Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka hur lärare i musikteori konstruerar och arbetar med relationen mellan musikteori och musikalisk praktik i undervisning. För att undersöka detta har fokusgrupper bestående av musikteorilärare använts som datainsamlingsmetod. I analysen av intervjuerna har ett diskurspsykologiskt perspektiv använts. Studien har en kvalitativ forskningsansats och en socialkonstruktionistisk epistemologisk utgångspunkt. I resultatet synliggörs tolkningsrepertoarer där lärarna beskriver relationen mellan musikteori och musikalisk praktik. Dessa tolkningsrepertoarer framställs ibland som motstridiga, såsom framställningen av musikteori som något som gynnar kontra hindrar inlärning av klingande musik. Det rådde däremot samstämmighet i tolkningsrepertoaren som framställde musikteori som något som får sin mening endast i och med musikalisk praktik. Resultatet diskuteras i relation till tidigare forskning om musikteoriämnets historiska rötter respektive ämnets relation till nutida musikutövande samt forskning om musikteoriundervisning och dess roll i musikalisk utveckling. / The purpose of this study is to examine how music theory teachers constructs and work with the relationship between music theory and musical practice in teaching.  To examine this, focus groups consisting of music theory teachers were used as method for data collection. A discourse psycological view was used to analyze the interviews. The study has a qualitative research approach and a social constructionist epistemological view. The result illuminates’ interpretative repertoires were the teachers describes the relationship between music theory and musical practice. Sometimes these interpretative repertoires are described as conflicting, such as the description of music theory as something that benefits versus obstructs the learning of musical practice. Other interpretative repertoires have been unanimous, such as the rendering that music theory gets its meaning only in association with musical practice. The result is discussed in relation to previous research of the historical roots of music theory in contrast to the subjects’ relationship to contemporary musical performance and also research about music theory education and its role in musical development.

Depuis la fin du XXe siècle, on assiste à un renouveau de la pratique musicale régionale en France et en Corée. Ce renouveau est apparu d’abord en Bretagne dans les années 1970 comme une forme de résistance au pouvoir central. Malgré la baisse des tensions régionalistes, la Bretagne continue à promouvoir la musique locale dans un mouvement parallèle à celui de la province de Jeolla, qui essaie de valoriser son identité territoriale à travers la musique traditionnelle depuis 1997, date marquée par l’octroi de l’autonomie municipale. En effet, situées à l’extrémité des pays, ces deux régions ont été longtemps rurales et profondément religieuses, ce qui fait qu’elles gardent encore aujourd’hui des traditions bien souvent disparues ailleurs dans le pays. A la faveur de l’industrialisation au niveau national, les moyens très efficaces de transmission ont été mis en œuvre pour préserver la pratique musicale. Après la décentralisation des pouvoirs publics, les acteurs locaux ont choisi la musique comme un atout régional pour fonder un patrimoine culturel commun pour la préservation et le renforcement de l’identité territoriale. De nombreuses manifestations musicales, festivals et concours en témoignent. Enfin, à travers la mondialisation, ces pratiques musicales s’exportent dans le monde. La désignation par l’Unesco comme Patrimoine Culturel Immatériel aide à promouvoir ces cultures territoriales. Le marché du disque propose davantage, par ailleurs, des musiques représentant une identité territoriale, véritable emblème de la promotion des territoires dans la civilisation de loisirs. / The aim of this research was to analyze a renewal of regional musical practice in Brittany in France and in Jeolla province in Korea. Beginning in the late twentieth century, we can observe a renewal of traditional music in the local context in many parts of the world. In Brittany, it appeared in the 1970s as a form of resistance to central authority. Despite the decline in regional tensions, Brittany continues to develop local music in a parallel movement to Jeolla Province, which has been trying to promote its local identity with its traditional music since 1997, the year marked by the launching of the autonomous local government system. Situated geographically as they are in the periphery of the country, these two regions remained rural and profoundly religious for a long time, so that they still retain old traditions that have almost disappeared in other regions in the country. During the industrialization of the country, very effective means of transmission were employed to preserve musical practices. After the decentralization of the government, local actors chose music as a regional asset to found a cultural heritage that would preserve and strengthen the regional identity. Many musical events, festivals and competitions bear witness to this. Finally, as a result of globalization these musical practices are being exported around the world. The policy of the UNESCO of designating Intangible Cultural Heritage helps to promote regional culture. The market for recordings offers more music representing a regional identity, a real symbol of the promotion of regions in a civilization of leisure.

