OFMAN: Conducting Workshop 2026
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course
OFMAN: Conducting Workshop 2026
format
Workshop
instruments
Conductor
application deadline
June 20, 2026 23:59 (Madrid)
event dates
July 1 - July 4, 2026
Location
Concert Hall of the Former Casino of Ciudad Real
C. Caballeros, 3
13001 Ciudad Real, Spain
contact details
email: [email protected]
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OFMAN: Conducting Workshop 2026
Orquesta Filarmónica de La Mancha announces the Conducting Workshop 2026 where you will be able to conduct a repertoire of different Musical Genres and which will be divided into distinc levels of knowledge and experience on conducting.
The Musical Genres to work on in the course will be:Chamber Music (String Orchestra), Opera/Spanish Opera, Oratorio and Symphonic Music. The levels willbe divided into:Elementary, Intermediate and Anvanced, each of them having its ownand appropriate repertoire.
Each active conductor will have 100 minutes of Podium Time during thesessions at the workshop. There will also be a Final Concert with the participation ofall the students, which will have the recording of all their interventions, both theclasses and the concert.
The course teacher will be Francisco-Antonio Moya, Artistic Director and Principal of Orquesta Filarmónica de La Mancha, Musical Director of Producciones Telón and Professor of conducting at the Royal Conservatory of Music of Madrid.
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This workshop will be led by the Spanish Maestro Francisco-Antonio Moya, Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Orquesta Filarmónica de La Mancha, Musical Director of Producciones Telón and Professor of conducting at the Royal Conservatory of Music of Madrid.
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- The OFMAN, Orquesta Filarmónica de La Mancha presents their Musical Conducting Workshop 2026. This distinct workshop will offer different musical genres where the conductors will be able to choose a level according to their knowledge and experience in conducting.
- The Workshop will offer four musical genres:
- Chamber Music (String Orchestra)
- Opera/Zarzuela (Spanish Opera)
- Oratorio
- Symphonic Repertoire
- All the genres will be offered in three levels:
- Elementary
- Intermediate
- Advanced
- A suitable repertoire will be available for each level. See the repertoire below.
- Besides the orchestra, the workshop will count with the participation of a choir and soloists for the repertoire that requires it.
- The workshop will allow up to 15 active participants and up to 30 auditors. Active conductors will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.
- Auditors will be able to attend to all the classes and practices of the course.
- Registration will be open from February 25th through June 20th..
- There will be a Final concert on Saturday, July 4th. All the active participants will be conducting.
- Each active conductor will have 100 minutes of Podium Time during the sessions at the workshop. These will be distributed by 30 minutes with Piano and 70 minutes with the Orchestra and soloists (when is it necessary).
- All sessions with the Orchestra and soloists including the Final Concert, will be recorded. This material will be available to the Conductors.
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- Classes on Wednesday, July 1st will be devoted to the course repertoire with piano.
- Thursday, July 2nd (morning) will be devoted to String Orchestra repertoire.
- Thursday, July 2nd (afternoon) will be devoted to Oratorio repertoire.
- Friday, July 3rd (morning) will be devoted to Opera/Zarzuela repertoire.
- Friday, July 3rd (afternoon) will be devoted to Symphonic repertoire.
- After the practical classes with orchestra, a discussion session will be held in which active students will receive constructive and enriching feedback from both their classmates and the professor regarding their performance in the orchestral sessions.
- Due to time constraints, it will be advisable to focus on movements and/or excerpts from works—as indicated in the REPERTOIRE section—rather than complete works.
- On Thursday, July 2nd and Friday, July 3rd, there will be a technique class prior to the practical sessions.
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STRING ORCHESTRA
- Option 1: St. Paul's Suite Op. 29 (I. Jig)… G. Holst
- Option 2: Holberg Suite Op. 40 (II. Sarabande)… H. Parry
OPERA/ZARZUELA
- Option 1: Carmen (“Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre”)… G. Bizet
- Option 2: La del manojo de rosas (“Madrileña bonita”)… P. Sorozábal
- Option 3: Le nozze di Figaro (“Porgi amor”)… W. A. Mozart
- Option 4: La del Manojo de Rosas (“Hace tiempo que vengo al taller”)… P. Sorozábal
ORATORIO
- Option 1: Messiah HWV 56 (N. 36 “Why do the nations”) …G. F. Händel
- Option 2: Exsultate, jubilate K. 165 (“Alleluia”)… W.A. Mozart
SYMPHONIC REPERTOIRE
- Option 1: Symphony N. 49 in F minor "La passione" (I. Adagio)… F. J. Haydn
- Option 2: Symphony N. 1 Op. 21 in C major (I. Adagio molto-Allegro con brio)… L. V. Beethoven
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STRING ORCHESTRA
- Option 1: Holberg Suite (I. Praeludium)… E. Grieg
- Option 2: Serenade for Strings in E Major Op.22 (I. Moderato)… A. Dvorak
OPERA/SPANISH OPERA
- Option 1: Luisa Fernanda (“Ay mi morena”)… F. Moreno Torroba
- Option 2: Rigoletto (“Gualtier Maldè”…”Caro nome”)…G. Verdi
- Option 3: La fille du régiment (“Chacun le sait”)... G. Donizetti
- Option 4: La del soto del Parral (“Ya mis horas felices”)… Soutullo&Vert
ORATORIO
- Option 1: Messiah HWV 56 (N. 42 “Behold, I tell you a mistery” & N. 43 “The trumpet shall sound”) …G. F. Händel
- Option 2: Elijah, Op. 70 (N. 21 “Höre, Israel”)… F. Mendelssoh
SYMPHONIC REPERTOIRE
- Option 1: Le nozze di Figaro (“Oberture”)… W. A. Mozart
- Option 2: Symphony N. 9 Op. 125 (II. Presto)… L. V. Beethoven
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STRING ORCHESTRA
- Option 1: Simple Symphony (1. Boisterous Bourrée)… B. Britten
- Option 2: Serenade for strings Op. 48 (IV. Finale)… P. I. Tchaikovsky
OPERA/SPANISH OPERA
- Option 1: Nessum dorma ("Turandot")… G. Puccini
- Option 2: Cavalleria rusticana (“Voi lo sapete o mamma”)… P. Mascagni
- Option 3: Madama Butterfly (“Un bel dì vedremo”)… G. Puccini
- Option 4: Luisa Fernanda (“En mi tierra extremeña”)… F. Moreno Torroba
ORATORIO
- Option 1: El Mesías (“Rejoice”)… G. F. Händel
- Option 2: Elijah, Op. 70 (N. 8 “Was hast du mir getan”)… F. Mendelssoh
SYMPHONIC REPERTOIRE
- Option 1: Symphony N. 5 in C minor Op. 67 (I. Allegro con brio)… L. V. Beethoven
- Option 2: Tristan und Isolde (Prelude)… R. Wagner/Arr. I. Farrington
Clarification about the repertoire: Each active conductor will determinate the level they want to work on, and will conduct the preposed repertoire accordingly. However, he/she may also choose to conduct one or more works of different levels, if he/she deems it appropriate.
At the beginning of the course, students will be given a notebook containing all the repertoire selected by the students.
High-quality experience at an affordable cost:
- Active Participant: 680 €
- Auditor Participant: 130 €
- Accommodation: The organization recommend staying at the Escudero Hotel (Avenida de Valdepeñas 16, Ciudad Real).
- Course languages: Spanish, English and Italian.
- For questions, please send us an email to: [email protected].