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ImMusic Workshop in Budapest

ImMusic Workshop in Budapest

At the end of November 2022, we held an ImMusic workshop with international participants, young people from five countries came to us to try out the playful exercises that we developed for youth workers during the project. At the workshop, vocal, rhythmic and instrumental games alternated, at different levels of difficulty. The games were led by experts from the Hangkeltő Foundation: Paula Chelemen, Zsuzsa Búzás, Edit Pálinkás, Melinda Nagy, Ágnes Horváth and Csaba Tőri, based on the descriptions made in the exercise collection.

I can apply in my choir teaching to mainly amateur singer and group that has mostly no formal musical education.

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I use the exercises again and again at youth events. The exercises can be used very well in youth and community work. The workshop helped me a lot in understanding music and focused on the importance of social activity.

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The games are usable, changeable and effective. They can be taken as a “skeleton” of an exercise, and everyone can build new exercises on them.

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It was wonderful to be together and feel the rhythm of life together. The tasks can develop a lot of skills, I will use them consciously, e.g. in team building.

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Some of the games were really useful to make children feel the steady beat. And also the exercises which contains improvising is really useful to do with youth groups, because they can use their imagination to express themselves through these musical exercises.

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Get a plenty of ideas that I can apply in my future activities with youth groups.

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Into the World of (Im)Music with a Guitar

Into the World of (Im)Music with a Guitar

Our instrumental tasks are more difficult to test because certain locations do not have the right equipment for it. However, if we come to a place where, for example, there are several guitars, and there is someone in the team who can help the others learn the basics of the instrument, we are capable of miracles!

Something is coming

Something is coming

We are already testing our game collection in print so that you will be able to use them as easily as possible. The collection will also be available for download, and you will be able to print out your favorites separately. And then, as you wish, you can staple the sheets together or spiral them as you like. In the first round, 60 games were completed, and we will continue to expand this as more and more ideas come to us. Feel free to send a music game that you think would be useful for young people!

Visiting the Blue Elephant

Visiting the Blue Elephant

We contacted the staff working at the Blue Elephant (Kék Elefánt) Youth Office and Community Centre on youth development within the framework of the Kecskemét Hírös Agóra, Hungary. At the meeting, in addition to the ImMusic project presentation and the testing of exercises, they presented to us the work of Kék Stúdió, which is part of the EFOP – 3.3.2.-16- 2016-00210 program.

ImMusic in Timișoara at the Vox Mundi Choir Festival

ImMusic in Timișoara at the Vox Mundi Choir Festival

In September 2022, we took part in the Vox Mundi Choir Festival in Timișoara, Romania, where, unusually, the choir festival took place together with an Erasmus+ international meeting. During the program, a number of discussions and workshops were held, in which the participants could learn exercises developed for youth groups, and at the very end, the festival closed with a joint concert. A total of 80 Hungarian, Serbian, Polish and Romanian young people took part in the festival and learned from each other. 

ImMusic testing in Köveskál

ImMusic testing in Köveskál

We held a workshop in Köveskál, Hungary, where we mainly tested our rhythmic exercises with the team during the training held for a group consisting mostly of teachers and youth workers. We laughed, sang and clapped a lot at the event, which had a great atmosphere. As a result of the testing, we even developed the exercises even further together with the group.