Kanañ e brezhoneg
Kanañ e brezhoneg (Singing in breton) is a training session on voice and language provided to the chorists.
Speakers
Guy Pouliquen
- Musician (bagpipes, bombard, piano, organ)
- Singer (tenor) and songwriter
- Choirmaster of Kan Ar Vro
Alan Hervé
- Head of the Language Commission at the Fédération Kanomp Breizh
- Singer
Jean-Pierre Thomin
- Chairman of the Fédération Kanomp Breizh
- Singer
- Associate researcher at the CRBC
Yves Defrance
- Ethnomusicologist
- Teacher of Breton culture and language at Rennes 2 University
The program
The day will be divided into two parts:
- In the morning, there will be a choice of two workshops: vocal technique (for men's and women's desks), or Breton language (connections, accentuation, opening of vowels, work on the text of the songs (etc.), based on the remarks made by the language judges at the 2023 Brittany Choir Championship)
- In the early afternoon there will be a dress rehearsal of the Kenavo in Vannetais.
- The day will conclude with a talk by Yves Defrance on the theme of "Oral vocal polyphony".
Price
Registration
The training day will be held on 14 October 2023 at the Amzer Nevez centre in Plœmeur (56).