L’étude des représentations sociales de l’éducation musicale des parents dont les enfants de 3 à 10 ans apprennent la musique, à travers une série d’entretiens, concerne à la fois les choix de cette activité et de l’institution, leurs attentes, ainsi que les significations attribuées à cette pratique. Plusieurs systèmes de représentations se croisent : les représentations sociales de l’éducation en général et de l’éducation musicale en particulier, celles de l’enfant, ou encore celles des structures éducatives. L’éducation musicale s’effectue en France dans le cadre des conservatoires, des cours privés ou dans le milieu associatif. Le 20e arrondissement de Paris, terrain de notre recherche, présente une variété de structures au niveau des approches pédagogiques ainsi que des styles musicaux. Les fonctions et les objectifs attribués à l’apprentissage musical sont analysés selon la structure choisie. Diverses conceptions de l’apprentissage et de l’éducation apparaissent. Celles-ci découlent des représentations sociales de l’enfant, de celles de l’activité extrascolaire. Le paramètre d’une pratique musicale du parent ou de son absence modèle le discours des parents / The study of social representations of musical education by parents for whom children between the ages of 3 and 10 learn music is based through a series of interviews. This study concerns at once the choice of the activity as well as the institution, their hopes and expectations with respect to their practice. It shows that several systems of representations overlap: social representations of education in general - in addition to specific musical education, that of the child, or even more, that of the establishment. Musical education, in France, takes place within the structures of the conservatory, private tutelage or through local associations. Paris’ 20th district, site of this research, offers a variety of structures with respect to pedagogical approach as well as musical style. The use and aim attributed to musical training are analyzed according to the chosen establishement. Several concepts surrounding education and training are emerging. They flow from child social representations and extra-curriculare activities. It is the parameter of parental musical practice or its absence that chapes parental discourse

La práctica musical del sikuri, tradición que se transmite desde tiempos prehispánicos alrededor del altiplano del sur del Perú, presenta importantes características como son la ejecución en diálogo musical, el pensamiento complementario y recíproco, el sentido de colectividad e interdependencia, la conexión con la naturaleza, la ritualización de la música, entre otras que pueden servir efectivamente de estrategias para la promoción del desempeño organizacional en empresas peruanas al plantear una relación equilátera entre esta manifestación del mundo ancestral y las prácticas sociales corporativas como el trabajo en equipo, la comunicación interna, la autoconfianza, la eliminación de la distancia social, entre otras. / The musical practice of sikuri, a tradition transmitted since pre-hispanic times across the highlands of southern Peru, has important characteristics such as musical dialogue performance, complementary and reciprocal thinking, a sense of collectivity and interdependence, connection with nature, ritualization of the music, among others. This can effectively serve as strategies for the promotion of organizational performance in Peruvian companies by proposing an equitable relationship between this manifestation of the ancestral world and corporate social practice such as teamwork, internal communication, self-security, corporate integration and more.

Ce travail de thèse a pour but d’examiner l’émergence et l’évolution du caractère obligatoire des automatismes cognitifs. Pour satisfaire cet objectif, nous avons conçu une nouvelle situation expérimentale que nous avons appelée Stroop musical. Il s’agit d’une portée en clé de sol comprenant une note, présentée dans différentes positions, dans laquelle un nom de note, congruent ou incongruent avec la position, est écrit. Nous avons montré, à l’aide de ce paradigme, que les musiciens traitent plus lentement les noms de notes dans la condition incongruente que dans la condition congruente (Etude 1). Cet effet, nommé effet Stroop musical (MSE), est généré par l’automaticité de la dénomination de notes. Le Stroop musical offre la possibilité d’étudier l’évolution du caractère obligatoire de la dénomination de notes en évitant les biais liés à l’âge des sujets. Ainsi, nous avons testé plusieurs groupes d’enfants musiciens d’âge similaire dont le niveau de solfège variait de 1 à 5 ans. Nos résultats indiquent une relation linéaire positive entre le MSE et le niveau de pratique musicale (Etude 3), ce qui tend à montrer que le caractère obligatoire du traitement automatique augmente de façon monotone avec la pratique. En soumettant des musiciens adultes (Etude 2) et enfants (Etude 4) aux deux tâches conflictuelles du paradigme de Stroop musical, la lecture de mots et la dénomination de notes, nous avons également révélé que le pattern d’interférence dépend de la force relative des deux traitements en compétition. Enfin, nous avons constaté que l’automaticité de la dénomination de notes persiste malgré un arrêt total et prolongé de la pratique (Etude 5). / The aim of this thesis is to examine the emergence and the evolution of the obligatory characteristic of cognitive automatisms. To achieve this, we devised a new experimental situation called musical Stroop. The basic arrangement comprises a treble staff with a note in various positions. A name of a note is printed inside the note. For the