LA GUARIMBA MUSIC CAMP
La Guarimba Music Camp is a 3-weeks residency for emerging musicians and composers that takes place in Calabria, the wildest region of Italy.
For the second edition, we are looking for 5 musicians who want to connect with their inner self, people who are struggling with creative block or who want to find new inspiration.
You will attend a music training program, structured with different activities that take place in our spaces in Amantea.
A team of tutors will follow your creative process, applying non-formal education methodologies and fostering a cultural exchange with the local community.
WHEN
The 2nd edition will take place in Amantea (CS) from the 5th to the 22nd of September 2025.
THE WORK ENVIRONMENT
The residency participants will be hosted in shared apartments, equipped with everything they will need.
During the day, different activities will be organised in our spaces and around Amantea. Guided tours, lunches with local foods and meetings with traditional musicians will be organised to allow participants to immerse themselves in the local culture.
We will offer everyone the opportunity to work in our library that provides workstations, computers, fast internet, and other resources. Training activities will take place in our recording studio, in which participants will be able to compose and record original works.
We will host open-air events and performances in our cultural space Il Terrenito, located next to our offices, in the center of Amantea.
The residency is divided in 3 parts:
1° Inputs & Inspiration
- Naked Session – The Meeting: a place to introduce themselves and talk about their expectations.
- Jam session with participants: a time to enjoy the language of music and what we all bring differently to the experience.
- Jam session with local musicians: For two hours we will meet and interact with folk musicians to be inspired by their instruments and sounds.
- Group Experimentation Sessions: We conduct creative exercises aimed at exploring how one might represent colors, images, drawings, names, or other sounds sonically.
2° Opening & Immersion
- Kino day: For one day, the two residencies meet for a whole day. This allows for 55 creative people from around the world to spend the day participating in immersive activities to get to know each other.
- Naked Session – The Progress: In the safe space of our studio the musicians and the tutor get together to talk about the advancements in their music and compositions, the advances in the music they are composing and to listen to the references that inspire their songs.
3° The Concert & the Final Impressions
- Live Performance: Musicians perform in Il Terrenito for the town. This is a night to get out of your comfort zone and enjoy the work you have done for yourself and for the group.
- Naked Session – The Conclusions: Delivery of the songs you have made and showcase to all the participants.
WHEN
The 2nd edition will take place in Amantea (CS) from the 5th to the 22nd of September 2025.
THE PROCESS
Pedagogy
Our educational approach is based on the non formal education theories of Cooperative Learning and Montessori Education, based on sharing, independence and finding creative solutions to problems.
The training also involves sharing living spaces, equipment and the people you work with. We want to empower participants by making them more independent.
Production
You will work with complete autonomy and creative freedom, according to the Montessori principles of empowerment through clear rules, freedom to choose, to make mistakes, and to develop your own path in a natural and spontaneous way. We create a safe environment where you will challenge yourselves and collaborate with others in complete confidence. The residency tutors will guide participants on this path, without interfering with their personal process of learning and making mistakes.
The Kino Method
Our residency is inspired by the Kino method, which promotes the non-competitive development of different projects, with the various teams working together to achieve common goals. This method invests more in the process than the result, moving away from the anxiety of delivering a finished product and making people understand the importance of teamwork and learning.
