Professores multi-instrumentistas e sua atuação profissional docente em música: um estudo no estado do Rio Grande do Norte

Abstract

This work has as its theme the teaching performance in music of multi-instrumentalist musicians. It studies the profile of these teachers, their specificities and the influence of this characteristic on the professional performance of music teaching in different contexts, in the state of Rio Grande do Norte. This is research with a quantitative approach, configuring itself as an intersectional survey. Altogether, 13 teachers participated in the study, male and female, working in early childhood, elementary, high school and in free musical instrument courses in the state of Rio Grande do Norte. The questionnaire was applied in electronic format, through the Google Forms platform, and the teachers agreed to use the data for academic purposes when answering the questionnaire, as instructed in the description of the instrument. The results indicated that, although they are not essential conditions for teaching music, skills and abilities for performing on multiple instruments can be important elements for teaching music in different areas of activity, which highlights the importance of such skills and abilities. in the initial training of teachers in the area. It is expected that this study will contribute to academic-scientific discussions and institutional policies related to the instrumental training of music teachers.