In order to achieve this course’s extraordinary musical level the Galaico Brass Festival is gathering a teaching staff made up of experts who many of them will be coming to Galicia and the Iberian Peninsula for the very first time. Such an event will offer a unique teaching experience, 5 days long that has yet to be made on offer in this region until now.
Additionally Galaico Brass Festival will have a wide selection of workshops and master classes given by our hand picked specialists to open up an unknown world of possibilities for the participating students: workshops on ancient music; ensemble and chamber music; practice techniques; mental training for auditions; relaxation and visualisation techniques through yoga.
Trumpet, Horn, Trombone or Tube and Euphonium classes and seminars as listener student.
Limited places
The Galaico Brass Festival’s Pedagogical Course is an educational music course for all brass players: trumpet, horn, trombone and tuba/euphonium.
Students of all of ages and levels are invited to participate.
The course will last 5 whole days: 11nd to the 15th of July 2022 and will take place in Merza, Vila de Cruces (Spain).
The total amount of active students will be limited to 80 places (20 per instrument) + 4 brass chamber music ensembles. Everyone will receive daily lessons between the hours of 09:00 to 20:00 and will also have access to following activities:
Individual Lessons
Group Lessons
Music Yoga
Instrumental Maintenance
Sport-Music Psychology
Lectures
The application for the music course will be available from March.
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The number of places is strictly limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis.
In addition to various lessons and activities, the music course includes entry to all concerts of the festival, accommodation and food depending on your application type:
Type 1 Active Student 329€
• 4 individual lessons and various group masterclasses
• Lectures and workshops
• Entry to all concerts of the festivalType 2 Active Student + Feeding 379€
• 4 individual lessons and various group masterclasses
• Lectures and workshops
• Entry to all concerts of the Festival
• Feeding (breakfast, lunch and dinner)
Type 3 Active Student + Full Board 449€
• 4 individual lessons and various group masterclasses
• Lectures and workshops
• Entry to all concerts of the festival
• Accommodation in “Baños da Brea” and food included
Type 4 Listener Student 120€
• Group lessons
• Lectures and workshops
Type 5 Listener Student + concerts 160€
• Group lessons
• Concerts
• Lectures and workshops
Chamber Music Groups 120€ (Price per member of the chamber group)
• 3 hours of lessons with Timothy Francis, Anaís Romero, Ricardo Mollá, José Martínez and Manuel Davila
• Lectures and workshops
* Accommodation and food can be arranged and requested via email
Application
Underage students need to provide a singed consent form from a parent of guardian in order to apply.
Accommodation and Food
Individual dietary requirements can be provided for. Underage participants will be provided with safe and separate accommodation.
Chaperones
All underage participants will be cared for by a personalised team of chaperones who will be on call 24 hours a day to ensure their safety and allow them to gain the most out of the GBF.
Galaico Bonus
The main system of entry to the festival will be through the “Galico Bonus”. This voucher aims to be an appeal to all those interested in supporting the creation and dissemination of culture, promoting and helping in the realization of festivals such as the Galaico Brass Festival. The “Galaico Bonus” gives access to all the paid concerts of the festival (Turbulences, Adam Rapa, Balkan Paradise Orchestra, Mnozil Brass and Los Pitutos), and will cost €59.50. The sale of tickets to single concerts is subject to the availability of tickets after the end of the sale period of Galaico Bonus, not guaranteeing that the process of selling single tickets will be opened in case all the seats available through the Galaico Bonus are exhausted.
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