A free music education center in Andirá, Paraná, is running an unprecedented workshop that teaches women aged 50 to 70 how to combine singing with digital music production, recording and audio editing, Bem Paraná reported.
The Musicou Lab initiative operates at the Musicou Andirá center, a free program offering classes for people of all ages and promoting democratic access to music as a tool for social transformation. Conceived and managed by Sustenidos Organização Social de Cultura with sponsorship from CTG Brasil, the project is led by teacher and multi-instrumentalist Letícia Menegasso, who has experience in collective singing, according to the report.
Participants build arrangements of caipira songs while learning multitrack recording, overdub and audio editing in digital audio workstations. They also explore compression, equalization, microphone types, cables and signal balancing. Musical content includes tuning, vocal projection, scales, intervals and counterpoint, with recording software timelines used as a contemporary form of musical visualization through tools such as piano roll.
The laboratory is designed as a creative hub where participants, educators and local musical agents can experiment and produce collectively. By the end of the process, students are expected to gain practical and theoretical knowledge of music production and initial autonomy to use free software for study, creation and musical experimentation, Bem Paraná reported.
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