congruent condition, the note name is congruent with the note position on the staff, whereas in the incongruent condition, note name and position are incongruent. We showed that musicians process the incongruent condition slower than the congruent condition (Study 1). This effect, named Musical Stroop Effect (MSE), is generated by the automaticity of note naming. The musical Stroop offers the possibility to investigate the evolution of the irrepressibility of note naming, while avoiding bias related to subject age. Thus, we tested several groups of musician children of similar age whose the level of musical education varied from 1 to 5 years. Our results indicate a positive linear relation between the MSE and the level of musical training (Study 3). Consequently, the irrepressibility of the automatic processing seems to increase monotonically with practice (that is to say in parallel with the other characteristics of automatisms). We also showed, by submitting adults (Study 2) and children (Study 4) musicians to the two conflicting tasks of the musical Stroop paradigm, word reading and note naming, that the pattern of interference depends on the relative strength of the two competing processing. Finally, we noted that the automaticity of note naming persists despite a total and protracted cessation of practice (Study 5).

Submitted by Jordan (jordanbiblio@gmail.com) on 2017-02-16T12:08:00Z No. of bitstreams: 1 DISS_2015_Betsemens Barbosa de Souza Marcelino.pdf: 2392509 bytes, checksum: a1c4e519bd64cd5fac8c3a52150b8163 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Jordan (jordanbiblio@gmail.com) on 2017-02-16T12:48:01Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 DISS_2015_Betsemens Barbosa de Souza Marcelino.pdf: 2392509 bytes, checksum: a1c4e519bd64cd5fac8c3a52150b8163 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-02-16T12:48:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DISS_2015_Betsemens Barbosa de Souza Marcelino.pdf: 2392509 bytes, checksum: a1c4e519bd64cd5fac8c3a52150b8163 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-10-05 / Esta dissertação apresenta o resultado de um estudo sobre a música e a sua influência na vida de jovens e adolescentes envolvidos no Projeto SUPERHAÇÃO que visa à prevenção do uso de drogas, e está em funcionamento na Escola Estadual Mário Spinelli, em Sorriso-Mato Grosso. A pesquisa buscou compreender o significado identificacional por meio das categorias de modalidade e avaliação presentes nos enunciados dos jovens e adolescentes em contexto de violências, alcoolismo e uso de drogas. A metodologia pautou-se numa pesquisa de cunho qualitativo e quantitativo, com a aplicação de questionário e realização de entrevistas. A fundamentação teórica baseia-se na perspectiva da Análise Crítica do Discurso (ACD), defendida por Norman Fairclough (2001; 2003a), e na linguística sistêmica-funcional de Halliday (1994), que, sob a perspectiva identitária na pós- modernidade, discutida em Stuart Hall (2006), Manuel Castells (1999), Moita Lopes (2003) e Zygmunt Bauman (2001), serviram como suporte embasador às análises aqui efetuadas. Os resultados enaltecem a relevância do Projeto SUPERHAÇÃO para os adolescentes, e evidenciam uma grande conexão entre estes e a música. Tais resultados mostram ainda que a música em língua inglesa tem assumido espaço cada vez mais significativo em suas vidas, o que justifica a evidente relação afetiva e a forte vontade de que a mesma esteja presente nas aulas de inglês. Assim, numa visão crítica e emancipatória1, a prática musical na vida dos jovens e adolescentes se torna uma ferramenta para se trabalhar a prevenção do uso de drogas, pois pode ser um espaço de debates reflexivos que atingem aspectos mais profundos do caráter humano de cada sujeito, agindo diretamente em elementos de sua identidade2, bem como é indicada como um mecanismo potencial de enfretamento das adversidades sociais. / This dissertation presents the result of a study about music and its influence in the life of youth and adolescents who are involved on the SUPERHAÇÃO Project, which aims preventing drug use and has been running at the public school Mario Spinelli in Sorriso, Mato Grosso State. The research sought to comprehend the identificacional meaning through the modality and evaluation categories that are present in the statements of youth and adolescents within a context of violence, alcoholism and drug use. The methodology was based on a qualitative and quantitative nature of research and used the application of questionnaires and interviews. The theoretical framework is based on the perspective of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), defended by Norman Fairclough (2001, 2003a); and on the Systemic-Functional Linguistic from Halliday (1994), that, under an identity perspective in postmodernity, discussed in Stuart Hall (2006), Manuel Castells (1999), Moita Lopes (2003) and Zygmunt Bauman (2001), served to support the analysis made here. The results extol the importance of SUPERHAÇÃO Project to the adolescents and evidence a great connection between them and the music. The results also show that music in English has taken on increasingly significant place in their lives, which explains the obvious emotional relationship and students’ strong will that music be present in English class. Thus, in a critical and emancipatory view, the musical practice on youth and adolescents lives become a tool to work drug use prevention, for it may be a place for reflective discussions that reach deeper aspects of the human character of each individual, acting directly on elements of their identity, and is indicated as a potential mechanism to face social adversity.

