EUBO MOBILE BAROQUE ACADEMY

Pathways & Performances

Courses 2016-2018

EUBO Mobile Baroque Academy (EMBA) builds

on the 30-year successful track-record of the

European Union Baroque Orchestra (EUBO) in

providing training and performing opportunities

for young EU orchestral musicians and a bridge

into the profession. Between 2015 and 2018

the EMBA project will extend and develop the

possibilities for players of baroque instruments

who intend to pursue a professional career.

EMBA is broader in scope than the ‘EUBO’

programme: it offers a pathway from an earlier

stage of conservatoire training via orchestral

experience through to the first steps in the

professional world. The EMBA project

addresses the unequal provision across Europe

of opportunities for baroque music education

for performers and audiences. EMBA identifies

areas where the playing field can be levelled in

the early music sector and will establish four

‘bridges’ (listed below) to meet these needs.

EMBA will nurture talent, maintain performance

quality, and encourage creativity and the mobility

of artists and ideas. The activities of EMBA

comprise music education (masterclasses,

courses), performances (international touring,

recordings), audience development (including

schools work, and a project with puppeteers),

an orchestral apprentice scheme, and a digital

programme of interviews, comment and advice

related to baroque music and period

performance.

EMBA’s ‘bridges’ are: N-S-E-W: to reduce the geographical divergence in resources and opportunities

Performer <-> Audience: to create inspirational live experiences and engage audiences

Student -> Professional: to equip young musicians with a portfolio of skills

Live -> Digital: to embrace new technologies to disseminate expertise, performances and resources

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EMBA & Education

The activities of the EUBO Mobile Baroque Academy are grouped broadly under two themes which are music

education and performance. To broaden the spectrum of instrumental tuition offered in different regions and

to maintain a high level in historically informed performance in Europe the EMBA project organises the

following educational activities:

• Tutor+1 scheme: visits to conservatoires

• Interactive masterclasses using digital technologies to bridge

geographical divides

• Masterclasses and workshops for ‘modern’ musicians

• A course for conservatoire students based in the East of Europe

• Orchestral courses each year in Echternach, Luxembourg to

coach, train and select musicians

• International residential course in Echternach, Luxembourg

• ‘Baroque Bytes’: recordings, podcasts, videos, insider

information, comment and tips, available as an on-line resource

• Expanding network of contacts and resources

EMBA Foundation Course - HIP @ 415 Hz National University of Music in Bucharest, Romania from 13 to 20 November 2016

Course Director Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Director of Studies Margaret Faultless, and 6 other world-class tutors from conservatoires from around Europe

Tuition on baroque instruments to student musicians whose experience is limited to modern instruments and for whom period performance tuition is difficult to access in their place of domicile

Some baroque instruments (A=415 Hz) provided Will include a performance by the European Union Baroque Orchestra Follow the European Union Baroque Orchestra on Facebook to find out more Students participating in the Foundation Course will be encouraged to subsequently take part in an Orchestral

Selection Course. NB: not an opportunity to audition for the European Union Baroque Orchestra. Opportunity for participants to expand their network of contacts and find out more about early music programmes

offered by the leading conservatoires in Europe

EMBA Orchestral Selection Course Cultural Centre Trifolion in Echternach, Luxembourg from 5 to 8 April 2016 & from 8 to 11 April 2016

Course Director Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Director of Studies Margaret Faultless, and 9 other experienced historically informed performance specialists as tutors

At the orchestral courses the musicians attend orchestral and chamber music sessions and individual lessons Tutors deliver baroque music experience and training of a quality and intensity unavailable elsewhere Applications invited from musicians playing a baroque instrument (A=415 Hz) Details on the courses and the application process published in mid-January 2016 Applicants must be born after 1 January 1986 and have the nationality of one of the countries eligible for the Creative

Europe programme of the European Union Following the two courses a final selection of players will be made to form the 2016 EUBO.

Further details of the application process, course schedules and course fees will be provided closer the time of

each course. You can find out more at www.eubo.eu or contact the EUBO office emailing info@eubo.eu.

EMBA Orchestral Selection Course Cultural Centre Trifolion in Echternach, Luxembourg from 18 to 21 April 2017 & from 21 to 24 April 2017

Course Director Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Director of Studies Margaret Faultless and 9 other experienced historically informed performance specialists as tutors

At the orchestral courses the musicians attend orchestral and chamber music sessions and individual lessons Tutors deliver baroque music experience and training of a quality and intensity unavailable elsewhere. Applications invited from musicians playing a baroque instrument (A=415 Hz) Details on the courses and the application process published in mid-January 2017 Applicants must be born after 1 January 1987 and have the nationality of one of the countries eligible for the Creative

Europe programme of the European Union Following the two courses a final selection of players will be made to form the 2017 EUBO.

