Introducing our second guest: David Trashumante

David Trashumante is a poet, writer, and activist from Spain that currently resides in Valencia. He has been involved in poetry and organizing literary events since 1997. He has published three official poetry books, El Amor de los Peces (Unaria Ediciones, 2014), Tacto de Texto (Ediciones del 4 de Agosto, 2014) and A Viva Muerte (Baile del Sol, 2015) as well as several self-published works. He is renown for his work coordinating poetry, literary and social events throughout Spain, including Intramurs Festival, Vociferio and Ja!Museum and has received several poetry awards.

Day 2: English-speaking guest poet Chloe Pandora Tingey

For our second day teaching at Escolapios Malvarrosa, Chloe Pandora came in as a featured poet to perform some of her work and to talk about tools she uses when writing and performing poetry.

Introducing our first guest: Chloe Pandora Tingey

Chloe Pandora Tingey is a talented singer-songwriter and poet from England that currently studies a degree in Performance at Berklee College of Music and spent her Spring semester 2015 abroad in the Valencia Campus.

Day 1: Getting in touch with the students

Through the contact with the Secondary school English and Spanish language professor, Paloma Ruiz, the 25th of March, 2015 was the first day Speak for Music was celebrated at  Escolapios Malvarrosa.

What is Speak for Music?

Speak for Music (SFM) is a spoken word poetry project that aims to develop English skills-through a creative medium and integrate the multicultural Berklee community with the city of Valencia. SFM was founded by Gianni Abbott and Giselle Hausman, Masters students at Berklee College of Music Valencia, and Catalina Millan, a local language professor.