Music and prevention

The project “Music and Prevention: A pilot project to develop an initial concept for music-based interventions in primary schools” focuses on the formative years of school life and enables pupils, teachers and parents to gain a holistic understanding of music therapy through participatory workshops. Furthermore, the perspectives and needs of stakeholders are identified within the context of school routines and discussed and developed in a transdisciplinary manner to explore how music-based interventions and music therapy can be integrated into everyday school life with the aim of mental health prevention.

Project initiator: Irene Stepniczka

Project partner: VBS Scheibenbergstraße  (Solveig Traxler) 

Music therapy team: Elvira Puchner, Manuel Goditsch, Clara Graf, Julie Nass-Dambach 

Clinical and health psychologist: Kathrin Knapp

Project duration: March 2026-February 2027

Funder: mdw – Univerisity of Music and performing Arts Vienna

Grant amount: €11,000.00