SYNC IN! is a 7-day residential Erasmus+ training course promoted by AUDRA APS for current and aspiring youth workers from Italy, Poland, Serbia, France, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Lithuania, and Finland. The course took place in Val di Chy (Valchiusella, Italy) from July 21st to 29th, 2024.
The training focused on cooperative music and community singing as tools to foster inclusion, particularly among young people experiencing marginalization and social isolation.
The training provided participants with both theoretical insights and hands-on tools to explore music as an inclusive and cooperative practice. Centered on circular and body music—where the body itself becomes an instrument through vocalization, rhythmic movement, and improvisation—the course emphasized accessible and creative approaches such as Collaborative Vocal Improvisation (CVI), Circlesinging, Community Choir and Body Percussion. These practices promote teamwork, community building, and personal expression, while also serving as powerful tools for processing complex themes that can arise in youth work. Rooted in a cooperative methodology, the training encouraged participants to apply these practices across diverse contexts, from local to international and rural to urban settings.
The project, in addition to the week-long training, resulted in two main outputs.
The first is a toolkit, a collection of five practical activities created by the participants during the training. This toolkit is accompanied by instructional videos and detailed PDF sheets to demonstrate their use.
The second is a participatory sound action, entirely designed by the participants using the tools and techniques learned during the training. This performance, held at the end of the course, took to the streets of Alice Superiore in Valchiusella, engaging the local community not just as spectators but as active participants. The event featured contributions from the Alice town band, the Terra dei Canti community choir, and young refugees hosted by the Mary Poppins cooperative.
(AUDRA APS, Terra dei Canti)
Giulia Attanasio is a facilitator, singer, community song leader and music researcher focused on embodied voice-work, Collaborative Vocal Improvisation, Circlesinging, and traditional choral music. In 2017, she founded Terra dei Canti project to explore and promote the importance of choral singing as a tool for community building, team work and personal well-being. Since 2019, she leads an inter-generational and international community choir in Valchiusella with a repertoire spanning various world traditions. She organizes and facilitates training sessions working with both youth and adults in collaboration with municipalities, cultural associations, and national and international organizations.
(Musica Come Pratica Sociale)
Mauro is a community music facilitator, a trainer, percussionist, drummer, and singer-songwriter. He leads rhythm and music workshops in schools and special needs centers, and serves as a skilled facilitator for social and corporate Circle Music. With a focus on theater for children and youth, Mauro is also an explorer of social facilitation and Nonviolent Communication (NVC). His project, "Music as Social Practice," centers on circular music—an organic, practical, and inclusive experience fostering individual expression, personal and group well-being, and mutual listening. Including practices like drum circles, body percussion, circle singing, musical games, and dances, this harmonious journey enhances self-awareness and teamwork, culminating in collective creation.
(Biloura Collective)
Born in 1985 in Turin - Italy, she is a performer, dancer and researcher in the field of performing arts. Her early theatre training (1993-2008) was with Cie. Faber Teater (Italy), Cie. CAST directed by Claudio Montagna (Italy) and the Sergio Tofano Drama School of Turin. After starting her career in theatre, she develops her training and her work towards a more international and multidisciplinary horizon, focusing in particular on physical expressions such as physical theatre and dance. She is the founder of BILOURA Collective with whom she has worked on various international artistic research projects around the world.
(Biloura Collective)
Born in 1986 in Austria, she is a performer, musician and director. She studied violin at the Conservatory of Graz (Austria), acting in Berlin with Manfred Otto and in 2012 she graduated in theatre and film sciences from the University of Vienna. Since 2010 she has worked as an independent artist for various companies and musical ensembles and lead workshops and masterclasses in various countries around the world. She founded two theatre collectives: ROSIDANT Collective in Vienna in 2009 and BILOURA Intercultural Arts Collective in 2013 in Italy, with whom she has worked on various international artistic research projects and performances around the world.
