The next 2014 Season Concert, in addition to a lively and attractive program with great classical works, will offer the public the presentation of three talented regional soloists.

This Friday, July 18, the Municipal Theater of La Serena will be filled again with the sounds of the University of La Serena Symphony Orchestra, which on this occasion will be led by the prominent national director Pablo Carrasco.

“This concert has Rossini's Barber of Seville Overture, a very playful work of opera buffa and we will end with Beethoven's Seventh, which is a very rhythmic, fast and happy symphony, so it will be a very striking and lively concert, to which is added the presence of young talents who will perform each work as soloists,” says Carrasco.

The three “Young Talents” are Giovanni Cortés, Sebastián Rodríguez and Francisco Pallero, winners of the contest, organized by the OSULS and aimed at students specializing in different orchestral disciplines. The idea of ​​this contest is to highlight regional musical talents, the recognition, dedication and sacrifices that this implies; added to the improvement and effort of their tutors and families.

The history of each of them is marked from the beginning by music, as is the case of the violinist Giovanni Cortés, son, nephew and grandson of prominent regional musicians, who participates and wins for the second time. “It feels great to have a new opportunity to show people and my family the progress I have made with the violin this year, with a concert with the Symphony Orchestra of the University of La Serena, at this age, which is not It is usual in the life of a musician,” said the performer, who dreams of a future dedicated to music and beginning formal studies.

For his part, Francisco Pallero, trombone player, participates for the first time in the contest. “I started about eleven years ago, encouraged by my brother and one of his friends, who recognized my conditions. Having won this contest is an important achievement,” he expressed. Today, after a lot of work and passion for music, he indicated that he has a good feeling because participating as a soloist presents a high demand and requires time to achieve his goals and continue on this path.

Meanwhile, Sebastián Rodríguez, from 4th grade, pointed out that he wants to continue playing cello throughout his life, "that's why I see this contest as an experience and an opportunity to continue in this." 

In addition to the aforementioned works, the program includes the performance of each of the soloists: on violin, Giovanni Cortés will perform the First Movement of the Concerto for Violin and Orchestra K.218 in D Major by WA Mozart; Sebastián Rodríguez will offer the work Kol Nidrei op.47, by Max Bruch on cello, and Francisco Pallero will offer the work Concert Piece op.88 by Alexandre Guilmant on trombone.

All the winners are students of the Jorge Peña Hen Experimental School of Music and receive as a prize participation, together with the regional Symphony Orchestra, in the 2014 Season Concert that will be held this Friday, July 18 at 20:00 p.m. in the Municipal Theater of La Serena.

Director Pablo Carrasco, who has extensive experience leading youth groups and professional orchestras in Chile and abroad, said that “obviously all these young people have a long way to go, but without a doubt they will be very good elements in the future.” "This competition, organized by OSULS, is a fantastic opportunity for young musicians from the Coquimbo Region."

Tickets for this concert cost $3.000 for the general public and $2.000 for students and seniors.

In 45 minutes, the film portrayed part of the personal life and extensive artistic career of “Tata Picarón” that managed to excite, enchant and surprise the public.

In the Aula Magna of the Ignacio Domeyko Campus, the film “El Parra minus Parra” by Jorge Catoni and Milton Izurieta was presented, which in an “old-fashioned look” and in only 45 minutes of medium-length film portrayed the anonymous life of Óscar Parra Sandoval, the youngest of the great Parra Clan. “Tony Canarito”, as he was known for more than 60 years in his circus career, decided at the age of 84 to make himself known to the public as “El conchito de los Parra” and capture in this audiovisual record his work as a lyricist, comedian and singer-songwriter. Chilean popular.

Óscar Parra, brother of the renowned Chilean anti-poet Nicanor, the folklorist Violeta, Elba, Hilda, uncle “Lalo”, Roberto and Lautaro Parra, is the least known member of all his brothers. As expected, from this great family of worldwide recognition, “Tata Picarón” Parra, developed in folklore and in the circus field, imbuing it with his particular stamp of “huachaqueo, chuchuleo and tintoleo” that led him to separate himself from his last name, but not his guitar and continue his career with a white face and brightly colored clothes under the pseudonym “Tony Canarito”.

The film was received with great admiration and surprise by the audience, since without knowing anything about the youngest Parra, his nationally and internationally renowned surname caught their curiosity. Mexican Rita del Castillo, who has been living and studying in La Serena for more than a year, said she had never heard of Óscar Parra Sandoval and that learning about his work was a great experience. “I didn't even know it existed, obviously Violeta and Nicanor, the most famous (…) I enjoyed it quite a bit (…). Technically, the medium-length film was fantastic, very aesthetic, harmonious, musical, pleasant even though it tells a somewhat hard story (…) because in the end it is a shocking story,” commented the assistant.

For his part, Sebastián Pizarro, a ULS Food Engineering student, maintains that the humility of Óscar Parra and the anonymity in which this great circus artist decided to live captivated him, resulting in a great medium-length film. “I thought it was good because it shows the simplicity of this younger brother of the Parras, who despite everything was low profile, did not profit, as many did with the Parra surname,” he said.

