Workshops

We are delighted to announce a 8-month long composition mentorship program led by David Moliner, renowned composer and international percussion soloist. It is meant to address advanced student composers, emergent young composers or advanced composers who want to work actively on the percussion world to enhance their technical skills premiering their works at the Philharmonie Berlin (Kammersaal) by David Moliner.

The objective of this mentorship program is to promote marimba as a concertante instrument, establishing 6 new premieres into marimba repertory. The works will be premised on the influence of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and Iannis Xenakis, both pioneer composers. This workshop program has the aim to globally emphasize and diffuse selected composers works through a concert in Philharmonie Berlin in June 2024 as well as meetings with classical/contemporary music promoters in Musikverein Vienna offices. These selected composers will have the opportunity to publish the works in Universal Edition for one year. Of these, 2 selected composers will receive the scodo "Professional" subscription for one year free of charge. The remaining 4 will receive a voucher for a free submission via scodo and a discounted "Professional" subscription.

6 advanced student composers will be selected around the world. This 6 composers will be tutored by David Moliner in 7 monthly individual-collective online meetings where they will be guided through different technical sections of percussion such as: Theoretical Approaches of Percussion, Percussion Techniques, Percussion History Writing, Percussion Historical Solo Works, Xenakis music influence as well as Composition Individual Lessons. One collective meeting will take place at the Musikverein offices. This encounter will offer plenty of opportunities for professional networking and establishing meaningful international and professional friendships.

A concert is planned at the Philharmonie Berlin during the end of June 2024 (exact date to be announced). The concert will feature also major concert promoters from Germany, Austria and Switzerland concert halls to meet current emerging composers.

Program Details
(Application by email)
1. Proposal Piece Idea for Marimba Solo in maximum 500 words. (The piece proposal must be maximum 7 minutes long). The concert will be around 75 minutes long.
2. Short bio
3. Portfolio of 2 scores + list of works (the scores do not have to be necessary for percussion)

8 Composers will selected. 6 Composers will be on a waiting list until those selected confirm their participation. David Moliner will contact all of them.

Timetable:
The duration of this Mentoring Program is 8 month long from October 2023 to May 2024. It will consist of a series of 10 Zoom/ Skype individual / collective meetings.

The concert date in Philharmonie Berlin will be announced in advance. Selected composers must write a piece for percussion of a maximum duration of 7 minutes. The duration of the concert will be approximately 75 minutes with music also from J.S.Bach and D.Moliner.

Languages: English / German / Spanish / French
 
Timeline
Submission period

31 August 2023
End of submission period

5 September 2024
Results

15 September
Mentoring Program Start

All the workshop lessons will be once a month from September 2023 to April 2024, (total of 8 Months). The schedule of these classes will be online, either individual or collective. Also the visit to the Musikverein Wien will be agreed in advance by all parts.

Academy class content
Theoretical Approaches of Percussion*
Klangkörper in Percussion Instruments*
Dynamism esthetic
Percussion Techniques*
Percussion History Writing
Analytic Study of J.S.Bach 6 cello suites BWV 1007-1012
Analytic Study of Percussion Solo Works with focus on Xenakis music
Metamodernism - Johann Sebastian Bach, Iannis Xenakis and it’s influence in percussion
Composition Individual Lessons
* All these sessions will be worked on online in the percussion studio with David Moliner

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Send documents to mentoringprogram.moliner@gmail.com

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We are delighted to announce a 8-month long composition mentorship program led by David Moliner, renowned composer and international percussion soloist. It is meant to address young or advanced student composers who want to work actively on the percussion world to enhance their technical skills premiering their works at the Tinguely Museum in Basel by David Moliner.

The objective of this mentorship program is to interrelate the work of artist Jean Tinguely with the dynamic percussion world: Tinguely’s art, with his whimsical kinetic sculptures, which are happy, playful, creative, melancholy and full of humor and the eclectical Klangkörper-expression of the percussion universe. This workshop program has the aim to globally emphasize and diffuse Tinguely's rich work. Percussion may be the closest instrument to his rich spreading thinking, given the intrinsic sound that many of Tinguely's works have in their essence, emphasizing the desire of the Swiss artist in many of his works, some of them must be sound activated to be fully understood by the audience. Discovering Tingely’s art and being inspired by it will be a key element of this mentorship program.

4 advanced student composers will be selected. This 4 composers will be tutored by David Moliner in monthly individual-collective online meetings where they will be guided through different technical sections of percussion such as: Theoretical Approaches of Percussion, Percussion Techniques, Percussion History Writing, Percussion Historical Solo Works, Tinguely and percussion world influence as well as Composition Lessons. One collective meeting will take place at the Tinguely Museum so that the selected composers can analyze Tinguely's work and be inspired by it. This encounter would be necessary also for the conception of the work they are going to write for percussion and the use of the space in the museum in order to plan the concert set.

A single concert is planned at the museum during the end of June 2023 (exact date to be announced)

Program Details
(Application by email)

1. Proposal Piece Idea for Percussion Solo in maximum 500 words. (The piece proposal must be around 12 minutes long). David Moliner would like to work with composers who work with small percussion instruments, such as tambourines, triangles, castanets, the human body and the voice. The concert will be around 60 minutes long.
2. Short bio
3. Portfolio of 2 scores + list of works (the scores do not have to be necessary for percussion)
4 Composers will selected. 4 Composers will be on a waiting list until those selected confirm their participation. David Moliner will contact all of them for an interview via Zoom / Skype.

Timetable:
The duration of this Mentoring Program is 8 month long from October 2022 to May 2023. It will consist of a series of 8 Zoom/ Skype individual / collective meetings.
The concert date in Tinguely Museum will be announced in advance. Selected composers must write a piece for percussion of a maximum duration of 12 minutes.
Languages of the Course: English / German / Spanish / French

Timeline
Submission period. 31 August
End of submission period. 14 September
Results date. 1 October
Mentoring Program Start. All the workshop lessons will be once a month from October 2022 to May 2023, (total of 8 Months). The schedule of these classes will be online, mostly collective and also individual composition lessons. Also the visit to the Tinguely Museum will be agreed in advance by all parts.

Academy class content
Theoretical Approaches of Percussion*
Klangkörper in Percussion Instruments*
Dynamism esthetic
Percussion Techniques*
Percussion History Writing
Analytic Study of Percussion Solo Works with focus on Xenakis (Rebonds A / B).
Metamodernism - Tinguely and it’s influence
Composition Individual Lessons

* All these sessions will be worked on online in the percussion studio with David Moliner (vibraphone, marimba, set up, small percussion instruments...).

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