Welcome to the Estonian section!
The world-famous Hungarian music pedagogue and conductor Zoltán Kodály has said – “When a school sings, the nation sings”. Estonian old and honourable traditions of music education date back to hundreds of years. Although the content and emphases have changed in time, singing has remained the central axis of music education, the Song Festival being its phenomenal output.
The foundation for furthering and developing the Song Festival tradition as the national cultural legacy is established at school with a music teacher being the key person. In addition to singing, music education also consists of playing musical instruments, listening to music and creativity, which all have an important role in the development of a balanced and creative personality. Maintaining its genuine culture and originality, Estonian music education is open to the diversity of the world’s cultural space.
National Coordinator
Ene Kangron
EAS Coordinator for Estonia;
Ass Prof of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (EAMT), Head of the Continuing Education Centre of the EAMT
ene(at)ema.edu.ee
+372 66 75 761 (office)
+372 52 03733 (GSM)
Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre; Continuing Education Centre
Rävala Street 16
10143 Tallinn
Estonia
www.ema.edu.ee
Järveotsa tee 25-16
13520 Tallinn
Estonia
Short biography
I graduated from The Estonian Academy of Music as a choral conductor and music teacher.
I studied conducting with the famous Estonian Professor Gustav Ernesaks. 1971-1980 I worked as a music teacher in Westholm Gymnasium in Tallinn.
1980-1985 I teached conducting in Tallinn Pedagogical University.
Since 1986 I am working in the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (EAMT) as an Ass. Prof. (choir conducting, the Foundations of Music Education and supervising the teaching practice).
1991-1994 - head of the music education department of the EAMT.
Since 1998 - head of the Continuing Education Centre of the EAMT.
1996-2002 – president of the Estonian Society for Music Education, since 2003 member of the board.
1995-1999 – deputy president of the Estonian Music Council.
Since 2002 - the leader of the Estonian Music Olympiad Comission.
Since 2006 the coopted member of the EAS board, since 2009 the member of the board.
I have been participating as a music education expert in the working group of the National Curriculum of Estonia and since 2004 the leader of the Estonian Commission for Music in Schools.
Ene Kangron is a prize winner of several international choral competitions conducting the Student Choir of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre and the Tallinn Technical University Female Choir. Since 2000 I am a conductor of the Türnpu Male Choir.