The presentation of this publication by Professor Olivia Concha will be in charge of the renowned French pedagogue, François Delalande, one of the main architects of the current renewal of musical pedagogy oriented towards a creative practice from early childhood.

As part of the activities of the 2014th season of the International School of Guest Professors XNUMX -which will take place at the Institute of Music of the Pontificia Universidad Católica with the presence of the prominent French scientist and educator, François Delalande-, the professor and researcher Olivia Concha Molinari, will present the second edition of her book “El Párvulo, el Sonido y la Música”, from the Universidad de La Serena Editorial.

The presentation of this book, which will take place on Friday, July 25 at noon in the Ercilla Room of the National Library, in Santiago, will be in charge of François Delalande himself, who is responsible for theoretical research of the "Groupe de Recherches Musicales" of Paris and studies listening behaviors and sound production, in particular, of the child. 

The musical approach of "El Párvulo, el Sonido y la Música", considers the traditional -dancing, singing, playing- but also proposes a pre-structured alternative by focusing the initial practice from the physical matter sound and its counterpart silence, as axes that will lead the child and the accompanying adult to discover the mechanisms that transform a spontaneous sound game into “music”, into “his music”. Experimenting and knowing the raw and pre-existing material of music, stimulating research in children, discovering the origin of sound as a physical process, scrutinizing the causes that originate it, observing the effects that they perceive, "listening to silence" , the experience is playfully problematized, clearing up unknowns raised by themselves or suggested by the adult.

Olivia Concha, who worked as an academic in the Music Department of the University of La Serena (1985 / 2011), is a Chilean pianist and researcher, with a degree in Piano and a graduate of Musical Didactics from the "Giuseppe Verdi" Conservatory in Milan, Italy. Much of her research work has been dedicated to the area of ​​Early Childhood and Music (Infancy Schools, Reggio Emilia, Italy). She is an honorary member of the Chilean Society of Musicology (2000) and integrates the Scientific Committee of the Journal of Human Sciences "Espacio y Tiempo" (University of Seville). In the year 2000, she received the Music Medal (Chilean Music Council) for her contribution to Music Education and in 2013 she is named a corresponding member of the Chilean Academy of Fine Arts.

Delalande's second visit to Chile

On his second visit to Chile, François Delalande, one of the main architects of the current renewal of musical pedagogy oriented towards a creative practice from early childhood, will give five conferences with the aim of exchanging ideas on the topic of the inclusion of a significant strip of Arts and Music in the training of kindergarten educators, with the ultimate goal of recognizing the right of all children to develop their potential and musical and artistic intelligence from Early Childhood.

To the conferences "Ontogenesis of musical behaviors", "Birth of music", "From exploration to sound invention" and "The toddler and music", which will be held from July 22 to 30 at the Institute of Music from the PUC, students and teachers from different Early Childhood Education careers in Santiago have been invited. The renowned French educator will also hold various meetings with academics from different universities in the country, representatives of MINEDUC and JUNJI.

In 2011, together with the Italian composer E. Pappalardo, Delalande conducted nine broadcasts on Vatican Radio, called “Composition is child's play”, which included examples from Italian and French schoolchildren. A year later, he was scientific director of the International Congress "The musical creation of children and adolescents in the digital age" always on Vatican Radio, Rome.

Professor Olivia Concha listened, through the Internet, to the nine radio programs in 2011 and thought about holding an Experimental Workshop (2012) with four Music Education teachers from La Serena, Rodrigo Castillo, Gustavo Araya, Rolando Correa and Felipe Moreno. , which worked on improvisations and musical creations with digital media, following guidelines and experiments already rehearsed by them during their training in the Music Education Pedagogy career at ULS.

As a result of the good and interesting results obtained with children from 5 years old and university students from La Serena, the Workshop sent its application to the Vatican Radio Congress (October 2012), which was finally accepted. Professor F. Moreno and Olivia Concha traveled and participated on behalf of the Workshop, who brought letters of invitation to Delalande to travel to Chile, from ULS authorities, from the Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano and from the Institute of Music of the PUC.

This is how Delalande was able to visit Santiago and La Serena (2013), cities where he gave lectures and participated in two colloquiums. At ULS, she had the opportunity to hold meetings and give a talk at the Music Department.

The initiative, aimed at boys and girls from 8 to 17 years old, seeks to provide students with workshops with a vocational sense.

Registration is now open for the “Children's University, Winter 2014”, which will take place from July 21 to 25. The initiative of the Extension Directorate will open the doors of the University of La Serena to students from the region who are looking for panoramas for these winter holidays. 

The activity includes workshops that will bring the University's careers closer to the little ones in the home, giving them the opportunity to experiment for half a day in workshops on Design, Architecture, Astronomy, Kinesiology, Nursing, Chemistry and Radio.

Among the workshops offered is: “The secrets behind the colors of the universe”, an Astronomy laboratory that will consist of a brief introductory talk regarding the scales in our Universe. Then, give way to practice and give each of the attendees knowledge about an optical telescope and understand its operation.

