Stages

The objective of this internship is to play together as much as possible.

Every moment of the day is a good bagpipe moment ! A workshopweek with Breugelpipes or Central French bagpipes.

With a focus on improving everyone’s technique. We’ll add ornements typical to our instrument on traditional and more recent repertoire…

Learning basic accordion techniques, accompaniment and right-hand chords.

Take the diatonic accordion out of the exclusively traditional context: repertoire of songs, compositions, gypsy or klezmer, by ear.

How do I build a good accompaniment ?
The course will be on a work on the instrument by looking at the technique left hand (harmonies, melodies, ornaments ...) and the technique right hand (plectrum, rhythms, fingerpicking, ...) based on a repertoire of melodies European tradition.

Two teachers who can transmit a wide range of stylistic and technical skills. The collaboration of Maria Palatine and Giuliana De Donno allows a program from the basics of traditional music (south american, south european, celtic, blues) to improvisation. Individual and group lessons.

Georgian polyphonic singing is a masterpiece of UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. It is more than 10 centuries old. Today, world music has three streams of traditional Georgian music: folk songs, sacred music (church songs) and town songs. They share common characteristics and interesting differences.

The frame drums of South Italy are traditional percussion of different sizes, with and without cymbals.

During this course you will learn the different techniques and rhythms that are used to accompany traditional dance styles, such as zoals la pizzica pizzica, il ballo sul tamburo, la tarantella calabrese, la tarantella siciliana, etc.

I offer you the discovery of Fado, an intense song, filled with emotions rooted in the depths of oneself. This course is based on oral transmission. In addition to performing solo or in groups, each participant will also experience the spirit of Fado and the nurturing melancholy present in each of us.

Variations for couple dances are the main part of this summer school: mazurka, scottish, waltz, irregular waltzes and bourrée. In addition, we also teach a number of specific regional dances from Gascogne, Brittany, Poitou and the Basque country, as well as variations for jig and other mixers.

The bourrées are dances of Center France, characterized by relatively fast steps, a large variety of forms, and a great potential for improvisation and play. We will dance bourrées of a variable degree of difficulty, some danced as a couple, and others with 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 ... even 16 dancers !

No dance partner needed !