Little sound pirates conquer the stage: A celebration for the music school!

Little sound pirates conquer the stage: A celebration for the music school!

The importance of early musical education is increasingly being recognized, as an event at the music school in the Ernst and Anna Rumler Hall in Laichingen shows. Here, children aged 19 months up to school age presented their skills during the musical play “The Journey of the Sound Pirates”. Dressed in colorful pirate costumes and accompanied by music teachers Kerstin Braig, Albert Bücheler and Theresa Moll, the little ones “sailed” through different worlds of sound on their ship “Melodia”.

The children discovered melodies from different countries and sang the pirate song: “Today we want to go on a journey, hulla, balu, bale, we want to see distant lands”. Various instruments and sounds were discussed, such as tonewoods from England and drums from Africa, but also the challenges of pirate life, such as storms and the longing for land in sight.

Successful participants in “Youth making music”

Mayor Alexander Baumann took the opportunity to award the winners of the district competition “Jugend musiziert” from the Ehingen music school. Among the winners was Florentina Esterhammer, who gave a sample of her singing at the concert in the cloister of the monastery. Other students from the piano classes and recorder groups also performed, impressively demonstrating the diversity of musical talent.

The event also offered the opportunity to become active themselves: interested children could try out different instruments to find the right one for themselves. This takes place as part of an instrument carousel that is offered to children in first to fourth grade. Over the next five to six weeks, violin, piano, oboe, trumpet, guitar and drums will be presented, among other things.

Early musical education and its benefits

The relevance of early musical education is supported by empirical data. Children are receptive to music right from birth; They already hear sounds during pregnancy. The connection to music conveys security and supports communication between parents and their children through the musical qualities of speaking - such as pitch and rhythm. Children often express themselves musically before they can find words.

Participation in music-related activities increases with age. By the age of two, 10% of children are already taking advantage of such offers. What is particularly noticeable is that girls (22%) take part more often than boys (16%). Parents' educational background and mothers' employment are further factors that influence participation in musical education programs. Children of academic parents are more likely to attend structured musical programs.

In order to promote basic musical education, numerous daycare centers work closely with music schools. In most federal states, arts education is anchored in the educational curricula. There are numerous initiatives, such as creating urgently needed music education programs in daycare centers that specifically address the needs of children.

Overall, the number of day care centers that specialize in music education is growing. Another goal remains to improve the musical training of educators, as over 60% of skilled workers in North Rhine-Westphalia did not feel sufficiently qualified in 2010.

This development clearly shows that early musical education plays a central role in children's lives, not only promoting creative talents but also supporting emotional and social learning.

Schwäbische.de | kubi-online.de