San Juan Coral

General information

The Universidad Católica de Cuyo's Choir organizes the International Choral Festival "San Juan Coral", which takes place every two years in San Juan (Argentina) since 1998.
It is a non-competitive choral festival for 8-10 selected non-professionals, mixed, female, male and chamber choirs (minimum size of the choir is 16, excluding conductor and accompanists)
The Festival includes concerts and workshops organized through four days filled with choral music, friendship, and the traditions hospitality of San Juan's citizens.

Singers, conductors and all musicians are welcome individually to participate in Workshops, attend the concerts and participate in the Closing Concerts with all the choirs.
Its principal see is the Auditorium Juan Victoria, one of the most attractive and acoustically concert halls in Latin America, (capacity 1000)
It is provided with a piano and a Walker concert organ in disposition of the choirs.
All foreign choirs are provided with contacts in some cities from Argentina, Chile, Brazil and Uruguay, to cooperate in the organization of concerts for those who wish to perform a more complete tour around South America.
This festival is an excellent opportunity to sing together, learn, and promote cultural exchange among all participants.
Enjoy an unforgettable experience in the magical atmosphere of choral music.

OUR GOALS:

To sing together.
To promote choral activities in San Juan, Argentina.
To stimulate the performance of Argentinean and foreign choirs in one of the most beautiful provinces of Argentina's west.
To give all participants the opportunity to study and improve themselves by attending to workshops dictated by renowned professionals.
To contribute to global harmony, friendship and understanding by allowing cultural exchange and mutual knowledge through the universal language of music.

THE NEXT FESTIVAL:

The VI International Choral Festival "San Juan Coral 2009" will be in San Juan, Argentina from August, 13th to August 18th, 2009.

APPLICATION FOR CHOIRS:

To participate, you must:
Send an application before March 15th, 2009 with the following material:
Application form fully completed.
Biography of the choir and the choirmaster in English and Spanish.
Choir, secretary, manager and/or conductor's full address, fax and/or e-mail.
Choir's and/or conductor's website if any
Two current photographs of the choir (digital)
Recordings in high quality DVD or CD from a minimum of 15 minutes of music including the scores of all the pieces submitted.
Proposed programs with scores, list the titles, composer's name and birth year and performance time for each selection. (Program A: 40 minutes, Program B. 15 minutes, Program C: 15 minutes). These programs may be modified following all the conditions until June 30th, 2009
Please note that these documents will not be returned.
Send the complete material to the following address:
María Elina Mayorga
Pje. Cervantes 1625. M1 C7
Bº SMATA
5400 San Juan - Argentina
Only applications that have complete documentation will be accepted.

SELECTION:

The choir will be submitted to selection by the Artistic Committee of the Festival, with the exception of the choirs invited by the organization.
The criteria on which marking will be based are: technique (rhythm, articulation, sound), difficulty, intonation, interpretation and stylistic fidelity.
Choir participation in the Festival will be confirmed by fax or e-mail, by April 1st, 2009.
Selected choirs must pay a U$S 20,00.- registration fee per person, which will include:
Hotel accommodation for conductors
Participation in the Festival and the Choral Studies Workshop.
Connection for concert tours in Argentina and other South American countries.
Participation's certificates
Participation in the Festival's opening and closing parties

TRAVEL EXPENSES:

At chorus' own expense.

ACCOMODATION:

More information: please, consult the organizers.

REPERTOIRE:

Free choice, including obligatorily:
Master pieces for choir, sacred and secular; (a cappella and/or with piano / organ)
Pieces by composers from their country of origin
Popular or folk music (no more than 25% of the repertoire)

SCHEDULE:

Choirs must arrive on August 13th, from 2.30 pm to the Auditorium (25 de Mayo 1215 oeste. San Juan)
On August 13th all the choirs will participate of an informal meeting, where each one of them will sing a popular/folk song that represent the country that they came from and giving all participants the opportunity to meet and mix with choirs from different countries.
On August 14th the Choirs are introduced to the community. They will perform didactical concerts in schools, museums and/or churches in San Juan city or surrounding areas (Either in the morning or the afternoon) (Program A: 40 minutes)
The choirs will perform individual concerts at Juan Victoria Auditorium, between August 15th and 17th; of exactly 15 min. each. (Programs B and C)
Longer performances, changes in the program out of schedule and encores are not allowed.
The choirs must participate in a choral workshop which will consist of an obligatory large choral work with orchestra that will be previously rehearsed and performed at the Festival's Closing Concert, conducted by Mº Antonio M. Russo, on August 17th at Juan Victoria Auditorium.
Choirs leaves on Tuesday 18th after breakfast

IN FORMER EDITIONS OF THE FESTIVAL THE FOLLOWING CHOIRS PARTICIPATED:

