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#PROFESSIONEORCHESTRA will be held from 21 to 26 August 2023 in the splendid setting of the city of Modica, a welcoming town in the Ibleo area already a UNESCO heritage site famous for its vast artistic, historical and cultural heritage, as well as for its typical chocolate and culinary specialties.
The calendar of activities is very heterogeneous and aims to involve the participants in all the aspects that characterize the study of the instrument in relation to the orchestral profession.
Specifically, students will be engaged daily in:
All activities will be curated by teachers from the most renowned professional orchestras on the international music scene.
The course of study will end with the concerts of the chamber and orchestral formations, Symphony Orchestra and Wind Orchestra, which engaged the students during the week; the concerts will be included in the summer season calendar by the Garibaldi Theater Foundation.
It is also customary that at the concerts, respectively of the Symphony Orchestra and the Wind Orchestra, one of the teachers of the instrument classes performs as a soloist; thus giving the students the opportunity, as well as to work on the concertation of the piece with the soloist, also to train in the role of orchestral in function of the solo as well as the symphonic repertoire.
Past editions have had the masters Calogero Palermo, Giuliano Sommerhalder, Salvatore Quaranta and Francesco Guggiola as protagonists.
Furthermore, to integrate the main training course, seminars on disciplines of general interest and in-depth study will be organized during the week.
The Orchestral Training Masterclass is also accompanied by a Masterclass in Orchestral Conducting.
The orchestral conducting class will be supervised by the renowned Maestro SALVATORE PERCACCIOLO, who, with the help of specially hired professional musicians, will guide the participants in the study of the score and orchestral conducting. At the end of the course all the conductors will perform in a public concert.
Finally, #PROFESSIONEORCHESTRA enjoys the support of important brands on the international music scene who will make various types of scholarships available; Scholarships will be awarded to participants on the recommendation of their respective teachers.
