Ministry of Culture and Philharmonic Foundation Offer Orchestra Conducting Workshop

Ministry of Culture and Philharmonic Foundation Offer Orchestra Conducting Workshop
Santo Domingo, DominicanRepublic 11/29/2012

The Philharmonic Foundation and the Ministry of Culture’s National System of Orchestras will offer the “II Orchestra Conducting Workshop,” to be given by Maestro Daniel Hurtado, conductor of the Simón Bolívar Symphonic Rock Orchestra in Venezuela.

It is indispensable that students active in the course studyscores of pieces that will be seen before the workshop, which will be provided in the offices of the Youth Orchestra System in the Fine Arts Palace.

The participants will learn about “Rehearsal Techniques,” “Lyrical and instrumental soloist accompaniment” and “Youth Orchestra Management, with an emphasis on ensemble initiation and development, based on the Venezuelan model,” divided into two levels: elementary and advanced.

The workshop begins Saturday, December 1st, in the National Chorus Hall and will end Friday the 7th. Students in the elementary level will study works such asHuapango, Danzón 2 and the Gipsy Overture; while the advanced students will analyze Beethoven’s Egmont, Variations with a Theme for Clarinet and Rossini’s Orchestra.

It is indispensable that students active in the course studyscores of pieces that will be seen before the workshop, which will be provided in the offices of the Youth Orchestra System in the Fine Arts Palace.

People interested should go to the National Chorus hall Friday, November 30th at 11:00am.

Maestro Daniel Hurtado is a graduate of Los Andes University, graduating with honors in Music. He also holds a Master’s Degree in Orchestra Conducting from the Simón Bolívar University and is the titular director of the Simón Bolívar Conservatory’s Saxophone Ensemble, among other important positions.