Make Music Matter!

A COLLABORATION AROUND MUSIC AS FORM OF EXPRESSION

In Make Music Matter! academic researchers, schools, music and tech industry representatives and the cultural sector reach out to and collaborative with the social community to develop and disseminate knowledge about music and to contribute to social development and well-being.

Make Music Matter! aims to democratise music as a form of expression and a means for communication by giving young people access to knowledge and tools that enable them to express their thoughts, feelings and ideas musically.

The initiative has its roots in school-based projects, and most children, young people and teachers still meet Make Music Matter! via the Swedish school system. But the network also organises event-based activities for young people and offers teachers professional development through networking events and courses. In addition, Make Music Matter! publishes its study materials through its own website https://makemusicmatter.se/  as well as through other digital channels. Initiatives aimed at young people in socially deprived areas plays an important part in the project.

 

A NATIONAL NETWORK

Make Music Matter! is run by Linnaeus University (https://lnu.se/) together with Signatur  Foundation Sweden and Tim Bergling Foundation (https://www.timberglingfoundation.org/). Make Music Matter! also collaborates with a variety of other stakeholders representing the music industry, social planning, the education sector and the business world.

Signatur has supported Make Music Matter! since 2021 and forms part of the network’s steering group.

 

ACTIVITIES IN 2024

Be sure to visit the project website https://makemusicmatter.se/ for the latest news about Make Music Matter!.

 

See the trailer about Make Music Matter! with images from Järvaveckan 2022

Nanny Marianovic, 2023 events project manager, presents Make Music Matter! at Gothenburg's 400th Anniversary Celebration