Tenso Vocal

Oslo Tenso Days

2010-08-30T07:07:00.000-07:00

Tenso Days, September 16, 17, 18 2010, Oslo

hosted by Det Norske Solistkor (celebrating its 60th anniversary) and featuring three other Tenso choirs: Musicatreize, Nederlands Kamerkoor and Latvian Radio Choir

presented as part of the ULTIMA ’10 Oslo Contemporary Music Festival

Tenso Days more information

Composers workshop at Tenso Days

2010-07-30T07:20:00.000-07:00

As part of Tenso Days, a jury will select six composers to be invited to Oslo for two sessions on September 16 and 17, 2010.

Hotel and travel is provided and the top prize includes a commission and performances in the 2011/2012.

For more information on composers workshop and prize

Paris, Wednesday June 16, 2010 - Tenso Professionals Day NEW DATE

2010-06-15T23:00:00.000-07:00

TENSO, the European network of professional chamber choirs
invites choir managers to attend Tenso Professionals Day

NEW DATE
Wednesday June 16, 2010
Centre de Documentation de la Musique Contemporaine

Tenso Professionals Day will focus on the general state of chamber choirs in Europe and on ways to expend the current professional chamber choir network. The gathering is hosted by le choeur de chambre accentus.

The goal is to gather managers of chamber choirs from all over Europe, especially the Mediterranean, Balkan and the Eastern countries, with Tenso member choirs : choeur de chambre accentus (Paris), Musicatreize (Marseille), Cappella Amsterdam, Latvijas Radio Koris (Riga), Nederlands Kamerkoor (Amsterdam), Det Norske Solistkor (Oslo), Rias Kammerchor (Berlin) ; as well as other professionals from related fields.

Funding for the Tenso meeting has been provided by the European Union and travel and accommodation support is available, if necessary.

To register, please contact : Greg Parry
greg@tenso-vocal.eu
+33 (0)6 73 11 07 55

Registration fee : € 20

Conference host :
accentus
51 rue de Chabrol - 75010 Paris
Anaïs Humez
a.humez@accentus.fr
+33 (0)1 42 46 25 85
www.accentus.fr

Recommended Hotel :
Holiday Inn Paris - Gare de l'Est
5 rue du 8 mai 1945 - 75010 Paris
+33 (0)1 55 26 05 05

Tenso commissions - Jonathan Harvey

2010-05-30T07:37:00.000-07:00

The Tenso network has given a commission to British composer Jonathan Harvey for an a cappella choral work, to be premiered in 2012.

Jonathan Harvey is nowadays best known for his electro-acoustic music, and it has been several years since Harvey has written for unaccompanied chorus. Tenso is very much looking forward to the new work, which will be added to the repertoire of the current Tenso members.
The Tenso network will have the exclusive right to perform and record the new work for a period of three seasons after the premiere.

Details about performers, date and venue of the premiere and other performances will follow.

Paris, April 21, 2010 - Members meeting

2010-04-20T23:00:00.000-07:00

Tenso members will meet in April 21, 2010 in Paris to organise Oslo 2010 and Marseille 2011 Tenso Days.
Due the air traffic disruption, the European Manager Tenso meeting is postponed to June 16th in Paris

Berlin, January 15, 2010 - Members Meeting

2010-01-15T04:29:00.000-08:00

Tenso members will meet in January 15, 2010 in Berlin to organise Oslo 2010 and Marseille 2011 Tenso Days.

Tenso Day 2009 Website on line

2009-09-15T09:00:00.000-07:00

Have a look at www.tensodagen.nl.

Amsterdam, Friday October 16, 2009 - Tenso Professionals Day

2009-09-15T08:52:00.000-07:00

During the Tenso Days in Amsterdam - taking place in October, 15-18, 2009 in the already renowned Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ - the network will organize a day for professionals in the fields of choir music, contemporary music, music education, music writing, cultural policy and others.

Two themes :
“playing the voice” - the voice as instrument
on the status of professional (ensemble) singing
where do we find a new generation of chamber choir singers?

"guerilla tactics"
how to involve amateurs and (new) audiences?
challenges, best practices, do’s and don’ts

Click here for more information

EU grant for Tenso Network!

2009-04-15T08:37:00.000-07:00

The Tenso Network proudly announces that the EU Culture Programme supports the activities of the network with a substantial grant.

In the period May 2009 - April 2010, we have undertaken several activities to support professional choirs in Europe, including the distribution of new and recent repertoire for chamber choir, and exchanges between professional and with amateur choirs :

* Tenso Days Amsterdam (see below)
* exchange programmes and composers workshops
* joint commissions for new works for chamber choir
* symposia on the current state of professional chamber choirs
* making repertoire available through (internet) databases
* expanding the Tenso Network

Haarlem, July 2 2009 - Tenso Managers Meeting during Internationale Koorbiennale Haarlem Wednesday

2009-04-14T01:10:00.000-07:00

The Internationale Koorbiennale Haarlem kindly invites Tenso and its associates to join them in Haarlem on Wednesday 2 July for a general meeting of choir managers, orchestra managers, composers, singers, journalists, policy makers and others involved in the creation and performance of contemporary choir music.

More information, preliminary programme and registration will follow in the next newsletter.

Amsterdam, October 15-18 , 2009 - Tenso Days

2009-04-13T03:13:00.000-07:00

Nederlands Kamerkoor and Cappella Amsterdam will host the Tenso Days Amsterdam, taking place in the Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ from 15 to 18 October 2009.

The theme of the concert programmes is THE CANON OF THE XX CENTURY - a.o. Schönberg, Messiaen, De Leeuw, Poulenc, Xenakis, Schnittke, Pärt together with premieres of European composers.

The choirs that will perform :
Nederlands Kamerkoor • Latvian Radia Choir • Accentus • Cappella Amsterdam • Eesti Filharmoonia Kammerkoor • Det Norkse Solistkor

To know more about Tenso days Amsterdam....

The programme of the Tenso Days Amsterdam will be published on www.tensodagen.nl (on line in May 2009)