Musikschule Neuruppin in the crisis: dozens of students without piano lessons!

Musikschule Neuruppin in the crisis: dozens of students without piano lessons!

Neuruppin, Deutschland - Who doesn't know you, the gentle sounds of a piano? In the district music school Ostprignitz-Ruppin, however, many students stand in front of closed doors, because the piano lessons are currently canceled for numerous music students. The reason for this is an acute personnel bottleneck, which is not due to the recently imposed budget lock or a stop of the district. How [MAZ-ONLINE] (https://www.maz-online.de/lokales/ostprignitz-ruppin/neuruppin/musikschule-opr-in-not-dutzendende Hueler-without piano lessons-4G66RXVGVHGOASVWVAJ7YOQ.HTML? mst_Prev_website = maz & mst_prev_link_type = homepage) reports, it is unclear how many of the six piano teachers are currently missing. The district spokeswoman announced that this bottleneck should be "resolved quickly", but an exact time is still in the stars - summer or autumn seem possible.

The district music school Ostprignitz-Ruppin, headquartered in Neuruppin, is an important educational institution for those interested in music and has around 900 students in the field of musical early support, instrumental lessons and singing. This non-profit organization, which has been considered a "recognized music school in the state of Brandenburg" since 2001, is a member of the Association of Music and Art Schools Brandenburg e. V. Even if the piano is one of the most popular instruments, the school has a wide range that ranges from orchestral instruments to guitar to drums. The aim is to introduce children and adolescents to music and to encourage them to make music, as the [Alte Gymnasium Neuruppin] (https://www.altes-gymnasium-neuruppin.de/ page/104828/musikschule-des-dreis-ostprignitz-ruppin.html).

The background of the bottleneck

The personnel bottleneck is a phenomenon that can be observed in many music schools in Germany. The shortage of teachers, especially in the field of music, is increasingly concerned about how Musicing. A survey by the State Association of Music Schools in North Rhine-Westphalia shows that 74% of the schools surveyed have difficulty filling or filling again. The current lockdowns and panda miebe restrictions have also strongly added to musical education in Germany. The number of applicants in music education courses have decreased significantly due to the lack of perspectives and the high training requirements.

In the next ten years, around 4,000 jobs will be vacant in music schools in North Rhine-Westphalia, but the reproduction is not guaranteed. Many young teachers emigrate to regular school service because better working conditions and remuneration attracts here. These developments not only endanger musical education in schools, but also the valuable experience of making music together, which is of great importance for the development of children and adolescents.

In Neuruppin, however, the students hope that the piano lessons can soon take place regularly again, because music is more than just a hobby - it is a language that all connects. At the moment it only remains to be seen when the personnel bottleneck will be fixed in the district music school so that the piano keys can be brought back to sound.