Strategies
The strategy is to initiate the Study “From bullet to fiddle”:
- with a Global perspective conducted on local levels in “manageable size” communities in different countries;
- including different socio-economic groups in Society, regardless of family, economy, social status, background or musical experience;
- involving every child in the pilot communities, throughout all school years as part of the daily regular school curriculum, led by professional music teachers;
- with a team of scientists from scientific branches such as pedagogy, psychology, sociology, criminology, economy…. and more – with synchronized study.
IMPORTANT STEPS
ESTABLISHING CONTACT AND ENGAGE SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS
- Decide what scientific disciplines/branches to involve in the Study. Identify, contact and build interest from Scientific Institutions to be willing to invest time and commitment in the Study project.
IDENTIFYING PILOT COMMUNITIES/MICRO WORLDS
- Identify and involve a handful of pilot communities/micro worlds in a few countries where every child in those respective communities will receive musical education as part of their daily school curriculum.
CONSENT AND SUPPORT
Prerequisites to realize the Study are consent and support from key people in the City Council, the school direction of the community, the direction of the local community music school, teachers, parents and national school authorities.
GOOD MUSIC TEACHERS
Professional and dedicated music teachers are essential to realize the Study. Music teachers are often active musicians outside of their pedagogical work. Music teachers in our pilot communities shall receive family friendly working conditions, economical security and opportunities to combine pedagogical work with professional performance in inspiring circumstances.
INSTRUMENTS FOR ALL CHILDREN
Every child needs to be provided with an instrument for free.
TIME FRAME FOR STUDY 15-20 YEARS
The study needs a time frame of 15-20 years following a full generation where children, their developments and the effects upon Society can be observed during a period stretching from the first year in pre-school to the last year in high school.
MANDATORY MUSIC
The Study intends to observe what can happen if all children receive music education throughout all school years. The only way of achieving that is to make a daily music program mandatory for all children!
Mandatory music education:
- breaks down religious, cultural and language barriers between children from different backgrounds;
- offers equal opportunities for every child to discover interest and talent for music making regardless of social, financial or cultural family status;
- allows better possibilities for music teachers to provide children with a solid musical foundation;
- makes music a natural subject like Math, Language or Science;
- takes away negative peer pressure and possible lack of support from family or other key people.
FROM CLASSICAL MUSIC…
Involving all children in music making every day is impossible on an individual basis. A daily music program has to be centered upon making music in ensemble forms - choirs, different kinds of instrumental ensembles, bands and orchestras.
Every country, every religion, every culture has their own musical traditions that are unique for respective groups. Allowing classical music to be the foundation for a music program and adding music of many styles offers children keys to all worlds of music.
A divers music program brings unequalled possibilities to build bridges between people from every corner of the Globe.
When building techniques to master classical music instruments and singing we build foundations, conditions and abilities to perform all kinds of music with greater quality and distinction.
Playing or singing in an orchestra, a choir, a band, an ensemble allows the child to be an important part of a greater context: His/her part is important for the final result!
INVOLVEMENT
Involving concert institutions, opera institutions, other cultural institutions and festivals of all kinds are avenues to present the Study to the cultural world. The cultural life of tomorrow is totally dependent on how we build a core of both performers, audiences and financial contributors – today!
It is essential that every cultural institution and festival organization realize the importance of being part of building a cultural future by investing energies and time in supporting the cultural and emotional growth of young people.
PRESENTATION OF THE STUDY IS IMPORTANT
The described Study needs highly qualified Scientists from a number of fields. The ambition of this Study is high. Credibility is a prerequisite for making every step in the building of organization possible.
PRESENTATION BOOK
The text you are reading is written with the intention to be part of a book visualizing a Scientific Research Study, what it might look like and the expected impact. We will invite school representatives that we have worked with, musicologists, musicians, scientists and others to add to this book by writing articles to be included in the book.
We will ask them to write about their views upon the role of music and Arts today and how they envision a future where the Arts would have a greater impact in all of Society. It is our ambition that this book will include a number of articles written by world artists and key persons from both artistic, political, scientific and economical worlds.
PRESENTATION FILMS
The film maker Mattias Modig has been our partner in filming and editing a number of documentary films and trailers for many years. This first text will be presented together with a film trailer with clips from several films that we have produced with sections from film documentaries from several schools.
When the full "Presentation Book" is published there will be a film documentary with film materials from schools and interviews with few key people supporting the Study.