Innovatorio di Musica presents
OmniBand
An Adventure in Music
International and multi-genre ensemble music workshop
Director: Maestro Paolo Schianchi
In the new headquarters in DC, starting from autumn 2019, Casa Italiana will host the Innovatorio di Musica Laboratory (for singers and instrumentalists), an extraordinary and unique project of its kind that developsbetween Italy and the USA, and is dedicated to those who have music in their hearts and want improve while having fun.
The Innovatorio Music Laboratoryoffers students unique opportunities such as the possibility of performing on prestigious stages, learning directly from some of the best musicians in the world, recording records with international artists and building a personal video portfolio that can help them on their musical journey.
The lab
The Laboratory, promoted and organized by the Innovatorio di Musica Association and directed byM° Paolo Schianchi, considered by many to be one of the best musicians and teachers of his generation (certified, multi-graduate, multi-award winning teacher and holder of the so-called "Einstein Visa"), has the aim of forming agroup of young musicians particularly versatile, capable of movingfrom pop to rock, from ancient music to classical music, passing through jazz, South American music and obviously Italian music.
The project is open to all kids, Italian and American, with a minimum path on the instrument behind.
Participants will undertake an extraordinarily broad and diversified path of study and musical in-depth study, dealing with songs belonging to different styles and eras, and learning to approach and interpret each of them with propriety.
In fact, through this laboratory they will learn some fundamental executive and interpretative skills, with a particular openness to the techniques ofimprovisation, arrangement, composition (basic level).
Depending on the participants, the Laboratory may include the parallel formation of a choir to support the band.
Among the exclusive outcomes of the Laboratory there will also be the creation of amusic video professionalism of the boys, and theconcert performance.
The Casa Italiana Music Laboratory aims to train a particularly versatile group of young musicians, capable of movingfrom progressive rock to ancient music, passing through jazz and South American music.
The children will undertake a very broad and diversified path of study and musical in-depth study, dealing with songs belonging to different styles and eras, and learning to approach and interpret each of them with propriety.
In fact, through this laboratory they will learn some fundamental executive and interpretative skills, with a particular openness to the techniques ofimprovisation, arrangement, composition (basic level).
The project also includes a phase ofaudio and video production, and may provide, based on membership, the parallel formation of a choir to support the band.
Do you love music?
We are waiting for you!
The course is open to all students of any musical discipline and instrument who already have minimal musical knowledge.
The membership request will be followed by a short audition (live or via a simple video made with your smartphone) to evaluate the level of musical knowledge you already possess, in order to select from 4 to 10 students admitted to the Laboratory.
In order to design the best possible experience, places will be limited and the selection will be made taking into account the overall technical-musical needs.
WHAT STUDENTS SAY
LUCA, GUITARIST
A fantastic experience. For those who want to make music like me there is no better place or course to go to.
DEMIEN, DRUMMER
It made me grow and discover a new world, leading me to be a professional.
Deeply moving.
BENNIE, SINGER
When Paolo called me to join OmniBand I didn't believe it could be true. And yet I'm here, and it's a fantastic experience.
The meetings
The Laboratory includes weekly 3-hour meetings and is structured aroundmodules of 30 hours each.
Although the course offers a high profile experience, including the production of a professional video, the opportunity to learn composition and arrangement techniques, and even the possibility of performing in Italy in summer 2020 as part of Innovatorio Festival (project part of Parma Capital of Culture 2020) the cost wants to remain accessible and is therefore offered tolaunch cost of just $600 ($20 per hour).
The meetings will be led by Paolo Schianchi and will be held at the new headquarters of Casa Italiana.
There will be meetings and masterclasses with musicians of the highest level such as the bassistAnthony Wellington (Victor Wooten Band) and the conductor and violinistDietrich Paredes (Conductor of the Caracas Symphony Orchestra).
Educational contents
1. main performance techniques of the repertoires selected on the basis of the instrumental composition, the didactic implications, the skills but also and above all the interests and desires of the participants;
2. improvement of overall performance practices with particular attention to the skills required today in most national and international modern music contexts, and specifically to improvisational ones, to those of
arranging and writing, as well as recording, mixing, mastering, musical production in general, video production, management of the main scenic technical aspects, effects, programming.
