New Year's letter from the SMPV Co-Presidents

Dear colleagues,

An important topic last year was the cultural message, in which the federal government set cultural policy priorities and goals for the next four years. One of the main topics is "cultural participation", an issue that particularly concerns us as music teachers. Through our teaching activities, we enable our pupils to participate in culture - in our case, music - to actively contribute, shape and implement their own ideas and not just passively consume music. Individual expression is a basic human need and must therefore not only be made possible but also encouraged in order to keep society healthy. We music educators therefore make an important contribution to holistic and individual health promotion with our work.

May this work continue to fulfill you in the coming year, may your students unfold and develop, that they find their own expression so that they can actively participate in cultural events. In this way, our society forms a community in which everyone can fit into the whole without having to give up themselves.

With this in mind, we wish you all a successful and creative new year, so that culture flourishes and our society remains healthy and happy!

Annette Dannecker and Paola De Luca