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AIMS
office: c. Castell, 20 25280 Solsona/Spain, tel. (0034) 93
4471806 or mobile (0034) 646007234 Fax: 0034 - 93 4471806
Students
should arrive in Solsona before midday on August 13th.
The
accommodation is in the Seminario de la Diócesis de Solsona,
c. Pujada del Seminari 15-16.
Solsona
is accessible from Barcelona by taking the road via Terrassa, Manresa,
Cardona (105km). There is public bus transport from Barcelona Estació
del Nord to Solsona. AIMS will have detailed information about timetables
and ticket prices from April 2008 onwards.
The
deadline for the enrolment is 30th June, 2008. All the applicants
must send a completed application and short curriculum vitae.
AIMS
will select potential students and will announce the selection to
all applicants by July 5th, 2008.
Selected students will have
to provide proof of the international money transfer from their
bank showing that the course fees have been paid.
If there are
more applicants than available places, an audition piece (or pieces)
on audio cassette, CD, minidisk or a video tape (VHS) lasting at
least 15 minutes will be required. The teachers of the relevant
instrument will then decide the successful applicants. We therefore
recommend enclosing a recording (audio or video) with your application.
Students
who are younger than 18 each will be allocated a chaperone. We will
require written permission from the parent or guardian allowing
this.
All
participants must arrange their own medical insurance in case of
illness or accident.
Students
who wish to perform in one of the six student concerts must prepare
at least one entire solo work for their instrument (unaccompanied
work).
It
is possible to attend aims as a non-participant. There is plenty
of accommodation available in the hotels and hostels in Solsona,
which aims can arrange for you if required. The fee for non-participants
is 250 €.
Students
interested in performing at the students' concerts should indicate
which pieces they would like to play on their application form.
The program for these concerts will be decided by the professors
during aims strictly according to artistic criteria.
AIMS
has seven scholarships of 750 € available to a students. According
to demand and prove of artistic standards AIMS will concede
entire scholarships or split scholarships among qualified applicants.
AIMS
requires a written application and a recording on audio cassette,
CD, minidisk or a video tape (VHS) lasting at least 15 minutes.
Deadline
for scholarship applications is May 30th 2008.
The
AIMS Concerto Audition 2008 (check
Presentation on this page)
has the following rules:
It
is open to all active violin, viola and cello students of AIMS
2008.
The audition repertoire is: Joh. Seb. Bach: concertos
E major or a minor; Mendelssohn: Concerto d minor; Schubert: Rondo
in A Major deutsch 438 (violin); Telemann: concerto; Hindemith
"Trauermusik" (viola); Boccherini: concertos G Major or
B flat major (cello). The competition/audition will take place on
August 18th in order to select the only winner who will have the
opportunity to perform his concerto in three festival concerts accompanied
by the Chamber Orchestra AIMS 08. AIMS faculty will
act as jury for the competition. Participants must apply for the
competition together with their application for AIMS 08 (deadline:
June 30th 2008).
The
Chamber Orchestra of AIMS 08 will work on a repertoire to
be determined.
Participation
in the orchestra is a requirement. The director of AIMS in
collaboration with the faculty will select the players of the orchestra.
AIMS
will send scores to each orchestra member. Individual practice is
expected before arriving to Solsona.
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