Friday, November 17, 2017

Musicans - travelling to Albania?


Not only is Albania a stunningly beautiful country but in the capital Tirana you will be sure to find a bunch of friendly musicians. The Akademie e Arteve (Academy of Arts, or Conservatoire) is at one end of the imposing boulevard right in the centre of the city.
There's a cafe outside on the south side where students and their professors hang out to talk and drink coffee between sessions. Anyone can sit at a table and say to someone nearby 'any horn players about?' Before long you'll be sure to have found a gang, and be drinking toasts. telling jokes and swapping stories.

Fatos Qerimaj (clarinet) and Edmond Sinani (violin)


Pull up a chair and make yourself at home!





Thursday, November 9, 2017

 

Mahler's Monumental One
Want to play?

 
Artistic Director Levon Parikian kicks off the Rehearsal Orchestra's 2018 London weekend series with a two-day course on Mahler's monumental Seventh Symphony.
Rehearsals take place in the afternoon on Saturday and all day on Sunday January 27th/28th, culminating in early evening open rehearsal at the Henry Wood Hall, Trinity Church Square, London SE1 4HU.
 
Applications are invited from players who are Grade 8 plus and good sight-readers (or keen to improve their sight-reading). http://www.rehearsal-orchestra.org/courses

Levon Parikian - Artistic Director
 
 
 
The Rehearsal Orchestra
http://www.rehearsal-orchestra.org
 


 

Thursday, November 2, 2017

Playing Wagner
with the stars of the future

 
 
 
The Rehearsal Orchestra
http://www.rehearsal-orchestra.org
 
The Rehearsal Orchestra is a musical charity that runs weekend and full-week orchestral courses for future professionals and serious amateurs. Since 1957, they have offered high-level training through intensive rehearsal, exploring key orchestral repertoire with prominent conductors, and professional string section leaders. This supportive, non-competitive environment allows players to grow as musicians without the pressure of concert giving. Places on every course are heavily subsidised to enable as many players as possible to benefit from the opportunities they offer.
 
 
Levon Parikian - Artistic Director
 

Review of 2017 Wagner weekend

http://seenandheard-international.com/2017/10/wagner-stars-of-the-future-shine-in-rehearsal-orchestras-gotterdammerung-act-iii/