This thesis examines the life and thought of the influential Melbourne organist, teacher and music critic, Arthur Ernest Howard Nickson (1876-1964). Born in Melbourne, Nickson studied in England on the Clarke Scholarship at the Royal College of Music (1895-1899). During his studies in England, Nickson experienced the Catholic revival in the Church of England at its height. On his return to Australia in 1901 Nickson’s activities as a church musician, and later, as a teacher provided the platform for him to articulate views that were formed as a result of these influences. Beginning in 1904, Nickson’s 56-year career as a lecturer at the University Of Melbourne Conservatorium Of Music is important, as every student had to pass through his lectures at some point in their course. As music critic at the Age from 1927, Nickson played a decisive role in shaping public taste at the time of the establishment of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra under Bernard Heinze, who was also Ormond Professor of Music at the University of Melbourne (1926-57). Nickson’s essays form a distinct group of writings that are probably unique in Australia. The main published essays cover a forty-year period beginning in 1905, and show the development of Nickson’s thinking about the moral basis and spiritual nature of music, his views on the nature of the Church, and his worldview, based on Neoplatonic philosophy, which shaped his thinking about the process of creation. While Nickson’s view of the created order was shaped by Neoplatonic influences, his view of the redemptive function of art was expressed in terms of sacramental theology, and was related very closely to his Anglo-Catholicism. In his essays and lectures Nickson frequently worked with an abstracted concept of ‘Art’, rather than specific art objects. While reference was made to art objects, it is not clear how Nickson defined the term ‘artist’. Nickson’s attention in his discussions of ‘Art’ tended to focus on the artist, rather than the object. This was a result of his world view, which saw art objects as an emanation from the personality of the artist; this necessitated the cultivation of a disposition of mind, which was enabled by the acquisition of mystical intuition. While his description of the fine arts as consisting of architecture, sculpture, painting, poetry and music was in line with older views of art, his views on the artist are difficult to discern, which raises the question of whether Nickson saw himself as an artist. Clearly his vocation was not as a composer, as the discussion of his mass settings in Chapter 3 will demonstrate, while as an organ teacher he was more interested in interpretation than in the mechanics of playing the instrument. This thesis falls into two broad sections. The first three chapters seek to provide an adequate biography of Nickson, which has never previously been done. The fourth chapter examines Nickson’s worldview and the implications this had for his thinking about music, and falls into two parts. The first part follows Nickson’s worldview as it was expressed in his essays, and focuses attention on the concept of art as a process of sign making. The manner in which this sign making is understood is essential to its function, and in Nickson’s writings three understandings emerge: symbol, metaphor and sacrament. The second part of the discussion examines Nickson’s articulation of his worldview in relation to music, which he considered to be the most divine of the arts, drawing on lecture notes, student reminiscences and Nickson’s own. Nickson’s central claim was that art is a sacrament. This can be seen in relation to his faith, where the regular use of the Church’s sacraments was central. This claim is challenged by statements Nickson made about the faith of composers such as Beethoven and Bach. This raises questions about sacramental efficacy when applied to art, and some limitations implicit in viewing art as a sacrament. It will be argued that Nickson conceived of artistic creation as fundamentally a process of sign making. The sign may be regarded as a symbol, metaphor or sacrament, and the process of creating the sign reflects God’s own creative activity in human creative acts. Nickson conceived of human creative action as having a redemptive character, bringing the artist into closer unity with the godhead. This union was the ultimate aim of art, being the act of redemption that paralleled the union brought about by such sacraments as the Eucharist. This term also points to some tensions in Nickson’s worldview, where he expressed a view of the creation of the material world as being both a dynamic, continuing activity of emanation from God, and a single action of the will of God, such as the creation account of Genesis.

