Transnational project meeting 1
Spain, IES Valle del Arlanza, Lerma
January 19th 2015 (Monday)
- journey of the teachers to Spain, flight Prague-Madrid, bus Madrid-Lerma
- arrival in Lerma around 18:30, accommodation in a hotel, welcome from the Spanish coordinator Adolfo Retamero
- familiarizing with the program of the project meeting, adjusting the program, planning activities within the meeting
January 20th 2015 (Tuesday)
IES Valle del Arlanza, Lerma
- welcome from the school director Mercedes Viejo, meeting the school management team
- tour of the school
- meeting the partners of the project
- meeting three pupils of Gymnázium Jihlava, who are in Lerma for three months and take part in an Erasmus+ long term mobility, evaluation of their time spent in Spain so far
The town hall of Lerma
- meeting the mayor José Barrasa
- introducing of the project and planned activities, getting support from the local government in Lerma
- interview about the project for the local monthly Vive Arlanza
Concert hall La Piedad in Lerma
- tour of the hall and meeting Paco Ventura (technical support during the main concert – stands, piano, violins, guitars and other instruments, piano stool, sound system, suitable lighting, dressing-room and space for putting on the folk costumes etc.)
- possibility to provide with choir stands and musical instruments, which are not in the hall
Visiting the arbour on the square in Lerma
- possibility to organize a small outdoor concert for people from Lerma and its surroundings on a day, when a regular market takes place
The music school in Lerma
- visiting the classrooms and the hall where the local orchestra practices
- familiarizing with the teaching methods, the director José Saiz guides us around the school
- possibility to have a rehearsal in the music school hall before the big concert, possibility of singing in the atrium (the school building used to be a monastery, there is a great acoustics) and possibility of participating in a rehearsal of the local orchestra, which is specialized in woodwind and brass instruments (also some Spanish students which take part in the project and their relatives play in the orchestra), and singing some songs from our repertoire for the members of the orchestra
- negotiation about borrowing the piano, music stands and other things for concerts
- the violins and the violoncello are not to be used in Lerma and the surroundings, so they can´t be borrowed. Music lessons for those instruments are not sufficient in this area.
IES Valle del Arlanza, Lerma
- making the program for short stay in March 2015
- selecting the new logo – this logo is made by a student from Gymnazium Jihlava Kateřina Fialová (6A6)
21. 1. 2015 (Wednesday)
Villalmanzo (village 2 km from Lerma)
- a visit in the local private retirement home (his home belongs to a father of one of the student from IES Valle del Arlanza, Lerma)
- solving technical issues, time and place of the concert
Santo Domingo de Silos (Benedictine monastery, 30 km from Lerma)
- the opportunity to visit the monastery which is interesting by the Gregorian chant.
The monks have been singing this chant every day for the last 1000 years.
- the idea of singing in this monastery seemed to the partner school as impossible, but the headmaster IES Valle der Arlanza has spoken to the monastery if it would be possible. At the end of the January, the headmaster received a letter from the abbot, saying it will be possible. The choir was approved to sing two plainsongs. But there are also strict rules attached to it. Like where to stay and when to sing...
Covarrububias (village 25 km from Lerma)
- planning to visit local music school and perform a piece of our repertoar to the spain children
- Kamila Čermáková, the student of Gymnázium Jihlava, which lives in Covarubias at the house of the host-family in the long term mobility. She is working on a few pieces for violoncello and piano with local teachers. She will accompany the choir through all the concerts in Lerma and surroundings.
Quintanilla del Agua – Museo Yáñez (village 10 km from Lerma)
- very interesting visit of the outdoor museum, which is made by a local sculptor and artist Felix Yáñez, just from his own resources and during his free time.
- the opportunity to sing, play and perform our dances at the small open-air theatre.
- organizing the technical support for the performance - moving piano etc.
IES Valle del Arlanza, Lerma
- working on the program for the short stay in March 2015: Promotion of concerts, printing the posters which have been created by the students of Gymnázium Jihlava etc.
- the three students from the long term mobility will be a part of the performance – the two of them will be moderators of the concerts and the third one will accompany the choir with the sound of her violoncello.
- solution details
- planning joint performance Czech and Spanish students (folk songs, Czech and Spanish
- consultation tracks selected for concerts
- ensuring musical instruments - violin, viola, guitar
22. 1. 2015 (Thursday)
Burgos (capital of the province, 40 km from Lerma)
- tour of the gothic cathedral, relationship to the project topic - especially local organ that differ from those in the Czech churches
- admission to the department of education (the escort Adolfo Retamero and director of IES Valle del Arlanza Mercedes Viejo), meeting with Juan Rodríguez Santillana, councillor for education in Burgos, and with Rodrigo Baranda, one of the inspectors
- interview with council, the presentation of our project and the way of teaching music education in our country, talking about Czech music, about a partnership with a school in Lerma, which has lasted since 2009 and about planned activities and outputs of the project
Monastery Las Huelgas
- cistercian monastery from the 12th century west of the center of Burgos, relics from the musical term Ars antiqua which are taught in music education at the high shool in Jihlava
- considering the inclusion in the program within short-term mobility
Monastery Cartuja de Santa María de Miraflores
- carthusian monastery from the 15th century, it is interesting for musicians because there are exposed called cantorales, big books used in churches during the Middle Ages and the early modern period. Contain handwritten psalms on parchment and other song including sheet music.
