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DIRECTOR: LEANDRO R. VILATÓ MARTÍNEZ
HEAD OF EDITORIAL STAFF: RAÚL MORA ROMERO
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 The Metronome
A Bulletin for Lovers of Music

Number 9
Coming important
events:

• ANNIVERSARY CONCERT
2nd May at 7.30 pm
Centro de Música

MARCH/APRIL 2010 • CHARITY CONCERT

In Guardarmar del Segura
Edition 2 Sunday, 9th May

Published by Unión Musical San Fulgencio More information

available from:
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EDITORIAL
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Fulgencio will be celebrating its anniversary on the coming second of May with a
concert. How well do you know the Unión Musical San Fulgencio? We continue with a George Braque
brief resumé. French painter and sculptor
The Unión Musical San Fulgencio is an independent non-profit association for the
purpose of disseminating music in San Fulgencio.
Since it was founded in 1986, the Unión Musical San Fulgencio has continued to
develop this activity, so that over time it has been awarded many prizes and has
brought honour to San Fulgencio. Since 1994, when the association was accepted as
a member of the Federation of Music Societies in the Valencian Community (FSMCV),
it has participated in various competitions and contests, including representing the
province of Alicante in the Valencian Community competion. Last year it was awarded
the first prize in the provincial competion for bands in Alicante province.
The association includes more than 150 members who support it, a music school
with more than 50 registered pupils and, most importantly, a symphonic band with
more than 50 registered members, all of whom are amateurs.
Our music school, the activites of which are carried out at our own Music Centre, is
recognised by the Councillor for Education in the Ministry of Education of the
Government of Spain. It is also a member of the network of music schools in the
Valencian Community.
The Unión Musical San Fulgencio has always been open to any resident of San
Fulgencio who wishes to come and rehearse with us in our symphonic band. We also
would like to point out that all of our concerts are gratis, so that anyone can come to
enjoy our playing, whether she/he is a member or not.
Of course, the work of the Unión Musical San Fulgencio has been and still is very
important in our municipality since it has become a musical reference for San
Fulgencio and has formed a large family within an environment of music. For all this:
Congratulations!

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 24th Anniversary of the Unión Musical San Fulgencio
This coming first of May will be the 24th birthday of the Unión
Musical San Fulgencio. For this reason we will offer all the citizens
of San Fulgencio, and especially our members who collaborate with
us, a concert to celebrate this date. On the first of May 1986, the
Unión Musical San Fulgencio carried out its very first parade
through the streets of San Fulgencio. The wind band had been
formed from over 60 boys and girls of the village by the conductor
Don Ventura Cartagena Guirao. The president of the society was
the late Don Rafael Belmonte Andreu. Many of those boys and girls
24th Anniversary have continued to play in the wind band or they are now parents
1986-2010 and bring their children to learn in our Music School. We who
prepare The Metronome also wish to greet the Unión Musical San
Fulgencio; Congratulations!

The 39th edition of the international wind band competition ”Vila de

Certamen Internacional
Vila d’Altea 2010
Altea” will be dedicated to the Peoples of the Americas
The 39th edition of the international wind band competition ”Vila de Altea”,
which is organised by the Sociedad Filharmónica Alteanense and which will be
celebrated on the 4th and 5th of December, will be dedicated to the Peoples of
the Americas. Therefore the organizing committee has asked the composers
Oscar Navarro González from Novelda and José Suñer Oriola from Valencia to
write the obligatory pieces for the two sections, Primera and Sinfónica,
respectively, based on this theme this year.
On this past March 26 at the Palau Altea there was a presentation about the
rules of this competition. The chosen composers also spoke about their
compositions. Navarro explained that his work, called ”Libertadores” or
Liberators, is divided into two parts, ”The primary inspiration is the Amazon river
and the second is a fanfare dedicated to the liberators of the Americas”. Suñer,
for his part, said that his work, called ”Venus da la luces” or Venus of the
morning stars, is his symphony number two which is based on ”an ancient
mythology concerning the Mexican lands which reflect the duality between light
and shadows.”
The competition maintains its usual structure where the musical groups that
will participate in the Primera section will have a maximum of 85 musicians while
those in the Sinfónica section will have at most 135 musicians. Four bands are
expected to compete in the first mentioned section and three in the latter
section.

