THE FIRST FREE MUSIC SCHOOL IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC
111 MUSIC®
The six pillars of our school
It's Sunday evening and I'm looking forward to going back to my favorite school tomorrow, where I can create my own compositions in the free way that I enjoy...
About the school
A satisfied child = a happy and harmonious family. Our goal is not success in competitions or comparing children with each other. Everyone is fully respected and maximally supported in their completely unique creation. We are a safe and pleasant space in which children can discover and use their musical potential, creativity, free thinking, in the presence of a professionally educated teacher with a musical qualification and many years of pedagogical practice. We are the 1st Czech Free Music School 111 MUSIC®. A place where children like to return. The school's philosophy and Methodological Guide were formed and created by two clarinetists and teachers. Father Mgr. Jaromír Valášek - a player in the State Opera Theater Orchestra and his son Jan Valášek, DiS. A teacher and clarinetist from the Faculty of Music of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Prof. Jiří Hlaváč and Mrs. Marcela Priessnitzová, were also invited to the consultations.
Bringing mom, dad, grandma, grandpa, or siblings to your class is absolutely welcome. After all, these are the closest people the child has around them and whom they can later also involve in their musical creation. We do not use grades, exams, or any other assessments, because the goal is completely different. After all, teaching children to play a musical instrument freely, in a creative way, is to get to know the basics of music theory in the Music Syllable Maker, which will enrich their future musical creation, but above all, to enable them to become authors of their own compositions through their own development and connection with nature. In this way, they bring joy not only to themselves, their family, but later to the entire wider environment. In this hectic and busy time, we do not want to stress children even more than many of them do every day, so our philosophy also corresponds to the assessment, which is only and exclusively verbal. Furthermore, our school does not conduct so-called progressive exams, which are common practice in state primary and secondary schools. We believe that every teacher knows their student in every way possible, including their talents and weaknesses. For this reason, we completely distance ourselves from these tests and verbal evaluation is fully within the competence of the teacher.
The fear that something will not work and someone will be angry with me is completely gone, because it has no place here. Children know very well that if they make a mistake or something does not work out, no one will be angry with them. They have a natural desire and effort to perform with their classmates at joint concerts, because they present their own world, feelings, emotions and moods. Come and take a look behind the scenes at our pleasant and safe space, where we help children enter the world of music and fantasy.
Rediscovering the original musical tradition in connection with nature
Gentle and non-violent guidance from the teacher is the essence of a properly conducted lesson using the 111 MUSIC® method. We never know the exact course and outcome of the lesson in advance; what matters most is that the child leaves with some new knowledge that he or she is able to accept and master on his or her own, and that he or she leaves in a relaxed mood and with enthusiasm for the next lesson. Teaching is always individual, without any limited or rigid requirements.
Through this free approach and subsequent musical realization of their own imagination, the child has the opportunity to connect music, ideas, and therefore their own feelings, emotions and moods with their abilities and skills. They compose their own musical motifs with the corrections and help of their teacher, which they can then develop in other ways than musically, such as creating simple lyrics for their compositions, their own pictures, using the creative techniques of Musical Mind Maps, etc.
The main idea of this entire method is based on the ancient essence that music heals the soul. Music must not cause stress. Currently, this essential, as if healing ability of music is being somewhat forgotten. The goal of this method is to restore the right emotional relationship to music in each student, with which a person can subsequently influence their moods, psychological state, and therefore their own relationships with their surroundings and generally improve their mood, balance and approach to life.
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