In a joint dissertation project, 11 brass instrument and guitar lessons, with 4 teachers and 21 students aged 9-35 years, were videotaped, transcribed and ana­lyzed. Two were group lessons and 9 were private lessons. The object of the pro­ject was to study how music teaching and learning can be under­stood from an institutional perspective by describing, analyzing and in­terpreting musical in­strument lessons. The lessons were viewed as social encounters in which the action of participants creates and re-creates social orders at different institutional levels, by means of communication rou­tines using speech, music and gesture. Data were derived from micro-ethnographic transcriptions of speech, gesture and music of a total of five hours of videotape, supplemented by text analyses of 14 method-books. The transcripts were analyzed as text from the perspective of critical discourse analysis. At the analytical level the study applied the cognitive concepts of experiencing and learning music, as well as those of educational gen­res of speech and music use. The analyzed data were interpreted and discussed from the per­spectives of interaction-theory and institution-theory. The results show how the music during the lessons was broken down into sepa­rate notes, as read from the score. Music was not addressed as phrases, rhythms, or melodies. Expressive qualities of music performance were not ad­dressed. The characteristics of the interaction were found to be asymmetric, with the teacher being the one controlling the definition of the situation. Student at­tempts to take initiative were ignored by teachers. This asymmetric pattern of interaction had negative consequences for students’ as well as teachers’ opportu­nities to learn. The organization of the teaching situation as well as teaching methods is discussed from the perspective of institution-theory. A major conclu­sion is that the way instrument teaching is organized leaves little room for stu­dents and teachers to discuss and reflect on the teaching process.

A major dilemma for music teachers in Sweden is that the educational system since 15 years dictates that local adaptations should be made, since all students shall be assessed equivalently. In this study I have examined what strategies music teachers have in the grading process, and specifically how they do to grade equivalently. Previous research shows that Swedish music teachers have difficulties when it comes to make use of regulatory documents. Working conditions for Swedish music teachers also often differ from other teacher groups (e.g. it is usually only one music teacher at a school) and therefore, and because of the fact that the area is largely unexplored, new knowledge and understanding is needed.The thesis consists of two parts: A web survey (quantitative and qualitative parts) and core questions in the survey (on how to grade equivalently in music). I emanate in my reasoning from a music teacher’s awareness but with an open approach. With socioculture influences and a critical approach I question the prevailing circum- stances. With the qualitative approach, I aim to get close to the material and identify music teachers' strategies for assessment in accordance with the requirements of national equivalence.More than 600 music teachers contributed to the survey, representing around 50% of all final grades that are written each year in Swedish compulsory school music. The outcomes show that during the last decade an ongoing professionalization has taken place among music teachers. The findings also include knowledge about how impor- tant note taking is for equivalence and the problems music teachers have with physi- cal conditions for the teaching (such as group sizes and instrumentation). Also the gut felling, as a cultural tool, is observed in a particular way in the assessment work. Last, the picture of “music teachers as their own curriculum” is suggested to be revised. Since music teachers need to adjust to local conditions, and now have a greater knowledge and experience in the mechanism of grading equivalently, it is suggested that music teachers are forced to be their own curriculum.

Este trabalho teve como objetivo geral investigar as dimensões envolvidas no processo de escolarização da música na educação básica a partir da perspectiva de uma professora. Os objetivos específicos buscaram: identificar conteúdos e estratégias, objetivos e finalidades do ensino de música na escola; identificar as bases que sustentam o processo de seleção e organização dos conteúdos do ensino de música na escola; e analisar as estratégias utilizadas pela professora para realizar suas práticas de ensino de música na escola. O referencial teórico desta pesquisa está fundamentado nos conceitos de escolarização e cultura escolar. O método escolhido foi o estudo de caso, numa abordagem qualitativa. Como unidade de caso, foi escolhida uma professora de música da Rede Municipal de Ensino de Porto Alegre/RS. Os dados foram coletados por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas, entrevista semiestruturada de estimulação de recordação, observações e análise de documentos. A análise dos dados foi construída a partir de categorias que focalizam a professora, a escola e o processo de ensinar música na Escola. Em cada uma delas, constam dimensões envolvidas no processo de tornar a música objeto de ensino na escola de educação básica. Os resultados da pesquisa sinalizam que é na interação de todas as dimensões que intervêm na prática educativo-musical da professora que a escolarização da música ocorre, o que aponta para múltiplas maneiras de ensinar música na escola. / This work aimed at investigating the dimensions involved in the process of schooling music from the perspective of a music teacher. More specifically, it aimed at: to identify contents and teaching strategies, objectives and purposes of school music teaching; to identify the basis that sustains the process of selecting and organizing the curriculum contents; and to analyze the strategies used by the teacher to perform her music teaching practices in the school. The theoretical framework was constituted by the concepts of schooling and school culture. A qualitative case study with a school music teacher from the municipal educational system of Porto Alegre, RS, southern Brazil, was carried out. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews, semi-structured interviews of stimulation recall, observations and analysis of documents. Data analysis was built from categories that focused on the teacher, the school and the process of teaching music at the school. Each of them reveals dimensions involved in the process of transforming music into something to be taught at the school of basic education. The results show that it is in the interaction of all these dimensions that underlie music education practices that the schooling of music takes place, which suggests multiple ways of teaching music at school.

