On Saturday 18 May from 10am to 10pm some of the most characteristic places in the city will be transformed into stages on the occasion of the School music festivalwhich anticipates the Music Festival scheduled for June 24th (www.festadellamusicabrescia.it).
Four stages
They will be set up during the day four stageswhich will be located in the historic center of the city: in the Loggia and Bruno Boni squares, in Corso Zanardelli and in the Mo.Ca courtyard. If it rains, the organization guarantees that only the proposed initiatives will take place indoors. «The School Music Festival, celebrated for the first time in Brescia in 2018, is a day entirely dedicated to the youngest and that of Brescia is the only example on a national scale – explains the curator and organizer Jean Luc Stote, who about a year ago handed over the baton to Alberto Belgesto as regards the presidency of the Music Festival association -. The objective of this manifestation is to want enhance the musical activities of schools, bringing to the squares and streets everything that was achieved during the school year. However, let’s not forget that, in our province, there are numerous young people who, out of passion, independently approach the world of music, carrying out projects outside the school environment: this day, therefore, is dedicated to them too”. 18 institutes took part in the 2023 edition, for a total of 2,000 male and female students.
The program
At 11am a delegation from the 32 schools of Sector 9 will perform an unpublished piece composed by Paola Ceretta and Cristian Rocco, which will collect the words thought up by the students of the
primary, secondary and upper secondary schools developed as part of the «Legality Project». The performance will involve a total of 300 boys and girls.
The song, titled «The ticket», represents a tribute to life and a look to the future. Federica di Cosimo will be present to represent the territorial school office together with the teachers of the area and a representation of the municipal administration and the Prefect. The coordination of the musical middle schools (Smim) will also be present in Piazza Loggia under the guidance of Cetti Schinocca, piano teacher at the ic of Passirano and music contact for the territorial school office of Brescia.
From 3.30 pm, again thanks to the commitment of Cetti Schinocca, three regional orchestras will perform for the first time, with students from all over Lombardy, from SMIM and music high schools with the accompaniment of the directors: Giambattista Pianezzola, Ciro Fiorentino and Roberto Genova. The hope of the organizers and the mayor of Brescia Laura Castelletti is that in 2025, in each city of the region, the School Music Festival will be organized on the Brescia model.
In Piazza Bruno Boni there will be a space dedicated to activities for children from 0 to 6 years old designed and proposed by the councilor for educational policies Anna Frattini. The project is called «The elephant with gaiters» and intends to propose initiatives focused on creativity.
The Santo Stefano kindergarten will open the dance with a choir, followed by the nursery schools of the Municipality of Brescia, the latter accompanied by guitar and ethnic percussion. In case of rain, the performances and the exhibition will take place in the San Barnaba auditorium. Another stage will rise at Mo.Ca, which will host the schools’ performances in collaboration with Musical – Mente thanks to the commitment of Paola Ceretta. The morning will be inaugurated by the Santa Maria degli Angeli Institute, followed by a series of students from the musical high schools of Darfo and Brescia. This year’s School Music Festival sees the official partnership of Trinity College London, international certification body for music, English language and performing arts. The Trinity College London stage will be located in Corso Zanardelli and will host performances by soloists and groups from schools that are Trinity centers for Music coming mainly from Lombardy, with the participation of a school from Puglia.
«The Trinity College London Treasure Hunt will also start from Corso Zanardelli at 3.30pm – announces the director of Trinity Colleague London, Emiliano Valtulini -, a treasure hunt in English through the streets of the city. The presence of Annalisa Spadolini, president of the National Committee for the Practical Learning of Music for All Students (Cnapm) at the Ministry of Education and Merit, adds further value to this event”. The exhibition of the Tartaglia Olivieri Collective (Cot) will also be set up in Corso Zanardelli, which includes the display of works and art forms of various kinds created by the girls and boys of the school. (In case of rain the performances will take place in the Santa Giulia auditorium). For info: [email protected].
