Concept

Purpose

• Publication of instruction materials for the learning/teaching and practice of music in the context of Uganda. Texts and demonstrations that are useful to ordinary musicians in a practical context, but also informative and educative in a scholarly context.

• We are aiming at basic/fundamental and practical resources for immediate use. Since most of these skills are learnt in a practical context under guidance, the aim is to offer basic guidelines and demonstrate these with short video extracts. Depending on the skills to be demonstrated, recordings can be made by individuals alone, or we organise among ourselves where more people are needed, or we find other technical people (for example where we need instrumental accompaniment, we could involve a few people who are interested in the project (also in Uganda or anywhere) and work with them. Individuals/groups/Choirs in Uganda/elsewhere can also be commissioned to work on particular items.

• We shall then publish a text and DVD/Video files. On this website we shall follow the progress of the work, and contributions will be partially published and fully accessed through registration as the work progresses.

Target

• Texts and scholarly demonstrations useful for ordinary musicians in a practical context, but also informative and educative in an educational setting.

• Texts and scholarly demonstrations for Church Musicians, Secondary School teachers, University students, the entire music community, researchers and music scholars.