INFORME HISPASONG-ICVT 2013.pdf

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HISPASONG

&

8TH

INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS

OF VOICE TEACHERS 2013

QUEENSLAND CONSERVATOYBRISBANE, AUSTRALIA

Griffiths University, Queensland Conservatorium, Brisbane, Australia


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In July, 2013, Hispasong was internationally introduced in 8th

ICVT. A team

of eight people travelled to Australia to offer concerts, workshops,

masterclasses and lecturers about vocal music, pronunciation, correction

of accents, styles and so.

The group was

integrated by threestudents: Laura Laurel,

Mia Amat and Sonia

Gargo, one

professional pianist:

Jos Mara Chamorro

and Pilar Lirio, lecturer

and director of

Hispasong. A very long

travel but we spent

wonderful days of

work and tourism.

Hispasong is a platform specialized in spreading Hispanic vocal music

through teaching, researching and publishing. The platform was created

in 2012 but it was fruit of a long and hard work of years.


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HISPASONG & SOLIDARITY CHOIR

Our first activity, a little talk about Spanish protest song. The Solidarity

Choir is a vocal group in Sydney, conducted by Debra Jones. For 25 years,

they have been collecting some of the world's most uplifting songs of

freedom, giving them sophisticated choral arrangements, and singing

them at more than 600 community events, public meetings, protests,

conferences, concerts, and folk festivals large and small.

On the 1st

of July, we offered them a little talk and taught the famous

song of the Spanish group Jarcha, Libertad sin ira.

First, we had a rehearsal in a hall of St. Lukes

Anglican Church.

Then the talk about protest song. Two moments of

the talk.


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Finally, Libertad sin ira. We taught them the music and the

pronunciation of the lyrics. They are going to harmonize the song forchoir and sing it in their concerts. They had not a Spanish song in their

repertory, well, now they can sing this marvelous song about freedom.

After the activity, we shared a

wonderful dinner in a restaurant next to

St. Lukes Church. A charming moment

and an opportunity to socialize with

Australian people.


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HISPASONG & CORO AUSTRAL

On the 3rd

of July, we had our second activity. On that occasion, weattended a rehearsal of Coro Austral.

Coro Austral is a group conducted by its founder, Margot McLaughlin.

Performs works from the 13th

to 21st

centuries from many Spanish-speaking countries. Coro Austral makes accesible Iberian and Latin

American choral music to Australian audience.


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First, we had the opportunity to rehearse

again our show, Spanish roots. Here

you are a funny moment of the rehearsal

with a volunteer of Coro Austral.

Consulting information of the

show on the tablet: lyrics,

translations and historical

information of the songs.


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Asking for our point of view.

And giving them some advices.


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David Basden is an Australian composer that is setting some Garca

Lorcas poems. In the photographs below, David Basden, Pilar Lirio and

Jos Mara Chamorro, concentrated in the music. We could have a chat

about music, works, projects and so.

We finished the evening sharing a light dinner with them. Everybody was

very kind with us. We left there a lot of friends. We are looking forward to

see them again.


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HISPASONG & SYDNEY

We had time even for a city tour. Some beautiful views of Sydney. In fact,our road manager is a tourist guide.


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HISPASONG & TAMBORINE MOUNTAIN

On the 6th

of July we arrived in Tamborine

Mountain. Tamborine Voices, the vocal

group conducted by Tania Edmunds, were

waiting for us to share a wonderful typical

Aussie dinner. A relaxed and musical

atmosphere. Warming people, friendly andgenerous.

They received as guests in their own homes,

and on Sunday morning we woke up with this incredible views.


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HISPASONG & TAMBORINE VOICES

We had a masterclass, a workshop and a concert with Tamborine Voices.We appeared on the Tamborine newspaper, on the front page.

Tamborine Voices is a SATB choir performing a diverse repertoire, from

Classical to Pop standards and Musical Theatre. Its conductor is TaniaEdmunds. For this concert, along with Hispasong and in our honour, the

choir learnt a Spanish song harmonized for choir, Clavelitos composed

by Joaqun Valverde. And Tania learnt a zarzuela romanza that we

suggested: Marinela, Marinela from La Cancin del Olvido composed

by Jos Serrano.


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The class with Tania about Spanish pronunciation. Fabulous student, she

has a very good level, so it was very easy to teach her. John Woods was

the pianist, a reputed professional

that teaches in the Queensland

Conservatorium, in Griffiths

University.

And the workshop with thegroup.


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Some photographs of the concert. The

place, St. George's Anglican Church.

Tamborine Voices, conducted by Tania

Edmunds.

A little lecture explaining the songs.


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HISPASONG & SPANISH CENTRE

On the 10

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of July, a performance in Spanish Centre at Brisbane. SpanishCentre was founded in 1976 and is a very important meeting point of

Spanish community in Brisbane. They organize a lot of parties like the

Feria de Abrilor San Fermn. It was a meeting with people that emigrated

to Australia years ago and we listened to them and their stories about

adaptation, about Australia in those years and about homesickness. It

was marvellous to sing for them.

And the press again.


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HISPASONG & ICVT 2013

The 8

th

International Congress of Voice Teachers gathered the banner Forthe Love of Singing: Learning, Teaching, Performing. ICVT is a

quadrennial meeting that in 2013 has been held in Australia. Four days of

workshops, lecturers, performances, round tables, panel sessions,

research papers and posters. The Congress allowed delegates to meet

and discuss ideas, broaden their own knowledge and form connections

with other professionals.

The Australian National Association ofTeacher of Singing (ANATS) was the

organizer. ANATS. Hispasong in ANATS

web:

Adele Nisbet in the opening ceremony. Australian

natives had their representation too:


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The opening ceremony was very

funny, energetic with references to

voice teachers, classes and classical,

pop, rock, jazz and musical theatre

styles.

Networking in the hall of the Conservatory

People interested in vocal music in

Spanish. Suzanne and Kathleen have published books about Spanish and

Latin American music.

The poster of the Congress, a very popular place

for photographs.


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Some of the topics which will be presented at ICVT 2013 are:

Singing styles (classical, popular culture styles, music theatre)

International keynote presenters in each of these styles

Teaching methods for individuals and groups

Australian music

Language in singing (diction in English and other languages)

Repertoire and published music scores for singers

Vocal health

Recording and voice analysis

In collaboration with the Queensland Music Festival and Opera

Queensland, the organizers programmed some exciting experiences like

an original workshop with the vocal group Take Six.


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On the 13th

of July, Hispasong offered a lecture-concert presentation

about Spanish vocal music. The examples included early music, cupl,

copla, tonadilla escnica and popular folkloric song. We performed in Ian

Hanger Recital Hall. 60 minutes of music and explanations of history and

traditions, lyrics and translations with slides and typical dresses.

This is a view of the empty hall the

previous day.

And the day of the presentation.

The group.


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Some photographs of the presentation.


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On the 13th

of July, there was an ICVT council meeting at lunch time. We

voted the 9th

ICVT place and the winner was Sweden. So we will see in

Stockholm in 2017.

We enjoyed a lot this Congress and all the activities, the travel and Aussie

people. We left in Australia good friends and maybe we can come back

and see them again. Impossible to visit all the cities and all the country.

The nature, the contrasts, the climate. Its true, Australia guarantees you

the experience of a lifetime.

See you later, Australia!

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