Chur launches talent classes
In November 2015, Chur's municipal council gave the go-ahead for municipal talent classes for talented young people with a talent for music and sport at secondary school level. The concept will be implemented for the first time in the 2016/17 school year.
According to the municipal council's message, running talent classes allows young people with a talent for sport and music to develop as positively and successfully as possible in a support-oriented environment at school and in the talent area. The classes in Chur complement the existing programs in Ilanz, St Moritz-Champfèr and Davos.
The demand for the additional music program is significantly lower than that for sports, the message continues. Last year, only a few young people attended the music section of the Scoula Sportiva St. Moritz-Champfèr or the talent school in Ilanz. In the Engadin there was one boy out of 22 young people, in Ilanz three girls out of 32 pupils.
In the current 2015/2016 school year, four pupils in St. Moritz-Champfèr, two in Ilanz and none in Davos (reopening of the talent school) have entered the music section. At present, eight of the 96 talented pupils in Graubünden are being supported in the area of music. In Chur, a larger proportion of five to eight musicians per year group is expected, not least due to the comprehensive range of courses offered by the music school.