Ave Chamber Choir. Cond.A. Hauptman (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Coral de la Rábida. Cond. Fernando Moruja (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Coral Femenino de San Justo. Cond. Roberto Saccente (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Coro de la Municipalidad de Morón. Cond.Guillermo Tesone (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Coral Ars Subtilis. Cond. Hernán Schvartzman (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Coro de Cámara Tucumán. Cond. Ricardo Steinsleger (Tucumán, Argentina)
Catholic University of Lublin's Choir. Cond. G. Pecka (Lublin, Poland)
Camerata Coral de la Universidad de Veracruz. Cond. E. Sleziak Kandora (Mexico)
Coro de la Universidad Católica de Chile. Cond. V. Alarcón (Santiago, Chile)
Coro Grupo de Cámara Chile. Cond. M. Baeza Gajardo (Santiago, Chile)
Coral Nuevas Voces. Cond. R. Mansilla (Mendoza, Argentina)
Coro Madrigalista de la Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación. Cond. R. Godoy Peralta (Santiago, Chile)
Coro Vocacional de la Universidad Nacional de San Juan. Cond. J. Petracchini (San Juan, Argentina)
Coro de Cámara Arturo Beruti. Cond. M. E. Mayorga (San Juan, Argentina)
Coro UDAP Caucete. Cond. R. Villegas (San Juan, Argentina)
The Stony Brook Camerata Singers. Cond. T. Mount (New York, EEUU)
Coral Canto em Canto. Cond. E. Lakschevitz (Rio de Janeiro, Brasil)
Coro Universitario de Santiago. Cond. P. Carrasco (Santiago, Chile)
Coro de Cámara de San Nicolás. Cond. G. Martín (Buenos Aires - Argentina)
Agrupación de Cámara "Ars Viva". Cond. J. A. Ruiz (Córdoba - Argentina)
Coro Béla Bartók. Cond. T. Lakner (coro masculino - Pécs - Hungría)
Collegium Cantorum Académico Politécnico Chestochowskiej. Cond. J. Siadlak (Polonia)
Coro del Conservatorio Nacional de Música. Cond. D. Arontes Reyes (México DF)
Studio Coral - Voces Femeninas. Cond. M. A. da Silva Ramos (Sao Paulo - Brasil)
Coro Universitario de la Universidad Nacional de San Juan. Cond. G. Tesone (San Juan - Argentina)
Coro de Cámara de la Universidad de Playa Ancha. Cond. C. A. Hernández Silva (Valparaíso, Chile)
Madrigal Musicanto Itajubá. Cond. A. Fernández (Itajubá, Brasil)
Coro de la Academia de Música de Bydgoszcz. Cond. J. Stanecki (Bydgoszcz, Polonia)
Coro Municipal de Córdoba. Cond. G. Baez (Córdoba, Argentina)
Coro Universitario de Mendoza. Cond. S. Vallesi (Mendoza, Argentina)
Coro Universitario de Misiones. Cond. E. Rocholl (Misiones, Argentina)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:

María Elina Mayorga
Conductor Coro de la Universidad Católica de Cuyo
President Artistic Committee "San Juan Coral"
Pasaje Cervantes 1625 - Mz. 1 Casa 7 - Bº SMATA
5400 San Juan - República Argentina

E-mail: coro@uccuyo.edu.ar

mariaelinamayorga@gmail.com

elinamayorga@hotmail.com

Web: http://www.freewebs.com/corouccuyo/

http://www.uccuyo.edu.ar

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Organizers

	The Festival is organized by the Choir of Universidad Católica de Cuyo, as a member of the Secretariat of University Extension and Institutional Affairs of Universidad Católica de Cuyo.

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Festival's and University's Authorities

Great Chancellor of Universidad Católica de Cuyo and Bishop of San Juan: Monsignor Alfonso Delgado Evers
Director of Universidad Católica de Cuyo: Dr. María Isabel Larrauri
Vice - director of Universidad Católica de Cuyo: Cr. Alfonso Osvaldo Martín
Secretary of University Extension and Institutional Affairs: Lic. Susana Lahoz de Astorga
Conductor of the Choir of Universidad Católica de Cuyo and President of the Artistic Committee of "San Juan Coral": Prof. María Elina Mayorga

Honorary Professor of Universidad Católica de Cuyo, Artistic Director of the Choral Studies Workshop and closing concerts and member of the Artistic Committee: Maestro Antonio Maria Russo.

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In every edition, the Festival has been declared of provincial,
tourist and cultural interest by the Government of San Juan.

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Endorsed by:

Government of San Juan
Secretariat of Tourism, Culture and Environment
Casa de San Juan en Buenos Aires
Secretariat of Culture of the National Presidency
General Direction of Cultural Affairs of the Argentinean Chancellery
Banco San Juan Foundation
OSDE
Aeropuertos Argentina 2000
Offset Design
Almar
Del Carmen Flowers, high quality ornamentation

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Main see:

	Complejo Cultural Auditorio Juan Victoria

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Provincial Authorities:

Governor of San Juan: Engineer José Luis Gioja
Secretary of Tourism, Culture and Environment: Mr. Dante Elizondo
Director of Casa de San Juan en Buenos Aires: Dr. Leonardo Gioja
Vice-director of Casa de San Juan en Buenos Aires: Dr. Nilda Ferreyra
General Administrator of Complejo Cultural Auditorio Juan Victoria: Mrs. Nina Labaké de Galván

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Working teams:

The members of the Choir of Universidad Católica de Cuyo are organized in different working teams which are the principal column of the organization.
With their dedication and love, they fill the festival with their youth, joy and dynamism.
The organization of the V International Choir Festival "San Juan Coral 2006" counted on the following working teams:
Secretary and general production: Adriana Ruiz, Guillermo Burgos
Schedules: Paula de los Rios
Workshops: Pablo Flumiani, Natalia Vergara, Eugenia Cáceres
Commented concerts: Yanina Figueroa, Ivana Figueroa
Accountant: CPN Laura García
Home-stay accommodations coordinator: Valeria Verdeguer
Hotel Bookings: Iris Días, Sergio Guzmán
Prints: Ariel González Bautista
Extension activities in Buenos Aires and translations: Ana Alejandra Blech
Computer work and designs: Maximiliano Talquenca
Events: Alejandra Graffigna, Alejandra Márquez
General Cooperators: Marcelo Bustos, Germán Navarro
General Coordinators of the Choirs: Valeria Verdeguer, Eugenia Cáceres
Webmaster: Daniel Blech
Coordinators of the Choirs:
Poland: Ana Delia Gil, Guillermo Burgos
Brazil: Alejandra Blech, Maximiliano Talquenca
Chile: Eugenia Cáceres, Iris Días, Belén Cerezo
Córdoba: Jesús Torres, Gabriela Bordón, Paula de los Ríos
Mendoza: Giovanna Antequeda, Eleonora Vargas
Misiones: Yanina Figueroa, Ivana Figueroa, Valeria Paniagua
Special Guest's Assistant: Mrs. Amelia Williams

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Collaborators:

Web: Daniel Kovacich, Martín Blech

Translations: Ana Alejandra Blech, Martín Blech

Logos: Lic. María Pingray

We want to recognize specially the support given by all the following families:

