Notas de contacto – a OCPsolidária na Cercioeiras
Promoter: Portuguese Chamber Orchestra
Artistic Area: Music
Person in charge of the artistic area: Pedro Carneiro
Person in charge of the social area: Teresa Simas
Territorial reach: Oeiras
Duration: 36 months
SDG: 10. Reduced inequalities
The Notas de Contacto project, led by the Portuguese Chamber Orchestra, carries out musical activities and initiatives designed to enhance the abilities of disabled people, improving their quality of life and integration in the community, and helping to promote a more inclusive society.
The artistic focus will be on improvisation and on musical exploration as a form of liberation and artistic expression of participants, aimed at selecting some of the musicians from Notas de Contacto to join the Portuguese Youth Orchestra (JOP). The project includes a performance with 5ª Punkada, a Portuguese band formed by young people from the Cerebral Palsy Association of Coimbra, in a national tour in 2020/21, and composing music to create a repertoire for an “ensemble” to play nationwide.
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In July 2019, the Notas de Contacto ensemble joined the Portuguese Youth Orchestra (JOP) at the Young Euro Classic Festival, held in Konzerthaus Berlin, where it debuted with a performance of João Godinho’s “Alcance”. The composer was awarded the “European Composer Award 2019” by the organisers of the festival for his piece of music, written for eight soloists (five musicians from the Notas de Concerto ensemble and three teachers) and a symphony orchestra.
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This project contributes to the following SDG target
Target 10.2
Empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status