Dear
Reader,
Welcome to this special edition
of the
EMC Newsletter introducing our latest project, Access!,
initiated by the Working Group Youth of the European Music Council with
the help of the Europa Cantat Youth Committee. The aim of the project
is to encourage young Europeans to become more active in the music life
of Europe and we are pleased to announce that Access! is
being supported by the Youth in Action progamme of the European Union.
The project's main event is the Access!- European Youth
Forum on
Music which will take place from 15-18th October 2010 in Turin,
Italy. The deadline for registration is 20th September 2010. We invite
young people from across Europe with a passion for music to get
involved and help shape the future of European music
life. Access! is
a unique opportunity for young people to experience an arena for
networking, dialogue, learning and enjoying music.
Enjoy reading the EMC Newsletter!
With kind regards,
Secretary General Policy and
Communication Secretary
General Development and Finances
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| An
Introduction to Access! |
Music plays a vital role in the lives of young
people
– yet
how is their point of view taken into account in political decision
making, and
how is their perspective reflected in European music organisations
today?
The principle
objective of Access! is to enhance
the
active participation, within the European music sector, of young people
from
all parts of society and to support their involvement in democratic
processes,
whilst at the same time, providing them with a setting to develop
within their
scope of interests. Supported by the Youth in Action programme, this
six month project is based around a series of meetings
and events, centred around the concept of non-formal learning,
welcoming a
total of 80 young people, aged 18-30 from across Europe.
These
events will support the drafting of the European
Agenda for Youth and Music, a qualitative document outlining the
current
needs and future aspirations of young people active within all areas of
musical
life in Europe, and offering models
of best practice.
Initiated by the Working Group Youth (WGY) of the European Music
Council (EMC) and
with the support of the Europa Cantat Youth Committee (ECYC), the Agenda will serve to encourage
politicians at all levels as well as the music sector (civil society),
to
involve young people in decision making processes. Furthermore, it will
stimulate more young people into action. Access!
is a project organised by
young people for young people.
Participants of Access! will choose between being
actively involved in the drafting of the Agenda
in Bonn, Germany or engaging in an exchange of ideas with like-minded
Europeans and
music professionals at the European Youth
Forum on Music in Turin, Italy. The project’s final activity
will see the
young participants present the European
Agenda for Youth and Music to important decision makers in Brussels
and therefore supporting their
participation in the mechanisms of representative democracy.
Partners in the project
are:
 
 Access! is being supported by the Youth in
Action Programme
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| Access! - European
Youth Forum on Music |
The main event of
the Access!
project is the European Youth Forum
on Music which will take place
from 15-17th October 2010 in
the European Youth Capital 2010 Turin
(Italy). Through keynote lectures and specialised workshops
young participants (aged 18-30) will have the unique
opportunity to broaden their skills, knowledge and contacts. Topics of
the workshops include:
Inspirational keynote lectures will
be led
by Zuhal
Sultan (National Youth Orchestra of Iraq) and Peter Gregson (a young
cellist and composer).
- the role of
the musician in the 21st century (led by Carol Main from Live
Music Now/musician Jennifer
Port)
- European Cultural
Policy
- European Youth
Policy and Music
- Arts/Festivals
management
- Music and
Social Change (led by Henrik Melius, founder and Chairman of Spiritus Mundi)
- Social Networking
for musicians and arts
managers (led by Peter Gregson, cellist and
composer)
- Music
education - professional and
amateur (led by Timo Klemettinen, EMC Chairman and Managing
Director of the Association
of Finnish Music Schools/ Helena Maffli-Nissinen from Conservatoire de musique de Lausanne/
Erling
Akdal, Head of the Jazz Department at the Norwegian University of
Science and Technology, Trondheim)
Furthermore, participants will contibute to the
creation of the European Agenda for Youth
and Music and thus make a long-term contribution to the enhancement of
youth participation in the future of European and international music
life.
For more
information on Access!- European Youth Forum on Music and details on
how to apply,visit the WGY website. Deadline for application is: 20 September 2010
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