MUSEG Organ Course 2025 will take place from July 21st to 27th, with professors Bine Bryndorf and Ángel Montero. Organ classes will take place between July 21st  and 27th. The course will culminate with the Organ Route, a series of concerts that will take place during the festival in different churches of the province of Segovia.

Participants in the organ courses will have the opportunity to play on the Organ Route, and to practice throughout the week on the different organs that will be used for the concerts.

information about the Course

PROFESSORS: Bine Bryndorf and Ángel Montero.

CHURCHES:

• Catedral de Segovia (Órgano de la Epístola, Órgano del Evangelio)
• Abades
• El Espinar
• Marugan
• Sangarcía
• Santuario de la Fuencisla

WHO IS IT INTENDED FOR?

The MUSEG 2025 Organ Course will take place from July 21st to 25th in Segovia, Spain. It is open for professional performers, graduates, and organ students.

The course offers 8 places for active students and 15 for audit students.

Calendar

– July 21^st to 25^th: Organ course. The lessons will take place in the organs of Segovia’s Cathedral and in the churches of Abades, El Espinar, Sangarcía or Martin Miguel.

– July 26^th and 27^th: students will participate in the “Ruta del Órgano”, a series of student concerts that will take place in the churches mentioned above.

For more information about the repertoire or the content of the courses, you can contact us by email:

fundacion@fundaciondonjuandeborbon.org

COURSE CONTENT:

• ORGAN LITERATURE

Each active participant may bring a free program, with works to choose from the next items. The course organization may send scores from the music to the active participants, it this were necessary.

Professor: Ángel Montero

Iberian Music from 16^th to 18^th centuries

Composers suggestion: Antonio de Cabezón (1510-1566), Francisco Correa de Arauxo (1584-1654), Sebastián Aguilera de Heredia (1561-1627), Manuel Rodrigues Coelho (1555-1635), Pedro de Araujo (c. 1640 – c.1705), Pablo Bruna (1611-1679), José Ximénez (1601-1672), Juan B. Cabanilles (1644-1712), José Lidón (1746-1827), Antonio Soler (1729-1783), Félix Máximo López (1742-1821), and Anonymous music collected by Antonio Martín y Coll (1650-1634).

Professor: Bine Bryndorf

Manualiter Music from northern German Composers from 17^th and 18^th centuries:

Composers: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621), Heinrich Scheidemann (1595-1663), Franz Tunder (1614-1667), Matthias Weckmann (c.1616-1674), Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707) and Johann Adam Reincken (1643-1722).

• HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE SOURCES

Historical treatrises and sources will be analyzed. Early fingerings, articulation, tempo and tactus, ornamentation, registration, etc., will be discussed around the historical performance practice at the instruments from 17^th and 18^th century, connected to the literature from part A.

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 

-Classes will be held in Spanish and English.

-8 active students will be accepted. Each active student will be entitled to one class per day. The course schedules will be in the morning and afternoon, and will be communicated in advance.

-Students will have practice time to rehearse on the historical instruments where the course will take place, as well as on study organs enabled for this purpose.

-Travel to instruments outside Segovia for lessons will be carried out by the course organization.

-Students must communicate the repertoire they wish to work on at the time of registration. Likewise, if they wish to request scores by any of the composers or works proposed in the course, they must communicate this in advance at the time of registration.

course teachers:

For more information about the repertoire or the content of the courses, you can contact us by email:

fundacion@fundaciondonjuandeborbon.org

Application

Registration Fee:

Active Students (may choose one of the following options):

€200 (includes only the course enrollment)
€440 (includes course enrollment, accommodation, and meals from July 20 to 27)

Auditing Students (may choose one of the following options):

€100 (includes only the course enrollment)
€340 (includes course enrollment, accommodation, and meals from July 20 to 27)
The pre-registration deadline will be April, 30th. Once it is closed, we will contact all students by email to inform them about admission. Students who are not admitted as active will have preference as listening students.

SELECTION OF PARTICIPANTS:

Those interested in participating in the Course must send:

Online application.
Curriculum Vitae.
Link to a video of a (recent) performance, at least 5 minutes long (only for applicants as active students).
Active students:

Registration for active students will include:

Organ classes every day of the course.
Assistance as a listener to all organ classes.
Accreditation diploma.
Participation in concerts in the “Ruta del Organo“.
One ticket for all the concerts of the 50 MUSEG – Festival Musical de Segovia that take place between July 21st to 26th.
Listening students:

Registration for listening students includes:

Assistance as a listener to all organ classes.
Accreditation diploma.
One ticket for all the concerts of the 49 MUSEG – Festival Musical de Segovia that take place between 21st to 26th.

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