Project Disabled People as Musicians: A Systemic Approach

Special Music Education activates diverse learners to meet the professional requirements of musicians. This paper concentrates in the description of the music learning and studying process of a specific marginal group of mainstream music education; the case study concerns the project Disabled People as Musicians which is organized by the Special Music Centre Resonaari. In addition, this paper will serve at least partial elucidations for the further improvement of the interaction and collaboration with the students having Special Educational Needs. The theoretical background of the study stems from the systemic approaches: the interaction between the participators of the project is elaborated through the key concepts of Systems Intelligence and Complex Responsive Processes Model.