• The OFMAN, Orquesta Filarmónica de La Mancha presents their III Musical Conducting Workshop. This distinct workshop will offer different musical genres where the conductors will be able to choose a level according to their knowledge and experience in conducting.
• The Workshop will offer four musical genres:
  • Chamber Music (String Orchestra)
  • Opera/Zarzuela (Spanish Opera)
  • Oratorio
  • Symphonic Repertoire
• All the genres will be offered in three levels:
  • Elementary
  • Intermediate
  • Advanced
• A suitable repertoire will be available for each level. See the repertoire below.
• Besides the orchestra, the workshop will count with the participation of a choir and soloists for the repertoire that requires it.
• The workshop will allow up to 12 active participants and up to 30 auditors. Active conductors will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.
• Auditors will be able to attend to all the classes and practices of the course.
• Registration will be open from March 1st through June 30th.
• There will be a Final concert on Sunday, July 13th. All the active participants will be conducting.
• This workshop will be led by the Spanish Maestro Francisco-Antonio Moya, Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Orquesta Filarmónica de La Mancha, Musical Director of Producciones Telón and Professor of conducting at the Royal Conservatory of Music of Madrid.

The workshop will be held at the Concert Hall of Old Casino in Ciudad Real, Spain. (Caballeros Street, 3).

From July 7th through July 13th, 2025.

• Each active conductor will have 120 minutes of Podium Time during the sessions at the workshop. These will be distributed by 60 minutes with Piano and 60 minutes with the Orchestra (Choir and Soloists when is it necessary).
• Each active conductor will have up to 10 minutes on the Podium at the Concert Day.
• All sessions with the Orchestra, Choir and Soloists including the Final Concert, will be recorded. This material will be available to the Conductors.

• On Monday July the 7th, the workshop will open with a session about the contents and theoretical-practical concepts in Conducting. See below.
• On Tuesday, July 8th, The sessions will continue with the rest of the Theoretical-practical concepts along with the Application of Gesture to different fragments of the pieces proposed for this workshop.
• On Wednesday, July 9th, the conductors will focus on the Chamber Music repertoire.
• On Thursday, July 10th, the conductors will focus on the Opera/Zarzuela repertoire.
• On Friday, July 11th, the conductors will focus on the Oratorio repertoire.
• On Saturday, July 12th, the conductors will focus on the Symphonic repertoire.
• Each active conductor will choose one work of each genre of the repertoire.
• The mornings from July 9th to the 12th, they will be specifically for the practices with Piano, these sessions are designed to prepare the sessions with the orchestra in the afternoons.
• At the end of each day there will be an open discussion where the active participants will receive a constructive and enriching feedback both from their peers and the Maestro.
• For reasons of time, the conductors will focus on movements and/or fragments of the works, as reflected in the repertory, rather than on the full works.

1. The figure of the Conductor. The act of Conducting.
2. Approach to different schools of conducting: K. Phillips, I. Musin, I. Saito, S. Celibidache, M. Rudolf.
3. Concepts and basic terminology in conducting technique.
4. The arm and its 3 dimensions. The baton.
5. The initial position and sound spaces.
6. The initial gesture.
7. The physiognomy of the gesture in the different measures.
8. Legato, Staccato. Different speeds of the arm in the movement.
9. Stopping the gesture.
10. Subdivision.
11. Suggested conducting.

STRING ORCHESTRA

• Option 1: St. Paul´s Suite Op. 29 (I. Jig)... G. Holst
• Option 2: Suite in F (III. Saraband)... H. Parry
• Option 3: Minuetto del Quinteto Op. 11 Nº. 5…L. Boccherini
• Option 4: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (I. Allegro)... W. A. Mozart

OPERA/ZARZUELA

• Option 1: Plaisir d´armour... J. P. E. Martini (Orch. H. Berlioz)
• Option 2: Carmen (“Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre”)… G. Bizet
• Option 3: Don Giovanni KV. 527 (“La ci darem la mano”)… W. A. Mozart
• Option 4: La del Manojo de Rosas (“Madrileña bonita")… P. Sorozábal

ORATORIO

• Option 1: Messiah HWV 56 (N. 36 “Why do the nations”)… G. F. Händel
• Option 2: Exultate, jubilate K. 165 (“Alleluia”)… W. A. Mozart
• Option 3: Rèquiem -1888 version- (N. 1 “Introit et Kyrie”)… G. Fauré
• Option 4: Rèquiem K. 626 (“Introitus”) … W. A. Mozart

