10 Feb 2023

7th International School of Improvisation 2023

THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF IMPROVISATION 2023

3-8 July 2023

VILLA VERITÀ FRACCAROLI

S. Pietro in Lavagno, Verona - ITALY

An all encompassing experience, ... you won't view the world in the same way again.

~~325 € EARLY BIRD PRICE~~

~~UNTIL EASTER (9th of APRIL '23)~~

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Improvisation is a skill that more and more people want to learn: dealing with the fear of empty space, stylistic issues, and the difficulties of achieving Good Taste while expressing ourselves.

This course in Music Improvisation aims to accompany musicians in their journey of discovery, gradually and personally, focusing on historical elements as well as modern-day psychological aspects, giving a solid foundation for any sort of stylistic studies. The result is not just about being able to add a few notes to an existing score.

The major goals of the improviser are:

to become aware of the connection between performing and composing.
to become flexible and prepared in the communicative dynamics within an ensemble.
to improve the capacity to communicate that which one wishes to express.

The course in Improvisation gives everyone the possibility to express themselves, by understanding and putting into practice the historical expressive codes.

The Helicona method is supported by strategies taken from other disciplines including Dancing, Theatre, Fencing and Horse-riding. The broad range of supporting “parallel” arts/subjects aim to facilitate the opening of the mind. They are also valuable resources which can be adopted and used in any communication strategies.

Principal courses:

Improvisation for voice, melodic and harmonic instruments - Davide Monti / Maria Christina Cleary

Cantare super Librum (Contrappunto alla mente) - Antoine Schneider

Rhetoric and Gesture - Francesca Gualandri

Music in action:

Horses - Tiziana Raspini - Chiara Santi

Fencing - Fabrizio Orsini

Improvisation on the Commedia dell'Arte - Matteo Spiazzi

Dance - Ilaria Sainato

Principles of communication in music & Specia topics:

Attunement and Sounding Discourses - Dario Benatti

Music in the dark - Maria Christina Cleary