THE DIFFERENT COLOURS OF MUSIC

Topic(s) addressed

• Promoting inclusion through the universal language of music

• Petting our students experience music in an active way 

• Creativity and self-expression according to students’ abilities

Target groups

Students from primary to high schools with social and cultural disadvantages and with disabilities

Methodologies

• Multidisciplinary and cross-disciplinary approaches– the issue of inclusion analysed by focusing on music and its multiple sides 

• The activities designed and implemented  to gain knowledge, improve skills, and form (or even change) attitudes to diversity and inclusion

• Creating a fairy tale as an important means to learn about cultural and social diversity through cooperative activities.

• Honing positive skills in the target group through a Maieutic method 

• Generating students' creativity, emotions, feelings and ideas through Music Therapy

Environments

• Making music accessible for the many thanks to the activities carried out by 8 institutions

• Innovative cooperation between the music conservatory and music associations for disabled people involving students from various backgrounds

• Combating the prejudice of the “gifted” in learning an instrument

• giving the disabled a chance to learn and experience music

• The final show gathering on the stage people with various disabilities- blind and visually impaired, with Down’s Syndrome, the quadriplegic demonstrating the true inclusion

Teachers

• All teachers shared the common vision of opening new opportunities for all students and fighting prejudices in their schools.

• Professional musicians taught music composition along with curricular subjects.

• Disabled musicians taught to build simple musical instruments adjusted to their physical disabilities.

• Teachers cooperated in activities involving the whole school community.

Impact

• Teachers evolved on professional and personal levels.

• Teachers reinforced their skills in the field of inclusive education.

• The project improved the quality and efficiency of education in schools through innovative 

• teaching practices.

• It increased students' competencies in music and Braille music.

• Vulnerable students improved their chances to continue their education, gain a profession and integrate into society.

• The involvement of AccordiAbili association and Portuguese Conservatory emphasised the importance of an alternative way of teaching music.