Lazos musicales: Motril–Poitiers Erasmus Project

Project Title

Lazos musicales: Motril–Poitiers

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for school education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2014

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Creativity and culture; Quality Improvement Institutions and/or methods (incl. school development); EU Citizenship, EU awareness and Democracy

Project Summary

Inspired by the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the European Union in 2012, this project has been a collaboration among the Conservatories of Poitiers, France, and Motril, Spain, during the two-year span of 2014-16. Through this project we have offered our cities and their environs cultural and educational enrichment as well as the opportunity to experience the same values which the Nobel sought to recognize: peace, democracy, the deepening that which unites, the knowledge of that which is different . . . and all this through music, which young adolescents learn at our institutions.
CONTEXT
In the context of a unified Europe, with a valuable cultural history, France holds a place in the center of Central European classical music; Spain, farther removed from this “center,” nonetheless boasts musical roots that are unique.
This cultural difference proves very attractive for the countries in question. The rollout of the project will help to expand horizons and form the self-identity of the participants in the context of a personal encounter.
Furthermore we have sought to improve the instruction in our centers by gaining familiarity with the best practices of our neighbors, thus joining the best of the French and Spanish systems of music education.
PARTICIPANTS
The conservatories of Poitiers and Motril will participate (pre-university classes).
In each academic visit 40 students and 5 professors have participated.
OBJECTIVES
+General objectives
Expand the participants’ perspectives on life, training and music
Foster the students’ learning by giving it scope beyond the place of study.
Expand the pedagogical and methodological wherewithal of the professors
+Specific objectives
Get to know the cultural and musical characteristics of the countries and regions of origin.
Develop the artistic capacities of the students by giving public concerts in the vicinities of the two cities, as well as preparing them.
Involve students in the perseverance and responsibility of a long-term collaborative project.
Exchange of good practices among teachers
Develop participants’ linguistic competence both generally and as related to music
Strengthen participants’ digital competence through the use of digital platforms.
ACTIVITIES
Our project has been divided into 5 academic projects in each school year:
1 Guitar group
2 Mixed French-Spanish chamber groups
3 Formation of a symphonic orchestra during academic visit
4 Collaborative composition
5 Publication and impact of project, communication activities
Their phases have been:
Initial phase: Information and explanations within each center, coordination between the two centers
Phase 1: Teaching activities in each center, which are integrated into the academic life of the centers
Phase 2: Selection of those who will be participating in academic visits, preparation of visits
Phase 3: Reciprocal academic visits, visits will last one week plus two days for travel
Phase 4: Evaluation and closure of project, evaluation of the results by the professors as well as the students.
RESULTS
Final Project Portfolio. Scores, recordings, etc. Reports on the educational details of each center. External conferences for professors on the topic of exchange
IMPACT OF THE PROJECT
+Participating students have:
Interiorized the reality of a unified Europe, considered Europe as a common space to develop oneself as a person, improved linguistic and technological skills, defined professional vocation, developed artistic capacities.
+Professors and schools have:
Expanded pedagogical knowledge, optimized existing organization in respective teaching departments, broadened educational material.
+The communities in which the schools are located have:
Gained an enriched cultural offering thanks to the concerts given, as well enjoy social enrichment derived from the visit of students and teachers from a neighboring country.
LONG-TERM BENEFITS
The schools’ faculty have expand their perspectives on the teaching of music and on education in general which will affect subsequent generations of students. The students have lived a cultural and musical exchange during one of the most important developmental phases of their lives. For the schools it have represented an enriching experience that can continue to unfold after completion of the project by maintaining contact through already established channels.
The intellectual products are sustainable since: they will enlarge the libraries of each participating school, they will be at the disposal of professors from not only within the institution but from outside centers as well, and additionally some of the project’s activities could be recreated in later school years (musical ensembles, the students’ magazine, the blog and the exchange platforms).

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 40208 Eur

Project Coordinator

Conservatorio Profesional de Musica Antonio Lorenzo & Country: ES

Project Partners

• Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Poitiers