- considering the inclusion in the program within short-term mobility
23. 1. 2015 (Friday)
Organ workshop ACITORES S.L. in Torquemada (town 70 km from Lerma)
- excursion accompanied by Elena Caramanzana, a music teacher from IES Valle del Arlanza involved in the project
- meeting with the wife of the owner, our guide
- workshop is in contact with Michael Novenko (acclaimed Czech organist and composer) - acquisition options to deal with him for example professional terminology regarding organ, translation terminology from Spanish to Czech and the possibility of cooperation in the short term mobility Spaniards in Jihlava in March 2016
- tour of the workshop is included in the program of short-term mobility because the organ are closely related to the topic of the project. During a visit to Czech Republic, Spanish students will acquaint us and Jihlava community with the life and work of Antonio de Cabezón who comes from the area of Burgos and in the Czech Republic is completely unknown.
Antonio de Cabezón was excellent Spanish organist, harpsichordist and composer, who lived in the 16th century (1510-1566), completely blind since childhood. Born near Burgos in the village of Castrillo de Mota Judíos.
- the program included a visit to the birthplace of Antonio de Cabezón and also the Conservatory of Palencia (town 90 km from Lerma) which is associated with the composer. Cabezón lived in Palencia, studied and worked. At a local conservatory they could give us more information about his life and work and could play us his compositions for organ.
IES Valle del Arlanza, Lerma
- talk with Elena Caramanzana about the concept of music education in both countries
Differences: the ratio of theoretical and practical activities in lessons - unlike us there is almost no singing in spanish music lessons. Attention is paid to the history of music, listening to songs and music theory. And this is mainly used when playing a musical instrument e.g. flutes, xylophones and Orff instrumentation. In our opinion, in our country is the ratio of theory and practice in music lessons far more balanced.
- completion of the program of short-term mobility
- again is solved possibility of joint training of several folk songs but according to Spanish colleagues is a problem with the lack of time for preparation because in short-term mobility of Czech students in Spain remains only five weeks
- student from Gymnázium Jihlava Kamila Čermáková rehearsing songs to cello with teachers of music Dagmar Němečková and Eliška Vyhnálková
- A draft joint performances Kamila Čermáková (cello) and her Spanish partner Almudena Parras González (piano) at concerts
- coordinators Adolfo Retamero and Barbora Voldřichová: the creation of websites for the project, issues related to long-term mobility and familiarity with host families Czech students
- teachers of music Dagmar Němečková and Eliška Vyhnálková: agreement with students participating in long-term mobility on preparing presentations about Czech music for Spanish students and teachers, demonstration of playing the cello and presentation instrument in Elena’s Caramanzana music lessons
- ensuring high-quality audio and video recording of a large concert choir. The record should serve to create a DVD which will be one of the outputs of the project. A plan to address a school CIFP Simón de Colonia in Burgos which specializes in this and recording could provide.
- evaluation of program, activities and outputs of the international project meeting
24. 1. 2015 (Saturday)
IES Valle del Arlanza, Lerma
- work continues on a program of short-term mobility of Czech students, places and the final number of concerts, final requirements that need to be arranged during February on the Czech and Spanish side
- concretise the joint activities of Spanish and Czech students
- locational exhibition panels about Gustav Mahler on school premises
- possibility of presentation of Gustav Mahler and examples of his work for students, teachers and the general public and then groups / pairs from among the participating Czech and Spanish students will present panels
- arranges the translation of the panels into English and Spanish, Czech and Spanish students
- are formed pair of students: familiarization with personal data Spanish students who are involved in the project, who will host our students and in March 2016 will arrive in the Czech Republic
Burgos – Museo de Evolución – exhibition „Ecos“
- tour of the exposure "Sounds"
- considering the inclusion this action into the program of short-term mobility
Burgos – concert Vicente Amigo Cuarteto
- Vicente Amigo is the Spanish flamenco guitarist and composer. The concert is part of the so-called Noches Flamencas en memoria de Paco de Lucía.
- considering the inclusion concert of flamenco in the program of short-term mobility but it is not possible - one of a series of flamenco concerts will take place on the day of our arrival in Spain and another a few days after our departure
25. 1. 2015 (Sunday)
- teachers return to the Czech Republic, the bus Lerma-Madrid, Madrid-Prague flight
Translated by: Adéla Kolátorová, Dominika Krásenská, Tereza Peňázová
