SCHOOL OF MEDIEVAL MUSIC
AND OF ORAL TRADITION 2025-2026
The school of medieval music and of oral tradition opened its doors in the 2016-2017 academic year, so that professionals or amateur musicians, children and families, have the chance to get to know and sing music from the 9th to the 15th century and from our oral tradition.
The School applies the practical model and essentially oral learning of the music used in the Middle Ages and still to this day, in the traditional music (hence the importance it gives to the examples still alive music of oral tradition from around the world). It acts to restore the singing and melodic improvisation and polyphony as fundamental tools of learning. So, you start singing and later, taught the theory and musoical notations of different eras.
The School of medieval music and of Oral Tradition is directed by Paloma Gutiérrez del Arroyo (www.palomagutierrezdelarroyo.com), a singer speacilised in music from the middle ages and in the theory teaching and practices of the same, which ensures the annual courses of specialisation and inclusion. This year will feature with the participation from three great experts of medieval music and oral tradition: Catherine Schroeder, Benjamin Bagby and Jota Martinez (for weekend family activities of construction of instruments), Ana Arnaz to work on collected extremaduran songs from the beginning of the 20th century and Pascal Caumont, who is a specialist of the occitan singing
Furthermore, will feature with Fernando de Giles to help us become self-sufficient in sound self production (recording and editing)
This School forms part of the educational project of the Institucion Libre de Enseñanza, focused on knowledge transfer and teaching investigation which gives huge importance to cultured, folkloric music, related from their roots with the investigation of medieval lyrical poetry and traditional music.
MORE INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION
Paloma Gutiérrez del Arroyo
Phone: 91 446 01 97 (9:00 to 16:00 h)
Annual fee of enrollment to the School of Medieval Music and the Oral Tradition: 15 euros. Reduced fee for children under 25 years: 7,50 euros. Fee given to students of the UNIVERSITY.
25% discount for unemployed people and members of the Corporation of Alumni and Friends of the ILE.
We offer three scholarships of 50% in one of the annual courses to students of the UNIVERSITY, selected according to the criteria of the School (attach a CV and letter of motivation).