Finals Music in Education: dare to sing and to be vulnerable
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“I want to help people be as vulnerable as I am when I sing. And I’d love to achieve that with all generations. This is why I wrote a show in which people share their story through music,” says Femke Evers. Femke is finishing the bachelor's course Music in Education at the ArtEZ Academy of Music in Zwolle, and in the video below we see her in action with a group of musicians and children in preparation for her finals show. “So it’s not a show in which I have decided what my students are going to sing. We have decided it together. We have also rewritten the lyrics together so they’re as close as possible to each person's individual story.”
In the course, Femke learned how to coordinate shows, something she would never have been able to do before. She also learned what her strengths are and how to use them. This allowed her to make her show, her finals, very personal. What initially surprised her was the level of organisation that’s required for a show. “We had to arrange for a lot of things during the course. This proved itself to be very educational, because now I know what I need to think of. There are so many things you need to organise for a show: food, drinks, location, finances... You really have to think of it all upfront. And because we had had that experience during the course, I already had a list of things I could work with.”
Helping children in as many creative ways as possible
Femke wants to do the course KIK after this to become a children’s coach. She finds it the perfect combination with the course Music in Education to achieve her plans for the future. She explains: “I want to learn to help children in as many ways as possible. With the course KIK, I’ll learn more about the creative part in terms of drawing and visual creation. And with the Music in Education course, I have learned music. So combining the two will allow me to help children in as many creative ways as possible.”
Choose your own learning pathway
With the Music in Education course at the Academy of Music in Zwolle, you will become a musician, teacher, and entrepreneur in the field of music education. You’ll be able to choose your own learning pathway and produce your own music. You’ll collaborate with students from other arts subjects, do research, and design your own teaching materials. You’ll also be guided by nationally known lecturers. With this course, you’ll learn to teach and inspire all ages. After you graduate, you’ll have a first-degree teaching qualification. This allows you to teach music lessons as well as subjects such as cultural and artistic education and general art. But you can also go in a different direction; you can become a choral conductor, an ensemble leader, or an independent musical entrepreneur.
