Challenges and new perspectives of using technology in music education
Organiser: Marje Lohuaru, Estonian Academy of Music
Nowadays the relation to and perception of music has changed notably. Rapid technological developments have played a crucial part in that. New means e.g. internet, recording technologies, CDs have increased the availability of music, making it more affordable for the increasing number of beneficiaries.
The formats of music performance and broadcasting have changed. The perception of music is considered more as a dynamic process than a static object, like concert vs. audience. Developments in music technology have influenced different performing arts domains (video dance etc). In addition, new technological domains have appeared (concert DVDs etc).
How can new technological means be integrated into the pedagogical process of relatively conservative music education? Although recording process has become a part of study process, there is a big potential in developing and using the new methods in study process on different levels. One of the good examples is SONUS, an electronic music studio course for interpreters in the Conservatoire National Supérieur Musique et Danse de Lyon; music analysis could also be developed with the usage of technology etc.
