Manuel Herren honored with Ober-Gerwern Master Prize
This year, for the third time, the Ober-Gerwern Society has awarded the Ober-Gerwern Master's Prize for outstanding Master's theses at the HKB in the amount of CHF 20,000 to music teacher Manuel Herren
Herren is a graduate of the MA Music Pedagogy. He received the prize for his musical integration project Music without borders. In three workshops for music, rhythm and dance, interested asylum seekers from asylum centers in the Bern area were taught musical content, which was finally performed together with the KMB youth wind orchestra in the packed Kulturcasino Bern.
Manuel Herren has used the "unifying language" of music to build bridges for mutual understanding and to allow all participants to take part in a personal, cultural and musical exchange.
Website of the project: musikohnegrenzen.ch
