Bringing new music to new audiences a new perspective on contemporary music & participation of young children in contemporary music projects. Contemporary composed music is often considered as too abstract or too complex for young children. As complexity is concerned, children are faced with all kinds of complexity from birth. Why then avoid complexity when dealing with music? Music that is being perceived or thought of as abstract, rather refers to the lack of experience with an idiom or its performance practice. In fact, the only abstract music that exists, is the music we can’t imagine or remember, or the one that lacks contextual anchor points with one’s own experience. Each year, UMS’nJIP take up this challenge with their educational projects.
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