Masterclasses

A lived experience :Zebaliz Big Band

Dates	Location	Instruments	Program
14-17 Juillet 2011	Association Helios Saint Dyé sur Loire 33 9 54 77 95 53	Tous instruments - niveau supérieur adultes et grands adolescents	Musique de chambre Le phrasé au service de la musique Rythme et respiration Analyse motivique et harmonique des oeuvres Ecoute et Développement du jeu collectif Concert final dans le village
16-17 Avril 2011	Association Helios Vieljouvès, Lozère 33 9 54 77 95 53	musiciens, acteurs, danseurs, conteurs... adultes	Soundpainting & Techniques d'improvisation Développement du rythme Ecoute & analyse Jeu collectif direction du soundpainting
26-27 Mars 2011	Association Helios Saint Dyé sur Loire 33 9 54 77 95 53	musiciens, acteurs, danseurs, conteurs... adultes	Soundpainting & Techniques d'improvisation Développement du rythme Ecoute & analyse Jeu collectif direction du soundpainting
9-14 Août 2010	Association Helios Saint Dyé sur Loire 33 9 54 77 95 53	Tous instruments ados et jeunes adultes	Techniques d'improvisation Etude approfondie du rythme Harmonie jazz Composition & Arrangement Développement du jeu collectif Concert final
24-30 August 2009	Association Helios Saint Dyé sur Loire 33 9 54 77 95 53	Tous instruments ados et jeunes adultes	Techniques d'improvisation Etude approfondie du rythme Harmonie jazz Composition & Arrangement Développement du jeu collectif Concert final
18-20 August 2009	Association Helios Paris 18e 33 9 54 77 95 53	Tous instruments adolescents 15-19 ans	Initiation à l'improvisation Développement du rythme Notions d'armonie Composition & Arrangement Développement du jeu collectif Petit concert final
28-31 July 2009	Association Helios Saint Dyé sur Loire 33 9 54 77 95 53	Tous instruments adolescents 12-16 ans	Initiation à l'improvisation Développement du rythme Notions d'armonie Composition & Arrangement Développement du jeu collectif Petit concert final
11-13 July 2009	Association Helios Paris 18e 33 9 54 77 95 53	Tous instruments adolescents 15-19 ans	Initiation à l'improvisation Développement du rythme Notions d'armonie Composition & Arrangement Développement du jeu collectif Petit concert final
11-13 July 2009	Association Helios Paris 18e 33 9 54 77 95 53	Tous instruments adultes	Techniques d'improvisation Développement du rythme Notions d'armonie Ecoute & analyse Jeu collectif
19-21 June 2009	Association Helios Paris 18e 33 9 54 77 95 53	Tous instruments adultes	Techniques d'improvisation Développement du rythme Notions d'armonie Ecoute & analyse Jeu collectif
15-17 May 2009	Association Helios Saint Dyé sur Loire 33 9 54 77 95 53	Tous instruments adultes	Techniques d'improvisation Développement du rythme Notions d'armonie Ecoute & analyse Jeu collectif

How to develop a solo ?
How to develop a motive ?
How to build a climax ?
How to provoke a group playing ?
How to control onesí improvisation ?
How to build onesí own language ?
How to develop onesí technique for musical purposes ?
How to develop onesí rhythmic sense?
How to understand and make use of polyrhythms ?

You will find countless answers to those questions and other ones throughout this intensive 3-day-masterclass (3 hours a day), in active and creative ways, and for long term study.

Informations and registration:
Emmanuelle Somer, tel/fax (F) : 00 33 9 54 77 95 53
E-mail : emmanuellesomer@emmanuellesomer.com
Limited places per session!!! Price : 120 Euros/3days. Minimum 4 students. Group prices on request.

Private instruction and group sessions on request.

During these masterclasses, Emmanuelle SOMER offers her broad and professional knowledge to all musicians, classical, baroque, contemporary, jazz, folkloric; highly professional and enthusiastic beginners simultaneously take part in the courses, mutually inspiring each other thanks to such different backgrounds. She proposes teachings and techniques beyond what is traditionally taught at even the greatest Conservatories, beyond scales, licks, exercises and other solfeges. Her techniques are intimately bound to music itself, immediate and efficient to its service, thus nicer and easier to study, inspiring and rapidly useful.

