Coro (Chorus – Ages 4–13) – SESSION 2
Starting March 19th
For children 4-13 years old. In Italiano – at the ICS headquarters in Bethesda.
Session 2 will start with 6 more classes.
The project will present a mixed repertoire. The range of music will be gradual and diversified by genre, origin and difficulty that will take into account the vocal range and the characteristics of the components of the various sections of the choir.
There are 20 pieces, of which some canons, songs with 1, 2 and 3 voices, with solo parts, to be performed a cappella or with instrumental backing tracks.
$90.00
LEZIONE DI PROVA, domenica 6 novembre, 4:30-5:30
Il progetto sonoro prevede un incontro settimanale (per 20 settimane) e presenterà un repertorio misto, graduale e diversificato per genere, provenienza e difficoltà. Si terrà conto dell’estensione vocale e delle caratteristiche dei componenti delle varie sezioni.
20 brani previsti, di cui alcuni canoni, canti a 1,2,3 voci, da realizzare a cappella o con basi strumentali, alcuni dei quali con interventi di solisti.
Percorso propedeutico attraverso canti ritmici per l’uso della voce parlata utilizzando: conte , filastrocche, detti della tradizione popolare. Il tutto giocato attraverso l’approccio verso alcuni aspetti della musica quali il ritmo e il cambiamento di velocità, l’alternarsi fra solo e tutti e le dinamiche.
Canti di prima intonazione per imparare a concentrare l’attenzione sul suono e sull’esatta intonazione di una nota alla volta.
Canti con semplici melodie ascendenti e discendenti e progressivamente, brani con la proposta di salti di terza di quarta di quinta e di sesta.
Una volta effettuato il percorso attraverso la proposizione dei precedenti canti all’unisono, si proporranno alcuni semplici canoni.
Canti a due o tre voci e man mano che i corsisti consolideranno gradualmente la capacità di cantare correttamente in coro e avranno raggiunto una buona padronanza ed elasticità vocale, verranno proposti brani più complessi dal punto di vista melodico e ritmico e canti che alterneranno parti soliste e corali.
Instructor
Giampiero Bugliarello
Giampiero Bugliarello fell in love with the piano at the age of four. Using his family piano as a toy for sound exploration, he approached the instrument with an empirical perspective from a young age. He began his formal education shortly thereafter under the guidance of Ketty Teriaca; and by age ten, he was studying musical grammar and harmony under Alberto Alibrandi, which set him on the path to become both a composer and jazz player, in addition to a classical pianist. At age 11, he joined the Vincenzo Bellini Conservatory in Catania led by Carmelo Pappalardo, from which he graduated with the highest honors in piano performance.
Giampero departed Italy to pursue a Master in Piano Performance in The United States. Studying under the guidance of Nikita Fitenko, he obtained the title of Doctor of Musical Arts at The Catholic University of America. Twice a recipient of a full scholarship, he worked as a piano instructor, research assistant, and collaborative pianist. As he still maintains close ties with the institution today, Giampero has since been appointed as a ad honorem visiting scholar, conducting research for the Latin American Music Center in collaboration with the label Naxos en Español. He currently serves as a piano instructor at the Music School of Delaware and at the Music School of Italian Cultural Society in Washington D.C., where he operates as choral conductor as well.
Giampiero has furthered his studies at the Hochschule Sommerakademie Mozarteum in Salzburg with Andrzej Jasiński, Daniel Pollack, and Aquiles Delle Vigne; and at the Washington International Piano Festival with Igor Lebedev. He has attended masterclasses held by Tamás Ungár and Vincenzo Balzani, among others. He is a prize-winner of several awards in various national and international piano competitions, including: The Catholic University of America Concerto Competition, The Catholic University of America International Piano Competition, E. Satie International Piano Competition, Gianluca
Campochiaro International Competition, J. S. Bach National Competition, and Ibla Grand Prize.
He took part in the fifteenth edition of Trecastagni International Music Festival and performed at Palazzo Biscari, Castello Ursino, Castello di Calatabiano, Salone degli Specchi, Wiener Saal, Catholic University of America Heritage Hall, Hartke Theater, Ward Hall, Teatro Vitaliano Brancati, Teatro di Donnafugata, Le Ciminiere Cultural Center, Temple B’nal Israel, Cultural Center Area Expo, Covington Center for the Performing Arts, the Kennedy Center, and Carnegie Hall. At Carnegie Hall, after presenting his Ballata per Pianoforte, the magazine, SoundWordSight identified a range of influences, including: Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, and Liszt.
He was recently appointed Goodwill Ambassador by the Arkansas Secretary of State, and has been granted an O-1 visa for individuals who possess extraordinary abilities in their field by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service.
Felicia Toscano
Director of the ICS Music SchoolFelicia Toscano is a classical guitarist, from Taranto, Italy. She started taking guitar lessons since she was 10 with Master Duilio Bellone.
She is a teaching veteran in several County Public Schools in Italy . She holds a National Board Certified teacher of Italian for elementary school (2006). She holds Certificate ICon AP Italian Language and Culture as a Tutor. She taught Italian language at G. Tosi elementary school, D. Purificato Elementary and Middle school , and Gramsci school in Rome.
She entered the local Conservatorio “G. Paisiello” in Taranto (which is Paisiello’s native town) ranking first among the entrance exam candidates. In Taranto, she studied with Master Pino Forresu, graduating in 1999 with a Masters Degree in Music. Than she studied Musical Interpretation with Senio and Alirio Diaz. She got a Permanent Certification as Music Teacher for Public Schools at “Roma 3” University in Rome.
She graduated as Orff-Schulwerk Teacher Education at S.I.M.E.O.S. School in Verona, and she attended Music Therapy Courses in Assisi (PG). She moved to Rome and she taught in several Public Middle and High Schools. She was on the board of private music schools and cultural associations such as “Music Risonanze Association” Rome – EUR and “Music and Arts Association” Fonte Laurentino – EUR.
From 2015 to 2017, she taught as Adjunct Guitar Professor at the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia of Rome. She was a volunteer teacher in the Down Syndrome children association in Rome and the Spastic Association in Taranto. In the course of her career, she has been awarded many first-place prizes in national and international guitar classic and folk music competitions: Spanish Music Festival of Puglia, Music Festival “Baroque City”, Guitar Festival of Fiuggi, Great Jubilee of 2000, International Competition Ferrero Luigi Riva dei Tessali, and European Music Competition “Pythagoras.”
Felicia formed several artistic partnerships with Spanish orchestras such as Acords Joves Orchestra de Montilivi Girona directed from Euken Master Imanol Ledesma. She appeared on stage both as soloist and with orchestras and various chamber ensembles. She is a highly distinguished and well-known seminar senior lecturer in the area of Mediterranean rites and guitar music analysis.
With her innovative and lively approach to music education, Felicia Toscano founded and directed Canarios Guitar Orchestra, which she conducted in several concerts, competitions, and performances. Felicia believes in fostering a tuneful, beautiful, artful learning community based on music education, and works as a concert performer and teacher in Italy and US. She also has a certification to teach in elementary, middle and high schools in Italy.
