This second edition is carried out via Zoom, thanks to financing from the Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage.

Throughout the month of July, the restless and outstanding performer from Serena José Luis Urquieta, first oboe of the University of La Serena Symphony Orchestra, will be teaching an interesting online workshop, aimed at national and foreign composition students who have some previous experience. writing for woodwind instruments and who want to delve deeper into extended techniques and current sounds of the instrument.

“The call was quite successful since we had to expand the quotas that we had allocated by receiving applicants from Chile, Argentina, Ecuador, Colombia, Mexico and Cuba. Personally, it is something that leaves me very happy and excited to continue doing,” says the local musician, who during this month is holding the second edition of the Oboe Workshop together with the National Association of Composers of Chile (ANC), thanks to the financing granted by the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage through its 2021 Competitive Fund.

Regarding this activity, the Seremi(s) of Cultures, Arts and Heritage of the Coquimbo Region, Elena Andrade, stated that “this initiative is very significant, since it demonstrates the great value that exists in each of the young talents.” artists of our region, which is expressed in the interest that this training cycle has generated outside our country.”

The successful workshop is divided into 4 90-minute theoretical sessions, held every Tuesday remotely via the Zoom platform. The objective is to provide participants with technical and sound tools, addressing historical and operating aspects of the instrument; based on extended techniques and interpretive analysis of masterpieces of the oboe repertoire: “through these classes I make composition students aware of research that I have carried out regarding the new sonorities of the instrument, the modifications of the timbre or sound of the oboe; as well as different types of ornamentation,” describes Urquieta.

As part of the workshop activities, participants must write short pieces as 'studies' focused on the resources worked on, lasting between 1 and 2 minutes for solo oboe. Then, in a fifth 90-minute session, these pieces will be reviewed and the studies of the participants who have attended all the sessions and deliver the finalized and clearly edited score within the stipulated time will be published in audioscore format.

It should be remembered that this instance is financed by the Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage, sponsored by the “Nuevos Chilenos Aires para Oboe” project and by the ANC, so there is no cost for the participants. Those registered who complete all the aforementioned activities will receive a certificate of participation issued by the National Association of Composers.

Written by Camila Pérez, OSULS