Music between the traditional and the new as a means of cultural exploration
New projects for music teaching
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Module 1: Expressive Listening
The aim is to understand music as a non-verbal means of emotional expression and to reflect on one's own ideas and feelings when listening to music. Download free material
Module 2: Double interview
School students realise a double interview, guided by a moderator. The aim is to recognise the similarities between different artists' biographies. Download free material
Module 3: Let's Mix It!
The objective is to familiarise students with the production of music and the combination of different instruments and styles. Download free material
Module 4: Mov(i)ement
The course aims to be creatively active by engaging with the expression of music. Download free material
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The discussion about the effect of music was great. This promotes social interaction and allows learners to experience different perspectives. A successful task!
The modules were very well received by the pupils and created a motivating learning atmosphere.
Thank you very much – we enjoyed it, and the pupils participated attentively and enthusiastically.
During the lessons, pupils engage with classical music and ‘modern’ music in a playful manner and through methodologically diverse teaching sequences.
Through a series of modules that build on each other, tomorrow's listeners will be equipped with the ability to engage with music in a reflective manner over the long term.
Meet the dynamic team of educators and musicians who are reworking classical music for music lessons in schools.
With the founding of the ClassiXX@Now support association, we are fulfilling our responsibility to consider the essential social and sustainable aspects of our project.
The purpose of the association is to promote the cultural education and social development of young people, in particular to introduce classical music to a younger audience that is unfamiliar with classical music and to overcome the barriers presented by opera houses and concert halls. This educational aspiration initially enables us to develop concepts suitable for our project for general school teaching. The idealistic activities of our association are diverse and range from conceptual developments to promote the musical education and development of children and young people, workshops, and the creation of studies to the realisation of events.
Lena Hirschfeld studied teaching at KPH Vienna, specialising in music and German. She currently teaches music theory, piano, vocal coaching, choir and musical theatre at a secondary school in Vienna and is the form teacher for a music class. In addition to music lessons in the specialised classes, she also teaches regular classes and is aware of the need for contemporary teaching materials for the subject of music.
CChristoph Schöndorfer teaches geography, economics, history, political education and basic digital literacy at a secondary school in Vienna's 15th district. The challenge of teaching subjects outside his field of expertise has enabled him to gain valuable experience in teaching music, and he is well aware of both the obstacles and opportunities involved in modern music education at secondary level.
Azis Sadikovic is an internationally renowned conductor who regularly performs at major festivals such as the Bayreuth Festival and the Grafenegg Festival. His busy concert schedule has taken him to numerous renowned orchestras and opera houses, including the Tonkünstler Orchestra of Lower Austria, the Brandenburg State Orchestra, the Danish National Radio Orchestra and the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra, as well as the Strasbourg Opera and the National Opera in Prague. Azis Sadikovic has won several prestigious conducting competitions and is particularly committed to the performance of contemporary works.
