The composition workshops are intended for young composers who want to create a new work and take advantage of hands-on work sessions and rehearsals, as well as the experience and advice of guest composers and performers throughout the Academy.
A recording of the created works will be give to the composers. Certain works may be selected by the pedagogical team to be presented during a public concert.
Conducted Instrumental Ensemble, with or without Voice
June 17-30, 2013
Ensemble intercontemporain. Conductor Jean Deroyer. Soprano Valérie Philippin
The Ensemble intercontemporain initiates a workshop for 8 composers: the work carried out in contact with the group's expert soloists directed by Jean Deroyer, creating a special relationship with young artists.
Length of the piece presented: 5' to 10'
Students can choose between 6 and 15 instruments. The smaller ensembles will be favored by the jury in order to encourage a close collaboration with the musicians of the Ensemble intercontemporain, which is one of the priorities of the Academy. Students can add a voice via the collaboration with Valérie Philippin.
As a counterpoint to this composition workshop, the singer Barbara Hannigan will lead a workshop on vocal writing in the 20th century.
Sketch for Orchestra
June 18-19, 2013
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Among the 8 composers selected for the Ensemble intercontemporain workshop, 4 will be selected to present a sketch for orchestra that will be read by the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France during the 2013 academy. These readings may lead, for certain composers, to a commission for the 2014 academy.
Length of the piece presented: 6' to 8'
Students can chose all or a part of the instrumental ensemble, excluding all concerto works. If the case of string "divisi", they cannot write more than two parts per section.
Choir with Six Voices
June 17-30, 2013
Ensemble EXAUDI. Conductor James Weeks
The vocal ensemble EXAUDI and its musical director, James Weeks, offer six composers the chance to experiment with the specificities of writing for voice.
Length of the piece presented: 5' to 10'
As a counterpoint to this composition workshop, the singer Barbara Hannigan will lead a workshop on vocal writing in the 20th century.
In Vivo Danse. Dance and Percussion, with or without Electronics
June 17-30, 2013
Christine Gérard. Mark Lorimer. Alban Richard. Clinton Stringer. Samuel Favre. Thierry de Mey
Four choreographers with different styles and aesthetics create working methods where music and dance react to one another, going back and forth between studio and research. How does one invent together the writing for movement, musical gesture and electronic composition? How does one articulate the presence of dancers and musicians on stage? These are some of the concerns that have brought together IRCAM, the Centre Pompidou, Micadanses, and Charleroi-Danses.
Each choreographer (Christine Gérard, Mark Lorimer, Alban Richard, Clinton Stringer) is associated with two selected composers. In the spirit of mutual cooperation, they will each create their own stage project (10 minutes maximum) with the technological support of IRCAM (in the case of a work involving electronics) with the participation of a percussionist.
Samuel Favre leads the percussionists of this workshop.
Following the initial meeting of composers and choreographers in Brussels (from 9 to 11 March 2013), the majority of the workshop will be held in Paris from June 17 to the 30, 2013 at the Centre Pompidou and in the Micadanses studios. The public presentation will be held at the Centre Pompidou at the end of the workshop.
In Vivo Video. Video and Electronics
June 17-30, 2013
Clorinde Durand. Daniel Browne. Éric Oriot. Andrea Cera
Write electronic music as a reflection of or as a counterpoint to a video created by a young video artist from the Fresnoy, experiment with the relationship between the form and the rhythm of a video during a workshop, sound mixing and the relationship between music and image: these are just a few of the propositions for this brand new workshop. The student composers have the possibility of meeting the video artists in residence at the Fresnoy (Clorinde Durand et Éric Oriot) who have created videos from electronic creations.
Length of the piece presented varies with the length of the original videos: 5' to 7'
Student composers will work on their sketches with Andrea Cera before the Academy via Internet or during face-to-face encounters if possible.
During the Academy, the works will be finalized and mixed before a public screening at the end of the workshop. In parallel, first-year students from the Fresnoy will present their videos based on works selected from the IRCAM repertoire.
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