MAP Indonesia Music Workshop

2nd November 2021

In October 2021, MAP Indonesia delivered a series of music workshops for young people of the seven partner organizations: Red Nose Foundation, Yayasan Bandungwangi, Forum Anak (Child Forum) Budi Mulia Pademangan Barat, Forum Anak Cipinang Besar Selatan, Forum Anak Cipinang Besar Utara, Wahana Visi Indonesia, and Yayasan Bina Matahari Bangsa. The workshops were facilitated by two cultural artists from Yayasan Peduli Musik Anak Indonesia (YPMAI): Karina Adistiana and Ribut Cahyono.

A total of 46 people attended the sessions: 33 young people and 13 youth facilitators.

The workshops sought to introduce young people to song writing and music-making as a tool to make their voices and concerns heard in society. At first, young people needed to become comfortable with music-making with warm-up exercises. Then they learned how to turn their identified problems into lyrics, find matching tunes for their lyrics, and record their piece.

The young people decided to write songs about their, which they had identified using problem trees. Then they discussed ways to turn the identified problem into song lyrics that transmit their message clearly to the public. Next, they chose the rhythm and tunes and practised the song by themselves and as a group before performing the songs live at the end of the workshop. In total the young people created 8 songs.

Credit: AJCUI