Musethica is an education method for talented musicians, introducing extensive concert performances to a wide range of audiences as a basic teaching tool. Selected musicians are given the opportunity to perform a large number of concerts as a fundamental part of their education, often playing together with their mentor. The mentor attends all concerts and is coaching the musicians after each concert. Musethica’s international team of experienced and carefully chosen mentors, coach the musicians in master classes and rehearsals, preparing concert programs of the highest quality. Together, the young musicians and their mentors perform extensively to all parts of society. At least 85 percent of the concerts are performed outside traditional concert halls. Musethicas concerts are played in prisons, schools, kindergartens, hospitals, elderly homes, homeless shelters, centers for spe- cial education, and in many other unusual places.
The aim is to play for all parts of society, prioritizing people who are ex- cluded or at risk of exclusion. The concerts are always free of charge. Musi- cians and their mentors perform without remuneration. The aim of Musethi- ca is to establish itself as a program of excellence and as an integrated part of the higher education in music universities and conservatories worldwide.
HOW CAN WE TEACH INSPIRATION?
Musethica was born from a need that has traditionally been paid scant attention in the training of musicians – regular playing for an audience. The musician functions as a bridge between a musical composition and the listener. It is an art that cannot be learned just in the classroom. To comple- tely master their instruments musicians need that encounter with the audien- ce. The intensive Musethica training program is an enormous challenge for musicians but also brings moving moments. During the one-week sessions, the musicians play an average of 12 to 14 concerts and nd themselves surpassing their own expectations. Freed from the competitive daily atmo- sphere at academic institutions, the musicians are able to improve their concentration, enhance their performance and learn to listen to themselves and each other.
The same repertoire is played whether in a traditional concert hall or in a kindergarten. Concerts are played everywhere with the same great respect and highest demands. The repertoire is not adjusted to the audience and there is no explanation needed. The music speaks for itself. After each con- cert, there is time for a dialogue between the audience and the musicians.
It is through the quality of the music that Musethica’s concept derives its social impact. Experience shows that there is a strong correlation between the quality of the performance and the attentiveness of the audience. Before participating in Musethica, musicians undergo an application process in which they are selected by Musethica’s International Artistic Committee. As part of each Musethica session, the participants prepare concert programs in masterclasses, which they then go on to perform many times for all sorts of people together with tutors, renowned soloists and teachers at music academies from around the world. By taking part in the training program, the young musicians make remarkable progress in a very short time. They improve their intuitive playing and learn how to communicate through music.
LEARNING FROM THE AUDIENCE
A special role in this process is played by the unusual audiences in social centers. Senior citizens, children and people with physical or mental disabilities often show their emotional reactions to the music – in both a positive and a negative way – completely free of conventions. This direct response of the audience is a rare experience for the young musicians, one they do normally not experience in music schools and concert halls. This is what opens up for them a whole new perspective on their role as musicians and their important social function.
Each local community and city in which the Musethica program is active receives up to 100 free concerts per year. When establishing and integrating Musethica in the curriculum of the academic program, social concerts will be an inseparable part of the musician‘s life and society.
Musethica was founded in 2012 in Zaragoza, Spain by viola player Avri Levitan and economics professor Carmen Marcuello. Since 2019 Musethica is active in 10 countries: Germany, Spain, Sweden, Israel, Poland, France, China, Aus- tria, Netherlands, and Finland.
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