2019 var et år defineret af en sammesætning af internationale, nationale, regionale og lokale initiativer i forhold til vores projekter, der bestod i lige dele søsætning, såvel som udførelse og facilitering; i internationalt regi sluttede netværksprojektet NIMPE, det interkulturelle samarbejdsprojekt MoSaIC formede sig i videre grad, og lokalt slog Swinging Europe som nstitution tonen an i det herningensiske musikliv, da den første installation af jazzfestivalen MOORJAZZ Festival spillede igennem d. 9. oktober på HHHerning. Jazzen blev ikke forladt i denne omgang: Projektet Jazzen på Genvisit realiserede et musikalsk kulturmøde imellem småbørn, professionelle jazzmusikere og pædagogstuderende fra VIA Pædagoguddannelsen i Ikast og Horsens. Seks danske jazzmusikere drog ud i dagplejer, vuggestuer og børnehaver, for at samarbejde med børnene om at skabe nye og unikke musikalske resultater igennem jazzmusikkens reintroduktion.
PLAY!GROUND LIVE bød på en speciel edition: helt eksklusivt udvalgte unge musikere fra tidligere års orkestre med til en hel dags fejring af den italienske by Materas rolle som Europæisk Kulturhovedstad i starten af året. Sammen med en række andre bands fra hele Europe, spillede PLAY!GROUND LIVE musikerne det kulturelle år ind på forskellige lokationer, både under åben himmel og specifikke venues.
Internationalt udfoldede vores interkulturelle samarbejdsprojekt, MoSaIC, sig med indledende workshops, hvor vores kompetente ni kvindelige musikere fra Danmark, Finland, Norge, Irland, Iran, Kurdistan og Syrien fik mulighed for at møde hinanden, øve sammen, samt spillede deres første koncert til MOORJAZZ Festival.
Endvidere blev den nordiske tone leget med, da tolv unge musikere fra Danmark, Finland, Åland og Grønland dragede på skandinavisk turné i forbindelse med talentudviklingsprojektet Young Nordic Stars. Sammen med musiker og kunstnerisk leder Kenneth Dahl Knudsen, blev det sociale og det kompetenceudviklende ligeligt fordret, da turen tog dem ud på landeveje og videre på havets bølger.
Derudover blev vores nye interkulturelle Erasmus+ projekt, humARTS: Creatively Interpreting Human Rights afviklet i sommeren 2019 og et nyt Creative Europe-projekt, LIBERTY, indfandt sig med de to første partnermøder i henholdsvis Englang og Italien.
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2019 was a year defined by a combination of international, national, regional, and local initiatives related to our projects, which involved both launching as well as executing and facilitating activities. Internationally, the network project NIMPE came to a close, while the intercultural collaboration project MoSaIC continued to take shape. Locally, Swinging Europe as an institution set the tone in Herning’s music scene, when the first installment of the MOORJAZZ Festival was held on October 9 at HHHerning. Jazz was not left behind this time: the project Jazzen på Genvisit realized a musical cultural meeting between toddlers, professional jazz musicians, and students from VIA University College in Ikast and Horsens. Six Danish jazz musicians ventured into daycares, nurseries, and kindergartens to collaborate with the children in creating new and unique musical expressions through the reintroduction of jazz.
PLAY!GROUND LIVE offered a special edition: exclusively selected young musicians from previous years’ orchestras participated in a full-day celebration of the Italian city Matera’s role as European Capital of Culture at the beginning of the year. Together with several other bands from across Europe, the PLAY!GROUND LIVE musicians ushered in the cultural year at various locations, both outdoors and in specific venues.
Internationally, our intercultural collaboration project MoSaIC unfolded through initial workshops where our skilled nine female musicians from Denmark, Finland, Norway, Ireland, Iran, Kurdistan, and Syria had the opportunity to meet, rehearse together, and perform their first concert at the MOORJAZZ Festival.
Furthermore, the Nordic sound was explored as twelve young musicians from Denmark, Finland, Åland, and Greenland embarked on a Scandinavian tour as part of the talent development project Young Nordic Stars. Together with musician and artistic director Kenneth Dahl Knudsen, the social and skills development aspects were equally addressed, as the tour took them on road trips and even out on the waves.
In addition, our new intercultural Erasmus+ project, humARTS: Creatively Interpreting Human Rights, was carried out in the summer of 2019, and a new Creative Europe project, LIBERTY, kicked off with the first two partner meetings in England and Italy respectively.
