Innovative music learning software
Every two years, the Association of German School Musicians (VDS) awards a media prize for innovative music learning software and music education productions in the field of audiovisual media. This year, three productions have been honored.
The expert jury, chaired by Walter Lindenbaum, selected a total of six productions from 30 entries. The VDS Media Awards 2014 went to the following productions: "Musik-Freeware im Unterricht" (Kurt Schlegel and Jochen Stegmaier, Helbling Verlag Esslingen), "Musik um uns 2 / 3" (new edition by Markus Sauter and Klaus Weber, Schroedel Verlag Braunschweig) and "Spiel und Tanz zu klassischer Musik" (Renate Fischer, Verlag Schott Music Mainz).
Bayerischer Rundfunk received recommendations for "W. A. Mozart: Requiem", from the CD series "Starke Stücke für Kinder", Cornelsen Verlag Berlin for "Musikbuch 1" and Universal Edition Wien for "Alban Berg: Violin Concerto" and "György Ligeti: Atmosphères", both from the "listening lab" series.
The prize is awarded to products that open up access to music for children and young people in a particularly appealing and innovative way and thus have an educational effect on music in a broader sense.