Abecasis, Alejandro; Acolti, Enrique; Agüero Tello, Sonia; Agüero, Cristina; Agüero, Érika; Agüero, Karina Andrea; Agüero, Ricardo; Aguilar de Marún, Patricia; Aguirre, Carolina; Alaniz, María Victoria; Albareti, Dante Mario; Albors, Gladys; Alcaide, María Fernanda; Alé, Alejandra; Algañarás, Natalia; Allende, Patricia; Alluz de García, Ana María; Amarfil, Paula de; Andujar, Miryam; Antequeda, Giovanna; Arce, Analía; Archilla Natalia; Arias, Daniel; Armani, Miriam; Arredondo, Armando; Arroyo, Erica; Astorga, Fernanda; Astudillo, Miguel; Atán de Suárez, Nelly; Atencio, Elba; Baigorria, Cecilia; Balmaceda, Diego; Barboza, Alejandro; Barrionuevo, Silvana; Basanta, Joaquín; Basañes, Agustina; Basualdo, Cintia; Becerra Carracedo, Ana Clara; Becerra, Lucía de; Benítez, Hernán; Berjano, Victoria; Bocelli, Nora; Bonacosa, Mariana; Borchio, Inés; Bordón, Gabriela; Botti, Mariana; Braun, Érika; Brawn, Karin; Brizuela, Azucena; Brocca, Luciana; Bueno, Alejandra; Burgos, Guillermo; Bustos, Felix; Bustos, José Francisco; Bustos, Marcelo; Cáceres, Eugenia; Cachi, Eliana; Calderón, Marcelo; Cardinali, Viviana; Carletto, Flavia; Carnino, Bruno; Carrión, Claudia; Carrizo, Lilia; Carrizo, Yanina; Castro, Laura; Cavalier de Agüero, Cristina; Cebreli, María del Carmen; Cepeda, Carlos; Céspedes, Paula; Chávez, Sonia; Cigalat, Adriana; Cisella, Mónica; Clementi de Quiroga, Nines; Cobos, Ezequiel; Coll, Julio Nicolás; Combas, Juan; Coria, Ana de; Correa, Gabriela; Cortéz de Tell, María Teresa; Crim, Carlos; Crubelier, Analía; Cuadra, Juan Martín; De Cámpora, Teresa; De Gigantino, Noemí; De los Ríos, Gladys; De Sanctis, Eva; Del Carril, Elsa; Di Paola, Marcelo; Dias, Iris; Díaz de Palmero, Inés; Diaz, Ana; Dorazio, Beatriz; Duarte, Laura; Elizondo, Andrea; Elizondo, María Lizette; Escobar, Manuela; Falcoltini de la Vega, Viviana; Felddman, Claudio; Fernández de Cieza, Nury; Fernández de Hoese, Adriana; Fernández, Marcelo; Fernández, Mariana; Fernández, Sergio; Flia. 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SAN JUAN CORAL 2009

August 13th - 18th, 2009

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SAN JUAN CORAL 2011

August 11th - 16th, 2011

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APPLICATION FOR CHOIRS

INDIVIDUAL REGISTRATION

To participate, you must:

Send an application before March 15th, 2009 with the following material:

Application form fully completed.

Biography of the choir and the choirmaster in English and Spanish.

Choir, secretary, manager and/or conductor’s full address, fax and/or e-mail.

Choir’s or conductor’s website if any.

Two current photographs of the choir.

Recordings in high quality DVD or CD from a minimum of 15 minutes of music including the scores of all the pieces submitted.

Proposed programs with scores, list the titles, composer’s name and birth year and performance time for each selection. (Program A: 40 minutes, Program B. 15 minutes, Program C: 15 minutes). These programmes may be modified following all the conditions until June 30th, 2009.

Please note that these documents will not be returned.

Send the complete material to the following address:

María Elina Mayorga
Pje. Cervantes 1625. M1 C7
Bº SMATA
5400 San Juan – Argentina

Only applications that have complete documentation will be accepted.

More information:

María Elina Mayorga
Conductor, Universidad Católica de Cuyo's Choir
President, Festival's Artistic Commitee
Pasaje Cervantes 1625 - Mz. 1 Casa 7 - Bº SMATA
5400 San Juan – República Argentina

Telfax:+ 54 264 4234284 / 4292300

E-mail: mariaelinamayorga@gmail.com

elinamayorga@hotmail.com

extension@uccuyo.edu.ar

Web: http://www.freewebs.com/corouccuyo

http://www.uccuyo.edu.ar

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Like in our previous Festivals, we are organizing workshops and conferences in charge of famed specialists.
These will be oriented not only for participating choirs but specially to singers, conductors and musicians willing to participate in all or some of our programmed activities.

Detailed information of these activities will be published as soon as confirmed.

Please keep in touch.

For more information contact:

coro@uccuyo.edu.ar

mariaelinamayorga@gmail.com

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	SAN JUAN CORAL 2006 - SUMMARY

WORKSHOPS AND LECTURES:

	"Zoltan Kodály and his Musical Pedagogy"

Lecture - Workshop in charge of Prof. Lilla Gábor (Budapest, Hungary)
Tuesday, August 15th, Auditorium Juan Victoria.
Oriented to music teachers, musicians and others.
Organized in cooperation with the Music Department of Universidad Nacional de San Juan.

	“Contemporary Polish choral music"

Lecture by Dr. Pawel Lukaszewski (Poland)
Friday, August 18th, Auditorium Juan Victoria.
Organized in cooperation with the Argentinean - Polish Cultural Association and sponsored by the Polish Embassy.

	"Sacred Music in the Classicism: Coronation Mass K 317 by W. A. Mozart"

All the selected choirs and other argentinean and foreign singers and conductors participated in this Workshop. This enormous choir, with soloists and the Festival's Orchestra, performed Coronation Mass K. 317 by W. A. Mozart, in the Festival's Closing Concert on Monday, August 21st. At the same time we celebrated Mozart's 250th birthday.

