Minister Mariastella Gelmini: POSTPONED!
The new High School Musical is about to be born. In the hope that something can move in the Italian musical world of education I can not express some concerns.
Yes I am puzzled.
premise that there are currently three high schools already Musical, namely Giuseppe Verdi (1981), "Arrigo Boito" in Parma (1979), "Bonporti" of Trent (1982) operating in conjunction with the Academy providing dual enrollment High School-Conservatory. The future of these high schools that already exist and the whole "experimental" is somewhat uncertain, because it is not clear whether these Music High School will be automatically converted into the new regulations.
High School Musical-choral provided by Gelmini, which should begin in school year 2010/2011 and to become fully operational in 2013 (it seems), will be an autonomous Institute, at the behest of the Minister of Education even though it is inevitable the first time a collaboration with existing conservatories and academies of dance for competence.
The initial problem is the small number of facilities throughout the Italian territory. Gelmini has provided 40 (ten with only the option of dancing), even if the requests arrived at the Ministry are far higher than expected (something like 100 requests).
Emilio Ghezzi, director of the Conservatory of Parma, a few months ago talked of a possible selection at the entrance. Since few places (something like 40 high schools consist of only one section, 25 students per section for a total of only a thousand attending), high school music and dance could therefore be the first case of a limited number of high school.
I wonder why!
Why make any selection in high school when you can safely postpone any entrance exam to the so-called "University of Music" as happens regularly in all the other university faculties?
The application of a high school with these characteristics, market of 'education, is high. We have already said that the ministry came one hundred requests. And even in the wake of successful transmissions of the "talent show", so beloved by teenagers, the new high school could be taken 's assault. The advisers of the Gelmini
mention selection to be made on the basis of "talent" of future high school ...
The question arises: Dear Minister Gelmini, you are also informed that he was excluded from Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan as it was considered "very talented"? um ... excuse me ... you know who Giuseppe Verdi was not it?
But you know what they tell us employees of the Minister Gelmini?
"The Ministry of employees Gelmini families rely on common sense: it is unnecessary to include those unable to dance or is out of tune, just because that kind of school is fashionable. We should take example, someone dares, the two Professor of School of 'Friends', Alessandra Celentano, Luca Jurman, the more selective than that for your own good you say if you have the numbers or not. "
These few lines are reported in an article a few months ago written by Giulio Benedetti Corriere della Sera.
And I continue to be perplexed.
I wonder what can you expect from a thirteen / fourteen year old who wants to join the High School Musical, but he has never touched a musical instrument in his life! For goodness sake, do not delude ourselves, why not come out even benefit those who come from a secondary school degree to address the musical, as the latter in particular is thought to saggietto Christmas or New Year's concert, regardless of real musical education of the pupil. (One might say: these are not vocational middle school ...)
Above all, I wonder if it is so difficult to understand that the serious study of music must be cultivated since childhood, and then, if you really want trained "musicians and music lovers" (as stated by Gelmini and his colleagues) should be taught music right from primary school or even earlier.
And I be accused of exaggeration if I say that it would be better if it proceeded from the kindergarten, take example from the Japanese who put a tool in the hands of children 3 / 4 years just to get used to making music!
The benefits would be different: first the possibility of forming a macro-environment aware of what the wonderful world of music, then there is the possibility of creating a substrate of kids who come to the end of the secondary school of first instance are ready to make an informed choice, based on a "real" passion and above all to prepare (which is good). In the meantime he would attend to these "phantom" high schools the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of music theory and practice.
Finally, there would be an opportunity for so many musicians in the Conservatory graduates and unemployed (employed only in the frequency of courses and corsets parauniversitari, still in storage) and that did not (unfortunately for them) the chance to wake up "little Mozart "to teach in these structures, perhaps by setting up the study of music, nature trail, as a compulsory not optional.
But enough criticism ... there are some positives (???)
The degree of the newborn High School Musical choral-open its doors to conservatories and academies. There is talk of more outlets: soloist, orchestra, teaching, special music may be required by the new professional world of media. There are many such opportunities in the field of electronic and digital music, strong in evolution. There is room in the field of concert-performance practice, with numerous early music festivals and, finally, some might be content to become an amateur with the "D" capital ", as often happens abroad. We think Austria and Germany, where on Sundays we meet for a bit 'of good music.
with us and instead think only only to the batch or Big Brother.
And now, here is another story ...
Damiano Franco
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