Day two of the Royal visit to Serbia began with The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall visiting a cultural event in Trg Slobode, Novi Sad.
Their Royal Highnesses were welcomed to the event by the Mayor of Novi Sad, Mr Milos Vucevic, and watched a performance from members of the Triorca Orchestra; a Serbian, British and German project that encourages children to come together using the international language of music.
Read more about the Royal visit at princeofwales.gov.uk
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We are delighted to announce confirmed details for Triorca 2 project.
We can now confirm Triorca 2 will take place in Neuwied Engers, Germany from 21st – 27th July 2016.
We will be performing two concerts, on Monday 25th July at the Landesmusikakademie, Neuwied-Engers and Tuesday 26th July in the Gorreshaus, Koblenz. Our principal conductor will be Nicholas Daniel with Andrew Morley as Assistant conductor.
Our programme will be:

Aaron Copland - Fanfare for the common man
Richard Wagner - Meistersingers Overture
Benjamin Britten - Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
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Aaron Copland - Quiet City for Cor Anglais, Trumpet and Strings with soloists Nicholas Daniel Cor Anglais and Cameron Johnson Trumpet
Aaron Copland – Hoe Down from Rodeo
Rimsky Korsakov - Capriccio Espagnol
 
If you want any further information please contact us.
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The Triorca Trust - Securing the future of Triorca -    We have just had agreement to register a charity, named The Triorca Trust, with the Charity Commission.

The purpose of The Triorca Trust is to provide grants to support those young people who have been selected to play in the international youth orchestra, Triorca, and who would not otherwise be able to without some financial support.

The founding Trustees are:

• Diana Beckley OBE
• Peter Beckley OBE
• Wautraud Jarrold OBE
• Juliet Rickard, Director, Triorca
• Robert Rickard

Triorca, the new international youth orchestra of young musicians from England, Serbia and Germany, gives its next performance on 15 th December at The Synagogue in Novi Sad, Serbia . Following its debut in Koblenz, Germany in July, the young players reassemble under the baton of Artistic Director, Nicolas Daniel to prepare a programme of music by Shostakovich , Bizet and a new work by the young Serbian composer, Ana Kazimic , especially written for Triorca.

‘Triorca’ is a whole project about communication, inclusion, and the very meaning of music. It aims to help young musicians from England, Serbia and Germany share their experiences and different cultural backgrounds, learning together and from each other, using the international language of music. Artists will benefit from culturally distinct approaches to developing professional ensemble playing and performance and lasting friendships between the young musicians from different nationalities have already been formed.

The concert at the synagogue on Saturday 15 December is the climax of a residential music course for the orchestra’s 60 players to be held in Novi Sad from 9 to 15 December. Under Nicholas Daniel’s expert direction, the orchestra’s young players will rehearse together, developing their orchestral musicianship and experience
Triorca’s orchestral programme begins with the vivid Spanish tones of Bizet’s suite from his opera, Carmen, and it ends with a mighty Russian work of the twentieth century, Shostakovich’s 5th Symphony, a real tour de force for the young players. The third work in the programme is the world premiere of a new work by the 27-year old Serbian composer, Ana Kazimic, who responded to a commission from Triorca to produce a new 10 minute work for symphony orchestra. She was asked to write a piece that would appeal to and motivate the young musicians of Triorca and help them to forge new relationships by playing together, bridging the boundaries of nationality and culture through music.

The result is a suite called Balcando, made up of five movements, four dances and one song, whose title reflects the composer’s references to traditional Balkan music. Of the piece Ana says: “Balkan is a natural connection between East and West, so my intention was to make that relation in my composition. Beside the music, I found the inspiration in folklore dances which I used to dance and which form a rich pallet of different styles from these territories. As a dancer, I enjoy the elegance and breadth of the western waltz. The main idea and great compositional challenge for me was how to make Balkan folklore and the western waltz dance together.”

She adds: “All the time while composing I was thinking about our Triorca musicians, trying to make the music attractive and inspiring for young musicians. I hope I reached at least a part of the energy that such an orchestra has got and I am sure that my use of Balkan rhythms and, especially their combination with waltz will be exciting challenge for the young performers. I can’t wait to hear them playing!”

Ana Kazimic is herself a graduate of the Isidor Bajic Music School in Novi Sad whose young students form part of Triorca. She is a pianist, singer and dancer and is currently studying for her doctorate in composition at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade. She has written works for choir, for piano and for chamber groups and she has recently written a ballet which is soon to be premiered.

Ana says: “To connect people from three countries with music is a really worthwhile idea, but when the participants are young musicians especially, it cannot be resisted. In my opinion the cooperation between young musicians that is afforded by Triorca and, particularly, the possibility given to young composers to write for young performers, gives new energy to the life of music.”

Triorca is made up of musicians from the Landesjugendorchester and Landesmusikgymnasium, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, Norfolk County Youth Orchestra, Norfolk, England and Isidor Bajic Music School, Novi Sad, Serbia. For this concert the orchestra has 20 players from Serbia, 23 from England and 18 from Germany.

