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Claudio
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Vladimir
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Luciano
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Pierre
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Dietrich
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Zubin Mehta
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Esa-Pekka
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Music makes people
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Music Schools in Europe
“Thus education by
the means of music is most excellent, as rhythm and harmony may reach the
centre of the soul most deeply and lend her grace and dignity”
What
Socrates put into words has had a lasting influence on the history of culture
and society within Europe. Still valid in our time, it has been made more
topical today thanks to a number of recent scientific studies.
Music promotes the
free development of the personality. It provides a foundation of values and
orientation in an often chaotic and superficial world.
The ability to feel
music and to express it expands a person’s ability to experience themselves and
the world around them. Playing music cultivates a person’s ability to
communicate and trains individuals in social behaviour.
• Music schools commit themselves to this
educational ideal.
Playing music trains
important secondary abilities in a person – abilities, which are also of
benefit in other life contexts, for example in professional life. These include
concentration, stamina and motivation, creativity, communication and expression
skills, social role behaviour and teamwork.
• Music schools further this “added
value” of music training.
What
holds Europe together at its core is its nature as a cultural space. European
musical culture has created a language of music which can be understood by all
peoples of Europe.. Musical education helps people to accept the cultural
differences which exist in our common world; it enhances integration and the preservation
of peace – a process of life long learning
• Music schools open a door to music for
people of every age.
European
music culture with its diversity of form and style, is a great common heritage,
worthy of being preserved and developed. Music needs to be experienced and
understood, deeply felt and grasped in its manifold dimensions.
No technical devices will ever be able to substitute live music as a genuine
expression of human vitality. Playing music or listening to live music denotes
human encounter, mutual understanding and communication.
• Music schools make music come alive
within each of their students.
The development of a
cultural identity was granted the status of a human right by UNESCO in 1989. In
1999, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child calls upon us to respect and
promote the right of the child to participate fully in cultural and artistic
life and to encourage the provision of appropriate and equal opportunities for
creative and artistic activity. •
Music schools play an important part in making these basic rights a reality.
In
order to fulfil their important educational task music schools need to
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be recognised as public educational institutions
•
be a subject for which cultural, educational and social policy take
responsibility
• be granted sufficient public funding
•
receive broad support from all parts of society.
The national associations
of the European Music School Union represent
• in 23 countries of Europe
• 5000 public music schools
• with 3 Million
students
Austria
Konferenz der Österreichischen Musikschulwerke
Belgium
Association de l’Enseignement Musical Subventionné (AEMS)
Deeltijds
Kunstonderwijs (OVSG)
Croatia
Hrvatsko drustvo glazbenih i plesnih pedagoga
Czech
Republic
Základni umeclecká
šKola
Denmark
Dansk Musikskole Sammenslutning (Damusa)
Estonia
Eesti Muusikakoolide Liit
Finland
Suomen musiikkioppilaitosten
liitto
France
Fédération Française de l'Énseignement
Musical,
Chorégrapphique et Théâtral
Germany
Verband deutscher Musikschulen e.V.(VdM)
Hungary
Association of Hungarian Music and Art Schools (MZMSz)
Ireland
Irisch Association of Music Schools (IAMS)
Italy
Associazione Italiana
delle Scuole di Musica (AISM)
Latvia
Association of leaders
of Latvian Musical Educational Establishments (LMMIVA)
Liechtenstein
Liechtensteinische Musikschule
Luxemburg
Association des Ecoles de Musique du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg
The Netherlands
De Kunstconnectie
Norway
Norsk Kulturskolerâd
Slovakia
Asociáciá Ucitelov Hudby Slovenska
Slovenia
Zveza Slovenskih Glasbenih Sol
Spain
Unión de Escuelas de Música y Danza (UEMYD)
Sweden
Sveriges Musik- og Kulturskolerad (SMoK)
Switzerland
Verband Musikschulen Schweiz (VMS)
United Kingdom
Federation of Music Services
European Music School Union (EMU)
www.musicschools-emu.net
September 2003