Schedule

02 — 05 October
Objectives
- To spread the heritage of Évora Cathedral Music School (sixteenth and seventeenth centuries); (Friar Manuel Cardoso, Duarte Lobo, Diogo Dias Melgaz, Estêvão de Brito, Estêvão Lopes Morago, etc.);
- To make people aware of different approaches to this re- pertoire;
- To increase vocal techniques and interpretation;
- To create an environment knowledge, cultures and life experience interchange;
- To create an open environment to the participation of all the community;
- Studying and interpreting works by Manuel Cardoso and others.
Addressees
- Choir Directors, Choir Members, Singing Professionals and Amateurs, Singing Students, Teachers of Musical Education, Others.
Important Notes
1) The applications will be accepted according to its order of arrival, respecting the balance of the constitution of several voice groups and the homogeneity of the working groups. Limit date 31st August; send it to Eborae Mvsica, Apartado 2126, 7001-901 Évora. Portugal; phone number: 266 746 750; or by email: eboraemusica@gmail.com
2) The applications for - active participants - which might be impossible to accept will automatically be considered – Listeners, unless they declare not to wish it. In that case the exceeding payment will be returned;
3) A summary of the musical curriculum may be sent in a separate sheet of paper;
4) This year due to Covid-19 Pandemic we have reduced the number of participants to the following: Sopran: 12; Alto: 10; Tenors: 10; Bass: 10
5) At admittance it will be requested the result of a antigéniotest made in a Pharmacy on the previous 24 hours;
6) The use of mask is compulsory.
02 October
08h30
Opening of the Board
09h00
Opening Session
10h00
Lecture “Depictions of Music in Portuguese Renaisance and Baroque Paintings: national listing and iconographic analisys”
11h00
Workshop for singers /Vocal technique by Joana Nascimento
12h00
Workshop for singers with Owen Rees, Paulo Lourenço, Pedro Teixeira;
12h45
Lunch
14h15
Guided visit, by Professor Jorge Raposo, to the Sacred Art Museum (former Colégio dos Moços da Sé de Évora (School for the Boys that sang at the Cathedral) and Archives of the Cathedral
15h45 / 19h00
Workshop for singers
Workshop for instrumentists with Fernando Pérez Valera and other instrumentists from Ensemble “La Danserye”
19h00
Concert at the Cathedral Ensemble Plus Ultra, conductor: David Martin


03 October
9h30
Workshops For singers/ vocal Technique by Joana Nascimento Workshop for instrumentists
10h45
The singer participants, divided in several groups or not, will rehearse pieces from the composers of the Cathedral of Évora
12h30
Lunch
14h00 / 15h15
Workshop for singers and workshop for instrumentists Workshop for singers and workshop for instrumentists
15h30 / 18h15
Workshop for singers and workshop for instrumentists Workshop for singers and workshop for instrumentists
19h00
Concert at the Cathedral Ensemble “La Danserye and Capella Prolationum”, conductor Fernando Pérez Valera
04 October
9h30
Workshop/ Vocal Technique by Joana Nascimento
11h00
Workshop for singers by the Conductors
12h30
Lunch
15h30 / 17h00
Workshop for singers and workshop for instrumentists
14,00 / 15h15
Workshop for singers and workshop for instrumentists
17h00 / 18h00
Talking with the conductors 20h00 Dinner (optional)


05 October
9h40
Workshops
12h30
Lunch
14h00 / 16h00
Rehearsals (Évora Cathedral)
17h00
Final Concert at the Cathedral (appropriate clothing) Eborae Music Poliphonic Choir, directed by Eduardo Martins. Participant’s Choir directed by Owen Rees, Paulo Lourenço e Pedro Teixeira Instrumental Group participants directed by Fernando Pérez Valera
Closing of the workshop and distribution of Certificates.