MUS-E Portugal: 30 Years of Art and Inclusion – Building the Future

International event as part of the 17th Education Forum of the Municipality of Leiria, organised in partnership with the Yehudi Menuhin Association Portugal and the International Yehudi Menuhin Foundation.

Programme
(subject to change)

2:30 PM: Institutional opening — brief remarks by the Mayor of Leiria, Gonçalo Lopes, and the President of AYMP, Guilherme D’Oliveira Martins

2:55 PM: Intermezzo, Solo Violin — Bach: Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: I. Allemande

3:00 PM: International round table, “MUS-E Portugal: 30 Years of Art and Inclusion – Building the Future”
Sub-theme: “The arts as a path to inclusion, participation, and the future of schools”

Moderator: Jorge Brites, Director, Marrazes School Cluster
Speakers:

• Dr. Anabela Graça, Councillor for Education, Leiria Municipal Council
• Maria Leonor Cambournac, AYMP
• Marianne Poncelet, Executive Vice-President, IYMF — Belgium
• Werner Schmitt, co-founder of MUS-E with Yehudi Menuhin — Switzerland
• António Merino Collantes, Project Coordinator, FYME – Spain

3:40 PM: Intermezzo, Violin & Guitar: Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, I: Aria

3:45 PM: MUS-E Talks 

• AYMP & MUS-E Leiria: Rui Amado, Local Coordinator
• AYMP & MUS-E Leiria: MUS-E Leiria Artists’ Panel — Gil Jerónimo, Ana Sofia Sousa, Inês Silva, and Sofia Teixeira
• A.E.M.: Prof. Maria Esteves, QA Coordinator
• A.E.M.: Prof. Helena Francisco, EB Marinheiros
• A.E.M.: Prof. Fátima Vieira, EB Marrazes
• A.E.M.: Jorge Batista, lawyer and musician, former QA student
• Oeiras Municipal Council: Maria Paula Rodrigues, Director of the Education Department (or Dr. Luís António)
• IYMF: Bianca Rubino, Head of Programmes and Operations
• Lisbon Municipal Council: Arch. Luís Nuno Ramos, Director of the Education Department
• Alto do Lumiar School Cluster: Prof. Maria Caldeira, Director
• Manuel Ferreira Patrício School Cluster: Prof. Maria João Coelho, EB Coordinator Cruz da Picada
• School No. 1 of Algés & AYMP: Professor Carmelinda Pereira, Former Director & Secretary of the General Assembly

MUS-E Belgium: Video message from National Coordinator Tom Goris and Local Coordinator Ruben Vandersteen

4:50 PM: Audience Q&A

5:00 PM: MUS-E artistic moment and closing

Presentation featuring children and artists from MUS-E