Type of seminar: Open - Music Group (musicians & singers)

Level of Participants: Intermediate

SightReading: will be used extensively, but students experienced and skilled in learning by ear will not be excluded

The subject of the seminar will be the compositions and the repertoire of Ottoman and Turkish urban art music.

Type of seminar: Open - Instrument Centered (Davul, Darabuka,riq, frame drums)

Level of participants: Intermediate

Reading sheets: Reading rhythmic solfège is necessary

This seminar will focus on the  techniques, rhythmology & arrangements in thedifferent types of percussion (Davul, Darabuka,riq, frame drums) in the music traditions of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans.

Type of seminar: Open – Instrument Centered (violin, viola, cello, double bass) & other bowed instruments

Level of participants: Intermediate

Sight Reading: Sight reading will be used extensively, but students experienced and skilled in learning by ear will not be excluded

In this workshop we will be analyzing embellishments and ornamentations as they appear in various musical traditions, from Crete to Epirus, from Azerbaijan to India but also in Ottoman and Arabic music.

Type of seminar: Open – Instrument Centered 

Level of participants: Intermediate to advanced, considering the technique of the instrument

Sight Reading: Not necessary

This violin workshop will focus on the technique, repertoire & the modes of the Western & Eastern Crete, by approaching the 'traditional' way of playing. 

Type of Seminar: Open – Music Group (Vocal & Instruments)

Participant Level: Intermediate 

Sight Reading: Not necessary

In this seminar, we will learn how a raga moves by examining its phrasings and embellishments through various compositional and rhythmic structures.

Type of Seminar: Open- Music Group

Level of participants: Intermediate

Sight Reading: useful, but students experienced and skilled in learning by ear will not be excluded

The seminar, as always, features the lyra as the main instrument in Cretan music, in combination with other instruments played by the participants. This seminar is open to musicians who play the laouto, violin, mandolin, askomantoura, percussion, guitar, boulgari, etc.

Type of seminar: Open - Vocal

Level of participants: All levels are welcome

Sight Reading: not necessary

The seminar aims to provide a thorough understanding of the variety of songs found in the Cretan folk tradition, covering areas from the eastern to the western provinces.

Type of seminar: Music Group

Level of participants: Intermediate

Sight Reading: necessary

The seminar will focus on:

-the understanding of usûls,
-their use in the area of Anatolia &
- the learning techniques on the performance of instruments (according to the level of the participants).

The goal is to start learning first the main usûls, which although they are less than 16/8, they are also prominent, time-consuming and difficult to learn. It would not be appropriate to proceed and to go beyond the 16-time usûls without learning them.

Type of seminar: Open –Instrument centered

Participant level: The seminar is tailored for students beginning the apprenticeship of the rubab and Afghan music, but they should come with at least basic playing aptitudes, to benefit from the classes. Rubab players who wish to work on their technique, refresh and deepen their theoretical knowledge as well as expand their repertoire are also most welcome.

Sight Reading: Scores will not be used. We will instead use the saregam notation system of the Afghan-Hindustani music.

This seminar is dedicated to the transmission of the art of playing the rubab, the emblematic lute of Afghanistan known as the “lion of instruments”, and its wonderful music. Following the teachings of Ustad Daud Khan Sadozai, this introductory workshop will prepare students to attend his masterclass in the summer.