The second edition of the Universitat de Tardor de Llíria (Autumn University of Llíria) will deal with different aspects of the history of music in the locality and its educational aspect during the afternoons of Wednesday 16th and Thursday 17th, in a year in which it opts to join the UNESCO Creative Cities Network in the music modality.

The Universitat de València, in its commitment to the territory and thanks to the collaboration of Llíria Town Council and the participation of the Valencian Provincial Council, has organized this academic action, linked to education, research and knowledge transfer, which aims to consolidate itself in Llíria and Camp de Túria as a meeting point for specialists from different fields with local citizens and their immediate surroundings.

The conference, which is free and open to all citizens, will be held on both days starting at 6 p.m. at the Municipal Conservatory and will have the participation of lecturers from the Universitat de València, as well as musicologists, teachers, professors and local historians who will provide the keys to understanding Llíria's close relationship with musical art.

The inauguration of the new edition of this seasonal university will be attended by the mayor Llíria, Manuel Civera; the local coordinator for Education and Social Inclusion, deputy Empar Folgado; the vice-Principal of the Office for Territorial Projection and Participation of the Universitat de València, Jorge Hermosilla; the coordinator of the Universitat de tardor de Llíria, Elvira Asensi; and the councilor for Educational Infrastructures and Artistic Teaching of Llíria, Paco García.

This will be followed by a round table, with the participation of Marcel·lí García Peruga, teacher at the CRA Alt Carraixet in Olocau-Gàtova, who will hold an exhibition entitled Fem música a l'escola: entre la tradició i la innovació. Juguem? (We make music at school: between tradition and innovation. Wanna play?); Concepción Enguídanos, teacher at IES Camp de Túria de Llíria, with her work on La Música en l'Ensenyament Secundari i Batxillerat: experiències des de la IES Camp de Túria de Llíria (Music in Secondary and Baccalaureate Education: experiences from the IES Camp de Túria de Llíria); Ana Mª Botella, from the Department of Teaching of Musical, Visual and Corporal Expression at the Universitat de València, who will speak on  L'educació musical a la Universitat de València (Music education at the Universitat de València); and Amparo Esteve, director of the Conservatory of Llíria, who will focus her presentation on Conservatori de Llíria: 26 anys formant, educant i fent música (Conservatory of Llíria: 26 years of training, educating and making music).

A debate, moderated by Ana Botella, will close this edition on Wednesday 16th October.

On Thursday 17th October various experts will deal with different musical aspects and their relationship with Llíria. Antoni Llibrer, Doctor in History and lecturer at the Universitat de València, will give the lecture De la aljama a la Llíria feudal: ulemas, llauradors, preveres i músics (s. XI-XV) (From the aljama to the feudal Llíria: ulamas, peasants, presbyters and musicians from 11th century to 15th century); Jota Martínez, musician specialized in instruments from the Spanish medieval tradition, will talk about Com sona la Llíria del segle XIII (How the Llíria of the 13th century sounds); Francesc Rozalén, historian, about La Llíria Moderna (The Modern Llíria); and Andrea Bombi, musicologist and lecturer in the Department of Italian at the Universitat de València, about Música en l’Edat Moderna (Music in the Modern Age).

Thursday's session will conclude with a public debate, moderated by Joan Josep Adrià i Montolo, Doctor in History and lecturer at the IES Camp de Túria de Llíria.

About Seasonal Universities

The Universitat de València, through the Office of the Vice-Principal for Territorial Projection and Participation, has, over the last few years, set up a network of seasonal universities a name derived from the fact that they focus their activities on the same season of the year — which offer an interesting programme of free days, aimed at citizens of all ages.

Nowadays, the network is made up of 12 universities, located in as many municipalities and distributed throughout the different regions of the province, both inland and along the coast. Each one of them develops its programmes around a monographic theme linked to its particular idiosyncrasy, history and culture, under the coordination of a specialist in the subject.

The network consists of Alzira (Environment); Xàtiva (Cultural, oenological and natural tourism); Ademús (Landscapes of opportunity); Aras de los Olmos (New technologies, Astronomy and Development); Gandia (Laws of the World); Sagunt (Heritage of Humanity); Bunyol (Musical Heritage); Alaquàs (Analysis of the Castell-Palau d’Alaquàs); Llíria (Music, society and territory); Enguera (Rural development and new technologies); Ontinyent (Talent, opportunities and development); and L'Eliana (Smart city). Thanks to the collaboration of the Valencian Provincial Council, the network will be made up of 20 sites in 2020.