The Municipal Secretary of Education, Science and Technology and the NGO Orquestrando a Vida signed an institutional cooperation agreement to implement a music education program across the municipal school system in Campos dos Goytacazes. The portal da Prefeitura de Campos dos Goytacazes reported the information.
The program is expected to initially serve about 600 students, with potential to reach 1,200, through five orchestral and choral music education centers in full-time education units. Activities will include musicalization, collective instrument teaching, orchestral and ensemble practice, choral singing, ear training, music theory, sectional rehearsals, and the formation of instrumental groups, choirs and orchestras, according to the agreement.
The NGO will handle methodological conception, pedagogical execution and the musical and operational components, with support from the Seduct Pedagogical Department. Seduct will provide institutional and school conditions necessary for implementation. The partnership aligns with the municipal full-time education policy, whose new curricular matrix includes artistic and cultural activities among five axes beyond the mandatory curriculum.
The program aims to democratize free access to music education, promote socio-educational development in areas of social vulnerability, strengthen bands and fanfares, and expand training for conductors and music educators. Work is expected to begin this year, with financing through the State of Rio de Janeiro Culture Incentive Law.
For more information, visit campos.rj.gov.br.