Fuerteventura Island Music School marks Music Week with concerts and recitals from 14 to 19 November

Fuerteventura Island Music School (EIMF), which is part of the Education and Youth Department of the Fuerteventura Island Council, will hold Music Week from 14 to 19 November. The programme will bring together a series of concerts and recitals to mark the feast of St Cecilia, the patron saint of music.

The programme aims to showcase the work carried out in the classroom, encourage participation in music and bring the school’s educational and artistic activities closer to the public. It will also create opportunities for students, teachers and audiences to come together.

A musical meeting between Fuerteventura and Tenerife

The programme will begin on Saturday 14 November with a day of activities and musical exchange between students from the Villa de La Orotava Music and Dance School and Fuerteventura Island Music School.

The students will have the chance to share experiences, get to know one another and build connections through playing music together, encouraging collaborative learning and interaction between students from the two schools.

The day will conclude at 18:00 with a joint concert featuring guitars, lutes and timples, held in the assembly hall at Fuerteventura Island Music School in Puerto del Rosario.

The initiative is intended to be more than a public performance: it will also offer a learning and exchange experience that encourages collaboration between music schools in the Canary Islands.

Recitals and the St Cecilia Concert

The programme will continue on Monday 16 November at 19:00 with a themed recital, “Romanticism”, at the EIMF assembly hall. The event will introduce audiences to one of the most significant periods in music history through a range of performances and informative content.

A piano recital will take place on Wednesday 18 November at 19:00 in Classroom 1 at Fuerteventura Island Music School, where students will share some of the repertoire they have worked on during their training.

Music Week will conclude on Thursday 19 November at 19:00 with the St Cecilia Concert at Puerto del Rosario Auditorium. The performance is one of the highlights of the school’s music programme and will showcase the artistic and educational work of its community.

Admission to the St Cecilia Concert is free, subject to capacity.

Education and Youth Councillor Adargoma Hernández praised “the effort and dedication of the students and teachers at Fuerteventura Island Music School, whose daily work makes initiatives like this possible”, and invited the public to join the musicians during the week of celebrations.

With this initiative, Fuerteventura Island Music School reaffirms its commitment to arts education, promoting music and creating opportunities for students to share what they have learned on stage.

Music Week also offers an opportunity to recognise the importance of music education to the island’s cultural and social development, and to highlight the work carried out every day across the school’s different subjects and training areas.