By: Jason Camelio, Director of International Programs
We have had a fantastic week at the 3er Congreso Latino de Escuelas de Música at Conservatorio Souza Lima in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Throughout the week institutions and organizations from around Latin America have held sessions sharing information about their programs and discussing opportunities for a broad range of collaborations. But, the Congress has also been established to use this time to share important cultural, musical and pedagogical information and concepts.
During these presentations, attendees have been treated to a number of world-class artist/educators representing a variety of traditions from the Brazilian music culture. This included performances by Filo Machado, Pedro Ramos, Paulo Braga and many more. Souza Lima also took the group of institutions to important musical and cultural sites in Sao Paulo, including Bar Ódoborogodó and Memorial de América Latina.
2012 CLAEM Paulo Braga
One of the highlights this week has been hearing the excellent work being done by the students representing the institutions at the Congress. Students from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Panama and Peru formed three music groups that performed last night at Souza Lima. The students demonstrated a high level of skill and musicianship, having only 3-days to put together short sets of music to be performed. Their fine performances are a testament to their exceptional hard work and the dedication of the institution leaders and faculty members of the CLAEM partners.
Tonight we wrap things up with a celebration for Souza Lima, which is entering it’s 30th year! More news to come.
Hoje vou escrever sobre o festival anual que acontece em Boston todo final de Abril. O festival organizado pela Berklee chamado Spring Fest! Na semana passada eu escrevi a primeira parte do post sobre o Guitar Night de 2012 dirigido por Jon Finn e Mike Idhe. Terei que interpolar este post entre as duas partes do blog sobre o Guitar Night pois a Berklee ainda precisa me disponibilizar o vídeo e as fotos do evento. Muitos dos meus posts são sobre minha banda de Rock, Dirty Blind! Este é mais um deles! A algumas semanas atrás o Caf Show Office na Berklee promoveu uma votação online para decidir uma das bandas que iriam participar do Spring Fest sendo o resto decidido por um comitê. Estou feliz de anunciar que o Dirty Blind venceu os dois! Fomos escolhidos pelo comitê e também pelo voto online!
The Office of International Programs and Summer Programs are excited to announce the faculty members for the 2012 Singer-Songwriter and Vocalist program to be conducted at our new campus in Valencia, Spain from July 3rd to 5th. This will be the second year we hold this program which will cover stage performance techniques, song form and harmony, lyric writing and vocal technique. Students will have the opportunity to work with world class Berklee faculty members associate professor of ensembles Nancy Morris, instructor of voice and ear training Darcel Wilson, singer/songwriter Livingston Taylor and Professor of Ensembles Ken Zambello. Also, stay tuned for news about s special guest artist in residence for the program!
2012 Singer-Songwriter and Vocalist Faculty
We encourage you to check out the complete details for this program and the 3 other new programs we will produce during the month of July as well. The other programs include;