	"Iberian music: religious polyphony in Spain and Portugal, 1500 – 1650"

Workshop in charge of Mtro. Claudio Morla (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Saturday 19th, Sunday 20th and Monday 21st, Auditorium Juan Victoria.
Oriented to conductors and singers. It consisted of an analysis oriented to the interpretation of several pieces. Besides famed composers, other figures worth of attention were represented by their work.

	"Hungarian Choral music"

Workshop in charge of Professor Lilla Gábor (Budapest, Hungary)
Saturday 19th, Sunday 20th and Monday 21st
It offered a general overview of hungarian choral music and it's more important composers. Hungarian composers' pieces, sacred and profane, were studied.

CONCERTS:

Choral welcome

	August 17th, 8.00 pm. All the choirs sang a representative song from their country. The objective of this informal meeting was getting to know each other, generating a friendly atmosphere.

Commented Concerts

Friday 18th at schools, churches, museums and San Juan city. The purpose of these concerts is to project the Festival to San Juan's citizens, to contribute to San Juan's cultural development and to generate love for choral music.

Detail of the concerts:

11 am: Ntra. Sra. de la Medalla Milagrosa School
Brasil 2531 oeste, esquina E. Echeverría - Bº Bancario - Rivadavia
CHAMBER CHOIR OF THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC OF BYDGOSZCZ
Conductor: Janusz Stanecki (Poland)

11.30 am: Central Universitario "Mariano Moreno" School
Av. Ignacio de la Roza 1527 oeste
CORO UNIVERSITARIO DE MENDOZA
Conductor: Silvana Vallesi (Mendoza - Argentina)

6.30 pm: Centro Polivalente de Artes School
Gral. Acha 1836 sur
CORO UNIVERSITARIO DE MISIONES
Conductor: Emilio Rocholl (Misiones - Argentina)

9.30 am: Natural Sciences Museum, of UNSJ
Av. España 408 norte
MADRIGAL MUSICANTO ITAJUBÁ
Conductor: Angelo Fernandes (Brazil)

8.30 pm: F. Rawson Arts Museum and A. Gnecco History Museum
Av. Rawson 631 sur
CHAMBER CHOIR OF PLAYA ANCHA UNIVERSITY
Conductor: Carlos Alberto Hernández Silva (Chile)

Festival Concerts:

Performed at Auditorium Juan Victoria on Saturday 19th, Sunday 20th and Monday 21st at 9.00 pm.

Participating choirs:
Coro Municipal de Córdoba (Córdoba, Argentina). Conductor: Gustavo Baez
Madrigal Musicanto de Itajubá (Brazil). Conductor: Angelo Fernández
Coro Universitario de Misiones (Misiones, Argentina). Conductor: Emilio Rocholl
Coro Universitario de Mendoza (Mendoza, Argentina). Conductor: Silvana Vallesi
Chamber Choir of the Academy of Music of Bydgoszcz (Poland). Conductor: Janusz Stanecki
Coro de Cámara Arturo Beruti (Argentina) Conductor: María Elina Mayorga
Chamber Choir of Playa Ancha University (Chile). Conductor: Carlos Alberto Hernández Silva
Coro de la Universidad Católica de Cuyo (Host choir, San Juan, Argentina). Conductor: María Elina Mayorga

"Coronation Mass" K 317, by W. A. Mozart for soloists, choir and orchestra was performed at the closing concert, on Monday 21st.
With the performance of: Silvina Sadoly (soprano), Gloria López (contralto), Marcelo Zelada (tenor), Fernando Lazari (barítone), with the selected choirs, conductors and singers who participated in the Festival's Workshops, argentinean and foreigners, and the Festival's Orchestra, all conducted by Maestro Antonio María Russo.

EXTENSION ACTIVITIES:

In Mendoza

August, Friday 28th at 9.00 pm
Modern Art Museum
Choral Concert: Chamber Choir of the Music Academy pf Bydgoszcz (Poland) and the Choir of Facultad de Filosofía y Letras of Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Conductor: Gonzalo Villalba.
Organized in cooperation with the Polish Association of Mendoza and Maestro Gonzalo Villaba.

In Buenos Aires

LECTURE

"Contemporary Polish choral music" in charge of Dr. Pawel Lukaszewski (Poland)
August, Thursday 17th, 7.00 pm
Salón San Ignacio of Universidad del Salvador, Tucumán 1845.
Organized in cooperation with Universidad del Salvador, the Argentinean - Polish Cultural Association and sponsored by the Polish Embassy.

CONCERTS

August 24th, 8.00pm
Nuestra Señora de Las Victorias Church
Paraguay 1204
Choral Concert: Madrigal Musicanto de Itajuba (Brazil), Conductor: Ángelo Fernández

August 24th, 7.00pm
Sarmiento Museum
Juramento 2180
Choral Concert: Chamber Choir of the Music Academy of Bydgoszcz (Poland), Conductor Janusz Stanecki

August 25th, 6.30pm
National Congress - Conference Romm
Hipólito Irigoyen 1864
Choral Concert:
Chamber Choir of the Music Academy of Bydgoszcz (Poland), Conductor Janusz Stanecki amd Madrigal Musicanto de Itajuba (Brazil), Conductor Ángelo Fernández.

Organized in cooperation with Casa de San Juan en Buenos Aires and Mus. Marta Germani, Director of Sarmiento Museum, and sponsored by Dra. Marina Riofrío, National Senator and Margarita Ferrá de Bartol, National Deputy.

SPECIAL GUESTS:

Many important musicians and representatives of different choir Associations from around the world traveled to San Juan to attend "San Juan Coral 2006", invited specially by Universidad Católica de Cuyo and San Juan's Government
Our guests were:

Jean Claude Wilkens (Bélgium), Secretary General of IFCMInternational Federation for Choral Music; Dolf Rabus (Germany), IFCM's Treasurer, organizer of the Sacred Music Contest in Marktoberdorf and administrator of CFN Choral Festival Network; Roger Perea representing Coro Polifónico de Panamá (Panamá); Hans Lundgren (Sweden), President of the Swedish Choral Association; Naomi Faran (Israel), Choir Conductor in Israel; César Santos Tejada (Ecuador), President of the Ecuadorian Choral Association, Aarne Saluver (Estonia), President of the Estonian Choral Association; Vilson Gavaldão (Brazil), President of the Brazilian Choral Conductors Association; Luis Olivieri (Puerto Rico), representing the Choral Federation of Central America and the Caribbean; María Adela Alvarado (Venezuela), representing choirs from Venezuela and Daniel Sartori, from the Argentinean Chancellery.

