Composing for Voices with Luís Tinoco

Participants will be able to discuss their creative ideas practicing their musical writing. Through the development of their own projects during a period of 7 months (December 2018 – July 2019), they will have the chance to work together with singers and the Orquestra Gulbenkian, improving their musical skills on both singing and orchestral writing.

The workshop will end with a public concert on 13th July 2019.
 

After the workshop, two participants might be selected in order to create a new work to be premiered by Orquestra Gulbenkian in the following seasons.

The workshop is structured in 3 periods. 
Participants must be available for the 3 phases. 

PHASE 1 / 3-5 December 2018 
Theoretical session, of 3 days, in which Luís Tinoco will involve participants in a discussion on the composition practice today and give guidelines in order to help participants to develop their new projects for the following phases of the workshop. Participants will be able to present some sketches to generate already some discussion on it during this first part of the workshop. 
 

PHASE 2 / 26-27 March 2019 
Reading sessions with the Orquestra Gulbenkian: participants will have the chance to listen to their musical sketches played by the orchestra, and receive some guidance on the creative process.
 

PHASE 3 / 8-13 July 2019 
Participants will present completed short works (10/12 minutes) and will attend to the rehearsals by Orquestra Gulbenkian on a final preparation of their works. 
There will be discussions on practical problems that emerge from the performance. The final concert will take place on July 13th 2019. 
 

* Applications are closed for this workshops cycle * 

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