Changing Life: Historical Musicology as a Strategic Tool in the Italian Community Music Perspective. A Case Study

Antonella Coppi; Johann van der Sandt

doi:10.6092/issn.2039-9715/20909

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Antonella Coppi IUL University

Antonella Coppi, PhD, is associate professor at the Faculty of Human Sciences, IUL University of Florence. She holds a degree in Music History (University of Perugia) and diplomas in Vocal Composition and Choral Conducting (Conservatories of Ferrara and Parma). Her research interests focus on the study of music from a pedagogical, didactic, sociological, historical, musicological and popular perspective. Since 2021 she has been President of the Evaluation Unit of the 'Vecchi-Tonelli' Conservatory in Modena, and a member of the National Ministerial Network. Since 2004 she has been referent for the National Coordination of University Choirs and Orchestras on behalf of the Rectorate of Unimore. At the IUL, she is coordinator of the Comenius Centre for Lifelong Learning (DPCM 04/08/2023), where she manages the new 30CFU course. She is also coordinator of the curriculum in Equity, Diversity and Inclusion of the same Associate Doctorate of National Interest, where she is also a member of the Doctoral Board and of the Evaluation Committee (GAV). She has won numerous national and international competitive calls, for which she has acted as PI, and since 2018 she has been coordinator of the research project Teaching Artist Italy, in collaboration with the Teachers College of Columbia University in New York, and UL coordinator of the Polimnia project, funded by PNRR. She is the author of numerous academic works in Italy and abroad, including the monograph Community Music. Nuovi orientamenti pedagogici (Milan: Franco Angeli, 2017), the first book to address this subject in Italy.
Johann van der Sandt Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

Johann van der Sandt is full professor of Musicology and Music History (SSD L-Art/07) at the Faculty of Education of the Free University of Bozen/Bolzano, Italy. He completed his studies in South Africa and the Netherlands. He is a jury member for many competitions in the field of composition and choral conducting. Prior to his appointment as Professor of Music Education at the University of Bozen/Bolzano, he was Professor of Choral Conducting at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, and Choir Leader and Music Director at the Drakensberg Boys Choir School, South Africa. His research interests include multicultural perspectives in music education, community singing and singing with children. He also directs “unibzVoices”, the official vocal ensemble of the University of Bolzano, as well as the “Brummnet” men’s choir, the South Tyrolean Youth Choir and the “Lasido” children’s choir.

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https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2039-9715/20909

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Historical Musicology, Global Music History, Community Music, Singing, Didactic of Music

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“People, places, participation, inclusion, diversity, education and social change” (Higgins, 2012) – these are the themes that form the basis of Community Music, a thirty-year international experience that is now also established in Italy. Community Music is an educational tool to develop integration processes, social advancement, and individual growth, to improve the cultural performance of the community and to face the new challenges of our modern, complex societies.
Within musicology, which in recent decades has increasingly focused on educational goals and methods of knowledge transfer, there are interest groups that are interested in the achievements of community music both in ensemble musical practice and in theoretical approaches. New models such as Community Opera, based on storytelling and the collaborative creation of musical experiences, have paved the way for teaching and learning environments that promote historical knowledge and aesthetic appreciation. This joint paper highlights some of the characteristics of community music in Italy: the theoretical underpinnings of the pedagogical model, its content and experiences, and the transmission of historical-musical knowledge beyond the formal teaching and learning context.

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