De um projeto social para a graduação em música: motivações e perspectivas de egressos de cursos superiores

Abstract

This research had, as a general objective, to know and understand the motivations and perspectives of students egressees from social projects who attended an undergraduate degree in Music. More specifically, knowing and reflecting on the motivations of egressee students who opted for the Licentiate Degree in Music, as well as understanding perspectives and objectives in relation to musical training in the context of higher education, as they reveal the impacts of social projects in their professional choice. As a theoretical framework for understanding the topic under study, authors such as Bozzetto (2012), Souza (2014) and Kleber (2014) contributed to discussions about social projects as spaces for socialization through music. The research adopted a qualitative approach, through semi-structured interviews with two young music egressees who participated in social projects. The research results revealed that the social projects, in which the interviewees took part,provided learning from intensive contact with music, presenting themselves as spaces that became decisive in the students' professional choices. However, they revealed that the motivations for entering a degree in Music are diverse, among them is the possibility of professionalization and improvement in the field of music, more specifically in Licentiate courses. This research also contributed to the understanding and expansion of knowledge about what motivates, moves and drives young egressees of social projects for a degree in Music, in order to enhance the impacts that these projects have on the education of so many children and young people, who see in music the opportunity for professional performance and fulfillment.