The purpose of this master’s thesis is to gain knowledge and understand of contemporary lockrop(Swedish herding calls) practices from the perspectives of those who engage with it. It aims to dothis by paying close attention to the nuanced phenomenological aspects that may shape experiencewithin the moment in which practice occurs. Main research questions include: how do practitionersdescribe their experience of lockrop practice? How do they shape the practice aesthetically? Whattypes of benefits do they claim arise from engaging with lockrop, and what limitations do they face?Which factors hold the potential to alter and shape their practice experience? In order to achieve this,I have conducted multi-sited fieldwork in Sweden in the form of auto-ethnography, interview andparticipant observation with a strong focus on turning attention toward embodied perception of themoment. Eight participants were interviewed in a one-on-one setting, with a further fourinterviewed in a group setting. Participants ranged from established, performing practitioners tocomplete beginners. As a practitioner myself, I also kept a log of my own experiences of lockropunder the course of fieldwork in order to help build an empathetic understanding with participantanswers and bring the reader closer to the moment of experience. A cross analysis of qualitativefieldwork data revealed a nuanced and multi-layered range of participant experience that istransformative depending upon the individual, setting and circumstance. Despite this, severalidentifiable themes emerged. These include how lockrop practice is shaped aesthetically andexperientially when performed for an audience, how embodied perception of the practice shiftswhen it is engaged with for personal, recreational and/or enjoyment, how communicational aspectsof lockrop practice have been transformed when practice occurs outside of the pastoral andtraditional environment, the use of lockrop as a tool for individual well-being, and the impact thatperformance anxiety can have on practitioners. This study broadens current dialogues held aroundcontemporary lockrop practice in previous research. It emphasises the importance of turning to themoment of practice itself. Such discussions may prove fruitful in considering future potentialitiesand considerations connected to the teaching and usage of lockrop.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T14:57:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Pedro Lodovici Neto.pdf: 2708176 bytes, checksum: 92a64ba7f26fc8dc1f31ded2e7873399 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-06-09 / This study is based on a research in the qualitative approach of the musical practice in the interface of Anthropology and Gerontology. The purpose was to approach the nature of the musical pratice to detect what make this activity possible and the effects in the daily routine of elderly people, which use it as a professional or freelance practice or hobby. The aim of this study was to discuss how aged people experience and comprehend the music in general through the aspects that characterize this investigation: (i) the protagonism of the elderly musician, (ii) the oldness as a possible space in time for the musical practice, the music as an ideal habitant of body and soul; (iii) the music itself as a process that transcend taxonomies as erudite/popular, old/contemporary, instrumental/singing and must/can be presented in all course of the human life. 10 persons were interviewed (age between 67 and 88). Those persons were allocated in this study as belonging to 4 groups of active people and resident in the city of São Paulo: 2 musicians and music teachers (one of them retired), 4 members (retired or not) of a music group that frequently meet to play at a musical instruments shop in São Paulo downtown, 3 members (not retired) of a traditional jazz band and 1 retired maestro/musician out of the musical activity at this moment. The results point to three aspects about the music practice that make it possible and which effects can be clearly felt: the first one indicate the family side values which are central, the second one relies on the notion of productive activitythe music as a work rhythm increase and as a enthusiastic feature mainly in oldness-, and the last one, more pragmatic, presents the music as a valuable occupation and way of life. The variable gender showed a significant aspect in the different ways to say in the interview / Este trabalho resultou de uma pesquisa em abordagem qualitativa, na interface da Antropologia e da Gerontologia, com foco na prática musical, visando a estudar