THE PARCIVAL PROJECT

 

MUSIC AS THE ART OF COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP

 

"As the challenges we face today are too complex to solve individually,

the future of leadership will become increasingly collaborative.

The essence of collaboration is the capacity to listen."

Otto Scharmer, Presencing Institute 

 

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THE PARCIVAL PROJECT

https://www.parcival.ca/

 

 

VISION:

An emerging interdisciplinary global community of Collaborative Leadership Artists

Transforming leadership and Co-Creating New Artistic Narratives

Through the co-creation of an original musical and dramatic work PARZIVAL & FIEREFIZ - world premiered in July 2020.

 

 

MISSION:

The Parcival Project - An emerging global community of Collaborative Leadership Artists

In collaboration with The Presencing Institute’s Global Activation of Intention and Action Initiative to be funded by The Canada Council for the Arts

For the co-creation of PARZIVAL & FIEREFIZ - A new musical and dramatic work transforming the Grail Myth from individual quest into collaborative journey.

 

 

GOALS:

 

I. COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP

1. An emerging Global Community of Collaborative Leadership Artists

   including world-class musicians such as The Emerson String Quartet, Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society, Yannick Nezet-Seguin

2. A collaboratively-led Chamber Orchestra

   including recipients of the Canada Council Instrument Bank (performing on the largest publicly owned collection of rare string instruments in the world)

3. Transforming the Future of Leadership in Music

4. Funded by the Canada Council for the Arts

5. Inspired by /and in collaboration with The Presencing Institute & GAIA Journey

 

 

II. PRESENCING AND THE U PROCESS IN MUSIC

1. Threefold U process as the archetype of music:
   

   Thinking = Melody 

   Feeling = Harmony 

   Will = Rhythm

2. Timbre as the emerging new social element of musical intention

   The Actor Project – A global interdisciplinary research community focusing around timbre as the emerging social element of musical intention.

 

 

III. FROM EGO – TO ECO:  A NEW NARRATIVE OF THE GRAIL MYTH

1. A new and original work: PARZIVAL & FIEREFIZ 

2. Co-created working out of the principals of Theory U / GAIA

3. Transforming the Grail Myth

   From the Ego-centered idealism of Wagner’s Parsifal

   To the Eco-awareness based collaborative journey of Eschenbach’s original Parzival.

4. Produced by The Parcivla Project 

5. Funded by The Canada Council for the Arts

6. Premiered as part of the GAIA Global Forum beginning July 2020.