Partners

Lithuania. Alytus. Association Ensemble Old music. This organization has never asked and never got European support before. It works on a voluntary activities and a private support. The Association was established in 2000. There are experienced teachers participating at the organization: music and Lithuanian history teachers, disabled- the formers from Alytus music school and their parents, local community members. They play traditional Lithuanian instruments, sing national songs. Ensemble “ Old music” takes part in a local community events – songs festivals, song contest of disabled people. There are some musicians who participate in a research study (head of “Old music” is a doctor of social sciences) and projects with other educational organizations. For example: municipality project “ Our region – culture and traditions” ( together with Alytus Ramanausko Vanago secondary school); “ Chanting Lithuanian songs “sutartines” (together with association of scientists “Vizija”.) The proposal for International conference of the Humanities in 2005 in Cambridge was illustrated by activity recorded with ensemble “Old music”. Musical activity of the disabled participating in such activity was described in a book (A.Vilkeliene. Exceptional children and their integration in a process of the musical education, Vilnius, 2003), in a local newspaper Alytaus naujienos (2004, 2005).

Austria. The Institute for Ethno-Music-Therapy was established as a cultural institute with the objective of uncovering and preserving the therapeutic potential of music from different cultures and making it accessible to the public. The institute is co-founder of "IMARAA" (International Music and Art Research Association Austria), a collaboration of universities and institutes dedicated to coordinating research on the effects of art in Austria. The institute looks back on 15 years of work and experience with Ancient Oriental Music Therapy in areas of intercultural exchange & cultural transfer of music therapy theory, as well as clinical practice and research. A continuous, close integration of practice, research and theory ensures that the knowledge conveyed is up to date. Activities of insitute are: taking a respoinsible approach to therapeutic concepts from countries outside Europe, organising scientific lectures, seminars,conferences, music lessons, political activities linked with the profession of music therapy, contemporary handling of tradituion. Institute of Ethnomusic therapy works with the disabled and use ethno music. There are students and researches at the Institute. They organize seminars, conferences about oriental music, folk austrian music ant its use for the health. Head of the institute dr.G.Tucek published a lot of articles about ethno arts (Music) and it’s use for the health. Institute of Ethnimusic therapy had participated in a Socrates Grundtvig project “Healing yarns of music notes” and others. They are experienced in a folk arts and therapy. AEOLIS-Cultural Development Society of Lesvos Island develops cultural activities and initiatives in Lesvos since June 2006. Its aim is to sensitize and mobilize the citizens of Lesvos towards developing and promoting the Greek culture worldwide, as well as promoting the value of cooperation amongst persons and countries through the exchange of cultural elements, cultural production and the preservation of the natural environment of the island and the area of the Aegean Sea. More specifically, the organization aims at: promoting Lesvos’s culture, indigenous artists, and generally promoting the cultural as well as the natural quality of the island; bringing different cultures in contact with each other, mobilizing the citizens of Lesvos, the mass media and the general social environment, towards actions concerning the preservation of the Greek cultural tradition and of the natural environment of Greece and of Lesvos in particular; Creating to the visitors and foreign inhabitants of our country positive feelings towards Greece, and supporting the Greeks living abroad by any possible means; promoting the Greek language, Ancient Greek as well as Modern Greek, and supporting all those who teach Greek as a second or foreign language.
- Developing a spirit of cooperation amongst institutions, in the national as well as the international level, a network which take action in the fields of the arts, languages, peace, environmental protection and sustainable development. AEOLIS organizes cultural activities, develops actions in the field of cultural tourism, organizes theatre and cinema shows, music events, cultural visits and excursions, workshops and conferences which aim at informing and sensitizing the citizens on Greek language and art, the natural environment and the global cultural heritage