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I AMERICAN CHORAL FORUM

SAN JUAN, ARGENTINA

November 16th and 17th, 2015

Performed activities:

Final concert of the “Sings of the Soul” Project Guest conductor: Dr. T. J. Harper. Coro Arturo Beruti. Guest choir: Coro de la Universidad Católica de Cuyo.

National panorama - Panel: Present and future of the Argentine choral activity. Participated:

OFADAC: Organización Federada Argentina de Actividades Corales - Alejandro Scarpetta (President)
ADICORA: Asociación de Directores de Coros de la República Argentina - Marcelo Valva (President) y Viviana Bognar (La Rioja subsidiary)
SAN JUAN CANTA: development of integral choral projects of the Arturo Beruti Choir - María Elina Mayorga
National Choral Plan: Carlos Pappolla (Ministry of Culture of Argentina)
Programa Nacional de Orquestas y Coros Infantiles y Juveniles para el Bicentenario, from the Ministry of Educación of Argentina - Pablo Piccinni

Reading sessions: songs from different countries by guest conductors - Participants:

Hugo de la Vega - Córdoba (Argentina)
Esteban Tashdjian - ACORDELUR (Montevideo - Uruguay)
Ruth Godoy Peralta - ALACC (Santiago - Chile)

Round of dialogue: "The professionalization of the Choral Conducting in Latin America" With the participation of the choral conductors present.

Business round / Showcase

Choral exhibition in the hall of the Eloy Camus Hall. Opportunity to meet, personal contacts and exchange of information.

Choirs
National and international festivals and competitions
Choral and cultural organizations
Composers, arrangers, publishers

Choral Concert at the Juan Victoria Auditorium Coro de la Ciudad de Mendoza - Conductor: Ricardo Portillo

The international perspective

Reading sessions - South America and the Caribbean

Marco Antonio da Silva Ramos - ECA USP
Lourdes S á nchez - Conductor, Sistema de Coros Infantiles y Juveniles de Venezuela

"La práctica coral como reflejo de la idiosincrasia cultural" Participaron:

ACDA (American Choral Directors Association - USA) Dr. T. J. Harper
ACORDELUR Uruguayan Choral Association - Olga Gabus and Esteban Tashdjian (president and vice president)
ALACC Latin American Choral Singing Association: Ruth Godoy Peralta
Voce in Tempore, lchoral activity in Mexico - Ana Patricia Carbajal
El Sistema de Coros Infantiles y Juveniles de Venezuela - Lourdes Sánchez

Lectures

"The Financing in the Arts" Fondo Nacional de las Artes - President: Lic. Virgilio Tedin Uriburu.

"Repertory and Choral Resources from Ethnic and Multicultural Perspectives" Dr. José Rivera (Puerto Rico - USA)

Reading sessions - North America. Participated:

Ana Patricia Carbajal (Mexico)
Ki Adams (Canada)
T.J. Harper (USA)
José Rivera (Puerto Rico)

The international perspective (continued)

"Transnational projects: towards global networks"
Participated:

ICEP - ACDA's International Choral Exchange Program - Dr. T. J. Harper (USA)
The Singing Network - Canada Dr. Ki Adams
ECA-USP Dr. Marco Antonio da Silva Ramos
AAMCANT Ricardo Denegri and Camilo Santostefano (Presidentd and Secretary)
Presentation of RICA (American Choral Integration Network) and invitation to those present to add their membership

Outdoor concert - San Juan says goodbye to its illustrious visitors

Ballet San Juan Nuestro Tiempo.

Misa Criolla, by Ariel Ramírez.
Coro Arturo Beruti, Coro de la Universidad Católica de Cuyo, Germán Navarro and Fernando Popi Tejada (soloists) and guest musicians. Conductor: Mar í a Elina Mayorga.

The repertoire reading sessions were supported by Franco Páez (piano) and students of the Chair of Choral Conducting (Prof. Mg. Mónica Pacheco) of the Faculty of Arts and Design of UNCuyo (Mendoza)

They included a wide and attractive selection of Argentine, Chilean, Venezuelan, Haitian, Canadian, Mexican, Uruguayan, Puerto Rican, Brazilian and American compositions that were published strictly for educational purposes.