On the other hand, the offer also includes the Architecture workshop titled “From the sketch to the work”, where a selection of great architectural works in history will be reviewed. The objective is to know the origins of Architecture, through the first strokes, the planimetry of the final project and finally the built work. The activity promises entertainment, learning, but above all, experimenting with the real functions of an architect. 

The Design workshop “Intro to papercraft”, based on a brief presentation of what papercraft is, seeks to present digital samples as examples, to develop one's own element using this technique. Likewise, basic modeling will be taught based on a common theme, in which students will generate concepts on a specific topic and apply shapes and colors to materialize a three-dimensional object.

The fourth offer is the “Nursing” workshop, whose purpose is the promotion of health and healthy lifestyles in children through interaction and knowledge of their behaviors and whether they are appropriate or not, through visual images and other media.

Another fun activity for those interested in the area of ​​health is the Kinesiology workshop “Basic anatomy and biomechanics”, which will delve into basic anatomy oriented to health sciences. First, a theoretical class will be held to introduce boys and girls to what anatomy is and then complement it with observations in tissue laboratories, models and a virtual dissection table for the assimilation of the contents taught.

As the offers are for all tastes, for communications fans the “Making Radio” workshop is offered, where professionals from Radio Universitaria FM will give a brief introduction to radio as a means of communication and the role played by the radio station. ULS. In this workshop, students will be able to learn how radio works through teamwork in creating a radio program.

Finally, one of the most striking workshops is “Colors and Chemistry”, a Chemistry workshop that will seek, with practical experiments, to demonstrate color changes between the reactants and the products formed through a chemical reaction, in order to explain some principles. of chemistry, such as chemical equilibrium or the rate of a chemical reaction.

The values ​​of these workshops range from $5.000 to $9.000 and spaces are limited. For more information about the activities of the Children's University 2014, you can contact the Information Office of the ULS Extension Center, located at Prat 446, La Serena, at contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or by phone 51-2204171.

Different archaeological finds can be seen thanks to the lens of Svend Hansen and a series of other pieces brought to Chile by the German Embassy in our country. 

Until July 15, the Serena community and all interested parties will be able to visit the exhibition “Archaeological Finds in Germany”, belonging to the 2014 Exhibition Cycle of the Extension Directorate of the University of La Serena. This exhibition is exhibited in the ULS Exhibition Hall (Benavente 950) and seeks to show the history of Germany and Central Europe through 45 photographic pieces through which important moments in the history of the last 500 thousand years are relived. 

Eva Birke, head of the Office of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) at the University of La Serena, commented that in this exhibition “visitors will find pieces from many periods of German history. They are photographs of those pieces that represent a history of many cultures in the land of Germany and the history also of many influences, it is not just about one culture. You can find very interesting objects individually and you will also find explanatory texts about the pieces.”

On the other hand, he emphasized that “each element represents an object of daily life, rituals or celebrations and belongs to all the long stages in which human beings lived as hunters and gatherers and then the expansion of towns, the economy and the migration of peoples.”

This exhibition is brought to Chile by photographer Svend Hansen and the German Embassy in Chile and has the collaboration of the aforementioned embassy, ​​the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the German Chilean Institute of La Serena. The exhibition will be open to the public from Monday to Friday from 11:00 a.m. to 14:00 p.m. and from 16:00 p.m. to 18:30 p.m.

The invitation is extended to the entire community, especially to schools in the region, since there is the possibility of taking guided tours. Interested courses can attend after coordination with the person in charge of culture at the ULS Extension Directorate, Natalia Ahumada. For more information and queries, go to the Information Office of the Extension Center (Prat 446), at contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 51 2 or 204171 phone.

The objective of these activities was to work in the search for “healthy aging”, putting into practice what was learned and becoming aware of the care that must be taken with oneself. 

"Why does my spine hurt? Myths and truths about spinal care" was the title of the conference given by the director of the Kinesiology program at the University of La Serena, Mg. Alfredo Gary, within the framework of the series of talks. from the School for the Elderly of the ULS Extension Directorate. On the occasion, the kinesiologist gave, in a playful and entertaining way, various tips for the care of the spine and back pain.

During his presentation, the professional delved into what should and should not be done to reduce or completely eliminate back pain, teaching how to recognize the symptoms of the pathology and various practical and easy-to-memorize exercises to work on good posture and a good body movement.

The objective, as the rapporteur pointed out, was to work in the search for “healthy aging”, putting into practice what was learned and becoming aware of the care that must be taken with oneself. 

For their part, those attending the workshop of the same name, which consists of four sessions, began their practice with familiar language and simple physical exercises, reviewing in particular the main errors made when carrying heavy objects, which produce uncomfortable ailments. 

Both activities, organized jointly by the Extension Directorate and the ULS Kinesiology program, have given each of the attendees the necessary knowledge to know what to do when suffering from lower back pain. This is how important recommendations were given, including: breathe and exhale appropriately, bend your legs well, take care of the distance between your extremities, improve your posture and self-evaluate your way of carrying out activities, integrating exercises with elastic bands and inflatable balls. , to improve posture, and do everything possible to avoid ailments in the lumbar area.

For those who wish to find out about these and other activities, you can go to the ULS Extension Center, call 51 2 204171 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..