Sirba Octet

TSUZAMEN WITH CHOIR

ARMENIAN, KLEZMER AND GYPSY MUSIC

A COMPLETE TOOLKIT FOR THE CHOIR

PEDAGOGICAL MATERIALS

For the artistic preparation of the project, Sirba Octet provides the choir with a comprehensive set of pedagogical materials, specifically designed to facilitate rehearsal work.Throughout the preparation period, Sirba Octet’s artistic director, Richard Schmoucler, serves as the main artistic contact for the choir conductor, ensuring a clear and continuous dialogue on all musical aspects of the programme.A full working day with the artistic director and the choir is scheduled a few weeks before the concert, allowing in‑depth musical work, fine‑tuning of interpretation and coordination with the ensemble.

Materials and resources for advance preparation

Touring from City to City

A programme designed to travel from choir to choir

Created with the Children’s Choir of the Orchestre de Paris at the Philharmonie de Paris in 2023 (recorded by France Télévisions), the programme has already been taken up by several other choirs (Maîtrise de la Cathédrale de Metz, Maîtrise de la Perverie, adult choir of the Région Sud, Maîtrise of the CPMDT in Geneva, adult choir Collegium Musicum in Germany…). The scores are currently on the stands of the Maîtrise of the Opéra de Toulon Provence Méditerranée and the Chœur de l’Avesnois. Tsuzamen continues its journey in France and internationally.

RECORDING AT THE PHILHARMONIE DE PARIS

TSUZAMEN in VIDeOS

Ororotsayin

ARMENIAN SONG

A lullaby in which a mother addresses a bird, begging it to lull her crying child to sleep with its song.The birds with melodious voices represent church people, renowned for their beautiful singing, but the child is unmoved by religious chant. He will only fall asleep to the martial song of the falcon – the song of battle.

Hulyet, hulyet kinderlekh

YIDDISH SONG

“Have fun, children, spring is blooming again. Ah, if you only knew, children, how much I envy you! Have fun, children, don’t waste these hours,
for spring ends quickly and takes happiness away with it.”