Czech Republic
Meetingpoint Music Messian
EUROPE IS MUSIC – this leitmotiv is the guiding principle for the development of the MEETINGPOINT MUSIC MESSIAEN, which will be established intentionally on the historic ground of the former POW-camp, with respect and holding in high esteem those, who have suffered there before Europe could set off for itself and its growing together. Competitions for composers, workshops, performances and multimedia-events will stimulate the pulse of VIA REGIA in its centre, so that Warsaw, Paris, Niesky, Prague, Dresden and Vienna, but also Rome and Coventry will feel the spiritual beat – and deal with it, like all Europe to come.
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Czech Republic
International Guitar Competition
4th – 7th June 2009
Organized by Music school in Zruc nad Sázavou in cooperation with EGTA CZ, under
the auspices of mayor of Zruc nad Sázavou
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Denmark
World Music Center, 1999-2001
The World Music Center (WMC) was created as a department of Århus Music School. The project intends to bring about positive cultural meetings between the "old" and "new" Danes, using music and dance as cultural icebreakers. An important term in this context is integration. The project also serves to examine different ways of teaching and exchanging knowledge and experiences with other similar projects in the Nordic and European countries.
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Finland
Musical Bridge - An Interreg III A Programme
A collaborative project of music schools in Estonia and Finland Focusing on three main areas of development, this project is aimed at strengthening the co-operation and cultural exchange between Estonian and Finnish music schools and their central organisations. The three development areas are promoting music school activity in Estonia and Finland, integrating music schools into the information society, and furthering the internationalisation of music education. Along with the Finnish and Estonian Associations of Music Schools, four Finnish and five Estonian music schools will be participating in the project.
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Finland
Folk Music and Folk Dance Highlighted in 2004 and 2005
The Finnish Association of Music Schools has decided to highlight the role of the folk arts in music school instruction in a series of projects to be organised during 2004 and 2005. Joining the Association of Music Schools in organising the projects will be the Sibelius Academy, the Global Music Centre and the Finnish Folk Music Association. Additional support will be provided by the National Board of Education.
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Finland
Composers-in-Residence at Finnish music schools, 2002-2003
The Composers-in-Residence project centres on co-operation between Finnish composers and music schools. During the 2002-2003 pilot project, seven music schools appointed a composer-in-residence. The composers have worked closely with pupils and instructors since autumn 2002. The Finnish Music Information Centre (FIMIC) and the Association of Finnish Music Schools (SML) launched the initiative.
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Finland
National Year of Brass Music 2001
This project aimed at promoting brass music instruction and practice in Finland. Three hundred events were organised with a view to attaining this objective. The Association of Finnish Music Schools initiated the project.
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Germany
Pro Kontrabass 2001- present
Pro Kontrabass ('Pro Contrabass') is a German initiative to promote the musical instrument the double bass. The object is to increase the number of students opting to play the double bass in music schools. The decision to adopt this initiative was made in May 2000 by the extended federal board of the German Music Schools' Association (Verband Deutscher Musikschulen - VdM).
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Germany
New Chamber Music for Music Schools tested in practice 2001-2004 '
New chamber music for music schools tested in practice' is an initiative of the German Music Schools' Association (Verband Deutscher Musikschulen - VdM). The project objective is the ongoing promotion of contemporary music for music school ensembles. Succinctly put, this is achieved by compiling, sampling and choosing contemporary chamber music for music school ensembles and supervising instructors. The project was initiated in the 2001/2002 school year and is to be repeated in 2003/2004.
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Germany
Product Plan, Product Description and Indicators for Music Schools
The tangible result of this project is the publication Produktplan Produktbeschreibung und Kennzahlen für Musikschulen (''Product Plan, Product Description and Indicators for Music Schools') published in 1998. It provided German music schools with an example and guideline for drawing up a product plan, describing their products and measuring results by using indicators. Applying these descriptions and measurements contributes to quality management within the school. The Verband Deutscher Musikschulen (German Music Schools' Association - VdM) is the initiator of the project. In cooperation with the Kommunale Gemeinschaftsstelle, Köln (Municipality of Cologne - KGSt) they started working on the first product descriptions in 1996.
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Germany
Media Prize "LEOPOLD" Good music for children, 1997 - present
LEOPOLD is a media prize as well as a mark of quality for music on CD, MC, and CD-Rom that is specially recommended for children. LEOPOLD was introduced in 1997. Since then, the competition to win the LEOPOLD distinction is held every other year. The project initiative is the work of the Verband Deutscher Musikschulen (German Music Schools' Association - VdM) with support from the Federal Ministry for Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth.