During the course, ad hoc arrangements will be created for the group selected through the audition phase, and audio-video material will be produced, together with the possibility of participants performing in concert.
PAOLO SCHIANCHI
«Paolo Schianchi is one of the most incredible musicians I have ever come across in my entire career.» (Charlie Rapino, UK - Sony, Decca, Polydor)
«One of the most incredible musicians of our time. He is one of those rare musicians who forced me to reconsider what is possible in music. Calling Schianchi a virtuoso is like calling Pavarotti a "good" singer. He is the rare blend of fearsome talent and humility of soul." (Jim Donovan, USA - Multi-platinum recording artist, Carlos Santana, Led Zeppelin, Sting)
Paolo Schianchi is an Italian out-of-the-ordinary musician and performer, able to master all existing variations of the guitar, from the Renaissance lute to electric guitars, to unique instruments which he has created. In 2016 he was granted with a special US visa for life (Green Card EB-1, the so called "Einstein visa") for “artists with extraordinary abilities”, the most difficult to get, and usually destined for Nobel Prizes.
He designed two instruments which are unique worldwide: a 49-string guitar (made specially for him by the Argentine luthier Carlos Roberto Michelutti), and the Octopus® guitar system (an electro-acoustic system that enables Paolo Schianchi to play several guitars contemporarily using both hands and feet, mixing and manipulating sounds in real time and exclusively live).
Paolo Schianchi has performed solo concerts in prestigious theaters and other venues both in Italy (like the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome) and in the US (Carnegie Museum, World Bank, etc.), consistently receiving enthusiastic acclaim from both critics and audiences, and often a full house. He has also performed live on several occasions as a soloist on national TV shows in Italy and on American networks.
In 2017 he was also invited by the Italian TV show “Tu Si Que Vales” (the equivalent of America's Got Talent) on prime time, where he received great acclaim and where his performance hit the national viewing record with almost 6 million people watching .
Paolo is also the founder and director of the “Innovatory of Music”, an international project dedicated to young music professionals. Through this project Paolo Schianchi aims to help the most talented youngsters in Italy and the United States, giving them the opportunity to play overseas and to embark on a real musical career.
INNOVATIVE
OF MUSIC
Among the students participating in the Laboratory, those who have demonstrated dedication, talent and serious interest in continuing their musical path will be invited to participate in the Innovatorio di Musica study program in Italy. They will therefore be admitted to the Innovatorio without the need for an audition.
The Innovatorio di Musica is an extraordinary opportunity for advanced training and a professionalising nature, which offers students residing in the United States the opportunity to participate in Italy in musical workshops and courses with an absolutely innovative educational approach, and to perform on stages in evocative location, alongside international-level professionals.
"There are few words to describe the emotions I experienced in that concert... The Innovatorio stage brought magic into the air, without too many words, without even knowing each other. And I think this is what making music really means: putting aside if ourselves as people, letting ourselves go only to sensations and emotions so that we can become one with each other."
VERONICA / VIOLIN
EMILIANO VERNIZZI / SAX (Teacher)
"I feel a great sense of gratitude towards those who accompanied me in this experience, it was exciting to be included in this wonderful project alongside established artists."
PIETRO / VIOLIN
"The innovation is a courageous project, as are the guys who performed with me on the stage of the Torrechiara festival in 2018. I was particularly struck by how simply they managed to transform that normal tension you feel before getting on the stage stage in enthusiasm and pure energy. They gave their all and with high level results, thanks above all to careful studio work done on themselves and on the control of their abilities. In addition to the satisfaction with their professional results, for me it is It was first and foremost a beautiful human exchange.."
"Playing with young talents allows you to absorb their energy and at the same time pass on your experience to them who are thirsty for it; it's a necessary exchange for both of you to improve as musicians!"
PHIL MER / DRUMS (Teacher)