Addressed to all-age players and singers, the summer school and festival based in Brescia is designed and directed by Marcello Mazzetti and Livio Ticli. It is a unique opportunity for intensive training and performing in Italy: it offers 12 days of fantastic singing/playing classes, performance opportunities, along with concerts, social events and tours in some of the most beautiful cities and his
toric villages in Northern Italy. We welcome students from all over the world, to work with leading early music ensembles from Europe, scholars specialised in HIPP and experts in Early Music Pedagogy and Improvisation. BIEMSSF Music Programme
The project – hosting Prof Tony Thornton and UMass Chamber Choir from University of Massachusetts (MA, USA) – deals with grand music from late Renaissance and Early Baroque Italy. Indeed, Italian Masters left us a rich heritage of polyphonic repertoire and performing practices, ranging from Polychoral Style to Stile Concertato, from the Art of Intabulation and self-accompaniment to the more recent Basso Continuo technique. Participants will have the unmissable opportunity to explore music by great composers such as Claudio Monteverdi (2017 is his 450th Anniversary of Birth), by experiencing Italian Culture and Music in historic places and unique venues around Northern Italy. Singers and players of all ages (18 plus) and abilities. We have courses in Ensemble Music and classes for Soloists beside a variety of different activities such as Individual Coaching, Lectures, Seminars, Workshops, Special Projects, etc. BIEMSSF 2017 will take place from 21 July – 1 August 2017 in Brescia and surroundings (Northern Italy).
