WORKSHOP and CONCERT: BRAZILIAN SONGWRITING AND CREATIVE SINGING:This workshop introducescompositional gestures which feature the Brazilian contemporary popular songregarding music and lyrics. The original poetic intentions are highlighted and interpretedfor non-Portuguese speaker audiences, illustrating songwriting choices andmodels. Creative approaches are experienced through collaborative improvisation,representing social and historical aspects of Brazilian musical cultures fromdifferent regions. Samba, bossa nova, afoxe, baiao, maracatu besides pop-rockinfluences, fusions and appropriations of South-American styles such as milonga,chamame and candombe are presented. Reflections and tips about Brazilian singingwill be offered for non-Native Portuguese speakers starting from easy examplesto more sophisticated songs in a musical clinic. Both participants andobservers can take part of the activity, which is not only directed formusicians, but also for writers, actors, performers and educators. Aqui um link de otima materia, para fins de arquivo virtualhttp://www.musicaesociedade.com.br/a-pre-historia-do-blues-os-menestreis-e-a-entrada-do-negro-no-mercado-musical/ Conference Presentation: From Sambista to Song: what an unpublished 86-year old sambista reveals about songwriting. (06/01/2017): Leandro Maia, Bath Spa University From Sambista to Song: what an unpublished 86-year old sambista reveals about songwriting.In: www.leandromaia.com.br2017 started with good vibes and hard working. Between January 5th and 7th I had the honour of presenting a paper related to my thesis at the School of Music and Performing Arts, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK during the BFE/RMA Research Students Conference: Exploring Musical Practice.2017 comecou com tudo. Logo no inicio do ano tive a honra de participar da Conferencia do Forum Britanico de Etnomusicologia e da Real Academia de Musica organizado pela Canterbury Christ Church University. Titulo do trabalho: Da Sambista a cancao: o que uma inedita sambista de 86 anos revela sobre composicao de cancoes. Estou falando sobre a maravilhosa Dona Conceicao, da cidade de Pelotas/RS, que ja compos mais de mil sambas.Leandro Maia, Bath Spa University From Sambista to Song: what an unpublished 86-year old sambista reveals about songwriting. Thiswork presents songs by the Brazilian songwriter Conceicao Teixeira (1930-) in the context of the research Poetics of song: songwriting habitus in the creative process of Brazilian songwriting. Having composed more than one thousand sambas without receiving formal music education, Teixeira offers an extraordinary opportunity to approach the creative process regarding aspects such as informal learning, intuition and tacit knowledge. Considering the inherent interdisciplinarity of the popular song genre, the research on Teixeiras songs combines ethnography and song analysis to understandinghow a songwriting habitus is manifested through the identification of music dispositions found in her work. Thepresentation is characterised by a 20-minute recital-lecture in solo performance (voice, percussion and guitar) including a demonstration of the transcreational procedures used in the translation of songs. The reasons behind this innovative format are related to the opportunity of joining music performance, music analysis and field research reports into the same presentation, avoiding separation between theory and practice. The possibility of having the feedback and real-time participation of the audience in a dialogical perspective offers additional motivation for this proposal. Biography: Singer, songwriter and senior lecturer at Universidade Federalde Pelotas (UFPEL/Brazil). Leandro Maia has released the albums Palavreio (2008), Mandinho (2012) and Suite Maria Bonita e Outras Veredas (2014) and has written music for theatre, dance and