INTERNET LIVE BROADCASTING:

For the first time in the Festival's History, all the concerts in the Auditorium were transmitted live in MUSICA CORAL by Internet Ampaira On Line.


	SAN JUAN CORAL 2004 - SUMMARY

WORKSHOPS AND LECTURES:

Claudio Morla and his students

"Gregorian chant and its projection in Renaissance polyphony"

In charge of Mtro. Claudio Morla (Buenos Aires - Argentina)

		"Tendencies of the Brazilian Choral Repertoire from the end of the 19th Century"

In charge of Mtro. Dr. Marco Antonio da Silva Ramos and Prof. Susana Igayara (Sao Paulo - Brazil)
Scores study: Maestro Marco Antonio da Silva Ramos. Musicological Comments: Prof. Susana Cecília Igayara.
Sacred Choral music and the compositional transformations after 'Motu Proprio' in 1903 and the Second Vatican Council - Confrontation Nationalism / Vanguard - Live composers and present tendencies - Choral arrangements, an amateur choir practice.

	"Marian Music in Viceroyal Mexico"

In charge of Mtro. David Arontes Reyes (México DF - México)
Overview of the pieces dedicated to Virgin Mary, produced in Mexico's Cathedral, Puebla's Cathedral, Oaxaca's Cathedral and Convent de la Encarnación in San Angel.

Antonio Russo, Silvina Sadoly, Mónica Sardi

"Choral Studies Workshop"

In charge of Maestro Antonio M. Russo, Honorary Professor of Universidad Católica de Cuyo.

"Vesperae Solennes de Confessore", KV 339, for soloists, choir and orchestra, by W. A. Mozart.

CONCERTS:

Choral Welcome

Thursday at 9.00pm

Organ concert by Prof. José Luis de Aquino (Sao Paulo - Brazil)

Commented Concerts

Friday 13th at schools, churchs, museums and San Juan city. The purpose of these concerts is to project the Festival to San Juan's citizens, to contribute to San Juan's cultural development and to generate love for choral music.

Detail of the Concerts:

5.30pm: Centro Polivalente de Artes
Gral. Acha 1836 sur
AGRUPACIÓN DE CÁMARA "ARS VIVA"
Conductor: Juan Alberto Ruiz (Mixed choir - Córdoba - Argentina)

6.00pm: Normal San Martín School
Estados Unidos 500 sur
CHAMBER CHOIR OF SAN NICOLÁS
Conductor: Gonzalo Martín (Mixed choir - Prov. de Buenos Aires - Argentina)

8.00pm: San Francisco Church
Sarmiento 332 norte
STUDIO CORAL - VOCES FEMENINAS
Conductor: Marco Antonio Da Silva Ramos (Feminine choir - Sao Paulo - Brazil)

8.00pm: Ntra. Sra. de la Medalla Milagrosa Church
E. Echeverría esq. Brasil - Bº Bancario - Rivadavia
COLLEGIUM CANTORUM ACADÉMICO POLITÉCNICO CHESTOCHOWSKIEJ
Conductor: Janusz Siadlak (Mixed choir - Poland)

8.30pm: F. Rawson Arts Museum
Av. Rawson 631 sur
BÉLA BARTÓK CHOIR
Conductor:Tamás Lakner (Male choir - Pécs - Hungary)

8.30pm: Caucete Cultural Hall (Caucete)
CHOIR OF THE NATIONAL CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
Conductor: David Arontes Reyes (Mied choir - México DF)

Festival Concerts

Performed at Auditorium Juan Victoria on Saturday 14th, Sunday 15th and Monday 16th at 9.00pm.

Participating choirs:

Agrupación de Cámara "Ars Viva" (Mixed choir - Córdoba - Argentina) Conductor: Juan Alberto Ruiz
Collegium Cantorum Académico Politécnico Chestochwskiej (Mixed choir - Poland) Conductor: Janusz Siadlak
Béla Bartók (Male choir - Pécs - Hungary) Conductor: Tamás Lakner
Arturo Beruti Chamber Choir (mixed choir - San Juan - Argentina) Conductor: María Elina Mayorga
Chamber Choir of San Nicolás (Mixed choir - Prov. de Buenos Aires - Argentina) Conductor: Gonzalo Martín
Choir of the National Conservatory of Music (Mixed choir - México DF) Conductor: David Arontes Reyes
Studio Coral - Voces Femeninas (Feminine choir - Sao Paulo - Brazil) Conductor: Marco Antonio Da Silva Ramos
UNSJ's Universitary choir (Mixed choir - San Juan - Argentina) Conductor: Guillermo Tessone
Universidad Católica de Cuyo's Choir (Mixed choir - San Juan - Argentina) Conductor: María Elina Mayorga

"Vesperae Solennes de Confesore" K 339, by W. A. Mozart for soloists, choir and orchestra was performed at the closing concert, on Monday 16th.
With the performance of: Silvina Sadoly (soprano), Mónica Sardi (contralto), Horváth István (tenor), Bognár Szabolcs (barítone), with the selected choirs, conductors and singers who participated in the Festival's Workshops, argentinean and foreigners, and the Festival's Orchestra, all conducted by Maestro Antonio María Russo.

EXTENSION ACTIVITIES:

Organized in cooperation with Casa de San Juan en Buenos Aires, Mtro. Fernando Moruja, Prof. Mónica Pacheco, Mtro. Diego Bosquet (Argentina) and Mtro. Alejandro Guillermo en Uruguay.
Concerts in Conservatorio Superior de Música Manuel de Falla, Teatro Colón's Golden Hall, First Methodist Church (Buenos Aires) and Montevideo's Cathedral (Uruguay)


	SAN JUAN CORAL 2002 - SUMMARY

WORKSHOPS:

	"Choral Studies Workshop"

In charge of Maestro Antonio M. Russo, Honorary Professor of Universidad Católica de Cuyo.

