{"id":3356,"date":"2024-02-04T23:21:34","date_gmt":"2024-02-04T21:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arsis.ee\/?page_id=3356"},"modified":"2025-06-06T14:36:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T11:36:53","slug":"concert-groups","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/arsis.ee\/en\/ensembles\/concert-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"ARSIS CONCERT GROUPS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='full_slider_1'  class='avia-fullwidth-slider main_color avia-shadow   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first   container_wrap fullsize'  ><div  class='avia-slideshow av-1f1wrlo-ab9e81c30c0bec7edf3eb39244ae1827 avia-slideshow-no scaling av_slideshow_full avia-fade-slider av-slideshow-ui av-control-default av-slideshow-manual av-loop-once av-loop-manual-endless av-default-height-applied   avia-slideshow-1' data-slideshow-options=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:false,&quot;loop_autoplay&quot;:&quot;once&quot;,&quot;interval&quot;:1,&quot;loop_manual&quot;:&quot;manual-endless&quot;,&quot;autoplay_stopper&quot;:false,&quot;noNavigation&quot;:false,&quot;bg_slider&quot;:false,&quot;keep_padding&quot;:false,&quot;hoverpause&quot;:false,&quot;show_slide_delay&quot;:0}\"  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><ul class='avia-slideshow-inner ' style='padding-bottom: 14.583333333333%;'><li  class='avia-slideshow-slide av-1f1wrlo-ab9e81c30c0bec7edf3eb39244ae1827__0  av-single-slide slide-1 slide-odd'><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><img class=\"wp-image-3843 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-3843\"  src=\"https:\/\/arsis.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/C9700.00_20_41_24.Still002_Arsis-32_1_1920x280.jpg\" width=\"1920\" height=\"280\" title='C9700.00_20_41_24.Still002_Arsis-32_1_1920x280' alt='Arsise Kellade ansambel'  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  style='min-height:65px; 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Today, we have two <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/arsis.ee\/en\/arsis-handbell-schools\/\">handbell schools<\/a><\/strong> and several concert ensembles in Tallinn and Tartu city.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We have given over 1300 concerts, recorded <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/arsis.ee\/en\/ensembles\/albums\/\">13 albums<\/a><\/strong>, and toured all over the world \u2013 in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Portugal, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, the United States, Russia, Canada, China, Lebanon, Slovakia, Israel, and Malta. We have participated in numerous festivals (Schleswig-Holstein Festival in Germany, Ottawa Chamber Music Festival in Canada, LuostoClassic in Finland, Probaltica in Poland, MustonenFest in Israel, etc) and various music competitions. In 2016 at the International Youth Music competition-festival held in Bratislava, Arsis won the highest prize \u2013 <em>Grand Prix<\/em>, the ensemble was also awarded with the golden diploma and Aivar M\u00e4e received a special prize for conducting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The 10-12 member ensembles of Arsis have emerged from the <a href=\"https:\/\/arsis.ee\/en\/arsis-handbell-schools\/\"><strong>Arsis handbell schools<\/strong><\/a>, where students who have completed primary and advanced training can apply for positions in Arsis concert ensembles if there are available spots.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Tallinn concert ensembles are conducted by <a href=\"\/ansamblid\/concert-groups#MAE\"><strong>Aivar M\u00e4e<\/strong><\/a>, and Tartu concert ensembles are led by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/arsis.ee\/en\/arsis-handbell-schools\/tartu-school\/#TMNG\">Mari Tooming<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" 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768w, https:\/\/arsis.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/Aivar_Mae-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/arsis.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/Aivar_Mae-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/arsis.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/Aivar_Mae-705x705.jpg 705w, https:\/\/arsis.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/Aivar_Mae-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/arsis.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/Aivar_Mae-450x450.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-1wrmyk-4561c05a53dc89a0506f4232d136b323 av_two_third  avia-builder-el-13  el_after_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-ls7yxkfr-a8107c27fad03161182ae40b1a4e9e0f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3 id=\"MAE\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Aivar M\u00e4e \u2013 conductor and artistic director of the Arsis handbell ensembles<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Aivar M\u00e4e is the founder of the Arsis handbell ensemble and Arsis handbell school.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">He studied the clarinet at the Tallinn Secondary Music School and music pedagogy at the Tallinn State Conservatory. He has further educated himself on conducting and music management in 1992 at the Portland University in the USA.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">He has been the leader of international choir festivals, also running seminars for choral and handbell music in the USA and Finland. In 2000\u20132009 he was the general manager of Eesti Kontsert, the national concert institute of Estonia. From 2003 until 2006 he was also the general manager of Theatre Vanemuine in Tartu and in 2007\u20132008 he was the chairman of the Council of Russian Theater. From 2009 until 2020 he was working as a general manager of Estonian National Opera. 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