A educação musical na Assembleia de Deus no Jacintinho (Cohab)

Abstract

Music classes at the Assembly of God Evangelical Church are extremely important to keep alive musical groups in the congregation, such as electronic bands, symphony bands, orchestras and choirs. Most likely, without this musical education, most of these groups would end, due to the member turnovers, which is natural in any environment. In this sense, this work aim is to analyze the teaching of music in the ecclesiastical environment of the Assembly of God Church in Jacintinho, in the congregation of Cohab, and as specific objectives (i) understand the historic music at it; (ii) Investigate why there is a large excess of dropouts in music theory classes; (iii) know the main methodology used for music theory classes; (iv) know the profile of students who join classes, the profile of students who finish music theory and start learning a music instrument. For this, field observations were carried out, where I was able to participate in these classes, in addition to conducting interviews with teachers who are currently working at the church's music school. It could be observed that the methods of these classes are very similar in other Assemblies of God Churches across the country (according to the studied literature), they have achieved their goals, but there are also a number of problems that still need to be resolved. Thus, this work is expected to contribute to the recognition of the importance of the church for music education and, consequently, to seek solutions for a better quality of this teaching.