Saturday and Sunday, October 27 and 28, 2007
Moravian and Slavic folks songs as a living source of inspiration – Zuzana Vlčinská
In the lecturers own words: ¨Our country offers us a huge treasure of thousands of beautiful folk songs. Despite most of them being over 300 years old, they are still current in their messages as they are based on situations and moods we all know: just as our ancestors, we experience joy, sadness, pain, disappointment, love and forgiveness. Learning such song can represent a sort of a return to the personal and collective roots, a moment of resting in one´s self and at the same time, a moment of sharing emotions in their pure form cultivated by music and a beautiful language.
Singing constitutes a part of the basic expressive repertory of every person regardless of their talent, musical education or experience. Unfortunately in this era of impeccable sound recordings, this fact is being forgotten and consumer passivity is the norm. But singing together brings the joy of collective creation of beauty and helps reinforce human relationships. Come experience little-known songs of Slavic nations written in similar human situations to those we experience today. Simple polyphonic arrangements add to the power of the songs and are suitable even for inexperienced and uneducated singers.¨
Mgr. Zuzana Vlčinská studied musicology at the School of Philosophy of the Charles University in Prague. She took a two-year course in Orff Schulwerk with Pavel Janovič and attended numerous courses and seminars in music therapy. She has been working with the singing public for over 10 years. She arranges Slavic folks songs, mostly from the Moravian region. She approaches folk songs as living messages or situations.
The workshops takes place in Prague, at the Naboso center, Školská 12, Prague 1. Both days begin at 10am and end at 6pm with a lunch break. Price: CZK 1700, students, seniors and persons on maternal leave: CZK 1500.