Thursday 28 November, 10:00- 13:00
KCB, Kleine Zavel 5, 1000 Brussel (room 143)
Transcribing the Masters: a round table
Arranging and transcribing musical masterpieces of the past is a deeply established practice in our musical world. The art of transferring a work into different performance settings is at the core of an ever-expanding musical canon. Even if specialist courses exist on this matter, good arrangements and transcriptions seem to depend considerably on personal artistic choices and preferences.
This ‘round table’ aims to launch a debate between teachers, external specialists, and students on the topic. It explores a wide diversity of philosophies, methodologies and pathways in arranging and transposing music of the large 19th century into different styles of modern-day musical performance. The discussion will be followed up by wider-scope study day at KCB on 27 and 28 March.