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MARS: Latest News
MARS – Music And Resilience Support project is now entering the second year of activity with the support of the Erasmus + Programme funded by the European Union.
During the past year the MARS partnership built the foundation for the development of the whole project, mainly represented by the four Intellectual Outputs that provide the essential theoretical and methodological resources for its implementation. A new phase has just begun involving the participation of 15 students in the first MARS Online Course. They will develop and improve their skills in psychosocial music interventions in conflict areas and disadvantaged social contexts.
At the same time the project is entering a period of intense public activity to disseminate its results and enlarge the network of professionals and organisations interested in MARS approach.
The Course
The new phase, dense and dynamic, started with a kick-off seminar which was held in Italy in July, hosted by Association Prima Materia. The group of students immediately showed a deep involvement in the course topics, in the project aims and rationale and a warm relationship was established with the MARS staff. During the next months the students will be engaged in 10 Modules covering different aspects of the training, from musical and choral techniques to fundamentals of psychology, sociology and anthropology and project planning.
MARS teachers and researchers will follow the students in their training programme, will tutor their studies and supervision their internship in a practical experience of psychosocial intervention based on music as a transformation tool.
Habitat III - New Urban Agenda
In October 2016, the UN Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III), to be held in Quito, will adopt the New Urban Agenda, a document which is expected to provide guidance on the development of urban policies around the world for the next 20 years. The process of discussion and consultation leading to Habitat III is now coming to an end, with a ‘zero draft’ of the New Urban
Agenda released on 6 May 2016 and a revised version published on 18 June 2016.
News from MARS
The MARS - Music And Resilience Support- project is about to conclude its first year of activity relying on a solid internal structure and partnership.
Intellectual Outputs
The results of almost one year's work are represented by the completion of four of the five Intellectual Output productions, namely the Needs Analysis Report (O1), the Specialization Profile (O2) and the Staff Training Guidelines (O3). Only O1 has already been published while the others are ready for the publication. In addition MARS website (O4), is already representing the platform for most of the communications and activities, both administrative and public, of the project.
Besides, the Evaluation Committee approved the tool which will be used to assess the quality and management process of each production.
Mobilities and meetings
The first mobility took place in London in April with the presence of 15 future teachers of the MARS course during the Staff Training Days.
London was also the location for the second Transnational Partner Meeting.
The group of students of the MARS course was formed at the end of May after a process of selection of the 40 candidates who sent their applications, going far beyond any expectations.
The online preparation to the course is running and the group is ready for the imminent mobility and the beginning of the seminar in Italy in July.
AMDP at #MTNBushfire Festival 2016
In the framework of the African Music Development Programme, the International Music Council in partnership with the MTN Bushfire (held from 27th to 29th of May) festival in Swaziland, offered two capacity building opportunities to young African professionals.
Rostrum+: Listen, Vote, Win!
In the framework of the Rostrum+ project, the works presented at the 63rd International Rostrum of Composers will be on free streaming for two weeks. This is an unique opportunity to listen to some of the most recent contemporary creations from all over the world!
Vote for your favorite and get the chance to win a fine selection of contemporary music works!
Rostrum+: Wroclaw Hosts the 63rd International Rostrum of Composers
Paris/Wroclaw, May 16, 2016. – The International Music Council, the National Forum of Music and Polish Radio are organizing the 63rd edition of the International Rostrum of Composers (IRC) in Wroclaw, May 16 to 21. The IRC is an international forum of representatives from broadcasting organisations who come together for the purpose of exchanging and broadcasting contemporary music.
MARS: Call for Applications
Are you interested in specialized training to use music with under-resourced communities?
MARS offers a free-of-charge training course!
MARS offers a high level, specialized and certified training in psycho-social music intervention within under-resourced, deprived and marginalised communities, targeting primarily populations of refugees and asylum seekers, which are on a dramatic increase both within Europe and worldwide. The course will equip community musicians, music therapists and other health and education workers with the knowledge, skills and competences to work in problematic multicultural contexts, between hosting and hosted communities, in order to plan and carry out well-matched interventions for the protection of children, adolescents and adults.
Musical Homelands: New Territories
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New EU-funded cooperation project launches with Needs Analysis
The IMC has recently launched a new Erasmus+ cooperation project called “Music and Resilience Support (MARS)”. MARS will offer specialized training and support for community musicians, music therapists, and health and education workers in psycho-social music theory, techniques and methodology, for use particularly in communities suffering from deprivation and stress.
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