Esta pesquisa aborda a pedagogia musical online de um curso de música a distância que utiliza como ambiente virtual de aprendizagem a plataforma moodle. A pesquisa tem como objetivo geral compreender como se constitui a pedagogia musical online que se configura no ambiente virtual de aprendizagem musical, tomando como locus o Curso de Licenciatura em Música da UAB-UnB, na modalidade a distância. A pedagogia musical online, neste estudo, inclui: as metodologias, os recursos e os materiais didáticos utilizados no moodle e o direcionamento desses aportes teórico-metodológicos no processo formativo do curso de música a distância, a partir da relação entre plataforma moodle, ferramentas, conteúdos e seus atores sociais. Participaram deste estudo vinte e três sujeitos inseridos na plataforma moodle do curso de música a distância, sendo dois coordenadores, uma gestora, uma professora autora/supervisora, seis tutores a distância e treze alunos virtuais. Como objetivos específicos, este estudo pretende contextualizar a escolha dos alunos pelo curso de música na modalidade a distância; investigar que mediações pedagógico-musicais são constituídas nesse ambiente virtual; verificar a organização das disciplinas observadas, identificar a interação que ocorre no interior dessas disciplinas, identificar como os sujeitos administram o tempo e o espaço no curso de música a distância e examinar a viabilidade do curso de música a distância. A fundamentação teórica está alicerçada no campo da sociologia da educação musical, sociologia da comunicação, sociologia da educação e da sociologia da educação a distância. A partir das ramificações desse campo sociológico, este estudo possui como base teórica autores que lapidaram um olhar sobre a vida cotidiana diante do contexto da cibercultura (LEMOS, 2008; FAINHOLC, 2007; HALABAN, 2010). A metodologia utilizada é Estudo de Caso com abordagem qualitativa (POUPART et al., 2008; DESLAURIERS e KÉRISIT, 2008; GODOI et al., 2007; YIN, 2005; BOGDAN e BIKLEN, 1994). As técnicas de coleta de dados utilizadas foram a observação não participante e participante, bem como a entrevista online, sendo essa uma adaptação da entrevista desenvolvida presencialmente (NICOLACI-DA-COSTA, 2007). Os resultados mostram que aprender música a distância é possível e que a procura por essa modalidade é crescente, tendo em vista a sua flexibilidade na organização do tempo e do espaço. A análise e a interpretação dos dados revelam que a pedagogia musical online tem que ser pensada a partir de suas demandas específicas em cada disciplina, vinculada à realidade de cada contexto inserido no processo de formação, além de ser adaptada e transformada para atender essas necessidades específicas. / This study discusses the online music pedagogy of a distance music course that uses Moodle, a software platform, as a virtual learning environment. It aims to understand how the online music pedagogy is created in the music virtual learning environment, assuming as a research locus, the Degree in Music at the UAB-UnB, as a distance learning mode. In this study, the online music pedagogy includes: Moodle methodologies, resources, and learning materials, and the application of such methodological-theoretical resources in the process of creating the music distance learning course from the relationship amongst its platform, tools, contents and social protagonists. Twenty three individuals , who were included in the moodle platform of the music distance learning course, participated in this study; two coordinators, one manager, one teacher author/supervisor, six distance learning tutors, and thirteen virtual students. The specific purposes of this study aim to contextualize the students’ choice for the music distance learning course; to investigate which musical-pedagogical mediations are created in this virtual environment; to analyze the discipline arrangement; to identify how these disciplines interact; to verify how the individuals manage time and space in this course; and to observe the music distance course viability. The theoretical foundation is based on the field of sociology of music education, sociology of communication, sociology of education and sociology of distance learning. From the branches of Sociology, the theoretical basis of this study is supported by authors who refined a look at everyday life with regard to the cyber culture context (LEMOS, 2008; FAINHOLC, 2007; HALABAN, 2010). This is a qualitative case study (POUPART et al., 2008; DESLAURIERS and KÉRISIT, 2008; GODOI et al., 2007; YIN, 2005; BOGDAN and BIKLEN, 1994). Data collection techniques used were non-participant and participant observations, as well as an online interview, which was an adaptation of a face-to-face interview (NICOLACI-DA-COSTA, 2007). The results showed that it is possible to learn music by taking online music courses. There is a growing demand for such alternative mode of learning as they provide greater flexibility in the organization of time and space. Data analysis and interpretation revealed that online music pedagogy should take into account its specific demands in each discipline, linked to the reality of each context inserted in the process of training, in addition to being adapted and transformed to meet these specific needs.

