workshop malechoir

The joy of singing a capella beautiful works for men,
the development of voice,
meetings between the singers of various choirs.

The choristers of the workshop in 2011 have sung Sunday 11th March 2012, during a concert of the Choir of the University of Maine and of the choir "Mille Accords" - Church of Mulsanne (Sarthe, France)

concert de choeur d'hommes dirigé par Evelyne Béché - Eglise de Mulsanne - 11/03/2012

choeur d'hommes dirigé par Evelyne Béché

For whom?

This workshop is for all men amateur singer, sight-reading or not, who whish to deepen their practice of choral singing, through various works. Two conditions:

having studied the scores before the workshop(with the help of piano work files available for each participant), in order to focus on musicality, interpretation, etc... during the sessions,
commitment to attending all sessions.

Programme

The programme of year 2013 will be available in the course of September 2012. As an example, 2011 programme (work files for registered singers here).

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)
- Abendstänchen, Op. 75, n°2
- Beati Mortui, Op. 115, n°1

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
- Gaudeamus igitur, Op. 80

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
- Liebe, Op. 17, n°2

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
- Clic, clac, dansez sabots (Chansons françaises, n°4)
- Prière de Saint-François d'Assise, n°3

John Rutter (1945-...)
- The willow tree (Sprig of Thyme, n°3), traditionnel

The choirmaster

Evelyne Béché, chef de choeur, chef d'orchestre

Graduate in music education, sight-reading, chamber music, analysis, singing (with honors), and saxophone (gold medal) at the National Music School (ENM) of Le Mans (France), Evelyne Béché is a professor in several music schools in the department of Sarthe (Pays de la Loire, France).

website: http://evelynebeche.olympe-network.com/

Excerpt of a rehearsal

Beati Mortui, Mendelssohn - before a concert, Ruillé-sur-Loir (Sarthe, France), 15 March 2009

Association organizer - Contact

This workshop is organised by the Choir of the University of Maine, conducted by Evelyne Béché.

Website: http://www.choeur-universite-du-maine.fr/

Contact: chorum@univ-lemans.fr

Fees

Members of the association

"Chœur de l'Université du Maine"

Non members of the association

"Chœur de l'Université du Maine"

55 €

65 € ^(*)

- Payment with cheque payable to "Chœur de l'Université du Maine".

- Easy terms on demand.

^(*) including 10 € for membership to the association "Chœur de l'Université du Maine" for insurance reasons.

This price includes:
- all three sessions (i.e. 12:45 of singing) and the concert on the last day; each session will begin with 45 minutes of warm-up and vocal technique (this important work of relax and warm-up is not optional),
- downloadable scores on a website, with piano work files, voice by voice, in order to allow the sight-reading upstream the workshop,
- a 45 minutes pause-friendly in the afternoon around a snack.

Map

Université du Maine, Le Mans, Sarthe (France)
Mean of access: trolley, stop Campus Ribay.

Prefabricated buildings of Science and Technic department (UFR Sciences et Techniques inf french), former culture department of University of Maine (see map).

salle culture Université du Maine, Le Mans

Location of the culture department. Click for a zoom.