This Willems® International Meeting was a sort of mini-congress given the number of speakers (14). It brought together more than 50 people in Lyon from 20 to 25 July 2021. The 40 participants from Germany, Belgium, Colombia, France, Spain, Italy, Quebec, Portugal and Switzerland were able to take advantage of the lull in the pandemic and follow, during this very dense meeting 3 conferences, 5 concerts, 8 lesson presentations (mainly in video), 16 practical workshops, 1 round table and a double General Assembly, representing about 30 hours of presence in all.
For the details of the programme, we refer you to the General Presentation document and to the numerous articles presenting the workshops, concerts, conferences and speakers, always online on the Published articles page.
The lectures and the minutes of the General Assemblies will be published later.
Here is a slide show of the week, with extracts of the concerts at the bottom of the page… Photos : Maryline Fourré.
Presentation of the progression of the initiation to solfeggio with Béatrice Chapuis-Westphal, María-Ángeles Perez-Lancho, Eulàlia Casso i Samsó and Christophe LazergesThe main lines of vocal work, including improvisation, with the young adults of the Maîtrise de la Cathédrale St-Jean-Baptiste de Lyon, directed by Thibaut LouppeVocal Technique Workshops for Children and Adults by Benjamin Lunetta and Magali Perol-DumoraPresentation on ensemble music with Véronique BouillouxWorkshops on beginning piano playing with Christophe LazergesBody movement workshops with Lucia Perez, María-Ángeles Perez-Lancho, Eulàlia Casso i Samsó et Javier OrtizPercussion workshops with Julien PellegriniChoir conducting workshops with Nicole Corti and Thibaut LouppeContinuous bass workshops with Anne-Catherine VinayExtraordinary and Ordinary General Meetings, broadcast live on the internetAt the end of the exams, new Willems® graduates with their trainers Béatrice Chapuis-Westphal and Lucia PerezChoral singing with Nicole Corti, as a prelude to the Round TableRound Table on the definition of a “Willemsian” school in 2021
Echo from the 5 concertsFinal wink: the “Duo of cats” as you will never see it again…A few moments of relaxation between the table football, the park, or Lyon…… and the opportunity to ” do some shopping ” at the Pro Musica exhibition