Este trabalho tem como objetivo geral analisar como se configura um modo de ensinar música na escola através de uma orquestra escolar e, como objetivos específicos, investigar as dimensões envolvidas nesse processo de ensino (o que, como, quem, para quem, por que e para que se ensina música nesse grupo) e compreender os significados que constituem esse modo de ensinar música na escola. A cultura escolar foi tomada como construto teórico, possibilitando olhar para o campo e entender o que nele está sendo produzido, assim como as dimensões envolvidas no ensino, a partir da prática escolar. Adotando uma abordagem qualitativa, a pesquisa tem como método investigativo o estudo de caso e, como campo empírico, a orquestra de uma Escola Municipal de Ensino Fundamental da cidade de Porto Alegre-RS. Os dados foram coletados através de observações registradas em notas de campo; registros audiovisuais, mais especificamente fotografias e filmagens; e entrevistas semiestruturadas. A análise e interpretação dos dados indicou que o modo de ensinar música na escola através da Orquestra Villa-Lobos se configura a partir da prática musical em grupo, com referência na profissão, tendo as apresentações e espetáculos como a culminância da aprendizagem musical. Nesse processo, os vínculos afetivos vão sendo fortalecidos pelo convívio e pela prática coletiva, cultivando o que os próprios integrantes denominam como segunda família, criando a ambivalência entre a estrutura rígida e formal de uma orquestra com o ambiente acolhedor da segunda família. Essa prática coletiva foi fazendo sentido para a instituição por suas ações e resultados e o ensino na Orquestra Villa-Lobos se consolidou como um modo de ensinar música na escola, sobretudo, porque foi construído, articulado e sedimentado dentro da própria escola. / This study aims at analyzing a school orchestra sets up a way to teach music in schools. More specifically, the study aims to investigate the dimensions involved in this teaching process (what, how, who, to whom, why, and to what purpose music is taught to this group) and to understand the meanings that help to constitute this way of teaching music in schools. Taken as a theoretical construct, the school culture made it possible to understand what is being produced in the field, as well as the dimensions involved in music teaching, from the perspective of the school practices. Adopting a qualitative approach to research, a case study with the orchestra of a Municipal School of Basic Education of Porto Alegre-RS was carried out. Data were collected through observations recorded in field notes, audiovisual recordings, specifically photographs and footage, and semi-structured interviews. Data analysis indicates that the way of teaching music in the school orchestra is set up from the practice of making music together, taking the music profession as a reference, and public performances as the culmination of the process of music learning. In this process, the affective ties are strengthened both by participants’ interaction and collective practice, cultivating what the members themselves call a second family. This creates ambivalence between the rigid and formal structure of an orchestra and the welcoming atmosphere of the second family. Through its actions and outcomes, this teaching practice gradually became meaningful for the institution. The way of teaching music in the orchestra was consolidated as a way of teaching music in the school because it was built, articulated and settled within the school itself.

