About the Project

‘Music 4 Inclusion’ is a project with and for migrants living in the European Union. Under the scope of inclusion processes, the need for a sense of belonging, cultural dialogue, mutual understanding, equality and diversity is the starting point and scope of this project. ‘Music 4 Inclusion’ focuses on contributing to meeting these needs through making music together and improving the musical development and well-being of the individuals involved.

Credits to Adem Gümrükçüler

The aim of the project is to contribute to the social and cultural inclusion of people in need of getting used to living in a country with a different culture, language and norms than their homelands. To achieve the goals of this project, playing music together and creating a common repertoire, including music from the host communities and the migrants’ own cultures, will be the core of the activities planned.

Objectives:

To provide useful and practice, non-formal based tools and methods for adult education providers focusing on inclusion and integration domains
To contribute to mutual understanding between cultures and intercultural communication
To eliminate preconceptions and to stimulate the community for the positive contributions of migrants and refugees in Europe
To produce a training program handbook and common repertoire
To show a good example and success story by demonstrating orchestra performance
Reaching out to new audiences thanks to music
To increase integration and inclusion efforts of disadvantaged groups by using music
To increase the capacity of musicians and provide them to learn and experience the different working environment
To facilitate the lives of individuals from migrant communities (from Ukraine and other countries) in the project partner countries and contribute to their adaptation processes.

Target groups:

Adult education professionals working in music or inclusion & integration areas: social workers, adult educators and trainers, experts and researchers, music therapists
Amateur or professional migrant/immigrant musicians or those who have an immigrant background: musicians, musicologists

Final Beneficiaries:

Adult migrants who face integration problems and intercultural barriers
Community Organizations
Institutions working on inclusion and integration focusing on adults
Musical institutions, academies
Decision-makers and media agents

Outputs:

Music 4 Inclusion Training Program and Handbook
Unified by Music Orchestra and Common Repertoire

Project Activities:

Co-Creation Workshop
Study Visits to Nice and Rotterdam
Joint Rehearsals with visiting musicians
Music 4 Inclusion workshops
Dissemination Event and Concert
Dissemination Activities via conventional and digital media channels