Collaborative play – The art of mediating music

Scenario of a research-action carried out by two students from the CFMI, training center for musicians involved in Aix-Marseille-University: design of a collaborative game to understand the issues of music mediation through a simulation of experience. This game invites mediators to question themselves on the processes of a mediation action – postures, interactions, actors, circulations – to carry out the mission: to bring a group of people to encounter a musical work. Gamification immerses you in a virtual practice that contributes to the acquisition of skills through awareness of obstacles and the search for solutions. The design of the game is based on the experiences of the students as musicians intervening with different audiences and as promoters of mediation projects in collaboration with cultural partners. The scenario will allow an evaluation of the game in the perspective of a university edition.

Biography

Dinah Trotoux followed her first musical training in the Paris region: piano and singing, classical, jazz and reggae. At the same time as her studies in art history and archeology, she works with children in schools and leisure centers. It is therefore quite natural that she becomes a mediator in archeology: she then creates workshops for children, visits to sites, organizes cycles of conferences on archeology, its discoveries and its techniques.

Arrived in Aix-en-Provence in 2014, she intensified her vocal practice by joining several Aix choirs and perfecting her early music at the Aix Conservatory. Her priorities gradually changing, she decided to put music first, while continuing to be interested in educational and pedagogical issues. In 2020, she joined the Center de Formation des Musiciens Intervenants de l’Université d’Aix-Marseille, which allows her to complete her skills in music pedagogy and to build up solid experience in the field, especially with toddlers.