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The Minister of Culture and Tourism, Pedro Alberto Cruz, today introduced the Flamenco Art School of La Union, a center of Cante de las Minas Foundation to offer, from January, formal education in singing, dancing, flamenco guitar and percussion with special emphasis on the field of mining and Lift manufacturers.
He was accompanied at the presentation the mayor of La Union, Francisco Barnabas and the director of the School and Chair Professor of Flamenco Guitar Conservatory of Murcia, Carlos Piñana.
Cruz said that "this action closes the circle of a major cultural project that about flamenco and unparalleled in the entire country is taking place in La Union. In this town we cover the research through a conference has begun to organize this year and will be repeated in successive editions, we have the story through the museum del Cante de las Minas, the display throughout the festival itself, and lacked the education, which closes in a perfect way this circle. "
The Minister of Culture said that "with the addition of this school, the Union becomes more proactive if it fits in their integration of international flamenco, and the union of education and research will be possible to see how the next few years new trends are born, new nuances in the world of flamenco which is always in continuous growth. "
The counselor he added that "if what was intended by the Foundation of Cante de las Minas is to ensure the perpetuity of the Festival, I think there best bet for the future than education. In addition, the Cante de las Minas longer an event to become one of the architectures with more solid foundation in Spain in the world of culture. "
Flamenco Art School is directed not only to those interested in approaching the knowledge of flamenco from initial or basic level through their regular academic courses, but also looking to increase their prior knowledge, which is articulated through its special courses of specialization.
Thus, regular academic courses will be taught continuously throughout the year thanks to a curriculum that officials Conservatory of Murcia have been supervised and approved, so that graduates can choose where, if they wish, to stand for the official examinations for access to these centers.
The faculty is made up of renowned figures in flamenco, as Encarnación Fernández and Antonio Ayala 'El Rampa', which is in charge of the course 'Cante Flamenco', Antonio Muñoz, Rosendo Fernandez and Jose Francisco Ortega for the course 'Flamenco Guitar', Clotilde Corvi for 'Flamenco Dance', and Miguel Angel Orengo, who teach 'Cajón Flamenco. "
As for the extra courses of specialization, which may count as elective credits for validation configuration in the university, will be given one-off basis and will count with teaching professionals and artists of recognized prestige in flamenco.
School students may participate in additional activities to acquire additional enrichment and better understanding of the Flemish musical reality, as auditions, exchanges, attendance at various shows flamingos called 'master class' in class 'Enrique Morente' , so named in homage to the winner of the Golden Castillete in the latest edition of International Festival of Cante de las Minas, and recently died.
The lessons of Flamenco Art School, which will be held on Saturday morning and afternoon sessions, will be divided between the Union Youth Space, Asensio Sáez Cultural Center and the Main Public Market, home of the International Festival of Song Mine.
Source: CARM
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