Area of music education (EMUS)
Area of music education (EMUS)
It deals with musical activities in different educational contexts, with a focus on the issues and problems of music education in compulsory schooling.
Musical activity as a facilitator of learning and transversal skills.
Music and other disciplines
The musical phenomenon as a semiotic connector and didactic focus for multidisciplinary exploration.
Music and motor skills
Movement and music are essential for balanced growth in children, according to the concept of embodied cognition.
Mission and objectives
In the Area of music education, the term "education" encompasses semantically the various formative possibilities that open up to the successful encounter between music and other disciplines or other cognitive dimensions, contributing to the cultivation of the role of the arts in the life and well-being of local residents.
Department
The Area of music education is part of the Department of Education and Learning / University of Teacher Education.
Head
Matteo Luigi Piricò, SUPSI Professor in Music EducationCollaborators
Anna Galassetti, Senior Professional LecturerDario Battaglia, Professional Lecturer
It also collaborates with
Valentina Londino, Music Education Lecturer Secondary education, SSPSS, Conservatori della Svizzera italianaAlessandro Passuello, Music Education Lecturer Secondary education, docente del Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana
Luisantonio Russo, Cantonal Compulsory School Expert for Music Education
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Institutional music activities
The Area organises the activities of the Esperienze vocali choir, which is made up of students and staff from the Department of Education and Learning / University of Teacher Education, as well as pre-school and primary school teachers.
It is a vocal group that annually renews its repertoire, capturing the vocal characteristics of the participants: from one year to the next, it can go from a female voice choir to a mixed choir and from a small to a large vocal group.
The choir Esperienze vocali performs annually at the Notte Bianca in Locarno and at the graduation ceremony of the Department of Education and Learning / University of Teacher Education.
The vocal group has been directed since its inception in 2011 by Anna Galassetti, a senior professional teacher in music education.
It is a vocal group that annually renews its repertoire, capturing the vocal characteristics of the participants: from one year to the next, it can go from a female voice choir to a mixed choir and from a small to a large vocal group.
The choir Esperienze vocali performs annually at the Notte Bianca in Locarno and at the graduation ceremony of the Department of Education and Learning / University of Teacher Education.
The vocal group has been directed since its inception in 2011 by Anna Galassetti, a senior professional teacher in music education.
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Area di didattica dell’educazione musicale
Dipartimento formazione e apprendimento / Alta scuola pedagogica
Piazza San Francesco 19
CH-6600 Locarno