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Whether your interest is solo performance or chamber music, classical Spanish repertoire, vibrant flamenco or Latin rhythms, this year's Interpretation of Spanish and Latin American Song offers something for you!
The ten-day course for singers, pianists and guitarists includes master classes and private coachings in the interpretation of Spanish and Latin American repertoire. Students from all disciplines are encouraged to participate in the daily enrichment courses, which include classes and seminars on Spanish diction and grammar, flamenco rhythm and dance and the origins and history of Spanish music. In addition, extracurricular cultural activities in Madrid and neighboring Toledo round out this summer's course offerings.
Cultural Activities included in this year’s program:
• Day trip to Toledo with an evening concert of Sephardic music.
• Guided tours of the Prado, Reina Sofía and Thyssen-Bornemisza Museums.
• Private visit to the Madrid home of composer Joaquín Rodrigo.
Vocal Master Class
Participants receive private coachings and perform in master classes offered by our world-renowned faculty led by Alicia Nafé, Juan Antonio Álvarez Parejo and Julio Alexis Muñoz. Emphasis will be on both vocal technique and the interpretation of Spanish and Latin American repertoire. The daily schedule includes classes on Spanish diction and flamenco rhythm and dance.
Price for the Vocal Master Class: 795 euros
The Vocal Arts Workshop
 Participants receive daily instruction on both vocal technique and Spanish and Latin American repertoire with a member of the Vocal Arts faculty. The schedule includes classes on Spanish diction, as well as flamenco rhythm and dance. Participants are welcome to attend all master classes as observers and participate in the planned extracurricular cultural activities, but are not eligible to perform in master classes.
Admission to the Vocal Master Class or the Vocal Arts Workshop is based on the applicant's level of preparation as demonstrated by the submitted audition recording.
Price for the Vocal Arts Workshop: 595 euros
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Piano Accompaniment
 Pianists perform with a number of singers over ten intensive days of coachings and master classes with Spain's leading experts in vocal repertoire and piano accompaniment. Candidates can apply with a duo partner or have a partner (or partners) assigned. All repertoire must be prepared beforehand to performance level.
Admission to the piano accompaniment program is based on the applicant's level of preparation as demonstrated by the submitted audition recording and performance history.
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Price for pianists: 795 euros
Classical Guitar: Solo, Vocal Accompaniment, Chamber Duos (guitar ensembles, flute/violin and guitar)
Guitarists work on solo repertoire, as well as perform with singers, flautists, violinists or other guitarists under the direction of Ernesto Bitetti, whose fame as a recitalist and numerous recordings of classical guitar are known around the world. Those who attend the course without a vocal duo partner may opt to have a partner assigned. Those who seek chamber music coaching with flautists, violinists or other guitarists must come with their own duo partner. We also welcome guitarists who prefer to focus on solo performance.
All classical guitarists will also have the opportunity to study flamenco technique with Óscar Herrero.
Flamenco Guitar
Guitarists who wish to concentrate on flamenco will take daily lessons with our acclaimed flamenco guitar specialist, Óscar Herrero, one of Spain's leading experts in flamenco guitar. The course will cover flamenco guitar technique, rhythm, harmony and the distinctive characteristics of flamenco music.
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Price for guitarists: 795 euros
Note to Duos: Each partner in the duo must complete an application. Audition recordings may be submitted together, but artists will be judged on their own level of preparation and performance. We make offers of admission to each applicant separately.
This year's program is being offered in Madrid, Spain's vibrant capital, in collaboration with Spain's oldest music conservatory, the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid. The Conservatory's historic eighteenth-century building, located in the heart of Madrid, ensures that students from all disciplines will have complete and easy access to the region's best practice and performance facilities, as well as to Madrid's cultural and artistic treasures. Situated in the museum district of old Madrid, the Reina Sofía Museum (home to Picasso's renowned Guernica) is just next door while the Prado and Thyssen-Bornemisza museums are only a short walk away.
The wide range of course offerings will enrich the artistic environment of this summer's program, as aspiring guitarists join singers and pianists from around the world to hone performance skills in their chosen disciplines while working on this unique repertoire with our world-renowned faculty members.
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