Katherine Guarín and Jesús Edgardo Martínez, who are part of the Faculty of Arts, will present their work on how to bridge the gap between popular music and 'classical' music. Their focus is on highlighting traditional repertoires, composers, and the aesthetic value they represent

With the presentation titled 'The Transverse Flute: An Approach from Traditional Music to Academia,' Katherine Guarín, a student of Instrumental Music in Transverse Flute and Business Administration, along with Jesús Edgardo Martínez, a faculty member of the Department of Music, who holds a degree in Music Education and a Master's in Education, will present at the XXVIII Latin American Seminar on Music Education. The event takes place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 15 to 19 of this year.

The purpose of the research is to highlight how the curricular structures of academic music programs are bridging the gap between popular music and 'classical' music, enabling the visibility of traditional repertoires, their composers, and the aesthetic value they represent.

In this way, Latin American composers within academia serve as motivation and inspiration for students of the instrument. On one hand, they contribute technical and interpretative elements aimed at enhancing the quality of these musical performances, and on the other hand, they strengthen the sense of identity with one's own music. This expansion of the repertoire helps to amplify the emotional impact for both the performer and the listener, as it connects them to the culture to which they belong.

The Latin American Forum on Music Education – FLADEM and the national section Fladem Brazil are hosting the XXVIII Latin American Seminar on Music Education, 'Voices, Emotions, and Practices in the Training of Music Educators in Latin America,' which is being held at the Colégio de Aplicação da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (CAp-UFRJ). FLADEM is an international network composed of music educators organized into national sections (with regional and/or local sub-sections) aimed at raising the level and consolidating the continental identity of the specialty in various Latin American countries, with a special focus on implementing proposals and models for institutional and pedagogical communication.

The Universidad del Cauca, particularly the Faculty of Arts, recognizes the importance of having students from the Instrumental Music program conduct research aimed at strengthening curricular structures based on our contexts.

For more information:

Faculty of Arts

Email: facartes@unicauca.edu.co