The Summer School

Workshops constitute a central core in the residency, working at once as moments of presentation and exchange among the residency fellows, as well as learning opportunity for local musicians and students. Workshops are structured so that theory and technique can be grounded in practice.
Participants will be able to directly experiment with the musicians, play and work with them in an open and interdisciplinary dialogue that spans from composition to performance, from production to recording and distribution. Participants also share convivial moments with the guest artists and are involved in different performances open to the public. Often musicians are involved in public conversations with other artists, professors and specialists of different disciplines.

8 june - Palazzo Ducale, S. Cesario di Lecce
Robert Black (doublebass)
'The Unknown Doublebass'.
Robert will be demonstrating pieces by Xenakis, Scelsi, Ziporyn, Gordon, Tenney, Smith and many, many more.

9 june - Palazzo Ducale, S. Cesario di Lecce
Evan Ziporyny (composer, clarinets)
“Breathing The World Through the Clarinet". 
Evan Ziporyn will demonstrate and discuss his approach to solo repertoire and performance. Combining composition, ethnomusicology, organology, and acoustics, Ziporyn has developed an individual, holistic style to original works, arrangements, and interpretations.  

11 june - Castello Carlo V, Lecce
Terry Riley (composer)
“My life in music and specific interests such as Raga”
Terry will demonstrate and play examples, inviting musicians to improvise with him.