Music education

The music education programme of the Salon Krenek is especially designed for schools and focuses on children and young people between 6 and 18 years. Ernst Krenek’s music serves as an associative source for explaining styles of composition, experiencing musical structures and encouraging participants to develop their own creative ideas.

Thereby a bridging to the HERE and NOW occurs: how can we connect to the life and music of Krenek? Do any points of contact exist? Furthermore, composers, together with the participants, are invited to take a look at Krenek from their own perspective. Art forms such as dance and live-animations are also part of the Salon Kreneks’s education programme to offer a wide spectrum of means of expression to young people. This meets Krenek’s understanding: He viewed himself not only as a composer, but also a writer and librettist, and he even enjoyed painting.

The education programme aims to spread Krenek’s work to the public on the one hand, and on the other hand to enhance young people’s musical awareness and thus encourage them to discover their own creative potential as inventors.

The Salon Krenek uses various methodological approaches in the workshops: musical material itself as well as extra-musical themes that played a major role in the life of Krenek, such as homeland, identity, emigration, etc., may serve as a starting point.

Workshop from 15 years

When Ernst Krenek bought his first synthesiser, he was already 67 years old. His lively interest in the development of new music led to his involvement with a completely new medium.

10 modular synthesisers form the starting point for the participative music project with the aim of presenting electronic music live in the ensemble. The provided modular synthesisers are used for experimenting and composing. Participants work independently and develop sounds, melodies, noises and sequences for a composition.

The project is guided by Gammon, a musician and music educator, who has been working with synthesisers since the 1990s. The Modular Synthesiser Ensemble was presented for the first time as part of Superbooth17 in Berlin.

Organisers:
Gammon, Modular Synthesizer
Veronika Grossberger, music educator

Duration:
4-5 lessons, 1 morning

Workshop ab 6-10 Jahre bzw. 10-12 Jahre

Der österreichische Komponist Ernst Krenek reiste gern und viel, sei es mit dem Zug, dem Schiff oder dem Bus. Und diese Reisen verwob er immer wieder in seine Musik. Anhand des Themas Reisen begleiten die beiden Musikvermittlerinnen die Kinder und Jugendlichen spielerisch und mit zahlreichen musikalischen Aktivitäten: Die Geräusche, die mit dem Reisen verbunden sind, spielen ebenso eine Rolle wie Postkarten, die zum Klingen gebracht werden. Im eigenen musikalischen Gestalten werden die Kinder und Jugendlichen schließlich selbst zu Komponist*innen: Sie experimentieren mit Klängen und entwickeln eigene musikalische Ideen. Gleichzeitig packen die Teilnehmer*innen ihren Reisekoffer, um sich durch das Leben und Werk von Ernst Krenek zu bewegen.

Zeitrahmen: ab November 2026
Dauer: 2 Schulstunden
Der Workshop ist kostenlos.

Musikvermittlerinnen: Monika Musil und Veronika Grossberger

Tel. (+43)-(0)2732 - 71 570

office@krenek.com

At regular intervals, Moment! Music allows small glimpses into the music of Ernst Krenek, and is addressed to all those who want to delve into new musical areas. The musical examples are each ca. 60 seconds long.

The idea is this: Find a quiet place, sit down, make yourself comfortable, and close your eyes. To begin with, you hear a short musical excerpt without any information about the piece. Afterward, you can formulate your own thoughts about what you heard, perhaps even write them down. Finally, you read the text with the background information and look at the corresponding picture. The texts and instructions are prepared in such a way that all age groups can understand and comprehend them.

Concept and idea with the friendly assistance of mica - music austria