The edition 2024 stands from 26 April to 4 May

Original teaching combining music and science (…)

A new source of inspiration which fascinates the trainees. This emulsion is the goal of the Academy.

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The Amarillis Ensemble, the Dôme de Saumur theater and the Royal Abbey of Fontevraud join forces for an international academy, The Songs of Ulysses.

Imagined and designed bysoprano Patricia Petibon and flautist and oboist Héloïse Gaillard, artistic director of the Amarillis Ensemble, it promotes transversality and the plurality of artistic disciplines. It is aimed at students, singers and musicians, future professionals and emerging artists.

Do not hesitate to contact us for any questions :
contact.leschantsdulysse@gmail.com / + 33 (0)6 24 35 62 15

This international academy offers to students from 18 years and accompanied minors a personalized musical development course to meet everyone's expectations. It is part of a process of development and enrichment on a personal level while giving access to collective practice and common reflection thanks to the intervention of exceptional artistic personalities..

The AcademySongs of Ulysses offers participants the opportunity to work on the crossing of the arts thanks to multidisciplinarity: master classes and collective workshops (musical improvisation and physical theater). 

concerned public
It is aimed at students, singers or musicians, pre-professionals, and professionals but also to chamber music ensembles made up. Registration is subject to validation by the teacher..
8 maximum students per class in order to promote a personalized approach.

Selection process
Sending a cover letter, CV and a video recording (singers), video or audio (musicians) at the address contact.leschantsdulysse@gmail.com + Registration Form to be completed online before 29 February 2024.


The pedagogical team

The pedagogical team, gathered around the soprano Patricia Petibon and the musician Heloïse Gaillard, is made up of internationally renowned artists, members of the Amarillis ensemble or loyal accomplices, all sharing a great experience of the stage as well as a passion for the transmission. The sponsor of this Academy is the director, poet, writer Olivier Py. See the speakers on the site.


Course of the Academy

1. At the Dome theater in Saumur

– Daily master classes
It is provided 40 individual lesson minutes.
– Daily group workshops: 4 hours 

In music, Improvisation practice with the composer Thierry Escaich
In theater the director duo Corinne and Gilles Benizio

Dancing with the choreographer and dancer Sabine Novel (company Le Miroir des Songes)

In Pilates with Emma Delahaye


– One hour of group practice daily : Each day, one hour is devoted to overall practice.

– the closing concert on Saturday 4 May 2024 at 5 p.m. showing the work of the participants, with space, costumes and makeup.

2. At the Royal Abbey of Fontevraud

The opening concert on 26 avril 2024. Programme: Carte blanche to Patricia Petibon and the Ensemble Amarillis.

In the evening, exceptional conferences hosted by journalist Chloë Cambreling and involving personalities from the artistic and scientific world (2 meetings will take place at the Dôme)

A day within the walls of the Abbey : -exploration of the acoustics of the Abbey, putting students in a situation as part of a performance with visual artist Dominique Paulin, voice workshop with Robert Expert

Prerequisites 

The teaching of the Academy focuses on technique and interpretation, the works covered in class must therefore have been worked on beforehand. The participants bring a program worked upstream according to the following criteria by discipline. A minimum of 4 pieces of different styles for the following disciplines taught:

  • Singing class
  • Singing leader class New in 2024
  • Baroque recorder and oboe class
  • Baroque violin class
  • Baroque Viola and Cello Class
  • Harpsichord class
  • Chamber music class on historical instruments

Diapason 415 Hz (harpsichord) and 442 Hz (piano) 

SINGING CLASS Patricia Petibon / David Levi
Open to all singers, students, pre-professionals and professionals wishing to perfect their skills in the interpretation of baroque music. Open to all singers, students, pre-professionals and professionals wishing to perfect their skills in the interpretation of baroque music. The repertoire covered may also be the repertoire of Offenbach and French melody, as well as the American musical ( Sondheim/Bernstein). The repertoire will be selected from your proposals by the teachers. It is expected to know two or three pieces by heart in order to concentrate on the interpretation. It is imperative to bring the scores in two copies.

Singing leader : Joseph Birnbaum

SINGING LEADER CLASS / Erika Guiomar
Open to pianists and accompaniment students, preferably from the end of the 2nd cycle.


BAROQUE RECORDER AND OBOE CLASS Heloïse Gaillard
Open to professionals or in training with a minimum level of end of 2nd cycle and 3rd cycle.
For flautists: free repertoire to prepare from the first half of the 17th century until the second half of the 18th century.
For oboists: free repertoire from the end of the 17th century until the middle of the 18th century.
 