Este estudo tem como objetivo investigar as relações educativo-musicais presentes na Igreja Católica de Porto Alegre. A questão norteadora indaga como ocorreu a aprendizagem musical de pessoas que atuam neste contexto e como o ensino de música é desenvolvido. Para realizar esta pesquisa, optei pela abordagem qualitativa, realizando um estudo de caso. Para elaboração do referencial, foram consultados Souza (2004; 2014), Setton (2008; 2012) e Petitat (2011). De um total de 240 pessoas envolvidas com música na igreja, foram selecionadas doze que atuavam como professores e/ou formadores de música. Sobre a aprendizagem musical, identificaram-se diversos processos que não ocorrem fixos nem isolados, mas de maneira dinâmica, estando interligados inclusive com outras instâncias formativas. Descreveram-se: a aprendizagem que ocorria na prática (aprender fazendo); o aprender no grupo; a autoaprendizagem; o aprender em cursos, ensaios e festivais na igreja. Sobre o ensino e a atuação, analisaram-se concepções do ser músico na igreja, as diferenças entre o profissional remunerado e o voluntário; o ser professor e/ou formador. Foram pontuadas questões referentes à divulgação e à captação de alunos, ao local das aulas, às escolhas didáticas. Esta pesquisa contribui para a reflexão de como os processos de educação musical ocorrem na Igreja Católica e amplia o olhar sobre o aprender e o ensinar música. / The purpose of this study was objective to investigate the educational-musical relations present in the Catholic church of Porto Alegre. The leading question was how the musical formation of people who work in this context occurred and how the musical teaching was executed. To accomplish this research, I opted for a qualitative approach, conducting a case study. The authors Souza (2004; 2014), Setton (2008; 2012) and Petitat (2011) were included in the framework. From a total of 240 people who worked with music in the Church, twelve were selected because they worked as teachers and/or music trainers. Several processes about musical learning were identified, which do not occur isolated and fixed, but in a dynamic and interconnected way, also in relation with other formative instances. It was possible to describe: the process of learning, which occurred in practice (to learn while doing); learning in group; self learning; learning in courses, rechearsals and church festivals. About the teaching and performance, it was possible to analyze conceptions of being a Church musician, the differences between the paid professional and the volunteer; and about being a teacher and/or trainer, highlighting questions related to disclosure and recruitment of pupils, class locations, and selection of didactic activities. This research contributes to the reflection about how these processes of musical education occur in the Catholic Church, thus increasing how to see learning and teaching music.

Esta pesquisa aborda a pedagogia musical online de um curso de música a distância que utiliza como ambiente virtual de aprendizagem a plataforma moodle. A pesquisa tem como objetivo geral compreender como se constitui a pedagogia musical online que se configura no ambiente virtual de aprendizagem musical, tomando como locus o Curso de Licenciatura em Música da UAB-UnB, na modalidade a distância. A pedagogia musical online, neste estudo, inclui: as metodologias, os recursos e os materiais didáticos utilizados no moodle e o direcionamento desses aportes teórico-metodológicos no processo formativo do curso de música a distância, a partir da relação entre plataforma moodle, ferramentas, conteúdos e seus atores sociais. Participaram deste estudo vinte e três sujeitos inseridos na plataforma moodle do curso de música a distância, sendo dois coordenadores, uma gestora, uma professora autora/supervisora, seis tutores a distância e treze alunos virtuais. Como objetivos específicos, este estudo pretende contextualizar a escolha dos alunos pelo curso de música na modalidade a distância; investigar que mediações pedagógico-musicais são constituídas nesse ambiente virtual; verificar a organização das disciplinas observadas, identificar a interação que ocorre no interior dessas disciplinas, identificar como os sujeitos administram o tempo e o espaço no curso de música a distância e examinar a viabilidade do curso de música a distância. A fundamentação teórica está alicerçada no campo da sociologia da educação musical, sociologia da comunicação, sociologia da educação e da sociologia da educação a distância. A partir das ramificações desse campo sociológico, este estudo possui como base teórica autores que lapidaram um olhar sobre a vida cotidiana diante do contexto da cibercultura (LEMOS, 2008; FAINHOLC, 2007; HALABAN, 2010). A metodologia utilizada é Estudo de Caso com abordagem qualitativa (POUPART et al., 2008; DESLAURIERS e KÉRISIT, 2008; GODOI et al., 