Rhythm is approached among others with the Indian talas method, immediately and definitely developing the awareness, precision, feeling, and polyrhythmical abilities of the student. Swing is approched under different angles, thanks to simple but efficient exercices, enriching for beginners as much as professionals, jazz, classical and folkloric individuals.

The motivic development topic, one of Emmanuelleís favorites and broadest, is extremely flensed through countless and precise exercises, analysis of standards and improvisation performances, musical examples, transcriptions, listenings and immediate application on onesí instrument. This motivic development is not only to be used by the soloist, but as well by the rhythm section comping, by the improviser in the heart of the group, and through collective improvisation. These motives are rythmic, melodic, harmonic, sonoric (effets), expressive (nuances, flatterzunge, tessiture, articulation), specific to each instrument (technical effects), inspired by classical and contemporary composition, musics of te entire world, and immediately used for spontaneous improvisation.

Thanks to the motivic development, awareness of the space, architectural construction of a solo, conviction put in every note, memorization of their place in the musical dialogue, suggestion towards rhythm section, dialogue using a common language, these motives will become such stronger phrases, stories, solos, climaxes, for a greater enjoyment not only for the soloist, but for the group as well and finally to the audience which will be attracted and magnetized by such intensity and conviction in the musical experience.

During these classes, Emmanuelle uses musical examples of John Coltrane, John Zorn, Bill Evans, Dave Douglas, Eric Dolphy, Trilok Gurtu, Bill Frisell, Kenny Werner, Beethoven, Stravinsky, Messiaen, Scriabine, Penderecki, Dave Holland, Robin Eubanks, John McLaughlin, as well as the cultural origins of the musics of the world. All suggested exercises open countless doors to the studentís imagination, who will be able to use them immediately and to develop them by him/herself, intelligently and in a long term.

Classes open to all instruments.

Minimum level required : good basic knowledge of oneís instrument (intonation, tessiture, basic technique) and of the musical vocabulary (rhythm, notes, words like crescendo, jazz chords).
Bring your instrument, a real book if you have one, paper and pencil.
Minimum of 4 students per group. What is needed for the realization of a session : a medium classroom, a piano or keyboard + amplifier, a CD player, electric wires, chairs.

