Second International Conference of Solo and Choir Singing Teachers:
"Problems and Perspectives of Singing in the Music Schools
at the edge of the 20/21st Centuries"
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Vilnius
Music School "Lyra" Laisves pr. 57, Vilnius LT-2010 Tel/fax: 370-2 429470 Email:
lyra@365.lt
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On April 16-18, 1998, in Vilnius, Lithuania
will be held the second international conference entitled "Problems and
Perspectives of Singing in the Music Schools at the edge of the 20/21st
Centuries," where historical, theoretical, methodological and organizing
aspects of solo and choir singing in the music schools will be discussed.
This will be the second forum of its kind that will analyze the progression
of vocal music at music schools, its problems and improvement possibilities.
The goal is to scientifically base and open already existing possibilities
of children's solo and choir singing, its forms and abilities, to summarize
the experience and look for new options.
With this goal in mind, the main
tasks of the conference are:
- To give singing teachers scientific
methodological base of singing as a discipline.
- To inform the teachers with the newest
methods of instruction.
- To search for individual (solo) and
group (ensemble choir) singing collaboration, raising future professional
and amateur musicians.
- To gather information about the current
situation of vocal music in music schools.
- To look for ways of eliminating problems
that occur in the process of vocal instruction that lead to improvement.
We expect 35-40 participants of this
conference will be working in two different workshops, one being solo singing,
the other choir singing. The schedule of the conference will allow all
participants to participate in both. During the conference, we are planning
to have different forms of working: lectures, seminars, open lessons and
rehearsals, concerts, viewing of video materials, and sociological inquiries
in the form of tests.
The speeches will include:
- Methodology of vocal instruction for
children in Latvia, Poland, Russia, Denmark and Lithuania
- Solo and choir singing in the music
school
- Children's singing, problems and perspectives
- The vocal hearing and its development
- Problems of children's repertoire
- And other topics
At the end of the conference, their
will be a discussion summarizing the work of the conference, as well as
suggesting and adopting a resolution of the conference. Materials of the
conference will be published as a separate book, with local media being
informed of the work of the conference.
Those wishing to attend the conference,
or for further information, please contact:
Rolandas Aidukas at: rolandas.aidukas@gmail.com |