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The Netherlands
Caring for Quality Quality
Framework Art Education and Amateur Art
The sector of art education and amateur art consists of organisations that permanently and professionally provide art education and/or amateur art production, and/or offer support in these fields. These efforts are based on the view that art and culture surround us always and everywhere. Art and culture enhance the quality of and cohesion in society, and hence improve the quality of life. This framework set outs quality criteria for institutions that engage in art education and amateur art. The framework offers institutions of art education and participation a tool to concretely work on quality assurance and to improve their organisation. The quality framework provides an answer to the question what an institution needs to accomplish to obtain certification.
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The Netherlands
Peer Supervision Networks
The peer supervision network is an exchange network for managers of institutes of art education. Such networks aim to benefit the individual (staff member level) and, indirectly through knowledge transfer, possibly to benefit the trade branch as a whole. The goal is the exchange and testing of knowledge, information and experiences. Other networks in which Kunstconnectie participates are: strategic networks (profiting the entire branch) or thematic networks (aimed at collective or regional benefit for the members).
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The Netherlands
à la Guildhall, 2002
Guildhall is a music project based on a holistic approach to music originating from the Tanzanian NGOMA. The project was initiated by the Utrecht Centre of the Arts (Utrechts Centrum voor de Kunsten - UCK).
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Norway
CCE (Creative Childhood Environment)
CCE (Creative Childhood Environment) is a 3-year lasting network programme involving music and art schools and compulsory schools, principals and teachers. Two times a year these are meeting in a three-days gathering, working together as leaders and teachers, being trained in production of different kinds of performances. In addition there are twice a year separate days where special subjects are focused for the teachers. This to prepare for the needed co-operation of the two kinds of institutions in a community to participate in the "The Cultural Schoolbag", a large national programme offering concerts, performances and exhibitions to schoolchildren - a meeting place between professional artists and children. This year (2007) the Government are spending more than 160 mill. NOK (20 mill. Euro ) to make this programme reach every schoolchild with at least a couple of meetings with artists. The music and art schools are expected to have a central role in this meeting, also taking care of child involvement in the processes before and after the meetings. The Norwegian Council of Music and Art Schools are responsible for the programmes, so far reaching four of our counties, involving about fifty schools, half of these music and art schools.
Norway
FOCUS (Music and art school focus)
FOCUS (Music and art school focus) is also a 3-year lasting programme, however, for the music and art schools only. The aim is to develop music and art schools to the local recourse centres asked for by the Government in the recent published strategic plan for art and culture in education. This imply an enlargement of the music and art schools responsibilities in the municipalities, towards the kindergartens, primary schools and the secondary schools, but also the local cultural institutions and of course each and every child, wanting to learn to play, sing, to paint pictures, or to be an actor and a dancer. The programme is offered to two regions, 4 counties, involving more than fifty music and art schools, leaders and teachers.
Norway
Culture schooldays (Music and art School days)
Culture schooldays (Music and art School days) are offered yearly as a lunch to lunch national gathering of music and art school staffs, presenting lectures from well known persons, courses by specialists in art subjects etc, Last year about 500 principals and teachers met in Drammen, a city close to Oslo. In 2007, close to 400 are expected to meet in Tromsø, the city most to the north in our country,
Norway
Music technology
Music technology is a web-based training programme for teachers working with composing, writing music etc in music and art schools. There is only some few gatherings, most of the work is done on the internet. Music technology is a very popular course for teachers.
Norway
Ideas for visual art teachers
Ideas for visual art teachers: a book published these days, a collection of examples of work by a 20-odd group of visual art teachers in music and art schools.
Sweden
Integrated teaching methods
is a unique European music pedagogic Transfer of innovation project in the Leonardo da Vinci programme in collaboration with pedagogic institutions and organisations in eight countries. How can we develop the music pedagogic tradition so that playing by ear and improvisation can be integrated with the ability to read and write notes in a simple and natural way? How can we teach our pupils from a very early age to musical high school level to make this integration possible? Are we prepared to evaluate and change our ingrained patterns?
Internationally prominent musicians and teachers will be holding seminars with the focus from different points of view based on these issues.
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United Kingdom
A Common Approach 2002
A Common Approach 2002 (ACA 2002) provides an Instrumental / Vocal Curriculum. It does not intend to be prescriptive but aims to improve the quality of musical experience for all pupils by encouraging instrumental / vocal teachers to reflect on, develop and improve their professional skills, knowledge and understanding.
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