2007; YIN, 2005; BOGDAN e BIKLEN, 1994). As técnicas de coleta de dados utilizadas foram a observação não participante e participante, bem como a entrevista online, sendo essa uma adaptação da entrevista desenvolvida presencialmente (NICOLACI-DA-COSTA, 2007). Os resultados mostram que aprender música a distância é possível e que a procura por essa modalidade é crescente, tendo em vista a sua flexibilidade na organização do tempo e do espaço. A análise e a interpretação dos dados revelam que a pedagogia musical online tem que ser pensada a partir de suas demandas específicas em cada disciplina, vinculada à realidade de cada contexto inserido no processo de formação, além de ser adaptada e transformada para atender essas necessidades específicas. / This study discusses the online music pedagogy of a distance music course that uses Moodle, a software platform, as a virtual learning environment. It aims to understand how the online music pedagogy is created in the music virtual learning environment, assuming as a research locus, the Degree in Music at the UAB-UnB, as a distance learning mode. In this study, the online music pedagogy includes: Moodle methodologies, resources, and learning materials, and the application of such methodological-theoretical resources in the process of creating the music distance learning course from the relationship amongst its platform, tools, contents and social protagonists. Twenty three individuals , who were included in the moodle platform of the music distance learning course, participated in this study; two coordinators, one manager, one teacher author/supervisor, six distance learning tutors, and thirteen virtual students. The specific purposes of this study aim to contextualize the students’ choice for the music distance learning course; to investigate which musical-pedagogical mediations are created in this virtual environment; to analyze the discipline arrangement; to identify how these disciplines interact; to verify how the individuals manage time and space in this course; and to observe the music distance course viability. The theoretical foundation is based on the field of sociology of music education, sociology of communication, sociology of education and sociology of distance learning. From the branches of Sociology, the theoretical basis of this study is supported by authors who refined a look at everyday life with regard to the cyber culture context (LEMOS, 2008; FAINHOLC, 2007; HALABAN, 2010). This is a qualitative case study (POUPART et al., 2008; DESLAURIERS and KÉRISIT, 2008; GODOI et al., 2007; YIN, 2005; BOGDAN and BIKLEN, 1994). Data collection techniques used were non-participant and participant observations, as well as an online interview, which was an adaptation of a face-to-face interview (NICOLACI-DA-COSTA, 2007). The results showed that it is possible to learn music by taking online music courses. There is a growing demand for such alternative mode of learning as they provide greater flexibility in the organization of time and space. Data analysis and interpretation revealed that online music pedagogy should take into account its specific demands in each discipline, linked to the reality of each context inserted in the process of training, in addition to being adapted and transformed to meet these specific needs.

Este trabalho tem como objetivo geral analisar como se configura um modo de ensinar música na escola através de uma orquestra escolar e, como objetivos específicos, investigar as dimensões envolvidas nesse processo de ensino (o que, como, quem, para quem, por que e para que se ensina música nesse grupo) e compreender os significados que constituem esse modo de ensinar música na escola. A cultura escolar foi tomada como construto teórico, possibilitando olhar para o campo e entender o que nele está sendo produzido, assim como as dimensões envolvidas no ensino, a partir da prática escolar. Adotando uma abordagem qualitativa, a pesquisa tem como método investigativo o estudo de caso e, como campo empírico, a orquestra de uma Escola Municipal de Ensino Fundamental da cidade de Porto Alegre-RS. Os dados foram coletados através de observações registradas em notas de campo; registros audiovisuais, mais especificamente fotografias e filmagens; e entrevistas semiestruturadas. A análise e interpretação dos dados indicou que o modo de ensinar música na escola através da Orquestra Villa-Lobos se configura a partir da prática musical em grupo, com referência na profissão, tendo as apresentações e espetáculos como a culminância da aprendizagem musical. Nesse processo, os vínculos afetivos vão sendo fortalecidos pelo convívio e pela prática coletiva, cultivando o que os próprios integrantes denominam como segunda família, criando a ambivalência entre a estrutura rígida e formal de uma orquestra com o ambiente acolhedor da segunda família. Essa prática coletiva