MUSIC VILLAGE 2009

Dear Friends, We are pleased to announce the new schedule of activities, workshops and masterclasses which will take place during summer in MUSIC VILLAGE 2009.	;
Dear Friends, We are pleased to announce the new schedule of activities, workshops and masterclasses which will take place during summer in MUSIC VILLAGE 2009. Beyond the already established teaching areas, a number of new tasks are introduced in addition to new projects and performances: BALKAN FOLK AND POPULAR MUSIC TRADITION EAST MEDITERRANEAN URBAN MUSIC TRADITION FOLK AND POPULAR MUSIC TRADITION IN GREEK REGION DANCE AND PERFORMING ARTS MUSIC AND SOUND TECHNOLOGY CHAMBER MUSIC EARLY MUSIC CONCISE TABLEAU OF WORKSHOPS & MASTERCLASSES 1st PERIOD (July 13 - 19) PEDAGOGICS OF MUSIC/CHILDREN SONGS Oposing Method: Exploring pedagogics and improvisation functions Panayotis Kanellopoulos Voice as a mean of expression and communication in school teaching Maria Thoidou Workshop/Project: orchestrating children songs Theodoros Kotepanos Creative explorations in Music Village: Music and visual activities for children 6-12 years old “Omada Topos” (Maria Chatzinikolaou, Tania Koletsiou, Katerina Charalampous) MUSIC AND PERFORMING ARTS The art of telling fairy-tales Stelios Pelasgos CONTEMPORARY MUSIC AND IMPROVISATION Workshop on contemporary music and ensemble playing dissonArt ensemble «Composing music without notes»: workshop on open compositional forms, graphic and action scores Danai Stefanou, Alexis Porfyriadis Electric and acoustic steel guitar: Applying loop techniques to music ensembles Babis Papadopoulos CONSTRUCTION AND PRESENTATION OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS «Tuning the enviroment»: Workshop on self-made-out-of-everything instruments Dimitris Sarris CHAMBER MUSIC Chamber music for bow-stringed instruments Simos Papanas (violin), Hara Seira (viola) The art of piano playing in chamber music Maria Asteriadou CONDUCTING Workshop on conducting intrumental and vocal ensembles Vladimiros Symeonidis THE MUSICIAN`S BODY Applying Tradition to Present: Basic Shiatsu and Do-in techniques Alexandros Poulekas 2nd PERIOD (AUGUST 18 - 24) MUSIC AND THEATRE Music in theatre performing act Mania Papadimitriou, Kostas Vomvolos DANCE AND PERFORMING ARTS "IN-BodySiteSound" Workshop/project for dance performance Yuko Kaseki (dance), Isak Immanuel (performing arts) CONTEMPORARY MUSIC AND IMPROVISATION Workshop on free vocal improvisation Savvina Yannatou Workshop on free improvisation for small instrumental ensembles Antonis Anissegos (piano), Floros Floridis (saxophone), Yorgos Dimitriadis (drum set) Masterclass on Saxophone: Employing saxophone techniques and aesthetics in contemporary music ensembles Hayden Chisholm Musical Patchwork and Poetry: Get to knowing Michalis Siganidis` work Michalis Siganidis MUSIC AND SOUND TECHNOLOGY Sound and music technology for musicians Savvas Pavlidis EARLY MUSIC Baroque violin, baroque flute, recorder and harpsichord: Renaissance and baroque music performance practice Simos Papanas, Dimitris Kountouras, Markellos Chrysikopoulos "Per Cantare Sonar": Renaissance and baroque songs with baroque guitar and lute accompaniment Theodora Baka, Thodoris Kitsos Μaster class: Viola da gamba, baroque cello, viols consort Nima ben David «The Rise of Bel Canto»: Performance issues on singing G.H. Haendel and W.A. Mozart`s music Nikos Spanos CHAMBER MUSIC Guitar and wind instruments in chamber music from 19th century to present days Theofilos Sotiriadis, Kostas Makrygiannakis THE MUSICIAN`S BODY Workshop on rhythmology: Embodying rhythm and motion Kostas Anastasiadis The musician`s body: «Slowness as a mean of communication with the human body» Rodoula Gouliaberi 3rd PERIOD ( August 26 – September 1) FOLK AND POPULAR MUSIC TRADITION IN GREEK REGION The art of “stergiani zygia”: «Makam songs and music of Xiromero and Epirus» Christos Tzitzimikas (song), Manos Achalinotopoulos (clarinet), Kyriakos Gouventas (violin), Christos Zotos (lauto) Minor Asian song and song accompaniment (A tribute to Giasemi saragouda and Nikos Saragoudas) Giasemi Saradouda, Nikos Saragoudas Pre-2nd W.W. rebetiko and migration folk songs Dimitris Mystakidis (guitar, song), Theodora Athanasiou (song) EAST MEDITERRANEAN URBAN MUSIC TRADITION Otoman instrumental music and Yayli Tanbur Evgenios Voulgaris Ud, Syrian makam and taxim Haig Yazdjian BALKAN FOLK AND POPULAR MUSIC TRADITION Masterclass/Workshop: The Thracian kaval Nedyalko Nedyalkov Masterclass/Workshop: Traditional and new accordion techniques applied in Balkan music Petar Ralchev Masterclass/Workshop: The use of brass instruments in Thracian and Macedonian music; style, techniques and repertoire Pantelis stoikos Balkan polyphonic singing Martha Mavroidi Rhythm and percussion instruments in Balkan music tradition of the Greek region Loukas Metaxas Please read the following : 1.For booking information click here 2. Fifteen (15) participants the most will be accepted in almost every workshop/masterclass. Therefore a strict first come – first served policy will be followed by Music Village admission desk. 3.To download the Music Village 2009 poster please click here. In case you face technical difficulties please contact us (eleni@music-village.gr) and the above will be sent directly to your Email address. A fully detailed program as well as information about the artists and workshop coordinators will be published in Music Village website during the first week of May 2009. We wish you all the best and we are looking forward to meeting this summer!!! The Music Village team, Kostas, George, Thimios