[ MusXchange 2009-2011 - EFNYO exchange programme ]
EFNYO Mobility of Pre-Professional Musicians Programme "MusXchange":
The programme was developed by the EFNYO as a network of 25 pre-professional youth orchestras covering 22 countries in the EU.
One of its major objectives is the organisation of joint projects which take the cultural diversity of Europe as their starting
point and involve networking between all EFNYO members and related partner institutions in the sectors of music education and music profession throughout Europe.
MusXchange aims at reducing a deficit in the training of young musicians resulting from a lack of support to short-term mobility programmes in professional orchestra and ensemble training.
The project is based on 15 years of experience of EFNYO members involved in musicians' exchanges with partner orchestras throughout Europe.
Recognising the special characteristics of education and performance in music, MusXchange offers efficient methods of enhancing short-term mobility of young musicians
to support their career paths on the European labour market. The experiences of participating in orchestra/ ensemble projects of durations between 10 days to 6 weeks, widely contribute to their competitiveness,
diversification of social, language and intercultural skills, and perfomance practices as professional musicians.
The programme MusXchange is supported by the EU commission under the pilot grant "Support to transnational mobility programmes in the field of culture".
1. Implementation of the exchange projects:
The programme covers up to 150 individual short-term training projects for young musicians sent and hosted within the EFNYO network over a period of 24 months between December 2009 and November 2011.
The training projects are coordinated and administered by the EFNYO secretariat (Vienna, Austria), and implemented with the participation of six co-organisers:
Joven Orquesta Nacional de Espana
Orchestre Francais des Jeunes
Orchestra Giovanile Italiana
Wiener Jeunesse Orchester
National Youth Orchestras of Scotland
Sinfonia Iuventus Warsaw
At the same time, MusXchange seeks to involve all national EFNYO member orchestras and further professional training institutions
such as music universities/conservatoires and music centres, especially in EU-countries where national youth orchestras do not (yet) exist.
2. Methodology and evaluation:
As a pilot project, MusXchange employs innovative methodology and extensive evaluation methods including questionnaires to musicians, reports from orchestra managers,
case studies on selected students' career paths, and formal documentation for the orchestras and the musicians (e.g. the issuing of certificates by adjusting the concept of the "mobility pass" to the music sector).
3. Sustainability and collaboration with the professional sector and the EU Commission:
As MusXchange focuses on the sustained improvement of qualifications of future professional musicians, it is essential to make these achievements visible
to the professional sector. EFNYO therefore intends to particularly strengthen links to European professional orchestras' networks, orchestras' associations, promoters
and festivals. The results of the two-year programme are supposed to render valuable recommendations to the EU Commission with respect to the benefits of short-term mobility projects
to the entire sectors of music training and music profession in the EU.
[ statements ]
Read a list of statements from players who have taken part in exchange programmes.
