Bavarian Culture Prize for Georg Pomp from Marzling: Because music doesn't have to be perfect
Created: 12/07/2022, 10:00 am
By: Magdalena Hoecherl
Awarded: Georg Pomp (center) with the Bavarian Minister of Arts and Science Markus Blume (left) and Bayernwerk boss Egon Leo Westphal.
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Georg Pomp wants to make music for everyone possible in the classroom.
The teacher from Marzling was awarded the Bavarian Culture Prize for his research.
Marzling
- piano sounds only sound good if no wrong notes creep into the melody.
The songs we hear have to be perfectly produced in order to please.
A piece has to be practiced umpteen times before anyone can hear it: such standards are deeply rooted in our society and also shape music lessons in schools.
But what happens if you ignore them and give children the opportunity to use instruments in a playful and creative way?
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Georg Pomp, née Wörle, investigated this.
The Marzlinger (30) studied at the University of Music and Theater in Munich and, for his admissions thesis in school music, investigated the question of how free music-making in school lessons can be successful.
He has now received the Bavarian Culture Prize in the science category for his 160-page work.
The Bavarian State Ministry for Science and Art, together with the energy company Bayernwerk AG, awards this annually to outstanding scientists from all over Bavaria.
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"It's supposed to be fun"
“Making music is too product-oriented.
It's all about getting the right tone at the right time," Pomp said.
It's about much more than that: "It should be fun, you should be there with your soul." That's why Pomp is also important that music lessons not only teach theoretical knowledge, such as Mozart's life dates, but also focus on practice stands.
In discussions with seven people from the subject, Pomp found out how teachers can get the children excited about it and how they can also take along those who don’t learn the flute, violin and the like in their free time.
The result: "Improvised music-making is well suited for school lessons." You can work with common school instruments such as the piano, xylophone or glockenspiel, as well as with singing or dancing.
"For example, you can show pictures that are to be set to music," says Pomp, citing one approach.
Amazing results
How does an elephant sound?
Like a mouse?
How can a winter landscape be set to music?
Or even the color red?
“Theoretically, you can do this with kindergarten children.
The results are amazing,” reports the man from Marzling, who now lives in Munich.
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The special thing about this way of making music is that the students learn not to stubbornly repeat a sequence of notes, but to interact with each other, to react to one another and to listen.
"At best, you can lose yourself in the moment." The good thing: "There is no right and wrong, so no one can make a mistake." Therefore, the inhibition threshold is low - and the sense of achievement great.
What Pomp has found out in his work, he can immediately implement in his work as a music teacher - he is currently working at a high school in Fürstenfeldbruck.
Despite his brilliant achievement, he is not aiming for a scientific career.
He wants to deal less theoretically with music and prefers to make it himself and pass on his passion - in the classroom, of course.
