Competences developed in the course

Cross‑cutting Competences

CT1: Organise and plan work efficiently and in a motivating manner.

CT3: Solve problems and make decisions that respond to the objectives of the work being carried out.

CT4: Use information and communication technologies efficiently.

CT6: Exercise self‑criticism regarding one’s professional and interpersonal practice.

CT7: Use communication skills and constructive criticism in teamwork.

CT9: Integrate effectively into multidisciplinary teams and diverse cultural contexts.

CT10: Lead and manage working groups.

CT11: Develop in professional practice an ethical approach based on aesthetic, environmental and diversity awareness.

CT12: Adapt competitively to cultural, social and artistic changes and to advances in the professional sphere, selecting appropriate pathways for continuous training.

CT13: Pursue excellence and quality in one’s professional activity.

CT14: Master research methodology in the generation of viable projects, ideas and solutions.

CT15: Work autonomously and value the importance of initiative and entrepreneurial spirit in professional practice.

CT16: Use available means and resources responsibly with respect to cultural and environmental heritage.

CT17: Contribute through one’s professional activity to social awareness of the importance of cultural heritage, its impact in different spheres, and its capacity to generate significant values.

General Competences

CG7: Demonstrate the ability to interact musically in different types of participatory musical projects.

CG16: Understand the social, cultural and economic context in which musical practice develops, with special attention to the immediate environment but also to its global dimension.

CG18: Communicate in written and verbal form the content and objectives of one’s professional activity to specialised audiences, using appropriate technical and general vocabulary.

CG19: Understand the pedagogical and educational implications of music at different levels.

CG23: Value musical creation as the act of giving sonic form to a rich and complex structural thought.

CG24: Develop capacities for self‑training throughout one’s professional life.

CG25: Understand and be able to use study and research methodologies that enable continuous development and innovation in musical activity throughout one’s career.

CG26: Be able to link one’s musical activity to other disciplines of scientific and humanistic thought, to the arts in general and to other musical disciplines in particular, enriching professional practice with a multidisciplinary dimension.

CG27: Understand and apply legislation related to one’s professional field.

Specific Competences

PG8: Understand economics, management, accounting, market strategies and human resources.

PG10: Understand the characteristics of public management from the logic of service and its regulatory particularities.

PG11: Understand musical activity in its community dimension as an element with significant impact on social cohesion.

PG12: Master the characteristics of the music business, understanding that they are not necessarily in contradiction with a commitment to artistic quality.

Learning outcomes (general objectives)

1. Understand the role of music as a tool for individual development and collective transformation.
2. Argue the importance of culture in general, and music in particular, as a public service that contributes to equal opportunities.
3. Link the logics of proximity, education and artistic excellence from an open perspective that avoids simplistic approaches that generate apparent contradictions between these logics.
4. Develop community projects with maximum rigour in management and maximum demand in both process and final results.
5. Interpret the key elements of a territory in order to determine a strategy that considers the possibilities and needs of different stakeholders.

Contents

Conceptual and historical foundations of community creation and community music. Music as a factor of individual and collective emancipation. Management elements of community projects. Types of community projects. Project operations. On process and result. Evaluation systems.

Teaching methodology

The teaching‑learning methodology includes lectures (topic presentations), debate and discussion sessions, group‑work sessions, and student‑led presentations.

Assessment systems

The assessment system is continuous assessment, based on diagnostic evaluation and specified through summative evaluation that leads to the final grade. Continuous assessment is carried out through different assessment records derived from specific evaluation activities such as class participation and work, presentation of work in class, completion of assignments and/or readings outside class, submission of written work, or written or oral examinations.