BAROQUE VIOLIN CLASS Matthieu Camilleri

Open to professional or pre-professional violinists and violists, end level 2nd cycle minimum, free directory (French music orientation), 17th and 18th centuries. Gesture work, stage presence and stage fright management.
 
BAROQUE VIOLA AND CELLO CLASS Atsushi Sakai  
Open to students with a minimum level of end of 2nd cycle and 3rd cycle, pre-professionals, and professionals.
For violists: Free directory (from the middle of the 16th century until the second half of the 18th century). 
For cellists: Free directory (from the end of the 17th century until the beginning of the 19th century). 
 
HARPSICHORD AND CONTINUOUS BASS CLASSBrice Sailly
This course is intended for student harpsichordists from the 3rd cycle, or young professionals wishing to perfect their instrument, whether for solo play, the realization of the continuo or the work of vocal master. The repertoire is left to the choice of the trainees. For harpsichordists, it is also an opportunity to practice ensemble playing and the vocal and instrumental repertoire, in connection with the other classes of the academy.
The Academy is also looking for two students capable of tuning the harpsichords, and provide some of the support recorder/oboe classes, violin and viol or cello. Two students will therefore be able to share the chords and accompaniments during the week. If you are willing, do not hesitate to report. The two trainees who will carry out these missions will have no educational costs to pay.: the Academy will be offered to them, and the round trip from Paris will be reimbursed.
 
CHAMBER MUSIC CLASS ON HISTORICAL INSTRUMENTS work-study teachers
Open to training 2 at 8 pre-professional and professional musicians wishing to perfect their skills in the interpretation of the Baroque repertoire on historical instruments.

BAROQUE RECORDER AND OBOE CLASS Heloïse Gaillard
Open to professionals or in training with a minimum level of end of 2nd cycle and 3rd cycle.
For flautists: free repertoire to prepare from the first half of the 17th century until the second half of the 18th century.
For oboists: free repertoire from the end of the 17th century until the middle of the 18th century.
 
BAROQUE VIOLIN CLASS Matthieu Camilleri

Open to professional or pre-professional violinists and violists, end level 2nd cycle minimum, free directory (French music orientation), 17th and 18th centuries. Gesture work, stage presence and stage fright management.
 
BAROQUE VIOLA AND CELLO CLASS Atsushi Sakai  
Open to students with a minimum level of end of 2nd cycle and 3rd cycle, pre-professionals, and professionals.
For violists: Free directory (from the middle of the 16th century until the second half of the 18th century). 
For cellists: Free directory (from the end of the 17th century until the beginning of the 19th century). 
 
HARPSICHORD AND CONTINUOUS BASS CLASSBrice Sailly
This course is intended for student harpsichordists from the 3rd cycle, or young professionals wishing to perfect their instrument, whether for solo play, the realization of the continuo or the work of vocal master. The repertoire is left to the choice of the trainees. For harpsichordists, it is also an opportunity to practice ensemble playing and the vocal and instrumental repertoire, in connection with the other classes of the academy.
The Academy is also looking for two students capable of tuning the harpsichords, and provide some of the support recorder/oboe classes, violin and viol or cello. Two students will therefore be able to share the chords and accompaniments during the week. If you are willing, do not hesitate to report. The two trainees who will carry out these missions will have no educational costs to pay.: the Academy will be offered to them, and the round trip from Paris will be reimbursed.
 
CHAMBER MUSIC CLASS ON HISTORICAL INSTRUMENTS work-study teachers
Open to training 2 at 8 pre-professional and professional musicians wishing to perfect their skills in the interpretation of the Baroque repertoire on historical instruments.

Premises
A privileged working environment between the Royal Abbey of Fontevraud, UNESCO World Heritage Site and Le Dôme Theater in Saumur, on the banks of the Loire. A friendly atmosphere in two magnificent places conducive to exchange and creative effervescence.

Registration fees

700 euros includes tuition fees and meals (lunches and dinners)
450 euros per person for the Groups formed (educational costs + meal)

Meals and Accommodation

Meals taken together on site to make the most of the training. Caterers provided by the two venues.
AccommodationOffered thanks to the support of our patrons: Provision of rooms (do not mix) of 2 at 6 people at the Saumur International Stay Center, at 15 min walk from the Théâtre du Dôme. Breakfast included. OR by the participants' own means, a choice.