MuSa

1. ERASMUS STAFF MOBILITY WEEK 2011 MuSa “Musica Sapienza” Project Rome, April 12th 2011

2. MuSa, an acronym of Musica Sapienza, means playing, listening to and living music in the largest University in Europe. MuSa Project Celebrative and Cultural Events Office Page 2 04/12/2011

3. Franco Piperno (President) Eugenio Gaudio Piero Marietti Paolo Camiz Nicoletta Ricciardi Antonio Rostagno Donatella Carini Pietro Lucchetti Started in 2006 on an initiative of the former Rector Renato Guarini, it operates with the support of an ad hoc Commission appointed by the Rector Luigi Frati. Celebrative and Cultural Events Office Page 3 04/12/2011

4. La storia MuSa is now five years old and these years have been full of activity and have produced important results: by the founding of university orchestras and bands whose members are students, teachers and administrative staff, an important impulse was given to the promotion of knowledge, culture, education and solidarity inside the “Sapienza” academic community. La storia History Celebrative and Cultural Events Office Page 4 04/12/2011

5. MuSa Classica MuSa has three parts: Orchestra playing the repertoire commonly known as ‘classic’. Conductor Francesco Vizioli Celebrative and Cultural Events Office Page 5 04/12/2011

6. MuSa Jazz Band and solo artists playing traditional orchestral repertoire Ellington, Basie, Nestico, Hefti and original arrangements of Italian and international pop music. Conductor Silverio Cortesi Celebrative and Cultural Events Office Page 6 04/12/2011

7. MuSa Coro Vocal groups playing present and past polyphonic and coral music. Conductors: Paolo Camiz, Giorgio Monari Celebrative and Cultural Events Office Page 7 04/12/2011

8. Those taking part in the project range from the amateur player to the conservatory graduate. All of them are supported by a strong motivation to share the pleasure of music with people living in the same campus, believing in the cultural and human value of this activity. Moreover, MuSa offers an important service to the academic community: orchestras play on official occasions and during public exhibitions. MuSa takes place during the entire calendar year with the exception of the summer vacation. Celebrative and Cultural Events Office Page 8 04/12/2011

9. Since 2008, MuSa Thursdays are regularly held at the Sala MuSa for the benefit of the students of Sapienza and the general public. Regardless of the content of the musical program (from a single piano to the orchestra to the big band) each of these events consists of a live musical performance and a listening guide – a type of lecture-concert by the conductors and musicologists of Sapienza or the young musicians themselves. Celebrative and Cultural Events Office Page 9 04/12/2011

10. Other than in the Sala Musa (within the University), the lecture-concerts take place in other appropriate spaces of the University: the Aula Magna (predominantly), the cloisters of San Pietro in Vincoli (the Faculty of Engineering) and in University museums and lecture rooms. In addition, Musa can be invited to and hosted in other locations. Celebrative and Cultural Events Office Page 10 04/12/2011

11. The lecture-concerts are held by the conductors Cortesi and Vizioli and by Professors Franco Piperno, Antonio Rostagno, Giorgio Monari, Paolo Camiz and Giovanni Giuriati. Celebrative and Cultural Events Office Page 11 04/12/2011

12. Contact details For any questions Donatella Carini, Loredana Trotta Celebrative and Cultural Events Office musica.sapienza@uniroma1.it http://www.uniroma1.it/musa/default.php Celebrative and Cultural Events Office Page 12 04/12/2011

13. Follow your MuSa: come and play with us! Thank you for your attention MuSa