Major trends for interculturality in music education from MORE Paris Symposium

1. Major trends for interculturalityin music educationfrom MORE Paris Symposium MORE Symposium – Thessaloniki 28 may 2011 M.H. Serra, Cité de la musique, Paris

2. The MORE project • EU Culture Program 2007-2013 • Towards a european cultural space through promotion of cultural diversity and common inheritage • The role of music education • The role of Traditional music • Exchange of best practices in intercultural music education

3. MORE activities • 3 symposiums • 2 summerschools • Paris symposium • Research • Reports on educationalexperiences • Case studies • Review and synthesis of the conferences • Major trends in intercultural music education

4. MORE Paris symposium, review • What is interculturality ? • Multicultural / Intercultural • Reality / Ideal • Static / Dynamic • Ethnology / Anthropology • Production of culture by the individual rather than view on cultural categories

5. MORE Paris symposium, review • Earlyageseducation • Language acquisition model • Immersion into musical diversity • « Cognitive filters », how to reduceintercultural distance • Primaryschooleducation • Vocal practice withforeignlanguages • Importance of cultural context for a trueexperience of otherness • Teachers training is the key • Identifying the limits of inter-cultural teaching

6. MORE Paris symposium, review • Teaching interculturality in music schools • A political field • Local traditions safe-guarding • Immigrant traditions promoting • Reform of educational methods • From instrument/repertoire learning to social education and cultural production learning.

7. MORE Paris symposium, review • Higher education • The concept of bi-musicality • The GLOMUS project • The example of Codarts (Rotterdam) • Adaptation of traditional teaching