Archives

Dates	Location	Instruments	Program
23-30 August 2008	Association Helios Saint Dyé sur Loire 33 9 54 77 95 53	Tous instruments ados et jeunes adultes	Techniques d'improvisation Etude approfondie du rythme Harmonie jazz Composition & Arrangement Développement du jeu collectif Concert final
1st-3 August 2008	Association Helios Saint Dyé sur Loire 33 9 54 77 95 53	Tous instruments adultes	Techniques d'improvisation Développement du rythme Notions d'armonie Ecoute & analyse Jeu collectif
10-13 July 2008	Association Helios Saint Dyé sur Loire 33 9 54 77 95 53	Tous instruments adolescents 12-16 ans	Initiation à l'improvisation Développement du rythme Notions d'armonie Composition & Arrangement Développement du jeu collectif Petit concert final
7-9 July 2008	Association Helios Saint Dyé sur Loire 33 9 54 77 95 53	Jeux musicaux enfants 9-14 ans	Duos, trios flûte à bec Jeux de rythme Groupes de percussions Jeu collectif Petit concert final
29, 30 Decembre 2007	c/o Claire-Lise Somer Athus, Belgique	stage particulier!!	Techniques d'étude jazz Développement du rythme Harmonie mineure Composition et Arrangement
2 Octobre - 3 Decembre 2007	Conservatoire d'Etat de Petrozavodsk Russie	Tous étudiants conservatoire	Techniques d'improvisation Etude approfondie du rythme Harmonie jazz Composition & Arrangement Ensembles Histoire du jazz
23-31 August 2007	Association Helios Saint Dyé, France	All instruments teenagers	Techniques d'improvisation Développement du rythme Développement du jeu collectif Composition et Arrangement
21-29 August 2006	Association Helios Saint Dyé, France	All instruments teenagers	Techniques d'improvisation Développement du rythme Développement du jeu collectif Composition et Arrangement
16-19 August 2005	Association Helios Saint Dyé sur Loire	Children 7-10	Initiation Flûte à bec Jeux de rythmes Petit concert
19-27 July 2005	Association Helios Saint Dyé sur Loire	All instruments teenagers	Techniques d'improvisation Développement du rythme Développement du jeu collectif Composition et Arrangement
25-30 October 2004	Association Helios Saint Dyé, France<	Tous adultes	Techniques d'improvisation Développement du rythme Développement du jeu collectif Notions d'histoire du jazz Harmonie de base
23-27 July 2004	Association Helios Saint Dyé, France	All instruments teenagers	Techniques d'improvisation Développement du rythme Développement du jeu collectif Composition et Arrangement
Mo 27/10 to Fri 31/10/2003	CEE, Centre d'Etudes Luxembourg 00 352 091 346 707	flûtes à bec percussions	Initiation à la musique Jeux de groupes Apprentissage à l'écoute Concert final
Fri 31/10 to Su 02/11/2003	Athus, c/o CL Somer Athus (B) 00 352 091 346 707	Tous	Improvisation Arrangement Arrangement spontané Développement du rythme Développement du jeu collectif Harmonie de base
TBA (NoÎl)	Association Helios Saint Dyé sur Loire 06 77 98 32 27	Tous	Techniques d'improvisation Développement du rythme Développement du jeu collectif Composition et Arrangement
TBA	Luz Saint Sauveur Pyrennées Françaises 00 33 6 77 98 32 27	Tous	Techniques d'improvisation Développement du rythme Développement du jeu collectif Composition et Arrangement Harmonie de base
TBA	Konijnklijk Conservatorium Brussel (B)	Oboe class	Techniques d'improvisation Développement du rythme Développement du jeu collectif Composition et Arrangement
From Wed 13/08 to Sat 16/08/2003	Association Helios Saint Dyé sur Loire 06 77 98 32 27	Piano Drums Djembe	Improvisation Techniques Rhythm Development collective playing Composition and Arranging
From Wed 06/08 to Sat 09/08/2003	Association Helios Saint Dyé sur Loire 06 77 98 32 27	Saxophone Clarinet	Improvisation Techniques Rhythm Development collective playing Composition and Arranging
From Wed 16/07 to Sat 19/07/2003	Association Helios Saint Dyé sur Loire 06 77 98 32 27	Piano Drums Djembe	Improvisation Techniques Rhythm Development collective playing Composition and Arranging
From Thu 28/08 to Su 31/08/2003	Association Helios Saint Dyé sur Loire 06 77 98 32 27	Saxophone Trumpet Bariton	Improvisation Techniques Rhythm Development collective playing Composition and Arranging
From Fr 13/09 to Su 15/09/2002	Tokyo, Shobi Japon 00 81 3 3945 8709	Guitars	Improvisation Techniques Rhythm Development collective playing Composition and Arranging
From Fr 12/07 to Su 14/07/2002	Tokyo, Shobi Japon 00 81 3 3945 8709	Guitar Voice Trombone	Improvisation Techniques Rhythm Development collective playing Composition and Arranging
Mo 04/11 to Fri 08/11/2002	CEE, Centre d'Etudes Luxembourg 00 352 091 346 707	recorders percussions	Initiation to music Rhythms and tambourines Construction of instruments Final concert
From Fr 4/20/2001 to Su 4/22/2001	Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussels (B) 00 32 3 233 93 90	All instruments	Improvisation Arranging Spontaneous Arranging Rhythm Development collective playing Basic Harmony
From Fr 4/27/2001 to Su 4/29/2001	Charleroi (B) 00 32 3 233 93 90	All instruments	Improvisation Arranging Spontaneous Arranging Rhythm Development collective playing Basic Harmony
From Fr 01/12/2001 to Su 01/14/2001	Molène Island Brest F	Accordeon Trumpets Saxes Clarinets Flutes Tuba Percussions	Improvisation Arrangement Arrangement spontané Développement du rythme Développement du jeu collectif Harmonie de base