Project ICC is about exchanging best practices in inclusive community choirs direction and management. It is aimed both at musical directors and those who, within the choirs, deal with organisational, communication and relational issues. The general objective is improving participants’ competencies in design and implementation of musical projects aiming at improving mental and physical health orf participants, with particular attention to those belonging to disadvantaged/underprivileged/marginalized groups whose social inclusion needs to be improved. Specific objectives are improvements in: - musical direction techniques; - communication methods; - management of relationship with institutions and other relevant actors; - specific musical techniques that can be particularly useful when dealing with inclusive practices; - organizational arrangements that can help or hinder inclusion. The project will include “blended mobility of learners”: groups of adult learners/choirs members will meet and exchange information on activities performed at local level through internet tools (e. g. forum, videoconferencing) and then will travel together with musicians to take part in transnational events. The project is a KA2 Strategic Partnership limited to exchange of good practices (no development of Intellectual Output is included). Envisaged activities are Joint Staff Training Events (5 days long meetings in which best practices will be showcased, discussed and experimented in transnational groups) combined with "Blended Mobility" of learners, Internet based activities for learners (getting acquainted, discussing experiences, feedback on meetings, etc.), deevlopment of brief reports on activities performed and dissemination materials.
The general objective of the project was to upgrade participants’ competencies in design and implementation of musical activities aiming at improving mental and physical health of participants, with particular attention to those belonging to disadvantaged/underprivileged/marginalized groups whose social (and musical) inclusion need to be strengthened. Specific objectives were improvements in: - musical direction techniques; - communication methods; - management of relationship with institutions and other relevant actors; - specific musical techniques that can be particularly useful when dealing with inclusive practices; - organizational arrangements that can help or hinder inclusion.
Music is an effective tools for tackling social exclusion and promoting social inclusion. Many studies show that projects carried out by Community Musicians around the world achieved good results. However, musicians willing to work in the field of psycho-social and physical wellness usually lack training opportunities. Occasions to share and compare experiences at national and especially transnational level are therefore important. The project addresses the need to impove relational and musical competencies of choir conductors. It also addresses the need of managers of the institutions to which the choirs belong to make organizational arrangements and adopt communication approaches and techniques that help make their musical activities more inclusive.