foi fazendo sentido para a instituição por suas ações e resultados e o ensino na Orquestra Villa-Lobos se consolidou como um modo de ensinar música na escola, sobretudo, porque foi construído, articulado e sedimentado dentro da própria escola. / This study aims at analyzing a school orchestra sets up a way to teach music in schools. More specifically, the study aims to investigate the dimensions involved in this teaching process (what, how, who, to whom, why, and to what purpose music is taught to this group) and to understand the meanings that help to constitute this way of teaching music in schools. Taken as a theoretical construct, the school culture made it possible to understand what is being produced in the field, as well as the dimensions involved in music teaching, from the perspective of the school practices. Adopting a qualitative approach to research, a case study with the orchestra of a Municipal School of Basic Education of Porto Alegre-RS was carried out. Data were collected through observations recorded in field notes, audiovisual recordings, specifically photographs and footage, and semi-structured interviews. Data analysis indicates that the way of teaching music in the school orchestra is set up from the practice of making music together, taking the music profession as a reference, and public performances as the culmination of the process of music learning. In this process, the affective ties are strengthened both by participants’ interaction and collective practice, cultivating what the members themselves call a second family. This creates ambivalence between the rigid and formal structure of an orchestra and the welcoming atmosphere of the second family. Through its actions and outcomes, this teaching practice gradually became meaningful for the institution. The way of teaching music in the orchestra was consolidated as a way of teaching music in the school because it was built, articulated and settled within the school itself.

Este estudo tem como objetivo investigar as relações educativo-musicais presentes na Igreja Católica de Porto Alegre. A questão norteadora indaga como ocorreu a aprendizagem musical de pessoas que atuam neste contexto e como o ensino de música é desenvolvido. Para realizar esta pesquisa, optei pela abordagem qualitativa, realizando um estudo de caso. Para elaboração do referencial, foram consultados Souza (2004; 2014), Setton (2008; 2012) e Petitat (2011). De um total de 240 pessoas envolvidas com música na igreja, foram selecionadas doze que atuavam como professores e/ou formadores de música. Sobre a aprendizagem musical, identificaram-se diversos processos que não ocorrem fixos nem isolados, mas de maneira dinâmica, estando interligados inclusive com outras instâncias formativas. Descreveram-se: a aprendizagem que ocorria na prática (aprender fazendo); o aprender no grupo; a autoaprendizagem; o aprender em cursos, ensaios e festivais na igreja. Sobre o ensino e a atuação, analisaram-se concepções do ser músico na igreja, as diferenças entre o profissional remunerado e o voluntário; o ser professor e/ou formador. Foram pontuadas questões referentes à divulgação e à captação de alunos, ao local das aulas, às escolhas didáticas. Esta pesquisa contribui para a reflexão de como os processos de educação musical ocorrem na Igreja Católica e amplia o olhar sobre o aprender e o ensinar música. / The purpose of this study was objective to investigate the educational-musical relations present in the Catholic church of Porto Alegre. The leading question was how the musical formation of people who work in this context occurred and how the musical teaching was executed. To accomplish this research, I opted for a qualitative approach, conducting a case study. The authors Souza (2004; 2014), Setton (2008; 2012) and Petitat (2011) were included in the framework. From a total of 240 people who worked with music in the Church, twelve were selected because they worked as teachers and/or music trainers. Several processes about musical learning were identified, which do not occur isolated and fixed, but in a dynamic and interconnected way, also in relation with other formative instances. It was possible to describe: the process of learning, which occurred in practice (to learn while doing); learning in group; self learning; learning in courses, rechearsals and church festivals. About the teaching and performance, it was possible to analyze conceptions of being a Church musician, the differences between the paid professional and the volunteer; and about being a teacher and/or trainer, highlighting questions related to disclosure and recruitment of pupils, class locations, and selection of didactic activities. This research contributes to the reflection about how these processes of musical education occur in the Catholic Church, thus increasing how to see learning and teaching music.