Formación superior de educadores musicales: a propósito de los 20 años de la ley 115 de 1994

Abstract

This article addresses some questions about the higher training of music teachers in Colombia, in accordance to law 115 of 1994, which has been in force for 20 years. (General Law of Education). The article ponders about the practices that university teachers carry out in the programs of Music. It also draws reflections from the author´s experience after visiting several programs of Music as an academic peer. Finally, the article also shows partial results of the project “Characterization of the formation in musical history” which contributes to the quality standards for the formation of musicians. The project was developed by the research groups in music and musical formation and in quality and productivity of organizations, both funded by the vice-chancellor of research at Universidad del Valle between 2012 and 2014.