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APEM – Associação Portuguesa de Educação Musical (Portuguese Association for Music Education), a partner in the Erasmus+ project In-Voice4MPowerment, organized a Multiplier Event for this project on January 27, 2024. The event was also a 6-hour continuous training course for general and specialized music teachers. It took place on January 27, 2024, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., and was entitled “InVoice 4MPowerment: Sing, Create, Include.”.

Thirty-two primary and secondary school teachers from general education and specialized artistic education took part.

Dublin City University, Ireland partner of the Erasmus+ European Programme In-Voice4MPowerment, organised a one-day Multiplier Event on 20 January 2024 in Dublin, Ireland.

The event was attended by over 90 primary and post-primary music teachers, choir leaders, music students, academics, researchers and representatives of cultural and other organisations, during which delegates were introduced to the principles, approaches and strategies of the In-Voice4Mpowerment Project, through presentations and hands-on workshops on creative choral practices, improvisation, musical expression and the use of digital tool

In the context of the Project’s dissemination activities, the Cyprus Ministry of Education, Sports and Youth (MoESY), coordinator of the Erasmus+ European Program In-Voice4MPowerment [2021-1-CY01-KA220-SCH-000029442], organised a two-day Multiplier Event on November 28th and 29th 2023 in Cyprus.

The first part of the event, organised as a Conference, took place on Tuesday, November 28th  2023, at the Filoxenia Conference Centre in Nicosia. This event was attended by more than 100 primary and secondary music teachers, choir leaders, music students, academics, researchers and representatives of cultural and other organizations.

The Multiplier Event (Part 2) continued on Wednesday, November 29th, 2023 at the Paticheio Theater in Limassol with the presentation of the Choral Concert entitled “Everybody can Make a Difference: A Choral Concert of Celebration, Light & Love”.

A two-day Multiplier Event was organised by the Lietuvos muzikos ir teatro akademijos Klaipėdos fakulteto (Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre – Klaipeda Faculty) at their venue in Klaipeda titled METAMORPHOSES OF THE CHILDREN’S CHOIR: Innovations complementing traditions.

The event, which was attended by 65 primary and secondary music teachers, choirmasters, music students, academics, researchers and representatives of cultural and other organizations, opened with a presentation of the IN-VOICE 4 EMPOWERMENT project.

Musikene – Higher School of Music of The Basque Country, Partner of the Erasmus+ European Program In-Voice4MPowerment, organised a Multiplier Event on October 7, 2023, at the Institution’s Venue in San Sebastian, Spain.

The event titled “Empowering the choral ecosystem: inclusion, innovation and heritage” was organised by Musikene in collaboration with the Confederation of Choirs of the Basque Country (Confederación de coros del País Vasco). As part of the Erasmus + programme, promoted by Musikene-Centro Superior de Música del País Vasco, this conference aimed to raise awareness of the European IN-VOICE 4MPOWERMENT project and reflect on the current choral ecosystem, creating synergies between Basque musicians, associations and institutions. In addition, the use of innovative resources and strategies that promote inclusion and the transmission of heritage were explored in depth.

In the context of the Project’s dissemination activities, a Symposium was organized by the partner Consortium at the EAS Conference in Lyon, France. The Symposium was presented on the 25^th of May 2023 under the title: IN-VOIC4MPOWERMENT: Fostering teacher and youth creativity in the choral classroom and beyond. The Symposium was attended by a large audience.