Poslech a vnímání jako východisko pro tvořivé aktivity v hudební výchově. Zkušenosti z programu Slyšet jinak
Listening and perception as a starting point for creative activities in music education. Experience from the Different Hearing programme

Summary/Abstract: Although composers and music pedagogues in Western Europe and the United States have been dealing with the topic of creativity and classroom composing within music education for almost half a century, the Different Hearing programme is the first to strive to include and develop these principles within the Czech education system (or indeed the former Czechoslovakian one). The Different Hearing programme originates from the cooperation of teachers and artists of two universities (Palacký University in Olomouc and Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno), and since 2001 it is the first project in the Czech Republic focused on making contemporary music accessible to children via the so-called method of elementary composition. Its authors were inspired by similar projects which had been taking place in the United States, Great Britain and Germany since the mid-1960s. The programme works primarily with the basic elements used in the process of composition, and it includes the use of non-traditional sounds, non-traditional musical instruments and graphic notation. This paper focuses on the different ways and approaches to work with listening and perception in the framework of the Different Hearing programme, and their relation to contemporary music. It is based on the description and analysis of selected games and exercises that are used to initiate the compositional process. Experiences from the Different Hearing programme demonstrate that the intensive concentration on silence, sound or "soundscape" can be a suitable starting point for compositional activities in the classroom, as well as a way to the music of the 20th century. The paper draws conclusions in relation to compositional and pedagogical practices in the context of music education in the Czech Republic.

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