The purpose of the course, addressed to composers and instrumentalists, regardless of age and level of study, is to deepen the repertoire of extended techniques for flute, developed during the twentieth century, which have enriched the expressive potential of the instrument, an emblem of New Music.

During the course, divided into group lessons and individual meetings, the main techniques will be explained, and issues will be discussed related to their use and notation, as well as their execution on the instrument. It will also be investigated the positive effects on the development of sound, and in the performance praxis, offered by the study of these techniques in daily practice.

The main techniques are as follows:

• Harmonics
• Flutter Tongue
• Whistle Tones/Whisper Tones
• Aeolian Sounds
• Bamboo Tones
• Bisbigliando/Key-pedal trill
• Jet Whistle
• Tongue Ram
• Pizzicato/Slap
• Key Clicks
• Trumpet embouchure
• Singing and Playing
• Microtonal Tones
• Multiphonics

etc.

The course is for composers and instrumentalists, regardless of age and level of study.

Application for registration:

To apply for registration, please fill in the application form. The fee payment will be done via bank transfer. You will shortly get all bank account information via mail.

Application deadline:

15.01.2023

Contributors:

Andrea Salvi (flautist and educator)

Dates:

Saturday, 21.01.2023, 16.00–19.00

Sunday, 22.01.2023, 09.00–12.00

Saturday, 28.01.2023, 16.00–19.00

Sunday, 29.01.2023, 09.00–12.00

Location:

online

Minimum number of participants:

8

Language:

English, Italian

Participation fee:

• 99 € as non-association member
• 49 € as association member

The first Masterclass Composition (online) is about writing for string instruments, with a specific focus on that of the string quartet and on special techniques to make string instruments sound as wind instruments. In the individual lessons it is possible to present pieces for any type of orchestration.

The lessons, individual and group, are carried out through the Zoom platform. Participants, which can be active or passive, will receive a link through which they will access all meetings. A selection of the best pieces of active students will be included in the concert season of the Roman Quartet.

The course includes:

• Compositional strategies in writing for string instruments with a focus on the string quartet and on special techniques to make string instruments sound as wind instruments.
• Hidden architectures in formal construction. An exploration of the concepts of implicit order/explicit order in the light of the holographic physics of the universe.
• A compositional approach to microtonality, and to the use of different intonation systems, related to the physical dimension of sound and auditory perception (extension of the lectures held at the Cité de la musique, the Hungarian Academy of Arts and the Liszt Academy of Budapest).

Active students:

Active students have the right to participate in group and individual lessons. In the latter, they have the right to discuss their work in private talks with the professor. Active students participate in the selection of the pieces that will be included in the concert season of the Roman Quartet.

Passive students:

Passive students have the right to participate in group lessons. They cannot discuss their works in individual talks and they are not entitled to participate in the selection of the pieces that will be included in the concert season of the Roman Quartet.

Performance of the pieces:

The course includes the possibility of performance of the best pieces of active students within the concert season of the Roman Quartet. Composers wishing to take part in the course as active students are invited to write a piece for the Roman Quartet. The piece can be written for any combination of the instruments present in the ensemble, from the solo instrument to the whole group and must not exceed 10 minutes in duration. The scores, preferably written with music notation software (Finale, Sibelius, etc.) – manuscripts are also accepted as long as they are clearly legible – must be uploaded as a pdf file within 13th March 2023.

Application for registration:

To apply for registration, please fill in the application form. The fee payment will be done via bank transfer. You will shortly get all bank account information via mail. In addition, please upload the following documents (as 1 folder):

Active participant:

• curriculum vitae
• scan of identity card or passport
• piece written for the string quartet in residence (any combination of the instruments present in the ensemble, from the solo instrument to the entire quartet with a duration that does not exceed 10 minutes)

Within one week of the application, the applicant will be informed about the outcome of the preselection, if selected as an active or passive student. Subsequently it will be necessary to pay the remaining registration fee, in relation to the result of the selection process, no later than 21st March 2023.

Passive participant:

• curriculum vitae
• scan of identity card or passport

Application deadline (for both participants):

13.03.2023

Lecturer:

Alessio Elia

Cooperation partner:

SHE LIVES

Dates:

Monday, 27.03.2023, 10.00–12.30

Tuesday, 28.03.2023, 10.00–12.30

Wednesday, 29.03.2023, 10.00–12.30

Location:

online

Minimum number of participants:

5

Language:

course in English; individual lessons possible in English, German, Italian and Hungarian

Participation fee:

• 360 € (reduced 310 €) for active participation with selection process (including payment in advance for the preselection process: 100 €)
• 300 € (reduced 250 €) for active participation, without preselection

This masterclass is suitable for all composition students and all those with a very advanced knowledge of music theory.

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