Academy of Sacred Music Francesco Azopardi

Happy faces at the first masterclass of the 2025 series. It was a special day all about Gregorian Chant by Prof. Luca Buzzavi from AERCO Academy

Maximum concentration by all participants of the Academy's conducting masterclass for Maestri di Cappella by Prof. Juan Jose Navarro from the University of Almeria

Choral singing course

Course

Certificate in Choral Singing for the Liturgy

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for the Propaedeutic Course starting February 2025
for girls and boys born between 2014 and 2018

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The Academy’s most intensive training course is the one offered for girls and boys aged between 7 and 14 years. During this course, children are given a musical formation focused on sacred choral singing, as well as a liturgical and spiritual formation to support the chorister’s ministry.

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the organ in the liturgy - stylistic playing and harmonization

Course

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for the Propaedeutic Course starting February 2025
for girls and boys born between 2014 and 2018

The Organ in the Liturgy - Stylistic Playing and Harmonization

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This course explores stylistic approaches to organ playing from the Baroque to the Romantic periods, with a particular focus on liturgical application.

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Masterclass 27/09/2025 Sacred Polyphony

MASTERCLASS SERIES

INTRODUCTION TO SACRED POLYPHONY

Prof. Andrea Angelini

AERCO Academy Bologna
Professor of Choral Conducting at Venezia State Conservatory 'Benedetto Marcello'

27TH SEPTEMBER 2025

09:00-16:30

AFF LEVEL 3 CERTIFICATE

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Harbex 1

Course

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for the Propaedeutic Course starting February 2025
for girls and boys born between 2014 and 2018

Ħarbex 1

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This course is intended to offer practical aides and musical preparation to composers and song writers of contemporary christian music for the liturgy.

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Practice in liturgical animation

Course

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for the Propaedeutic Course starting February 2025
for girls and boys born between 2014 and 2018

Practice in Liturgical Music Animation

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This short course is intended for those involved in liturgical music animation and it will focus on the practice of liturgical music leadership.

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Harbex ir-Rima

Course

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for the Propaedeutic Course starting February 2025
for girls and boys born between 2014 and 2018

Ħarbex ir-Rima

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This is a course for all those who wish to use the gift of writing and poetry for a holy purpose that is the liturgy.

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Harbex il-Melodija

Course

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for the Propaedeutic Course starting February 2025
for girls and boys born between 2014 and 2018

Ħarbex il-Melodija

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This course gives the opportunity for composers and musicians, who wish to use their talents, to write hymns for the Liturgy of the Church in a classical style.

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Happy faces at the first masterclass of the 2025 series. It was a special day all about Gregorian Chant by Prof. Luca Buzzavi from AERCO Academy

Masterclasses 2025 all lecturers

MASTERCLASS SERIES

STARTING MAY 2025

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Music

The Academy offers high-level instruction by professional tutors and practitioners in the field of sacred and liturgical music.

Liturgy

All courses specialise in music for the liturgy of the Roman Catholic church and the performance of sacred music.

Ministry

The Academy prepares students in becoming liturgical ministers in the various musical roles in liturgy.