EMBA Orchestral Selection Course Cultural Centre Trifolion in Echternach. Luxembourg from 3 to 6 April & from 6 to 9 April 2018

Course Director Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Director of Studies Margaret Faultless and 9 other experienced historically informed performance specialists as tutors

At the orchestral courses the musicians attend orchestral and chamber music sessions and individual lessons

Tutors deliver baroque music experience and training of a quality and intensity unavailable elsewhere.

Applications invited from musicians playing a baroque instrument (A=415 Hz)

Details on the courses and the application process published in mid-January 2018

Applicants must be born after 1 January 1988 and have the nationality of one of the countries eligible to the Creative Europe programme of the European Union

Following the two courses a final selection of players will be made to form the 2018 EUBO.

EMBA International Course - HIP Goes Huge Cultural Centre Trifolion in Echternach. Luxembourg from 11 to 20 August 2018

Course Director Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Director of Studies Margaret Faultless and 6 other experienced historically informed performance specialists as tutors

Tuition on baroque instruments (A=415 Hz) At the orchestral courses the musicians attend orchestral and chamber music sessions and individual lessons Tutors deliver baroque music experience and training of the highest quality Will include a performance by the course tutors Open to musicians of all nationalities interested to meet the EMBA Faculty NB: not an opportunity to audition for the European Union Baroque Orchestra Follow the European Union Baroque Orchestra on Facebook to find out more Opportunity for participants to expand their network of contacts and find out more about early music programmes

offered by the leading conservatoires in Europe

HIP = Historically Informed Performance

Baroque Repertoire = music from around 1600 to 1750

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EMBA Activities

Music education

‘Tutor + 1’ masterclasses

Interactive digital masterclasses

Workshops with conservatoire students

Orchestral courses

Orchestral Performances

Creation of a new EUBO orchestra each year

In depth study of varied orchestral repertoire

More than 20 concert tours throughout the EU

Concerts in prestigious Festivals

Performances with singers, dancers, and puppeteers

Audience & Professional Development

Orchestral apprentice scheme

Early Music Platform Forums

Family-friendly performances

Artists visiting schools

Interdisciplinary events

‘Baroque Bytes’ online resource

EMBA Partners

European Union Baroque Orchestra (UK)

Association Européenne des Conservatoires (BE)

Concerto Copenhagen (DK)

Estonian Record Productions (EE)

Villa Musica Rheinland-Pfalz (DE)

Trifolion/Festival/Ville d’Echternach (LU)

Arts Council Malta/Teatru Manoel/

Valletta International Baroque Festival (MT)

Royal Conservatoire of Music The Hague (NL)

St John’s Smith Square, London (UK)

Universitatea Nationala De Muzica Din Bucuresti (RO)

For further information on the EMBA project please contact EUBO Administration at info@eubo.eu or +44 1993 812111.

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Other Educational Activities

Tutor + 1: the Royal Conservatoire The Hague sends world-class music professors to Higher Music Education institutions on multiple occasions during the EMBA project to give tuition over 2 days to students and teachers.

Interactive digital masterclasses: tuition delivered remotely from the Royal Conservatoire The Hague to participating institutions. This activity will be developed, tested and delivered over the project and it is anticipated that 12 interactive digital masterclasses will be delivered by the end of 2018.

Early Music Platforms (EMPs): the Association Européenne des Conservatoires promotes three Early Music Platforms taking place in November 2015 (CZ), March 2017 (NL) and December 2018 (MT). Presently there are only ±40 full-scope conservatoire early music departments, most concentrated in western European countries. EMPs focus on the role of conservatoires in preparing early music students for professional life, and the balance between taught skills and ‘real life’ experience. EMPs consist of two days of conference discussions, with contributions from artists and faculty members working with the EMBA project and a performance of baroque repertoire by EUBO. Participants (80-100 per EMP) include conservatoire teachers, administrators, students and concert promoters throughout Europe.

Baroque Bytes: Digital actions of EMBA are known collectively by the title ‘Baroque Bytes’. Digital content such as audio-visual material for online sharing, DigiPods with an anthology of material about a core piece of baroque orchestral repertoire, including musicological background and a digitalised score, audio or video recordings of EUBO rehearsal and performance, and interviews in different languages with the Faculty and orchestra members is made available in social media and on EUBO’s website. Social Media: All participants and friends of the EMBA project are encouraged to share news and comment in social media to solicit engagement in the field of historically informed performance .