Antxón Ayestarán's music workshop

November 1984 saw the culmination of a project that had constituted one of the principal hopes and dreams of the then conductor Antxon Ayestarán: The creation of a Music School for children.

The Report published in 1973 stated that: 'Musical sensitivity and love of music should be fostered from earliest childhood. Children's comprehensive development requires a harmonious balance between their different physical and intellectual faculties.

WHAT DO WE DO?

We aim to awaken children's love of and feeling for music, with the possible later option of music literacy and training, seeking always to ensure that they enjoy music as a source of pleasure in itself and as a tool for exploring other areas.

HOW?

• DISCvering sound environments and territories
• Playing 'what can I hear?'
• Listening to all sorts of music, both classical and modern
• Inventing sound sequences, which we read and write

WITH WHAT?

• With USOs (unidentified sound objects)
• With IFs (instrument families)
• With VRS (visual representation of sound, scores)
• With sound photographs: recordings
• With BASCHET instruments (sound toys and sculptures)

WHEN?

During the school year

Two weekly sessions on alternate days, outside school hours.

WITH WHOM?

A highly qualified teaching staff specialising in musical education, with extensive experience gained over 15 years in the Workshop.

TEACHERS

• Odei Astibia
• Mª Tere Balerdi
• Sabina Holzner
• Carol López de Landatxe
• Ana Salaberria

REGISTRATION

In June and September.

AGE

From 4-5 to 7-8 years old.

COURSES

Four annual courses. Students receive auditory and rhythmic training and learn to recognise musical codes, as well as participating in age-appropriate instrument workshops and musical auditions.

Similarly, they start singing lessons, and are given the opportunity to continue in the Orfeoi-Txiki (children's choir) or to start playing an instrument in the Violin Classroom.

GROUPS

• Depending on age and school year
• Maximum of 15 children per group

MORE INFORMATION

info@orfeondonostiarra.org

Tel.: +34 943 422 239