Associação de Cultura Musical de Lousada

Associação de Cultura Musical de Lousada

Founded in 1975 with the purpose of manage the existing Wind Band (active since 1855)

Associação de Cultura Musical de Lousada

Banda de Música

Conservatório do Vale do Sousa

Associação de Cultura Musical de Lousada

Lousada Big Band

Ballet

Associação de Cultura Musical de Lousada

The Banda de Música was created in 1855

It has 58 musicians most of them younger than 25 years old

Performs all over the North of the country, specially in religious festivals

Associação de Cultura Musical de Lousada

The Conservatório do Vale do Sousa is a music school.

It was created in 1994 to give a proper music education to future musicians for the Band

Started mostly with Wind Instruments and Percussion

Associação de Cultura Musical de Lousada

Nowadays the Conservatório offers academic studies in all instruments

Associação de Cultura Musical de Lousada

It has students from 6 to 18 years old attending music primary and secondary studies

It has older students complementing or begining their music studies freely

Associação de Cultura Musical de Lousada

Actually, the Conservatório has 418 students and 40 teachers

Associação de Cultura Musical de Lousada

Associação de Cultura Musical de Lousada

Associação de Cultura Musical de Lousada

Associação de Cultura Musical de Lousada

Associação de Cultura Musical de Lousada

Associação de Cultura Musical de Lousada

Ballet is a recent activity (2005), consisting on classic dance classes

Associação de Cultura Musical de Lousada

Associação de Cultura Musical de Lousada

The Big Band was created last year (2009) by a group of present and ex-students of the Conservatório. Since its creation has regular concerts

Associação de Cultura Musical de Lousada