Aulas de música na Igreja Assembleia de Deus: contribuição na formação profissional acadêmica de músicos na região metropolitana de Maceió/AL

Abstract

This work aimed to verify the importance and influence of music classes in the Assembly of God church in the metropolitan region of Maceió, thus leading the interest of some musicians to seek academic professionalization. The present study shows that the teaching of music in the church contributes and stimulates the search for a deeper and more systematic musical knowledge. Therefore, the music classes in the Assemblies of God churches have revealed how much this teaching is influential for their musicians regarding their future in professional choice. The research was done through interviews with professionals who had their musical training in the church and also through bibliographic research. Theoretical support is based on authors like: Favarro (2007), Costa (2008), Freitas (2008), Fontoura (2009), Martinoff (2010), Santos (2013) and Lopes (2018). The result evidences the contribution and performance of the music school in the church, even if indirectly, in the interest of these musicians to choose future academic professional training.