Musik Union combines research for and development of new educational measures and tools based on scientific findings about the learning process. This includes musical and linguistic activities for the acquisition of linguistic, social and intercultural competences and the empowerment of civic engagement.

The educational activities range from integration of people with migration background having left education through to individual music talent promotion.

Based on close collaboration with the Baden-Württember County Foundation and the local social services, examples of work done include the holding of JES-workshops for German language learning for underprivileged people with migration background, involved the acquisition of key competencies by participants and the presentation of drama productions in institutions for people with special needs, those living in old people homes as well as people in prisons.    

Music-Union was responsible for the scientific research input and the web presence of a previous GRUNDTVIG project “Art: a basic human need; neurodidactic answers to increasing social challenges www.didactic-pilot.eu/did-you-know This lays a solid ground of recent scientific information about the learning functions of the brain, which can be used also by new partners to find relevant information: 1 min film clips, recommendations, interactive clickable smilies and detailed scientific backgrounds as pdfs.