Registration open for the Colla de Dolçaines i Percussió of the Universitat de València

  • Office of the Vice-Principal for Culture and Society
  • February 11st, 2020
 
La Colla de Dolçaines i Percussió of the Universitat de València.
La Colla de Dolçaines i Percussió of the Universitat de València.

The Colla de Dolçaines i Percussió of the Universitat de València has opened the has opened the registration period for the entrance tests. Under the direction of Juan Ramon Martí i Chulià, the Colla was born in 2016 with the purpose of being a steady, representative and innovative association in the field of traditional music. This has always been carried out from an educational point of view.

In addition of enjoying this traditional music, the Colla members can obtain ECTS credits, as well as improving their musical and pedagogical training.

To be part of the Colla the candidate only needs to be under 26 years old and be registered at the Universitat de València, as well as having previous knowledge of the instrument and passing a very simple level test. Through this link registration can be made until the 19th of February to participate in the musical tests. 

This collas (groups) have their origins in the beginning of the 20th century, when it was usual to listen the music of a dolçaina on a small town street, accompanied by a tabalet, playing old and new melodies. The dolçaina players began to disappear until the seventies, when a wave of new young dolçaina players took the initiative by creating a network of new traditional music schools. Now, the Universitat de València joins the tendency by setting the Colla de Dolçaines i Percussió in motion.