Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp

Royal Conservatoire Antwerp
Koninklijk Conservatoire Antwerpen
Established 1898
Founder Peter Benoit
Parent institution
 Artesis Plantijn University College of Antwerp
Dean Stefaan De Ruyck
Address Desguinlei 25, 2018 Antwerpen, Belgium Antwerp, Belgium
Campus nl:deSingel
Website www.ap.be/en/royal-conservatoire-antwerp

RCA or in full The Royal Conservatoire Antwerp (Dutch: Koninklijk Conservatoire Antwerpen) is one of the europe leading conservatories of music, dance and drama Located in Antwerp, Belgium.the conservatory is a department of the larger university Artesis Plantijn University College of Antwerp.it was founded in 1898 as the Royal Flemish Conservatoire by Peter Benoit, and was the first Dutch-language institute for art education in Belgium. For more than a hundred years, musicians, singers, composers, conductors and teachers - have been trained there. In 1993 the option Jazz and Popular Music was added to the classical courses.

The new legislation on university colleges in Flanders in 1995 led to a merger under the wings of the newly formed Antwerp University College (Hogeschool Antwerpen) with the drama programme of the previous autonomous Studio Herman Teirlinck and the dance programme of the Higher Institute for Dance Education. In 2008 the university college assumed the name Artesis. Since october 2013 the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp is a School of Arts of the Artesis Plantijn University college of Antwerp, a merger between the Artesis University College Antwerp and the Plantijn University College.

The Royal Conservatoire has a music programme (bachelor and master in classical music and jazz), a drama programme (bachelor and master), a dance programme (bachelor) and a teaching qualification programme. Courses are organized in line with the provisions of the decree of 13 July 1994 on the universities and colleges of higher education in the Flemish Community. Many laureates of the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp have made an important contribution to music both in Flanders and internationally.

The teaching staff includes many world-famous artists and educators (20% international staff and student population). Currently, the Antwerp Conservatory is the only Conservatory in Belgium and the Netherlands with a permanent and complete symphony orchestra. The Antwerp Conservatoire offers opportunities for extensive artistic cross-pollination, as courses in the three performing arts, are all grouped on the International Arts Campus deSingel. This partnership ensures an exchange of talent, art and knowledge that supports and fosters a strong international profile.

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History

Music

In 1843 the Antwerp voice teachers Cornelius Schermers (1799-1870) and Frans Willem Aerts (1804-1864), composer and kapellmeister of the Antwerp Cathedral of Our Lady Jozef Bessems (1809-1892) and flute player J. Van den Bogaert (1802-1851) worked out a plan to set up a music school in Antwerp. They received the approval of the city council and on 15 March 1844 the Ecole spéciale de musique de la Ville d'Anvers was founded. Its classrooms were located in the center of Antwerp in a public property in the Kaasstraat near the Suikerrui. In 1859 they had to expand and they found additional classrooms in the Blindestraat. Until then, the music school was a private initiative, albeit with subsidies from the city. In 1859 the city took over the administration and the school was promoted to Municipal Music School of Antwerp (Dutch: Stedelijke muziekschool van Antwerpen, French: Ecole de Musique d'Anvers).

When Peter Benoit was asked to become director in 1867, he made it a condition that it would be a complete Flemish music school. This was accepted by the city council and the name of the school now was monolingual Antwerpsche Vlaamsche Muziekschool. Benoit also wanted space for a theater and a concert hall. In 1885-86 the school received its own building at the Sint Jacobsmarkt. Benoit made every possible effort to have the music school recognized as a Conservatory. In 1895, the City, the county and the state made an agreement whereby the state took over the music school in Antwerp to transform into a conservatory. Hair Thus, in Royal Decree of 15 June 1898, the Antwerpsche Vlaamsche Muziekschool was elevated to Royal Conservatory Antwerp. In this way the Antwerp Conservatory became the first institution of higher education in Belgium with Dutch as the official language. Its first director was Peter Benoit with Edward Keurvels as his secretary. The new conservatory complex would only come about in 1968 at the International Arts Campus deSingel.