G. F. Händel: Anthem VIII HWV 253 "O come, let us sing unto the Lord" for Soprano and Tenor, Choir and Orchestra.

CONCERTS:

Commented concerts

Friday 16th at schools, churchs, museums and San Juan city. The purpose of these concerts is to project the Festival to San Juan's citizens, to contribute to San Juan's cultural development and to generate love for choral music.

Detail of the concerts:

5.45pm: Central Universitario M. Moreno School - I. de la Roza 1527 oeste - CORAL CANTO EM CANTO (BRAZIL) Conductor: Elza Lakschevitz

7.45pm: Ntra. Sra. de la Medalla Milagrosa Church (Barrio Bancario) - CORAL FEMENINO DE SAN JUSTO - Conductor: Roberto Saccente

8.00pm: Mª Auxiliadora Church of Don Bosco School - 9 de Julio 809 este - CORAL ARS SUBTILIS - Conductor: Hernán Schvartzman

8.00pm: Fray Mamerto Esquiú School - Av. I. de la Roza - CORO DE CAMARA DE TUCUMAN - Conductor: Ricardo Steinsleger

8.15pm: San Francisco Church - Sarmiento 378 norte - THE STONY BROOK CAMERATA SINGERS (USA) Conductor: Dr.Timothy Mount

9.00pm: La Merced Church - Rivadavia esq. Aberastain - CORO UNIVERSITARIO DE SANTIAGO (Chile) - Conductor: Pablo Carrasco V.

Festival concerts

Performed at Auditorium Juan Victoria on Saturday 17th, Sunday 18th and Monday 19th at 9.00pm.

Participating choirs:

CORAL FEMENINO DE SAN JUSTO
Conductor: Roberto Saccente - Provincia de Buenos Aires

CORO DE CÁMARA DE LA MUNICIPALIDAD DE MORÓN
Conductor: Guillermo Tesone - Provincia de Buenos Aires

CORO DE CÁMARA TUCUMÁN
Conductor: Ricardo Steinsleger - Provincia de Tucumán

CORO DE CÁMARA ARTURO BERUTI
Conductor: María Elina Mayorga - Provincia de San Juan

CORAL CANTO EM CANTO DE RIO DE JANEIRO
Conductor: Elza Lakschevitz - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

CORO UNIVERSITARIO DE SANTIAGO
Conductor: Pablo Carrasco Villablanca – Santiago – Chile

THE STONY BROOK CAMERATA SINGERS
Conductor: Dr. Timothy Mount - New York - United States

GRUPO CORAL ARS SUBTILIS
Conductor: Hernán Schvartzman - Ciudad de Buenos Aires

Host Choir:
CORO DE LA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CUYO.
Conductor: María Elina Mayorga

Anthem VIII HWV 253 "O Come, let us sing unto the Lord" by G. F. Händel, for soprano and tenor, choir and orchestra was performed at the closing concert, on Monday 19th.
With the performance of: Sonia Stelman (soprano) and Ricardo Gonzalez Dorrego (tenor), with the selected
choirs, conductors and singers who participated in the Festival's Workshops, argentinean and foreigners, and
the Festival's Orchestra, all conducted by Maestro Antonio María Russo.

EXTENSION ACTIVITIES:

In Buenos Aires

	Sang mass and concert by The Stony Brook Camerata Singers (New York - Conductor: Dr. Timothy Mount) at Santa Catalina de Siena Church and Monastery.


	SAN JUAN CORAL 2000 - SUMMARY

TALLERES:

	"Choral Studies Workshop"

In charge of Maestro Antonio M. Russo, Honorary Professor of Universidad Católica de Cuyo.

G. F. Händel - Anthem “O praise the Lord with one consent”

CONCERTS:

Commented concerts

Friday 18th at schools, churchs, museums and San Juan city. The purpose of these concerts is to project the Festival to San Juan's citizens, to contribute to San Juan's cultural development and to generate love for choral music.

Detail of the concerts:

11.00am: Normal Sarmiento School (Libertador y Alem) CORAL NUEVAS VOCES - Conductor: R. Mansilla (Mendoza)

5.30pm: Fray Mamerto Esquiú School (Av. J. I. de la Roza 1981 oeste) CORO DE MADRIGALISTAS DE LA UMCE - Conductor: R.Godoy P. (Santiago - Chile)

5.45pm: Central Universitario School (Av. J. I. de la Roza 1527 oeste) CAMERATA CORAL DE LA UNIVERSIDAD DE VERACRUZ - Conductor: E Sleziak Kandora (Xalapa-México)

8.00pm: San Francisco de Asís Church (Sarmiento 332 norte, entre P.Echagüe y Maipú.) CHOIR OF LUBLIN'S CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY - Conductor: G.Pecka (Lublin - Poland)

Festival concerts

Performed at Auditorium Juan Victoria on Saturday 17th, Sunday 18th and Monday 19th at 9.00pm.

Participating choirs:

CAMERATA CORAL DE LA UNIVERSIDAD DE VERACRUZ
Conductor: Eugenio Sleziak Kandora - (Xalapa, México)

CORAL NUEVAS VOCES
Conductor: Ricardo J. Mansilla (Mendoza, Argentina)

CORO DE CAMARA ARTURO BERUTI
Conductor: María Elina Mayorga (San Juan, Argentina)

CORO DE CAMARA AVE
Conductor: Andraz Hauptman (Eslovenia)

CORO DE LA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE LUBLIN
Conductor: Grzegorz Pecka (Lublin, Polonia)

CORO DE MADRIGALISTAS DE LA UNIV. METROPOLITANA DE CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACION
Conductor: Ruth Godoy Peralta (Santiago, Chile)

CORO VOCACIONAL DE LA UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN JUAN
Conductor: José D. Petracchini (San Juan, Argentina)

Host Choir
CORO DE LA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CUYO
Conductor: María Elina Mayorga (San Juan, Argentina)

"O praise the Lord with one consent" by G. F. Händel was performed at the closing concert, on Monday 21st.


