EU Smart Composer

project description

EU Smart Composer is a methodology to support VET Music Educators in their teaching to music students who compose new music. Its practical tool will facilitate knowledge transfer to improve their employability.

Society has changed significantly over the past decade. Music students learn from their VET Music Educators harmony, creative techniques to compose new music etc during their studies at Music Institutions. Composers are expected to meet with orchestras, ensembles etc interested in commissioning a piece of music. Due to the new modes of exploitation and funding issues of commissioners, an update of the skills is needed in order to have a sustainability of composers’ projects and their employability.

VET Music Educators are essential in the process of the training and subsequent introduction into employment of Music students. They have to be equipped with knowledge, technical competencies, hard and soft skills and practical tools to meet the new challenges. They demand a methodology to support music students to improve their employability in this new labour market.

goals

  • To develop a methodology to support VET Music Educators in their teaching to music students who compose new music.
  • To enable VET Music Educators to gain new skills in branding, entrepreneurship and digital marketing for composers that will enrich their professional life and continue their professional development.
  • To create a practical tool to facilitate VET Music Educator-Music Students knowledge transfer to improve their employability.

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