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Public music schools had approximately 1.4 million pupils in the calendar year 2021. Particularly in the younger age groups, pupil numbers declined in the pandemic years.

Most of the cooperation partners of public music schools are schools and kindergartens. In addition, local music groups, churches and retirement homes are networked with public music schools.

Germany's states differ in the number of weekly hours they allot to music lessons. Music can be a mandatory or compulsory elective subject under its own name, or a component of larger learning areas.

Music is anchored in the curricula of Germany's states in almost all grades 5 to 10. However, there are differences in the quantity of music lessons to be taught.

Music communication is a broad field of activity. It includes concerts and introductions, interactive formats and media communication forms such as radio features and apps.

In addition to school, many children and teenagers would like to learn an instrument or make music in an ensemble. There is a wide range of opportunities for this.

Music education promotes creative design processes and unlocks spaces for musical and aesthetic experiences. However, for many years, Germany has lacked trained specialist teachers.

A total of 28.7 % of the pupils in the two highest grades take music as a subject. The majority of them study in courses with a basic level.

Making music holds a lot of potential for the individual development of people in prison. U.S. music pedagogue Mary Cohen has been conducting research on this topic for more than 15 years.

Musikalische Bildung für junge Kinder wird gesellschaftlich geschätzt und gern genutzt. Die Förderung von Musik in Tageseinrichtungen ist ein wichtiges pädagogisches wie kulturpolitisches Ziel.

Kreatives und ästhetisches Erleben im Gefängnis ist Sachzwängen und Vorschriften unterworfen. Der Beitrag vermittelt Grundlagen musikalischer Fördermaßnahmen im Rahmen eines Freiheitsentzugs.

Die Musikschullandschaft zeigt im Bundesländervergleich teils große Unterschiede. Michael Dartsch benennt Gründe und geht auf Kooperationen, Unterrichtsangebote und Finanzierungsmodelle ein.

Als wachsendes Feld ist Community Music gekennzeichnet durch eine fa­cettenreiche Praxis. Sie bezieht sich bewusst auf den sozia­len, kulturellen und geografischen Kontext der Teilnehmenden.