Corte dei Mori Brisighella
Via Valpiana, 4 Brisighella, Emilia-Romagna, 48020, Italy
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We dragged ourselves away, but it was worth it
... L of really nice wine, and then we wondered through the main square and found a very funky cocktail bar that was quite happening for a Wednesday night. The cocktail barman was fantastic so we all tried a different drink and sat back a soaked it all up – we are sleeping well tonight!
It was then back to camp to get some beauty sleep before our day exploring Bologna properly ...
The final day at the college
... into their own system.
We were interested in the timetabling system as we have recently made radical changes to ours in the Music Box. It something that we could maybe learn from them. How do they accommodate 400 students? It may have something to do with spreading the teaching over 3 years and they are open 7 days a week from 2 until 10pm.
After this session we moved onto talking about how we can collaborate in the future. ...
The day of our workshops
... of the workshop - harmony. It's handy having perfect pitch when you don't have a piano. I'm on the computer down in the lobby typing like mad.We'll up date you all later tonight.
What a brilliant day. We arrived a the college at 2pm to get acclimatised and run through our songs before the students arrived. There were 4 singer songwriters there Federico, Matteo, Sarah and Claudia. They really did well with the English (Scottish, I had never ...
Meeting everyone
... and asking the students to try and interpret them vocally. They involved dotted and tied rhythms. It was a mixed level of success. They seemed to be learning classical piano rather than keyboards. The keyboards were all Kurzweil but not weighted. They had been given sheets and handouts from the teacher rather than working from a workbook.
At 9pm, Annette and I went for dinner at a restaurant recommended by Max. We fell into bed at midnight, exhausted. What a day!
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I Heard It Through The Grapevine
... and a Kiwi, whose ages spanned from 18 to 36. The crew included a recent high school grad/aspiring masseuse; an English teacher in Korea; a former London line cook turned literary student; and a diplomat’s daughter/Peace Corps vet who’s lived in eight countries. On the other side were Mauro’s three young children, Amadeo, Adele, and Agatha, who were anxiously awaiting their food, unphased by the unfamiliar faces. Next to them ...