Notable alumni of Music

  • alain craens
  • Luc Van Hove
  • Bram Van Camp
  • Mathias Coppens
  • Paulo Galli

Drama

The theater program was also incorporated into the Royal Flemish Conservatoire. Peter Benoit provided three courses: spoken stage, sung stage and lyrical spoken stage. Maurits Sabbe was a teacher and lecturer in the theater class from 1907 until his death in 1938 and developed the training, especially after 1917. In 1962 nl:Luc Philips breathed new life into the training. From 1980, Dora van der Groen became artistic director of the theater department and thoroughly updated this training. The generation of alumni from that period will be called De Vlaamse Golf designated because of their influence on the Flemish theater scene of the 80s and 90s Including nl:Sam Bogaerts , nl:Lucas Vandervost , nl:Johan Van Assche , nl:Tania Van der Sanden , nl:Damian De Schrijver , nl:Sara De Roo , nl:Steven Watermeulen and nl:Warre Borgmans to end counted. nl:The Company of The White Crow (later De Tijd ), nl:STAN , nl:Compagnie De Koe , Maten and De Roovers came from the Conservatory.

notable Alumni of Dramatic art

Theater class Dora van der Groen

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Training Courses

  • Professional bachelor Dance
  • Academic bachelor and master Drama
    • Kleinkunst
    • Word art
    • Act
  • Academic Bachelor of Music
    • Instrument / vocals
    • Music theory / writing: composition
    • Jazz / light music
  • Academic master Music
    • Instrument / vocals
    • Management ( hafabra or choir or orchestra)
    • Composition
    • Jazz / light music

In the following (main) instruments:

Classical music: accordion , cor anglais (from the master s), viola , bass clarinet (from the master s), cello , double bass , contra bassoon (from the master s), bassoon , flute , guitar , harp , oboe , horn , clarinet ,harpsichord , organ , percussion , piano , pianoforte (from the master years), piccolo (from the master years),saxophone , trombone , trumpet , tuba , violin , voice . Jazz: bass guitar , double bass, drums , flute, guitar, clarinet, piano, saxophone, trombone, trumpet, vibraphone , vocals.

  • Specific teacher training
    • Dance
    • Drama
    • Music
  • Advanced training

After obtaining the title 'Master in music' it is possible to further specialize in a postgraduate Music - composition, concert soloist: instrument, concert soloist: voice, jazz, chamber music, accompaniment and coaching orchestral instrument, Suzuki teacher training Violin ESA 1- 3, Suzuki teacher training Violin ESA 4-5, children's and youth choir directors. In the postgraduate the student gets the chance to deepen and / or specialize in a certain aspect of the music practice. The number of contact hours is quite limited and a high degree of self-sufficiency is expected of the student.

Management

Directors of the Conservatoire

Deans
After the incorporation of the Conservatory in the Artesis and later the AP University College, the leadership was entrusted to departmental heads:

  • 1995-1997 - Michaël Scheck
  • 1997-2001 - Herman Mariën
  • 2001-2013 - Pascale de Groote
  • 2013-2017 - Freddy Marien
  • 2017-... - Stefaan De Ruyck

Website

References

  1. ↑ Guido Persoons; Michael Scheck; [et al.] (1998). Koninklijk Vlaams Conservatorium Antwerpen / 1898 School - Conservatorium - Hogeschool - 1998. Antwerp, Belgium: Hogeschool Antwerpen. p. 468. ISBN 90 804285 1 5.
  2. ↑ Een vermoeden van talent. Antwerp, Belgium: University Press Antwerp. 2009. p. 223. ISBN 978 90 5487 638 0.
  3. ↑ "Conservatorium Antwerpen". Artesis University College. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "AP Hogeschool". Artesis Plantijn Hogeschool Antwerpen. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
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