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Workshop led by Patrick Vignoli of Tempvs Fvgit with the assistance of the actors of Teatr ZAR Thu-Sun 5–8 December, 4pm–7pm Na Grobli Studio Fee: 100 EUR Contact and application Please send your application form to Justyna Rodziñska-Nair: justyna@grotowski-institute.art.pl by 29 November 2013. We will get back to you within a few days. Applicants will be accepted on a first-come-first-served basis. The workshop will be conducted in English. Workshop as part of VoicEncounters, practical seminar The workshop will focus on the orally transmitted Corsican polyphonic tradition. Participants will learn sacred songs, including ones from the Nebbiu area. The workshop will culminate in a work demonstration, which will take place on 8 December at 7pm. Patrick Vignoli is a singer and composer from Bastia, Corsica. He was introduced into Corsican traditional singing by his father and grandfather. At the age of fifteen he joined the group Speranza, where he sang with his father and some people from their village. He cultivates the transmission of traditional songs of Corsica in the religious brotherhood San Cisariu di a Vulpaiola. He is a co-founder Tempvs Fvgit, an ensemble for which he is also a composer and performer. With Tempvs Fvgit he has toured countries such as Belgium, Estonia, Spain, the Netherlands, Japan, Germany, Portugal, Singapore and Italy, giving concerts and workshops on Corsican polyphonies. Patrick has taken part in the recording of many albums, including Sperenza’s Canti Sacri and Tempvs Fvgit’s Nebbiu – Chants Sacrés and E cusi si.  Tempvs Fvgit, formed in the Confraternity of Furiani, is an all-male ensemble performing Corsican sacred polyphonies. The group has collected and brought back to life many lost songs from the Nebbiu area, and does research into Vultum Tuum, a Roman office from the 11th century. They have also created contemporary pieces, including a repertoire of songs called “è cusi sia”. Fvgit combines the worldly, the sacred and the spiritual – all of which are intertwined in traditional singing practice. The singers always perform in a circle as one resonating body. |