a natureza da prática musical ou o que a torna possível, e cujos efeitos se fazem sentir no cotidiano das pessoas idosas que fazem dela um uso profissional no mercado, e/ou amador e/ou de lazer. O problema de pesquisa que determinou a realização deste estudo foi discutir como as pessoas idosas vivenciam e compreendem a música em geral, através de aspectos que tipificam esta investigação: - o protagonismo do músico-idoso; - a velhice como espaço possível para a atividade musical; - a música como habitante ideal no corpo e mente das pessoas; - a própria música enquanto processo que transcende taxonomias como erudito/popular; antigo/contemporâneo; instrumental ou canto... e pode/deve estar presente em todo o curso da vida humana. Foram entrevistadas 10 pessoas (idade mínima de 67 anos e máxima de 88 anos). Estas são alocadas neste trabalho como pertencendo a 4 grupos de pessoas residentes e atuantes na capital paulistana: 2 musicistas e professores de música: um aposentado; outro não; 4 participantes, aposentados ou não, de um grupo de amigosmúsicos que se apresentam em uma roda de chorinho/samba em uma loja de equipamentos musicais no centro paulistano; 3 integrantes não-aposentados de uma banda de jazz tradicional e 1 maestro/musicista aposentado e agora afastado da atividade musical. Os resultados apontam para três aspectos sobre a prática musical que a tornam possível e cujos efeitos se fazem nitidamente sentir: o primeiro aponta o valor dos laços familiares que é central: o segundo apoia-se na noção de atividade produtiva, caracterizando a música como ganho em termos de ritmo de trabalho, de entusiasmo para a vida especialmente na velhice; e o último, mais pragmático, apresenta a música como um valioso ofício e meio de vida. A variável sexo apontou aspecto relevante de uma diferença nos diferentes dizeres

This work is situated among the Youth Studies, specifically in the debate on Youth and music . While academic field, it is part of the sociocultural Musical Education approach. Characterized as a case study, the qualitative research has as purpose to know how musical practices experienced by young people of a social project called Orquestra Jovem de Uberlândia (Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil) takes place in the constitution of their youth condition (ABAD, 2002; ABRAMO, 2008; DAYRELL, 2007; SINGER, 2008; SPOSITO, 2008). For this, the study seeks to apprehend the circumstances of the involvement of those actors with musical practices in the social project, configured as a space for teaching and learning string instruments; the means by which they build their knowledge of musical practices; and the meanings they attach to such practices in front of their youth condition. The research data shows young people have experiences that mark their life, reflecting on their relationship with instances as the family, school and work. Whereas they experience to make music in that context, they build knowledge and constitute themselves as subjects exercising and recognizing their potential, constructing and regulating their self-identity, idealizing life projects, establishing ties of affection, feeling within a group, relating to traditional instances of socialization, taking responsibility for themselves, thinking and acting autonomously. This is because they are motivated by the participation in the project as a space of sociability known as pedaço (MAGNANI, 2002, 2007a, 2007b), by the opportunity for experimentation of musical practices valued as a process of experiential and community character (SMALL, 1989, 1998, 1999), by the possibility of interaction with music in specific circumstances, incurring in semiotic force of music (DENORA, 2000, 2003), by the expansion of relation with musical practices experienced in the project to other spaces of circuito (MAGNANI, 2002, 2007a, 2007b) and also by the limited influence of adults in that context. The case study aims to contribute to reflections concerning Music Education insofar as it focuses on the subject to whom the processes of teaching and learning are addressed, considering in her/his living conditions and highlighting the complexity of her/his relation to the musical practices involved in the constitution of youth condition of those actors. / Esta pesquisa situa-se dentre os estudos sobre Juventudes, especificamente no debate sobre juventudes e músicas . Enquanto campo acadêmico insere-se na Educação Musical, em sua abordagem sociocultural. Caracterizada como um estudo de caso qualitativo, a investigação tem como propósito conhecer como as práticas musicais vivenciadas por jovens do projeto