	SAN JUAN CORAL 1998 - SUMMARY

WORKSHOPS:

	"Choral Studies Workshop"

In charge of Maestro Antonio M. Russo, Honorary Professor of Universidad Católica de Cuyo.

Felix Mendelssohn - "Drei Geistliche Lieder"

CONCERTS:

Commented concerts

Friday 14th and Sunday 16th at schools, churchs, museums and San Juan city. The purpose of these concerts is to project the Festival to San Juan's citizens, to contribute to San Juan's cultural development and to generate love for choral music.

Detail of the concerts:

Friday 14th:

Central Universitario”Mariano Moreno” School (Av. José I De La Roza 1527 Oeste) CORAL DE LA RABIDA – Conductor: Fernando Moruja (Buenos Aires)

Agustín Gnecco Museum (Av. Rawson 631 Sur) CORO DEL GRUPO CAMARA CHILE – Conductor: Mario Baeza (Santiago, Chile) Staged concert called “Schubertiada”

Sunday 16th:

Singed Mass at Ntra. Sra. de los Desamparados Church - CORO DEL GRUPO CAMARA CHILE

Festival concerts

Performed at Auditorium Juan Victoria on Saturday 15th, Sunday 16th and Monday 17th at 9.00pm.

Participating choirs:

GRUPO CAMARA CHILE - Conductor: Mario Baeza G. (Santiago, Chile)

CORO DE ESTUDIANTES DE LA PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE - Conductor: Víctor Alarcón D. (Santiago, Chile)

CORO VOCACIONAL DE LA UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN JUAN - Conductor: José D. Petracchini (San Juan, Argentina)

CORO UDAP (Caucete) Conductor: Roberto Villegas (San Juan, Argentina)

CORO DE CAMARA ARTURO BERUTI - Conductor: María Elina Mayorga (San Juan, Argentina)

CORAL DE LA RABIDA - Conductor: Fernando Moruja (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Host Choir:
CORO DE LA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CUYO - Conductor: María Elina Mayorga (San Juan, Argentina)

"Drei Geistliche Lieder" by Félix Mendelssohn for choir and orchestra was performed at the closing concert, on Monday 17th.
With the performance of: Alejandra Herrera (mezzosoprano) and the selected choirs all conducted by Maestro Antonio María Russo.

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Workshops & lectures

"San Juan Coral" gives study possibilities to choirs, conductors and singers.
At the beginning, this opportunity was just offered to selected choirs, who had to prepare a given piece, which was exhaustively studied at the Choral Studies Workshop in charge of Maestro Antonio Russo and then performed at the Closing Concert of the Festival.
The great interest generated by this Workshop, motivated the organizers to extend and diversify this activity by the inclusion of other workshops and lectures, set on a convenient schedule and attended by many conductors and other musicians from Argentina and other countries.
This way, those who come to the Festival, have the opportunity to study all day long and enjoy the evening concerts, closing their active participation with all the selected choirs at the Closing Concert.

PREVIOUS WORKSHOPS AND LECTURES:

	Choral Studies Workshop

The Choral Studies Workshop was included since the Festival's first edition.
Maestro Antonio Russo is a wonderful choir conductor, orchestra conductor, teacher and composer. Using the word's widest meaning, a real Maestro.

Each Festival's Choral Studies Workshop has been organized under his baton.
All the selected choirs and other attendants rehears during the Festival.
Many conductors and singers have participated with lots of enthusiasm for this activity. Because of that it is a continuous project of Universidad Catolica de Cuyo's Choir since 1998.
Recognizing his life work and all the work he has developed in San Juan, Universidad Católica de Cuyo designated Maestro Antonio María Russo Honorary Professor of this University.
The chosen repertoire for each Festival has been:

F. Mendelssohn: "Drei Geistliche Lieder" Op. 96

G. F. Händel: Anthem IX HWV 254 "O praise the Lord with one consent"

G. F. Händel: Anthem VIII HWV 253 "O Come, let us sing unto the Lord"

W. A. Mozart.: "Vesperae Solennes de Confessore", KV 339

W. A. Mozart: Coronation Mass K 317

About Antonio Russo:

Antonio María Russo was born in Messina, Sicily, Italy.
He arrived Argentina on 1951 and became an Argentinean citizen on 1960.
He studied with Erwin Leuchter, Roberto Kinski, Enrique Sivieri, Carlos Suffern and Julio Floriani.
He graduated as a Piano Professor from the Municipal Conservatory "Manuel de Falla" and as Orchestra Conductor from the Superior Institute of Art of Colon Theatre

CHOIR CONDUCTOR
Antonio María Russo started his career conducting Collegium Musicum's Children Choir and the choir of the Architecture Students and Faculty of Buenos Aires' National University.
He has conducted the Buenos Aires Wagner Association Choir (1966-1990), the Buenos Aires Bach choir (1965-1985), the National Polyphonic choir of the Argentine Republic (1987-1990) and the Permanent Colon Theatre Choir (1989-1992).
He also conducted the Buenos Aires National Conservatory of Music "Carlos Lopez Buchardo" choir (1973-1977).

ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR
In an uninterrupted way he has performed conducting the Argentine National Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonic Orchestra and the Permanent Orchestra of Colon Theatre, the Argentine Theatre of La Plata Orchestra, Symphony Orchestras of Mendoza, Tucumán, San Juan, Bahía Blanca, Santa Fe and Mar del
Plata (Argentina); SODRE's Orchestra and Montevideo Municipal Symphony Orchestra (Uruguay); the National Symphony Orchestra of Chile and Porto Alegre Symphony Orchestra (Brazil).
He was leading conductor of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Colon Theatre in 1982 and Artistic and General Director of the Argentine Theatre of La Plata from 1983 to 1986 and again in 1992.
Since its creation in 1999, he is the most invited conductor by Juventus Lyrica, and opera group with a very intense activity.
He has conducted many premiers in Argentina: "Jephte" by G.F. Händel (Colon Theatre), "Thamos, King of Egypt" by W.A.Mozart: (Colon Theatre), "Stabat Mater" by F.J. Haydn (Colon Theatre), "Scenes from Fausto" by R. Schumann (Colon Theatre), "Glagolitic Mass" by L. Janacek (Colon Theatre), "Requiem" by F. Martin (Colon Theatre), "Spring Symphony" by B. Britten (National Symphony Orchestra - Buenos Aires), "Domestic War" F. Schubert (CDM Musical Diffusion Centre - Buenos Aires' Municipality), "Celos, aún del aire matan"
by J. Hidalgo (*) (Colon Theatre).
(*) First Spanish Baroque opera with texts by Calderón de la Barca.

