Name: Sicilian-Jazz in Practice: Composition, Arrangement, and Performance
Start: 2026-07-16T10:00:00+0200
End: 2026-07-16T10:45:00+0200

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Join us July 14–16 in Sulmona, Italy, as we share voices and shape the future of popular music, identity, and education.

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Sicilian-Jazz in Practice: Composition, Arrangement, and Performance

Thursday July 16, 2026 10:00am - 10:45am CEST

Liceo Ovidio - Room 1

This hands-on workshop explores Sicilian-Jazz through composition, arrangement, and performance practices. Using folk-derived melodies and rhythms, participants collaboratively transform traditional material into contemporary jazz forms through guided exercises, group improvisation, and live demonstrations, gaining practical tools to integrate their own cultural roots into modern creative music-making.

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Sissy Castrogiovanni

Assistant Professor of Voice, Berklee College of Music

Award-winning Sicilian singer-songwriter, producer, and educator Sissy Castrogiovanni is one of the most original and creative voices in today’s contemporary jazz scene.
With her magnetic artistic personality and the charm of a voice that reaches straight to the heart, she has earned widespread acclaim, captivating both audiences and critics while performing on national and international stages, as well as major jazz festivals across the United States... Read More →

Thursday July 16, 2026 10:00am - 10:45am CEST
Liceo Ovidio - Room 1 PIAZZA XX SETTEMBRE 13, 67039 SULMONA (AQ)

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