Type of seminar: Open - Music Group (suitable for vocalists & instruments) 

Participant level: Basic to Intermediate

Sight Reading: not always necessary

In this seminar we will focus on compositions coming from a variety of epochs which demonstrate the musical richness of different cultures and gives us the possibility to combine different instruments in varied style.

Many techniques that we use on the Kanun can also be interpreted to different instruments and to voice.

By using the MES(H)K system, we will discover how music pieces could be played with or without scores as well as we will work on Solfege, and understand the rhythm and the way we sing and play the music pieces.

Type of seminar: Open - Instrument Centered (Turkish Oud) 

Level of participants: Intermediate

Sight reading: nesessary (medium level)

The seminar focuses on the techniques as well as the stylistic aspects within the context of a very broad repertoire in which the oud has been, for many centuries now, an instrument of prime importance.

Type of seminar: Open - Music Group (composition, group arrangements and improvisation in modal music)

Participant level: Intermediate

Reading sheets: Basic notions of solfege and reading sheets are necessary

The goal of these workshops is the experimentation within the field of the so-called “modal music”, which bases its structure on certain modes, rules and aesthetics of very specific and well-defined movements and ornamentation. With these premises, we analyze pieces belonging to the traditions that use these systems: Greek, Turkish, Iranian, Arabic, Azeri, Armenian, Kurdish, Indian, Afghan music… both in their melodic and rhythmic aspects.

Type of seminar: Open - Vocal 

Level of participants: all levels welcome 

Sight reading: No prerequisite for participation 

This seminar is addressed to singers and the musicians who want to work on their voice.
During the seminar we will get to know traditional songs from different regions of Greece, discovering the variety of patterns, melodies and rhythms of each of them. We will focus on technical issues related to the adaptation of ‘modern’ voice and speech to the older repertoire (vowels, placement, expression).

Type of seminar: Open - Vocal

Level of participants: Intermediate

Sight reading: No prerequisite for participation

In this workshop we will learn traditional songs, vocal technique and ornamentation belonging to the diverse repertoire of the Iberian Peninsula according to its geography. We will study the different singing traditions from its rhythmic, dances, context and melodic development, approaching the oldest styles, and their evolution.

Type of seminar: Open – Instrument Centered

Participant level: Basic to Advanced

Sight Reading: not always necessary

The seminar focuses on instrumental techniques as well as on aspects of the Cretan repertoire from the various aspects of Cretan Music.
Michalis Stavrakakis is rightly considered to be one of today’s foremost exponents of Cretan music as well as of other related idioms.

Type of seminar: Open – Instrument centered

Participant level: Basic to Intermediate

Sight Reading: not necessary

Throughout classes, the pieces studied will cover the various forms of the Afghan repertoire: from classical instrumental compositions, delving into the intricacies of Hindustani raga (melodic modes) and tala (rhythmic modes) ocean, through the ghazal of Kabul and the beauty of classical Persian poetry, to the rich Afghan folk music with its many colours and other types of songs.

Type of Seminar: Open - Music Group

Participant Level: Intermediate

Sight Reading: Necessary

The seminar will focus on the repertoire of Greek traditional and classical Ottoman music as well as intonation, trills and ornaments and phrasing. During the course we will work on exercises for left- and right-hand techniques, focusing on ornamentation and articulation. The selected repertoire will allow as to approach the makam system, concentrating on the intervals, the analysis of the melodic development and phrasing basics.

Type of Seminar: Open - Vocal
Participant Level: All levels are welcome
Sight Reading: not Necessary

This seminar will focus mainly on a repertoire coming from different regions of Turkey as well as from Kurdistan, Azerbaijan and Persia.