29 Jan 2025

9th International School of Improvisation 2025

THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF IMPROVISATION 2025

30 June - 5 July 2025

S. Martino in Buonalbergo, Verona - ITALY

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

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION REFERS TO PAST EDITIONS OF THE COURSE

THEY ARE VISIBLE HERE JUST TO GIVE AN IDEA OF THE ORGANIZATION OF THE COURSE

THE INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS POST DON'T HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED AS PRECISE REFERENCE FOR THE EDITION OF THE 2025

~~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 - Serena Bove

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

Music and Memory - Davide Monti / Alberto Fabris

Rhetoric of Gardens - Giardino Giusti, Verona

Evening Activity:

Opening Concert - San Briccio, Lavagno

Tafelmusik in the City - Restaurants

Concerto Finale - Illasi

Organisation:

Helicona Project info@helicona.it

Associazione Italiana Cultura Sport (AICS) verona@aics.it

Documents

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Course Fee: The course consists of approx. 40 hours tuition

~~325 € EARLY BIRD PRICE UNTIL EASTER (9th of APRIL '23) - payment of the full amount~~ Finished

- Scholarships may be available for students who require them. Kindly write to us.

- Kindly write to us if you need special documentation for accreditation.

- A non-refundable fee of € 50 is required for registration. It covers insurance and the registration with the Helicona Association.

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Accommodation:

On your request Helicona can provide accommodation in a partner structure

BOOK YOUR ROOM HERE (2023)

Food:

We are estabilishing agreements with local restaurants for a convenient service.

The course will be held in English and Italian.

The pitch will be preferably A=415 Hz

9th International School of Improvisation 2025

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