Study on classroom music-making
Over the next two years, four primary school classes in the canton of Lucerne will be taking part in the "Klassenmusizieren" project. The children will receive instrumental lessons and form wind ensembles.
What effect does learning an instrument have on the personal development of children? What effect does making music together in a class have on togetherness and cohesion? The project "Class music-making in Lucerne" explores these and other questions. It is being carried out jointly by the Culture Portal School & Culture in the Canton of Lucerne (Schukulu) and Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts and was launched at the beginning of the new school year at the end of August.
As part of the project, four primary school classes in Buchrain, Emmenbrücke and Reussbühl will receive special music lessons over the next two years: the 80 or so children will learn to play a wind instrument as a class, giving them the opportunity to make music together, develop a lasting love of music and show their environment the importance of musical education. The Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts is coordinating and supporting the participating teachers and their classes and providing scientific support for the project.
Two music lessons per week are used for the project. The class teachers are each supported by a music teacher. Before the actual music reading and practicing begins, the pupils have to choose one of the wind instruments provided. Not only can they try them out, but they are also taught how to handle them carefully - after all, they are allowed to take the instruments home with them to practise on.
The "Klassenmusizieren in Luzern" project is supported by the Stiftung Mercator Schweiz, the Fondation Suisa and the Stiftung Kind & Musik.
