandoli dell’i.c. I Mariani of Lissone (Mb) | conductor Angela Carta
♪ Coro interclasse Sacro Cuore Trinità dei Monti of Roma | conductor Osvaldo Guidotti
🌸 atelier DRESS CODE: THE PAINTER. Black trousers + black and white striped T-shirt + red neck scarf
A3 | Tanzlieder:
let’s sing and dance!
lecturers: Marco Barbon (Italy)
Carl Orff often modelled his music on brilliant, sinuous dance rhythms. Let's discover his enthralling ‘dance songs’ together.
primary/junior high school* | language: Italian/English
💒 VENUE: Conference Centre Hotel Vittoria via Guido Baccelli 2A
CHOIRS
♪ Coro voci bianche dei Giovani Sanniti dell’i.c. Colozza of Campobasso | conductor Giovanna Consiglio
♪ O' Manico'... ro of Cercola (Na)| conductor Luciana Mazzone
♪ Coro voci bianche Santa Maria Assunta of Gallarate (Va) | conductor Miriam Comito
♪ Coro Verga... in Canto dell’i.c. Verga of Pachino (Sr) | conductor Lucia Franzò
♪ Coro di voci bianche Euphonios of Prato | conductor Andrea Bochicchio
🌸 atelier DRESS CODE: dark jeans + WHITE T-shirt (without writing or prints) + some long, voluminous skirts (for dancers)
A4 | Colouring sounds
lecturer: Salvatore Murru (Italy)
Listen to songs, sounds, words and see colours and shapes flowing from our voices. We play at painting the songs with our palette.
primary/junior high school* | language: Italian
💒 VENUE: Grand Hotel Croce di Malta viale IV Novembre 18
CHOIRS
♪ Vox Cordis Children’s Choir of Arezzo | conductor Eugenio Dalla Noce
♪ Coro Voci Bianche Formula Nuova of Atri (Te) | conductor Gaetano Tudini
♪ Coro 3D del III circolo didattico of Cesena | conductor Maria Roberta Serra
♪ Coro Arcobaleno dell’i.c. Martiri of Civitella Val di Chiana (Ar) | conductor Eugenio Dalla Noce
🌸 atelier DRESS CODE: TOTAL WHITE. WHITE T-shirt + white trousers
A5 | What was I made for
lecturer: Sanna Valvanne (Finland)
Billie Eilish's question is for all of us. And it is addressed to us by a synaesthetic artist, who ‘sees’ music and ‘feels’ life with all her senses. Let us go with her in search of answers among different styles and traditions full of surprises. The repertoire takes us from Finland to Africa, always on the move!
primary/junior high schools* | language: English
💒 VENUE: Terme Tettuccio (salone Portoghesi) piazza Domenico Giusti
CHOIRS
♪ Canto Anch’io of Colle Umberto (Tv) | conductor Beatrice Fioretti
♪ Coro Akademia of Fabriano (An) | conductor Paola Taticchi
♪ La Bottega dei Giovani talenti of Roma | conductor Maria Grazia Bellia
♪ La Musica Unisce dell’istituto M.L. King of Roma | conductor Guglielmo Pernaselci
♪ I Fiori Musicali e Schola cantorum Al… Massimo dell’istituto M. Massimo of Roma | conductor Cristina Bortolato
♪ I Piccoli Cantori del Calicanto of Salerno | conductor Eleonora Laurito
♪ Voci della Richinvelda of San Giorgio della Richinvelda (Pn) | conductor Cristiana Fornasier
♪ Coro Pescetti dell’i.c. n. 1 Falcone-Borsellino of Sesto Fiorentino (Fi) | conductor Viviana Apicella
🌸 atelier DRESS CODE: DARK JEANS / TROUSERS (blue or black) and plain T-shirts (without lettering or prints) in shades ranging from PINK to FUCHSIA
A6 | Le Carnaval des Animaux
lecturer: David Bandelj (Italy)
Have you ever listened to Saint-Saëns' famous composition and seen elephants, swans, kangaroos, flamingos, an aquarium and an entire henhouse parading in front of you? All ready for this choral parade.
