Fuerteventura music school announces concerts and performances for Music Week
Music Week runs from 14 to 19 November, ending with a free Santa Cecilia concert at the Auditorio de Puerto del Rosario.
Fuerteventura’s island music school will hold a series of concerts and student performances from 14 to 19 November, ending with a free Santa Cecilia concert in Puerto del Rosario.
The programme marks the festival of Santa Cecilia, the patron saint of music, and will bring together students, teachers and audiences. It begins with an exchange between pupils from the Escuela Insular de Música de Fuerteventura and the Escuela de Música y Danza Villa de La Orotava, in Tenerife.
Music Week programme
On Saturday 14 November, the two schools’ students will spend the day making music together. They will give a joint concert of guitars, lutes and timples at 18:00 in the assembly hall of the Escuela Insular de Música in Puerto del Rosario.
The programme continues at the school with a themed performance on Romanticism at 19:00 on Monday 16 November, also in the assembly hall. A piano performance by students follows at 19:00 on Wednesday 18 November in Room 1.
The final event is the Concierto de Santa Cecilia at the Auditorio de Puerto del Rosario at 19:00 on Thursday 19 November. Admission to this concert is free until the venue reaches capacity.
Adargoma Hernández, the Cabildo’s councillor for education and youth, praised the dedication of the school’s students and teachers and invited residents to join the musicians during the week.