Community Music

Community Music brings people together to make music – with and without previous experience.

Community music is a music education and social approach that emphasises making music together – regardless of the musical ability, age or background of the participants. The emphasis is on participation rather than perfection and pressure.

As a community musician at Beethovenfest Bonn, Juri de Marco invites people to be creative together. Throughout the year, he offers participatory music projects in the Tannenbusch district. It doesn’t matter what kind of music you make – or if you make any at all. Singers and instrumentalists can try their hand at the Community Choir and the Community Jam Band project.

Composition signs are used as a common working method: Juri uses gestures to show instructions for improvisation. »They make it possible to create new pieces through improvisation – without any previous knowledge, but just as exciting for musicians with experience«, explains Juri.

Reach out to Juri de Marco and Juliane Fehn via e-mail: communitymusic@beethovenfest.de