“More than Music” declaration of support by the FSMCV

At midday on this past sixth of March at the Micalet Theatre in Valencia, The Federation of Music Societies in the
Valencian Community (FSMCV) presented its declaration of support entitled ”Mes que Música” or More than Music. With it,
the FMSCV expects to achieve the support of persons, organizations, and entities to guarantee the future of a universal
heritage which touches every one of the people living in Valencia.

This event was presented by the actress Pilar Almería in a ceremony which included the preformances by two groups
belonging to these musical societies, the Púrpura Pansa saxophone quartet and a clarinet group from the Unión Musical
Santa Cecilia de Moncofa.

Three former students of the schools of music belonging to the CIAC de la Vall d'Uixió, the Unió Musical de Ondara and
the Agrupació Musical de Beneixida carried out the public reading of this declaration of support, which is now available in
several languages on the web-site of the FSMCV: www.fsmcv.org

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 Duato will leave the National Dance Company during the coming month of July

Nacho Duato, the director of the National Dance

Company (CND) has decided not to sign the extension
offered by the Ministry of Culture on behalf of the
National Institute for the Arts, Science and Music
(INAEM) to remain in his post until July 31, 2011. He
has also informed the head of this formation, Carmen
Bofarull and the director of INAEM, Félix Palomero,
according to information from institute sources to
Europa Press.
However, INAEM insist that, despite the publicity, no
one has received an ”official communication” about
this decision from Duato himself.
At the end of the past month of March it was
announced that agreement had been reached
between the Valencian choreographer and the
Ministry of Culture to extend his contract as artistic
director of the company but now its seems Duato has
changed his mind.
Sources in INAEM consulted about the process that
will be followed by the Ministry to select a new dirctor Nacho Duato
have stated that there is now an opportunity to modify
the statutes governing the various units of the
Institute which would lead to better governance of the
companies.
These sources that were consulted have also stated Unión Musical San Fulgencio and Holy Week
the essential members of the company have met with
Palomero. The meeting was said by INAEM to have The wind band of the Unión Musical San
been ”tranquil and friendly” with the mission that Fulgencio offered a Holy Week (Semana Santa)
”future plans for the company should be known by all
possible persons within it”, plans, which according to concert on Sunday, March 28, which was Palm
the declaration of INAEM, allow the opening of the Sunday. In this concert it interpreted works of
repertoire to include classic and neo-classic styles. sacred music, which had been especially
During the past month of January the Ministry arranged for this event, as well as traditional
proposed to Duato the date of July 2010 to give up the slow processional marches. The concert was a
direction of the National Dance Company. The great success and the auditorium of the Centro
choreographer formed part of the group integrated de Música was full of listeners. The concert was
with Gerardo Vera (National Centre for Drama), recorded and can be heard and downloaded in
Eduardo Vasco (National Classic Theatre Company),
José Antonio Gálvez (National Ballet), and Luis Olmos the form of Podcasts on our web-site
(Zarzuela Theatre), among other professionals www.umsf.es.
heading the production units of the INAEM, which
have received a warning from the Ministry of Culture
that during the 2009-2010 season there should be no
abandoning of the Code of Good Practice.

Improved web-site for the Unión Musical San Fulgencio

The Unión Musical San Fulgencio has improved its web-site, which was already becoming old-fashioned.
Now various applications have been added to enable, for example, the listening of podcasts without the
necessity of downloading, a new service of videos online, etc.
Each time we have continued to improve so that our friends can enjoy the music of the Unión Musical
San Fulgencio, not only in San Fulgencio itself but also wherever they are in the world. Already our web-
site has been visited from more than 25 different countries. Even though it is not 100% operational yet,
we hope to finalise the implementation of the new web-site by the end of the month.

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