Community Music Project

It offers opportunities to students to train in an internship capacity with respected organization (governmental or non-governmental), which is involved in community outreach programs. The organization chosen must be, approved by the Departmental Music Committee. Through a survey research, a student will identify a development concern of a particular community, under the supervision of a member of staff. Through creative processes with community exposure-immersion and special sessions on community situational analysis and exploration of the different musical forms, the student will plan and conduct a community music program. This program should not have less than four sessions. Apart from submitting a plan for this program, the student writes an internship report under, the supervision of a member of staff. The host organization will be requested to write a guided report filled out in form of a questionnaire.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Objectives: 

• To offer the student the opportunity to practice the theories of community music and theatre for development in the natural contexts
• To evaluate the relevance of community music as a forum for social, cultural and psychological redress