junior high school* | language: Italian
💒 VENUE: Terme Regina piazza Domenico Giusti
CHOIRS
♪ I Tridentini dell’i.c. Ovest 2 of Brescia | conductor Leonarda De Ninis
♪ School Choir dell’i.c. Riva 1 D. Chiesa of Riva del Garda (Tn) | conductor Nicola Calliari
🌸 atelier DRESS CODE: dark jeans + WHITE T-shirt with one of the animals from Camille Saint-Saëns' opera painted on the front
A7 | Big Bang Boom!
lecturer: Matteo Guerrieri (Italy)
Before the birth of the universe there was nothing to see or touch, no cold or heat, no sound. We travel through time: from the Big Bang to the origin of our perceptions.
junior high school* | language: English
💒 VENUE: Cinema Multisala Excelsior viale Giuseppe Verdi 66
CHOIRS
♪ Giovani Voci di Ardea dell’i.c. Ardea 1 of Ardea (Rm) | conductor Fabio De Angelis
♪ Incanto Tra le Note dell’i.c. of Cossato (Bi) | conductor Simona Riussi
🌸 atelier DRESS CODE: jeans + T-shirt tinta unita (senza scritte e stampe) secondo la divisione delle voci. Prima voce: t-shirt GIALLA o ARANCIO / Seconda voce: ORANGE, RED or GREEN T-shirt / Third item: GREEN or BLUE T-shirt
A8 | When movement meets sounds [to be prepared in advance]
lecturer: Tom Johnson (Belgium)
We sing and the body moves. We move and the body sings. Where does sound end and movement begin? And the other way around? Or perhaps they go by the hand, take turns, guide and imply each other.
junior high school* | language: English
💒 VENUE: Tourism Palace via Verdi 66
CHOIRS
♪ Coro Pascoli dell’i.c. G. Pascoli of Aprilia (Lt) | conductor Rita Nuti
♪ Coro Garibaldi dell’i.c. G. Garibaldi of Genzano (Rm) | conductor Elisabetta Fortini
♪ Coro Umberto Postiglione dell'i.c. U. Postiglione of Raiano (Aq) | conductor Giuseppe Ferroni
♪ Coro della scuola sec. di I grado S. Gregorčič dell’i.c. J.Pangerc of San Dorligo della Valle (Ts) | diconductor Neda Sancin
♪ I CanTorini dell’i.c. Tommaseo of Torino | conductor Marco Ravizza
🌸 atelier DRESS CODE: TOTAL BLACK. Black trousers + black T-shirt
A9 | Spurts of joy, bursts of
voice
lecturer: Maria Carmela Ranieri (Italy)
Singing together multiplies emotions, which run through our bodies like an electric shock of happiness. Let's set off on a journey to discover these feelings.
junior high school* | language: Italian
💒 VENUE: Conference Centre Hotel Vittoria via Guido Baccelli 2A
CHOIRS
♪ Cigalòbaibamba dell’i.c. G. Monaco of Castel Focognano (Ar) | conductor Luca Nocentini
♪ Sighele Choir dell’i.c. Riva 2 L. Pizzini of Riva del Garda (Tn) | conductor Claudia Rizzo
♪ La Musica Unisce dell’istituto M.L. King of Roma | conductor Guglielmo Pernaselci
🌸 atelier DRESS CODE: WHITE trousers/jeans + plain T-shirt (without lettering and prints) shades of YELLOW, ORANGE, RED
A10 | Spazzacalifragilis
docente: Elisa Dal Corso (Italia)
Let's soot up the soot with our choir as we have fun up on the rooftops of London with two of the most famous songs from the musical film Mary Poppins! Don't worry if you have never danced: after all, chimney sweeps are not dancers, but simply great dreamers!
unior high school* | lingua: Italian
💒 VENUE: Hotel Tuscany Inn via Cividale 86/E
CHOIRS
♪ Coro Margaritone dell'i.c. Margaritone of Arezzo | conductor Massimo Guerri
♪ Vocal Dreams della scuola sec. di I grado of Castellanza (Va) | conductor Stefano Torresan
♪ Coro dell'i.c. Raffaello Giovagnoli of Monterotondo (Rm) | conductor Simona Ivaldi
🌸 atelier DRESS CODE: CHIM CHIMINEY
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.
*Which atelier can I attend?
If the choir is composed only of primary school children or otherwise comprises an all under-11 age group, you must choose between ateliers A1 and A2. If the choir consists of both primary school children and junior high school children, you must choose from ateliers A3, A4 and A5.If the choir consists of only junior high school children, the ateliers available are A6, A7, A8 and A9.