COMPOSER
He intensified his work as a composer since 1992.
Antonio María Russo has written works for a Cappella choir, voice and piano, chamber ensemble, symphony orchestra, children choir, and different vocal and instrumental ensembles.
In November, 1996 he conducted the first audition of his Profane Cantata "Eros-Selene-Eros", for soprano, choir and orchestra.
In 1997, Buenos Aires' Vicar commissioned the composition of "Misa Corpus Christi", for choir, orchestra and four soloists, performed on June 14th, 1998
In October 1999 he conducted the first audition of his "Pequeños blancos amores" for children choir, two sopranos and orchestra, which was commissioned by the Choral Institute of Santa Fe.
In November 1999 he conducted in Buenos Aires his "Magnificat", for Mezzo-soprano, choir and orchestra.
In November, 2000 he conducted in Rome (Italy) the European premier of his "Misa Corpus Christi", with the "Roma Symphony" and "Cantoría Lugano" sponsored by the International Association Friends of Sacred Music.
In July 2002 he conducted the first audition of his "Passio Secundum Joannen", commissioned by La Plata's Bishop, Monsignor Héctor Aguer, with the National Symphony Orchestra, the National Polyphonic Choir and the
National Youth Choir.

TEACHER
Antonio María Russo was Professor of Choral Conduction at the Provintial Conservatory "Juan José Castro" (La Lucila - Buenos Aires) from 1996 to 2002.
He was Professor of Choral Practice at the National Conservatory of Music "Carlos Lopez Buchardo" from 1977 to 2000.
From 1980 to 1985 he was Professor of Choral Conduction and Orchestral Conduction at the Argentine Catholic University.
From 1997 to 2000 he was Professor of Choral Conduction and Orchestral Conduction at the National Superior Institute of Arts of Río Negro Province.
Since 2001 he is Professor of Choral Conduction at I. U. N. A. (National Universitary Institute of Arts) in Buenos Aires.
Since 2004 he is Professor of Orchestral Conduction at the Beethoven Conservatory in Buenos Aires.

AWARDS
In 1981 he was invited to London city by the British Council as a Guest of Honor because of the quality and amount of his premieres of English Music.
In 1982 he earned the "Manzana de las Luces Award" for his artistic achievements, and then the Konex Award in 1990.
In April 1998 the Association of Musical Reviewers of Argentina awarded him for his Musical Trajectory.
In 1998 the Nation Commission of "Manzana de las Luces" named him "Senador de las Luces".
In 1999 he was named "Important Personality of the Argentinean Culture" by the Secretariat of Culture of the National Presidency.
In 2001 he received an "Honor Diploma" from the National Senate recognizing his musical achievements.
In 2002 he was named Honorary Professor of the Catholic University of Cuyo.
In 2003 the Association of Music Reviewers of Argentina awarded him, considering his "Passio Secundum Joannem" the best Argentinean piece premiered in 2002.
In May, 2003 he was nominated between the three best Argentinean Orchestra Conductors for the "Association of Musical Reviewers Awards"
In April, 2004 the Association of Musical Reviewers of Argentina named him the best orchestra conductor of 2003.

"Marian Music in Vice-royal Mexico"

An overview of the compositions dedicated to Virgin Mary, produced at Mexico Cathedral, Puebla Cathedral, Oaxaca Cathedral and Convento de la Encarnación at San Ángel.

In charge of Mtro. David Arontes Reyes (Mexico DF - Mexico)

About David Arontes Reyes:

He was born in Mexico City. He studied Choral Conduction with Alberto Alva and Cecilia Velázquez.
He is the conductor of the CCH Choir, Harmonnia Choir, the Mexican Choir of INBA and the Choir of the National Conservatory of Music.
He has performed in the most important concert halls of Mexico and abroad: Colombia, France, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Germany and Hungary.
He is co-founder and board member of "Santa Cecilia" Choir Conductor's Association, he is lecturer of the Latin American Foundation of Culture [FUNDICE] and he is a member of the Faculty of the National Conservatory of
Music.

"Brazilian repertoire tendencies since the endings of the 19th century"

Sacred Choral Music and the compositional transformations resultants of "Motu Proprio" of 1903 and the 2º Vatican Council - The Nationalism/Vanguard confrontation - Living authors and current tendencies - choral arrangements, an amateur choir's practice.

In charge of Mtro. Dr. Marco Antonio da Silva Ramos and Prof. Susana Igayara (Sao Paulo - Brazil)
Reading: Maestro Marco Antonio da Silva Ramos.
Musicological comments: Prof. Susana Cecília Igayara.

About Marco Antonio da Silva Ramos:

Marco Antonio da Silva Ramos is Professor at the Music Department of the Communications and Arts School (ECA) of Sao Paulo's University, Brazil (USP).
At the moment he is sub-chief of that Department and Coordinator of the Choral Singing Lab at the Communications and Arts School (ECA).
He is in charge of the direction and tutelage of mastership thesis and he is a board member of the Symphony Orchestra of USP.
He has participated as an invited conductor of the Winter Festival of Campos de Jordão, Choir of the Camerata Antiqua of Curitiba, Collegiate Chorale of the University of Wyoming, among others.
In February 2004 he conducted the International Vocal Ensemble of Indiana University at the American Association of Choral Conductors Convention (ACDA) in Indianapolis.