Adapting the YEMP to activities of a girls choir
(suggested by the Latvian Music Council)
- YEMP could serve as a model for group work organisation applied to ‘internal’ activities of a girls’ choir which aims at the promotion of the development of children’s choirs.
- For this the structure could be adapted, for example by organisinga two- day camp just before an event (masterclass, festival etc.) organized by the choir.
- The size of the group may be smaller – 5 to 10 persons
- There could be small groups of two people who are responsible for a specific task, for example to meet with the event caterers
- It could still be international since this may be a very valuable challenge for the singers (participants of adapted YEMP) – to learn different communication styles, to listen to fresh ideas from others, to try to express thoughts in a foreign language
- There could be a similar schedule of activities as for the YEMP, with different group combinations for different exercises and time for common leisure activities to get a group feeling
- The distribution of responsibilities should be adapted to the needs of the choir
- There could be organised trips outside the city to find out personalities of YEMPers
- The event has a small team with a high sense of responsibility
- The YEMPers could help attracting high-level professionals to the event and getting information about the sponsors. They could carry out various small but responsible tasks and try out organizing events
- The main challenges for such a YEMP would be:
- Stereotypical thinking about how to organize group work;
- It is necessary to invest extra time, energy and other resources in order to prepare such a YEMP camp;
- A very clear division of responsibilities which is one of the most difficult task for the head of the project
- That the way the work is done is not in line with the leaders’ idea (if the idea was not clearly expressed);
- That the other side may not trust the YEMPers
