This campaign aims to equip the percussion class of the Felgueiras's Music Conservatory with a Vibraphone in order to improve its formation and to allow a greater wealth in its musical presentations.
The Conservatory currently has 79 students funded by the Ministry of Education, but there are 132 students attending free articulated teaching. The Conservatory is the only official music school in the county, and has channeled all its resources to provide access to artistic education to as many students as possible, thus contributing to a more complete training of young Felgueiras.
As such, it was not possible for this institution to invest in the purchase of new instruments or replacement of the old ones that allow to develop the pedagogical and musical activities, with the students and classes of existing set, with the maximum of possible conditions.
This campaign aims to help the Rhythmic Orchestra of the Conservatory of Music of Felgueiras to buy a Vibraphone. The purchase of this instrument would allow a greater artistic and technical evolution of this group and of the students of percussion, giving greater options of repertory and a greater sonorous wealth, as well as a more complete formation in its learning like percussionistas. In addition, Vibraphone is one of the mandatory instruments in the percussion program and for this reason, percussion students can not currently pursue their studies at the Conservatoire de Musique de Felgueiras.
Orquestra Rítmica do Conservatório de Música de Felgueiras
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The Conservatory of Music of Felgueiras is a non-profit institution that has dedicated all its activity to the specialized teaching of music at official level, currently having protocols with the schools of regular education Lixa Secondary School, Felgueiras Secondary School, Manuel Faria School and Sousa and the Grouping of Schools of Idães also of Felgueiras. It is funded through the Ministry of Education through a sponsorship agreement and is currently attended by about 150 students in various education schemes.
In addition to the normal auditions and solo concerts, orchestra and choir, the CMF has developed during its activity theater-musical spectacles of educational and cultural character and that have been presented either in the county of Felgueiras or in neighboring counties.
Since Music Education is a right that every citizen can access, the Conservatory of Music of Felgueiras (CMF) is responsible for answering the various social demands of the Municipality and surrounding area. Thanks to a policy of strong educational and cultural intervention, carried out over the years, through the realization of Concerts (in several spaces), Pedagogical Concerts, Multidisciplinary Shows, Protocols with various cultural entities and schools of regular education, Workshops, Seminars , Official Courses and Free Courses, the Conservatory has had a growing demand for its services.
With regard to the educational offer of an official nature, the CMF offers the Initiation Courses (for children who are attending the 1st Cycle of Regular Teaching), the Basic Music Course (in the Violin, Cello, Double Bass, Viola Dedilhada , Percussion, Piano, Transverse Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Saxophone, Trumpet, Horn, Trombone and Tuba) for children who are attending the 2nd and 3rd Cycle of Studies. It also has the Secondary Courses of Instrument, Musical Training and Singing, corresponding to Secondary Education. As regards unofficial courses, there are a number of Free Instrument Courses, targeting not only the above-mentioned instruments, but also others that match the artistic needs found in the surrounding society.
The CMF is responsible for promoting not only the musical formation, but also the general training of its students, in the instructive (knowledge and skills) and social (behavioral values and standards) aspects, in the sense of integral formation and student self-realization .