social Orquestra Jovem de Uberlândia (Uberlândia MG) incidem sobre a constituição de sua condição juvenil (ABAD, 2002; ABRAMO, 2008; DAYRELL, 2007; SINGER, 2008; SPOSITO, 2008). Para isso, busca apreender as circunstâncias do envolvimento desses atores com as práticas musicais no projeto social configurado como um espaço de ensino e aprendizagem de instrumentos de cordas friccionadas; os modos como constroem seu conhecimento sobre práticas musicais e os significados que atribuem a tais práticas frente à sua condição juvenil. Os dados da pesquisa mostram que no projeto, os jovens têm experiências que marcam sua vivência, repercutindo em seu relacionamento com instâncias como a familiar, a escolar e a do trabalho. Ao passo em que experimentam o fazer musical naquele contexto, constroem conhecimentos e constituem-se como sujeitos exercitando e reconhecendo suas potencialidades; construindo e regulando sua auto-identidade; idealizando projetos de vida; estabelecendo laços de afetividade; sentindo-se pertencentes a um grupo; relacionando-se com instâncias socializadoras tradicionais; tomando responsabilidades para si, pensando e agindo de forma autônoma. Isso, motivados pela participação no projeto enquanto um espaço de sociabilidade tomado como o seu pedaço (MAGNANI, 2002, 2007); pela oportunidade de experimentação das práticas musicais valorizadas enquanto um processo de caráter vivencial e comunitário (SMALL, 1989, 1998, 1999); pela possibilidade de interação com a música em circunstâncias específicas, incorrendo na força semiótica da música (DENORA, 2000, 2003); pela expansão do relacionamento com as práticas musicais vivenciadas no projeto a outros espaços integrantes do circuito (MAGNANI, 2002, 2007) e, ainda, pela restrita influência dos adultos naquele contexto. O estudo de caso pretende contribuir às reflexões concernentes à Educação Musical na medida em que focaliza o sujeito a quem se destinam os processos de ensino e aprendizagem, tomando-o em sua condição de vida e evidenciando a complexidade de sua relação com as práticas musicais, implicadas na própria constituição da condição juvenil desses atores. / Mestre em Artes

Der Beitrag vermittelt Ansätze zu einem Theorie- und Gehörbildungsunterricht, der die Berufsziele und künstlerischen Neigungen der Studierenden als Inspiration zur Entwicklung innovativer Methoden nutzt. Dazu bedarf es seitens des Lehrenden einer genauen Kenntnis der wissenschaftlichen Inhalte einerseits sowie der künstlerischen und pädagogischen Praxis andererseits. Gleichzeitig ist eine Offenheit des Lehrer-Schüler-Diskurses für die schöpferischen Beiträge beider Seiten unabdingbar – nicht selten sind es die Anregungen von Studierenden, die faszinierende Erkenntnisse für Lernende und Lehrende möglich machen. So kann Gehörbildung anhand beliebter Titel aus Rock und Pop zur Entdeckungsreise in eine Welt musikalischer Archetypen werden – z.B. bizarr verkleidet in den Songs der Rockband Knorkator. Praxisverfügbarkeit von Theorie bedeutet, dass der Weg zwischen Konzept und klingender Umsetzung jederzeit in beide Richtungen begehbar ist. Sie impliziert, dass Musiker und Pädagogen sich als Künstler in umfassendem Sinn verstehen. Als Beispiel für ein Fächer und Institutionen verbindendes Projekt beschreibt die Autorin die Entwicklung eines Schulmusicals durch Studierende von der Auswahl des Sujets über szenische Konzeption, Textdichtung, Komposition bis hin zur Einstudierung und Aufführung. / The essay provides approaches to a teaching of music theory and ear training that uses the students’ professional goals and artistic inclinations as inspiration for the development of innovative methods. This requires the teacher to have precise knowledge of the scientific content on the one hand and of artistic and pedagogical practice on the other. The discourse between teachers and students has to be open for creative contributions on both sides – suggestions of students frequently afford fascinating insights. In this way ear training on the basis of well-known rock and pop songs can turn into an expedition to musical archetypes – as bizarrely disguised in the songs of the rock band Knorkator. Practical availability of theory means that the path between concept and audio implementation can be walked into both realms at any time. It implicates a self-concept of musicians and pedagogues as artists in a wide-ranging sense. As an example of a project linking subjects and institutions the author describes the development of a school musical by students, from the selection of the subject to scenic conception, text poetry, composition, rehearsal and performance.