The Summer School & Festival runs from 24 July - 21 August 2021, programmed by Artistic Director Sara Mohr-Pietsch in Dartington, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 6EL .

   Dartington Music Summer School & Festival

 

                          All covered and united by Art in a chorus

Photos by : www.dartington.org

The summer days are set to breathe life into artistic dreams. The Dartington Trust will be hosting courses for all ages and abilities, in a setting surrounded by music festivals, concerts and events, with South Devon as backdrop.
 
It is exciting enough to be able to do this in ‘normal’ times, but it is even more so when we can bring together a community of musicians and avid music lovers in this post-covid era and during ‘vaccination times’. After the traumatic year we have been through, we are ready for our Summer Music School and Festival.
 

“FESTIVALS PROMOTE DIVERSITY, THEY BRING NEIGHBOURS INTO DIALOGUE, THEY INCREASE CREATIVITY, THEY OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR CIVIC PRIDE, THEY IMPROVE OUR GENERAL PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING. IN SHORT, THEY MAKE CITIES BETTER PLACES TO LIVE.” Commented DAVID BINDER
 

Our executive team is made up of CEO Alan Boldon, who took on the role in 2021, Emily Hoare, Creative Director, who has previously worked in France and Pavel Cenkl, Director of Learning.
 
Enjoy of the beautiful surroundings of Darting Hall, where you will find interactive projects in the gardens, gatherings around the trees and brass band concerts taking place under the marquees. You can choose whether to book a pass for courses and concerts with the option of adding accommodation to your package. These will be running from Saturday to Saturday.

Originally established at the suggestion of William Glock in 1948, Dartington quickly took on remarkable proportions and entered a

new musical and country landscape, remaining permanently in Devon since 1953. Not least because in 1925, Dorothy and Leonard Elmhirst bought the neglected 14th century Dartington estate, inspiring a myriad of avant-garde thinkers and artists.
 
Decide what your starting point is (open/ intermediate/ advanced intermediate) considering your current musical skills.
The itineraries can be tailored to your individual interests and mood and will feature around two or three concerts and events on most evenings each week. Everyone is welcome to join, including families and children.
 
According to the covid rules a cellist must bring his or her own musical instrument, just as a pianist will find his or her instrument available there.
 
Schumacher College, Dartington Arts School Research in Practice and Dartington School for Social Entrepreneurs represent who the institution is and its solid foundation. They attract inspiring artists such as Benard Leach, as well the Composer Igor Stravinsky, the cellist Jacqueline du Pre, the playwright Bernard Shaw, and environmental activist Vandana Sliva .
 
As we can see, it is a place and an event where audiences from all over the world encourage social change, learning, and experimentation, covered by the eco-system that sustains it. The social values are: social justice, art, apprenticeshipand ecology.
 
The Summer School & Festival runs from 24 July - 21 August 2021, programmed by Artistic Director Sara Mohr-Pietsch in Dartington, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 6EL .
 
Summer is the perfect season to enjoy the outdoors. Even better accompanied with sunny, warm days, full of music and courses, where artistic individuality is welcomed, respected and enhanced.
 
More info on the pilot programme can be found here : www.dartington.org/whats-on/programme/summer-school/
 
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