SYMPHONIC

• Option 1: Symphony N. 83 in G minor "La poule" (I. Allegro)... F. J. Haydn
• Option 2: Symphony N. 25 K. 183 (I. Allegro con brio) … W. A. Mozart
• Option 3: Symphony N. 5 (II. Andante con moto)… F. Schubert
• Option 4: Symphony N. 2 Op. 36 (III. Scherzo. Allegro)… L. V. Beethoven

STRING ORCHESTRA

• Option 1: Holberg Suite (I. Praeludium)… E. Grieg
• Option 2: Serenade for Strings in E Major Op. 22 (I. Moderato)… A. Dvorak
• Option 3: Vistas al mar (II. Nocturno)… E. Toldrá
• Option 4: String Symphony Nº 1, in C major (II. Andante)… F. Mendelssohn

OPERA/ZARZUELA

• Option 1: L´elisir d´amour (“Udite, udite o rustici”)... G. Donizetti
• Option 2: Rigoletto (“Gualtier Maldè" ... "Caro nome”…G. Verdi*
• Option 3: La fille du régiment (“Chacun le sait”)… G. Donizetti
• Option 4: Luisa Fernanda (“Ya mis horas felices”)… F. Moreno Torroba

ORATORIO

• Option 1: Messiah HWV 56 (Nº. 42 “Behold, I tel you a mistery" & Nº. 43 "The trumpet shall sound”… G. F. Händel
• Option 2: Psalm 42 - Wie der Hirsch schreit (“Herr, wir traun auf deine Güte”)… F. Mendelssonh
• Option 3: Réquiem -1888 version- (N. 2 "Offerttoire")... G. Fauré
• Option 4: Rèquiem K. 626 (“Rex tremendoe”) … W. A. Mozart

SYMPHONIC

• Option 1: Symphony Nº. 104 "London" (I. Adagio - Allegro)… F. J. Haydn
• Option 2: Cavalleria Rusticana ("Intermezzo")… P. Mascagni
• Option 3: Die Zauberflöte ("Overtüre")... W. A. Mozart
• Option 4: Symphony Nº. 9 Op. 125 (II. Presto)… L. V. Beethoven

STRING ORCHESTRA

• Option 1: Death and the Maiden (bars 1-140)… F. Schubert (Orch. H. Berlioz)
• Option 2: Simple Symphony (4. Frolicsome Finale)… B. Britten
• Option 3: Serenade for strings Op. 48 (IV. Finale)… P. I. Tchaikovsky
• Option 4: La Oración del torero Op. 34… J. Turina

OPERA/SPANISH OPERA

• Option 1: Il trovatore (“Il balen del suo sorriso”)… G. Verdi
• Option 2: Cavalleria Rusticana (“Voi lo sapete o mamma”)… P. Mascagni
• Option 3: Madama Butterfly (“Un bel di vedremo”)… G. Puccini*
• Option 4: Luisa Fernanda (“Es mi tierra extremeña”)… A. Vives

ORATORIO

• Option 1: El Mesías (“And the Glory”)… G. F. Händel
• Option 2: Rèquiem K. 626 (“Recordare”)… W. A. Mozart
• Option 3: Magnificat (“Fecit potentiam“)... J. Rutter
• Option 4: Réquiem (Nº. 2 “Dies irae”) (compases 1-90)… G. Verdi

SYMPHONIC

• Option 1: Manon Lescaut ("Intermezzo)… G. Puccini
• Option 2: Symphony Nº. 2 Op. 73 (III. Allegretto grazioso)… J. Brahms
• Option 3: Symphony Nº. 5 (IV. Allegro)… L. V. Beethoven
• Option 4: Siegried idyll… R. Wagner

Clarification about the repertoire: Each active conductor will determinate the level they want to work on, and will conduct the preposed repertoire accordingly. However, he/she may also choose to conduct one or more works of different levels, if he/she deems it appropriate.

• Active Participant: 1.200 €
• Auditor Participant: 150 €

TO ENROLL IN THE WORKSHOP FOLLOW THE FOLLOWING STEPS

1. Fill out the registration form below.
2. The organization will contact you to ensure your spot at the workshop.
3. If there are vacant spots in the requested modality, make a first deposit of 400€ to reserve.
4. Make a second deposit of 800€ before June 30th.
   Beneficiary: FUNDACIÓN ORQUESTA FILARMÓNICA DE LA MANCHA
   IBAN ES62 3190 2073 1948 5455 6729
   BIC BCOEESMM190
   Concept: Conducting Workshop (Name and Last Name)