Abstract:
This work studies the Musical Education of children and young people as part of
integration and engagement of them in community life and also as promoter of
community edification. It is characterized as a study case from a qualitative
descriptive study. From the reality of a communitarian Music Education, interviews
were conducted with people involved in the project, in other words, some students,
the teacher, the workers, presbyters and students relatives. The data collected were
analyzed in order to identify the contributions to Musical Education in the community
edification. To support and document the analysis the theoretical background was
inquired, through bibliographic research, referring to the works of some theorists in
the Education and Theology areas. The first chapter talks about the presence of
Music in the Bible and makes a brief recovery of the historicity of Musical Education
in the world, in Brazil, in the Evangelical Church of Lutheran Confession in Brazil, in
the northwest region of Rio Grande do Sul state and in the community where the
project was carried out. The second chapter presents some concepts of the
expression: edify communities and then proceeds to analyze the results of the field
research, comparing the statements of the interviewers with the consulted
bibliography. The third chapter reveals some practical conclusions for the work of
Music Education, because of its musical, personal and communitarian dimension.
Finally, some actions for the organization and implementation of Music Education
projects in IECLB communities and other religious denominations are suggested.
