Conference RELIGIOUS MUSIC: ART, RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

Conference RELIGIOUS MUSIC: ART, RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

2023-04-14

Conference dedicated to the 700th anniversary of Vilnius 

RELIGIOUS MUSIC: ART, RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

14 April 2023

Information Centre of the VU Šiauliai Academy (Vytauto g. 84, Šiauliai)

PROGRAMME

Conference moderator

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eglė Šeduikytė-Korienė

9:00 – 10:00 AM


 Registration, coffee

10:00 – 11:00 AM

Assoc. Prof.  Ihor Tsmur (Ukraine)
 Accomplished Ukrainian cultural figure, art director and chief conductor of the Khmelnytsky Academic Municipal Chamber Choir
Ukrainian church music: the art historical context
Translation from Ukrainian to English.

11:00 – 11:30 AM

Dr. Linas Balandis
 Art director and chief conductor of the Šiauliai State Chamber Choir Polifonija
The liturgical choral music of Leonidas Abaris
 Translation from Lithuanian to English.

11:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Laima Budzinauskienė
 
Historical narratives and local stories: the case of the Vilnius Cathedral choir
Translation from Lithuanian to English.

12:00 – 12:30 PM

Dovilė Savickaitė
 Organist and choir leader of the Church of the Discovery of the Holy Cross of the Vilnius Calvary
Musical Development of the Community at the Church of the Discovery of the Holy Cross in Vilnius (Calvary)
 Translation from Lithuanian to English.

12:30 – 1:30 PM

Lunch break

1:30 – 2:00 PM 

Dr. Giampaolo Di Rosa (Italy)
 Organist, pianist, harpsichordist
The process of improvisation with the organ through the interplay of sound
 Translation from English to Lithuanian.

2:00 – 2:30 PM

Renata Marcinkutė Lesieur
 Professor of the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, head of the Centre for Religious Music, organist of the St. Casimir (Jesuit) Church


Sacrum incognitum. The experience of an unnamed sanctity in music
Translation from Lithuanian to English.
 

2:30 – 3.30 PM

Giedrius Drukteinis
Writer, journalist
The Jewish aspect of the music business
 Translation from Lithuanian to English.

3:30 – 5:00 PM

Masterclass
Laureate of various international competitions, the Saulės Vaikai Junior Choir of the Radviliškis Music School.
Educator-expert Inga Petrauskienė
Concertmaster-methodologist Rytis Borusevičius.
Translation from Lithuanian to English.


A fee of 12.80 EUR will apply to those who wish to receive qualification development certificates

Conference participants are invited to register on the Semiplius system (for more information, call us at +370 615 42558)


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