TENSO, the European network of professional chamber choirs
invites choir managers to attend Tenso Professionals Day

Thursday April 22, 2010
Centre de Documentation de la Musique Contemporaine
Cité de la Musique, Paris

Tenso Professionals Day will focus on the general state of chamber choirs in Europe and on ways to facilitate professional exchange in the context of a European network. The gathering is hosted by le choeur de chambre accentus.

The goal is to gather managers of chamber choirs from all over Europe, especially the Mediterranean, Balkan and the Eastern countries, with Tenso member choirs : choeur de chambre accentus (Paris), Musicatreize (Marseille), Cappella Amsterdam, Latvijas Radio Koris (Riga), Nederlands Kamerkoor (Amsterdam), Det Norske Solistkor (Oslo), Rias Kammerchor (Berlin) ; as well as other professionals from related fields.

The meeting will take place in conjunction with, and at the same location as, The International Artist Manager’s Association (IAMA) 20th Conference.
For more information visit www.iamaworld.com

Funding for the Tenso meeting has been provided by the European Union and travel and accommodation support is available, if necessary.



To register, please contact : Greg Parry
greg@tenso-vocal.eu
+33 (0)6 73 11 07 55

Registration fee : € 20

Conference host :
accentus
51 rue de Chabrol - 75010 Paris
Anaïs Humez
a.humez@accentus.fr
+33 (0)1 42 46 25 85
www.accentus.fr

Recommended Hotel :
Holiday Inn Paris - Gare de l'Est
5 rue du 8 mai 1945 - 75010 Paris
+33 (0)1 55 26 05 05

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Tenso members will meet in Berlin the 15th of January 2010 to organise Oslo 2010 and Marseille 2011 Tenso Days.

Have a look at www.tensodagen.nl.

During the Tenso Days in Amsterdam - taking place in October, 15-18, 2009 in the already renowned Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ - the network will organize a day for professionals in the fields of choir music, contemporary music, music education, music writing, cultural policy and others.

Two themes :
“playing the voice” - the voice as instrument
on the status of professional (ensemble) singing
where do we find a new generation of chamber choir singers?

"guerilla tactics"
how to involve amateurs and (new) audiences?
challenges, best practices, do’s and don’ts

Click here for more information

The Tenso Network proudly announces that the EU Culture Programme supports the activities of the network with a substantial grant.

In the period May 2009 - April 2010, we have undertaken several activities to support professional choirs in Europe, including the distribution of new and recent repertoire for chamber choir, and exchanges between professional and with amateur choirs :

* Tenso Days Amsterdam (see below)
* exchange programmes and composers workshops
* joint commissions for new works for chamber choir
* symposia on the current state of professional chamber choirs
* making repertoire available through (internet) databases
* expanding the Tenso Network