Children's choir ateliers
9 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
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
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: English
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/English
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.
primary/junior high schools* | language: Italian
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
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
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
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
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.