The Triorca project has been funded with a grant of 193,000 Euros from the EU Cultural Programme (2007-2013) through the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency in Brussels. It is built around the long-standing twinning relationships of Norfolk and Norwich with Koblenz and Novi Sad.

For Novi Sad  26 - 29 December 2012 - Details for Activity 4 were discussed and agreed at the latest planning meeting in Novi Sad between Triorca partners.

The Serbian partners were represented by Radmilla Martinovic (Director), Nina Niklov (Assistant Principal) and Danijela Klickovic (Assistant Principal) of the Isidor Bajic Music School.

The photograph shows Juliet Rickard, (Triorca Project Director), Andy Morley (Assistant conductor of Triorca) and Richard Moser (Oberstudiendirektor of the Landesmusikgymnasium) outside City Hall, Novi Sad.

The German representative was Richard Moser, Oberstudiendirektor of the Landesmusikgymnasium and representative of the Landesjungendorchester.

From England were Juliet Rickard, Director of the Norfolk County Youth Orchestra, Andy Morley (Assistant conductor of Triorca) and Robert Rickard who put together the original funding proposal to the EU Cultural Programme.

Directors spent time looking at the concert venue, programme and orchestral players.  They also had an opportunity to discuss the new work commissioned for Triorca by Ana Kazimic - Balcando.  Ana described the inspiration behind the piece:

'Balkan is a natural connection between East and West, so my intention was to make that relation in my composition. Beside the music, I found the inspiration in folklore dances which I used to dance and which form a rich pallet of different styles from these territories. As a dancer, I enjoy the elegance and breadth of the western waltz. The main idea and great compositional challenge for me was how to make Balkan folklore and the western waltz dance together.” 

She adds: “All the time while composing I was thinking about our Triorca musicians, trying to make the music attractive and inspiring for young musicians. I hope I reached at least a part of the energy that such an orchestra has got and I am sure that my use of Balkan rhythms and, especially their combination with waltz will be exciting challenge for the young performers. I can’t wait to hear them playing!”
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All partners agreed that the concert in Novi Sad is promising to be an exciting event!

A new international youth orchestra of young musicians from Germany, England and Serbia gives its first ever public performance when it appears in a concert at the Gorreshaus, Koblenz on 21st July 2012.
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Conducted by the young Lithuanian conductor, Mirga Grazinyte, Triorca will play a truly international programme of music. The concert features echoes of Spain in Bizet’s Carmen Suite, colourful folk-inspired music by the Serbian composer, Hristic, and the Danzon No. 2 by Marquez, which became the signature piece for the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela during their famous European tour a few years ago.  

The 16-year old German violinist Jacob Meining will be soloist in the virtuosic Zigeunerweisen by Sarasate and in an elegaic piece from the early 20th century by a little-known English composer, John Foulds.

The concert is the climax of a residential music course for the orchestra’s 60 players to be held from 16 to 21 July at the Landesmusikacademie in Neuwied-Engers. Coached and prepared for their debut performance by Mirga Grazinyte, the orchestra’s young players will develop their orchestral musicianship and gain experience in chamber groups. Most importantly they will learn from and make lasting friendships with young musicians of other nationalities. They will benefit from culturally distinct approaches to developing professional ensemble playing and performance.

On Friday 20th July, there will be an open rehearsal at Aula des Heinrich-Hauses, Neuwied-Engers to which the public are invited. Admission is free.

Triorca is made up of musicians from the Landesjugendorchester and Landesmusikgymnasium, Rheinland-Pfalz, Norfolk County Youth Orchestra, Norfolk, England and Isidor Bajic Music School, Novi Sad, Serbia. For this first concert the orchestra has 18 players from Germany, 30 from England and 9 from Serbia.
The aim of the Triorca project is to help young musicians from England, Serbia and Germany to share their experiences and different cultural backgrounds and to learn together and from each other, using the international language of music.

The Triorca project has been funded with a grant of 193,000 Euros from the EU Cultural Programme (2007-2013) through the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency in Brussels. It is built around the long-standing twinning relationships of Norfolk and Norwich with Koblenz and Novi Sad.

The orchestra’s Artistic Director is the international conductor and virtuoso oboist, Nicholas Daniel, recently awarded the Queen’s Medal for Music 2011, who will conduct the orchestra’s next concerts in Serbia and the UK – www.triorca.eu.

Details of open rehearsal and concert:
Friday 20th July 2012 at 8pm (open rehearsal – admission free)

Aula des Heinrich-Hauses, Neuwied-Engers,
Saturday 21st July 2012 at 8pm
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Gorreshaus, Koblenz
Triorca jugendorchester
Conductor: Mirga Grazinyte
Soloist: Jacob Meining, violin

• Bizet - Carmen Suite
• John Foulds - Music Poem No. 4 for violin and orchestra
• Sarasate - Zigeunerweisen
• Hristic - Ohridska legenda
• Marquez - Danzon No. 2

Karten: 12,-€, erm. 6,-€
über Buchhandlung Reuffel, Koblenz (0261-303070) und an der Abendkasse