Opening doors - inclusion is more than just an attitude!
«Inclusion» is now part of the established vocabulary of cultural policy programs. Hardly any cultural education strategy can do without the term. It stands for an important promise: that cultural participation should be open to all people - regardless of age, origin, life situation or physical and cognitive abilities.
Inclusion means more than just an individual project or a special offer. It is not an additional task for special educational needs, but an integral part of high-quality music education - in individual lessons as well as in ensembles. The goal is a natural and fulfilling participation in musical life: in lessons, in making music together and on stage.
For this to succeed, we need dialog, exchange and the willingness to make experiences visible. In Switzerland, numerous initiatives are already showing how music education can be designed in such a way that people with different backgrounds can learn and make music together.
The Swiss Music Council is committed to giving this cause more weight and visibility - in exchange with music schools, associations, institutions and cultural policy. Not as a short-term initiative, but as part of a long-term development towards a musical life that sees its diversity as a strength.
... is SMR Co-Head of Education / Research / Science
