„Ora de muzică rămâne în orar”

Bucharest, 8 December 2021

20 schools in rural or disadvantaged areas will receive support materials to modernise the delivery of music lessons through the „Ora de muzică rămâne în orar” pilot project, run by the Corul Național „Madrigal – Marin Constantin” through the Programul Național Cantus Mundi and supported by Loteria Română. 

The „Ora de muzică rămâne în orar” project aims to include children and promote diversity and tolerance in schools by improving the teaching experience in music and choir lessons. Using modern support materials, the project offers teachers a range of innovative methods and practices useful both for face-to-face activities with children and for online education. 

„Every child, regardless of their family background or the school they attend, should have access to high-quality, up-to-date, modern teaching techniques. Music education should provide children with a safe but enjoyable environment in which they can develop for the pleasure of it. Through the „Ora de muzică rămâne în orar” project, we are trying to give children a different experience of music lessons. With the kit proposed by the Programul Național Cantus Mundi, supported by Loteria Română, lecturers and conductors will have the tools they need to turn traditional music lessons into a continual source of joy.” – said Leila Popovici, Director of the Programul Național Cantus Mundi

Creating a special kit tailored to current educational requirements is a practical solution proposed by the „Ora de muzică rămâne în orar” project for running music lessons effectively. The kit developed through the project contains: Thomann Rainbow Deskbells, boomwhackers BW-DG, a tuning fork, a metronome, collections of scores and other materials. To implement the project’s pilot initiative, the Programul Național Cantus Mundi selected 20 partner schools on social and geographical criteria.

The „Ora de muzică rămâne în orar” pilot project therefore focuses primarily on rural schools and aims to reduce barriers that could lead to discrimination between pupils by creating an environment in which all pupils can develop together harmoniously. Classroom music-making becomes a source of inspiration for children and a means of preventing school dropout.

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Programul Național Cantus Mundi is Romania’s largest programme for social integration through music, initiated by the renowned conductor Ion Marin and run with the involvement of the Corul Național de Cameră „Madrigal – Marin Constantin”. After 10 years of activity, the programme brings together an impressive total of over 1.680 choirs. Over 60.000 children and young people, together with their conductors, help promote choral singing throughout the country, overcoming barriers of ethnicity, social background and physical or psychological ability, and thus building the rich cultural hubs so necessary to revitalise our society.

Loteria Română is one of Romania’s oldest institutions, celebrating 115 years of activity this year, having been founded in 1906 with a social purpose: to serve the public and national interest. Throughout this time, regardless of circumstances and the challenges of each stage in its history, Loteria Română has fulfilled its important mission of helping to fund objectives in the national public interest by offering responsible games to the highest standards of security and integrity, meeting players’ requirements and expectations. Compania Naţională Loteria Română S.A. operates in the public interest in the gambling sector and is the sole organiser of lottery-type games throughout the country. Currently, most of its net profit is directed to the state budget as dividends. A further 2% of the company’s receipts go to the Fondul Cultural Naţional, which funds projects supporting contemporary Romanian creative work and the promotion of heritage.

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