The initiative aims to strengthen the learning process of girls and boys of the Illapel Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, providing technical and musical content through the expansion of specific musical repertoires for various instruments.

This Friday, June 20, members of the Symphony Orchestra of the University of La Serena (OSULS), will carry out the “First workshop to support and improve young members of the Illapel Youth Philharmonic Orchestra”, conceived with the objective of strengthening the advancement of students in the interpretation of musical instruments such as violin, viola, cello, double bass, flute, trumpet and trombone.

As Rodrigo Díaz, artistic technical coordinator of the OSULS, points out, “in the pedagogical field the aim is to strengthen the learning process of girls and boys in the orchestra, providing technical and musical content through the expansion of specific musical repertoires for each instrument". These workshops will be taught at the Domingo Ortiz de Zárate Lyceum.

The activity is part of the collaboration agreement between the Los Pelambres Mineral Foundation (FMLP) and the Symphony Orchestra of the University of La Serena, through the La Serena Cultural Musical Educational Foundation, which will allow the holding of three workshops, the Visit in August by the Illapel Youth Orchestra to the facilities of the ULS Music Department, promoting musical exchange with children from the Jorge Peña Hen Experimental School of Music, and the performance of two concerts in the province of Choapa by the OSULS.

The delegation will be accompanied by Andrés Vega, producer of the professional cast, who will also hold a coordination meeting with FMLP executive officials, for the coordination of the different agreed activities and the generation of future initiatives.

Next event in La Serena

It is important to highlight that next July there will be a special and unmissable show, “Tango Sinfónico”, an opportunity in which the singers Katy Campos and Pablo Moraga will be among the guests, as well as the musicians Rodolfo Jorquera and Cristian Molina in bandoneon

Led by the prominent national director Francisco Núñez, the group and its guests promise to enchant those who attend the Monumental Coliseum of La Serena next July 4, at 20:00 p.m., with their performances of ''Nocturna'', ' 'Verano porteño'', ''Nostalgias'', ''A low fire'' and ''It says about me'', among other masterful works that will feature incredible symphonic arrangements.

Tickets for this show will have a value of $3.000 for the general public and $2.000 for students and senior citizens, and will be available at the extension office of the Music Department of the University of La Serena, during office hours from June 30 and at the Monumental Coliseum box office, the same day of the concert.