José Valente has been teaching several Masterclasses internationally in the past years. He has also given conferences and has written articles and opinions in both academic publications as newspapers and magazines.
In his seminars he shares his musical vision, within a practical and theoretical standpoint. He has taught both teachers as well as students in Portugal, USA, Cyprus, Spain and Austria:
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Conservatório de Música de Aveiro, Conservatório de Música de Coimbra, Escola de Música de Perosinho, Sociedade Artística Musical dos Pousos, Curso de Música Silva Monteiro, Conservatório de Música do Porto, Conservatório de Música de Viseu, Universidade de Aveiro, Conservatório de Música de Bragança, Encontro de Violas em Águeda, Conservatório de Música Jaime Chavinha (Minde), Conservatorio Superior de Música de Vigo, Conservatorio Superior de Musica La Coruña, Johann Joseph Fux Konservatorium Graz, Girne America's University (Cyprus) among many more.
He has given conferences and talks at: TED Talks Coimbra, Superior Education School Coimbra, University of Aveiro, University of Coimbra, Centro Cultural de Cascais, Conservatorio Superior de Música La Coruña, ENCAPE, etc.
José Valente was published both in academic journals as well as magazines and cultural websites, such as: Routledge; MACA Magazine; Via Latina; Comunidade Cultura e Arte; Revista Gerador; and many more.
His pedagogic approach and insight, focus on both concrete as well as subjective aspects in music. However these elements can easily be adapted towards other kinds of cooperative experiences, also non artistic or musical related.
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IMPROVISATION: a great tool to develop your self awareness and personal expression. Learning the fundamentals about improvisation and composition.
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CREATIVITY in the classroom: how to use creativity of both students and teachers to achieve musical proficiency and quality; how to adjust one's capacity towards creation; how to help the student through composition to get motivated and improve.
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EAR as the main tool to learn and create music: forget the score! How to use our ears, trust our ears, learn with our ears, be critical and analytical with our ears, compose with our ears.
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INNER VOICE/OUTER VOICE: the importance of establishing a strong connection between what you sing inside your brain and what you play. Improvised composition / composed improvisation.
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DEEP LISTENING: using Pauline Olivero's knowledge, learn how to achieve a higher level of listening focus. Free improvisation.
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GROUP COMPOSING: create situations that facilitate the composition of pieces in groups, independent of the level of the musician. Sound painting and John Zorn's Cobra like improvisation games.
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ETHICS IN ART: Respect the quality. Try to make the best art you can and ignore the established power, the bullies or anyone who tries to take you down!
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ARTISTIC PRINCIPLES: What is music? How to accomplish a great work of art?
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CARREER MANAGEMENT: How to achieve opportunities to present your talent and be financially aware and responsible, without losing sight of your artistic vision and quality.
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HISTORY OF MUSIC: finding out various examples of other musics in the entire world.
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LET'S TALK ABOUT VANGUARD IN MUSIC OR ART: through listening to many musical examples, a debate about what is contemporary.