| dc.description.abstract | An ensemble is a group of players or musical parts playing together. The main purpose of such a
collaboration is to bring together different players, of varied musical backgrounds, to make up one
harmonized performance. The lessons learnt from the challenges that ensemble playing poses, we
argue, extend beyond the music making and can generate numerous life lessons that can be of help to
advice concerns that are proving problematic to many Kenyan youths as they purpose to join the job
market. We aim, through this paper, to showcase some of the lessons that students at Kabarak and
throughout Kenya are learning from participating in such a group, consequently informing an effective
school curriculum. We intend to use demonstrations from the Kabarak SMPA band groups to showcase
these particular lessons. We feel inadequate research has been undertaken in student ensemble groups
in Kenya, therefore, failing to realize, to whatever extent, how to manage some of the issues that the
Kenyan youth of today face after finishing a University program. This paper is informed by the latest
guidelines for developing an effective University curriculum: We feel therefore that through music
ensemble playing, we can provide informative and creative solutions that will assist in nurturing
responsible and proactive youths, as well as providing solutions that we feel the youth can relate to,
after undergoing a program guided by a well-informed curriculum. In addition, we feel through the
mentioned approach, we can inform the University music curriculum on how to use ensemble class to
achieve the objectives of achieving International and National Development goals. This may in turn aid
the policy makers in the country to create such forums and extend the debate beyond this paper. | en_US |
