Meistersinger (seal of approval)

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The Meistersinger is a seal of approval for Styrian schools that do exemplary school choir work and create good conditions for school choirs. The seal of quality has been awarded since 2011 by the Styrian Choir Association and the State School Council at elementary , secondary and higher schools as well as at music schools and special forms of school. The rating is valid for one calendar year.

idea

Due to shorter hours in the Austrian school system, the artistic subjects and thus also the choral and singing education in schools are being cut. The seal of approval distinguishes schools that send a visible mark to the outside world (parents and public) and to the inside (school community) with their award. The public presence is intended to improve and secure the work of the school choirs in the long term.

The Styrian project Meistersinger has achieved a role model effect across Austria since its inception, so that other federal states take over or want to take over the project idea. So is z. For example, the federal state of Carinthia followed the Styrian example and launched the “Singing, sounding school” project in 2015.

execution

The schools apply every year using a questionnaire and after evaluating this, the recipients are selected by a jury. Criteria are:

  • the permanent existence of a school choir ,
  • the integration of the choir lessons in the timetable ,
  • statistical data and didactic concepts,
  • activities to be demonstrated outside and inside the school,
  • Quality assurance in the form of advanced training for choir directors and singers,
  • Future prospects of the choir.

The official, ceremonial awarding of the seal of approval takes place in March of the current calendar year. It consists of a certificate, an outside sign, which is attached to the outside of the school, and Mastersingers' medals for all choir singers. The seal was awarded to 162 Styrian schools in the year of the 2017 campaign.

Development and activities

  • 2010: Development of the project idea and first call for applications for the Meistersinger seal of approval
  • 2011: First award ceremony to 70 Styrian schools.
  • 2012: Award ceremony to 97 Styrian schools.
  • 2012: On July 3rd, the first Styrian Meistersinger Festival with 1,600 young people was held in the Graz Exhibition Center. 43 Styrian Mastersingers School Choirs took part.
  • 2013: Award ceremony at 95 schools with 3751 singers. For the first time, music schools were also included in the project.
  • 2014: Award ceremony at 98 schools with 4012 singers.
  • Since 2014: the school choirs in the “Coaches on Tour” program are supported in their rehearsal work by recognized choir speakers.
  • 2015: Award ceremony at 119 schools with 4630 singers. For the first time, there is also a special school type award ceremony.
  • 2016: Awards ceremony at 128 schools with 5096 singers.
  • On July 1, 2016, the second Meistersinger Festival was held in the Frohnleiten leisure hall with 1000 singers. 30 Styrian schools took part.
  • 2017: Award ceremony at 162 schools with 6552 singers
  • 2018: Awards ceremony at 172 schools with 6,800 singers
  • 2019: Awards ceremony at 199 schools

Presentations and publications

  • 2012: “Chorissimo” broadcast on Radio Steiermark on the occasion of the first Meistersinger Festival in the Graz Exhibition Center
  • 2013: Presentation of the Meistersinger concept at the congress of the Austrian Association of Music Educators (AGMÖ) in Ossiach
  • 2015: Styrian Cultural Talks 2015 - Youth topic
  • 2015: Valentin Zwitter, The Vocal Seal of Approval for Schools in Styria - Meistersingen - Volkskultur Steiermark (Ed.), Yearbook of Styrian Folk Culture Yearbook Graz 2015. 496 pages
  • 2016: Publication of an article about the Meistersinger seal of approval in the AGMÖ magazine "Music Education"
  • 2016: Choruption 2016 - Austrian Choir Congress in Salzburg
  • 2016: “Chorissimo” broadcast on Radio Steiermark on the occasion of the Meistersinger award ceremony

Awards

  • 2018: Folk Culture Prize of the State of Styria "for exemplary choir work in Styrian schools"

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Folk culture Carinthia. In: singende-klingende-schule.at. Retrieved May 23, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Meistersinger - Award given to 162 Styrian schools. In: Meistersinger.info. 2017, accessed March 15, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Kleine Zeitung GmbH & Co KG: The Mastersingers make school. In: Small newspaper. Retrieved May 23, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Coaches on Tour | Mastersingers. In: Meistersinger.info. Retrieved May 23, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Folk Culture Prize of the State of Styria. In: verwaltung.steiermark.at. Retrieved December 8, 2018 .