Statistical presentation

Data description

The purpose of the statistics is to shed light on the music schools' activity and work in key figures about the schools, the students' activities, the MGK students and the employees at the school.

The music schools primarily offer music education, but some function as cultural schools and also offer education in, for example, writing, dance and performing arts. The statistics cover all schools that receive municipal support in accordance with the Music Act, regardless of the subject offered.

The statistics include the following areas:

• Key figures for music schools: Background information for individual music schools as institution, supply, rental price, length of season, etc.
• Pupil activities: Statistics of ordinary pupils' participation in instrument subjects, ensembles, pre-school teams and a number of other offers. Preschool groups are the music schools' offer for children in the municipality's day care institutions. In addition, there is an inventory of MGK students.
• Staff: Summary statements of the music schools’ various staff groups. Data regarding full-time work derived from the survey reports from individual music schools.
• Economy and grants: Key figures for schools of music economy, e.g. wages and subsidies.
• Events: An estimate of the number of audiences and events the music schools arrange in the form of concerts, performances, vernissages etc.
• Short projects: An inventory of the number of projects and participating students that the music schools arranges in the form of workshops, courses, conventions etc.
• Collaborations: An inventory of the number of music schools' collaborations with children in childcare services, primary schools, upper secondary schools and youth schools and other collaborations.

The statistics was revised and updated with a new collection of tables in the period 2021/2022. The new statistics shed light on the students' activities at the music schools, also the MGK students. In addition, the employees are highlighted based on their staff category, place of work and education and annual working hours. A distinction is made between activity students and unique students in the new statistics. Activity students correspond to the total number of registrations for the courses on the music school, which is calculated without regard to whether it takes place as one-on-one or group course. A person therefore can cover several activities, but only counts once in the calculation of unique persons. The number of unique people who relate to the music schools concerns both regular students, MGK students and staff. 'Not stated' is a new category in the new statistics that does not contain validated personal identification numbers (error reports) or discretionary values.

Classification system

These statistics are grouped by municipalities.

Subject: -Sing -String instrument -Woodwind instrument -Brasswind instrument -Percussion -Keyboard instrument -Other subjects -Subjects in other arts -String instrument -Team subjects -Preschool -Not stated

MGK centres: MGK Hovedstaden, MGK Sankt Annæ Gymnasium, MGK Sjælland, MGK Fyn, MGK Nordjylland, MGK Midt- og Vestjylland, MGK Østjylland, MGK Sydjylland

Teachers and staff are distributed according to education Conservatory, Student, College, University, Other education, Education not stated

Short projects, collaborations, teaching and full-time employees are distributed by subject area/arts with the following categories: Principal and administration, Music, Visual art, Crafts and design, Performing arts, Dance, Film and animation, Art of writing, Media, Others

The Statbank table LABY41 is based on the students' activities at the music schools, which can be found in the table SKOLM02A. A student may have several courses associated with different subjects at a music school. The population is subtracted from the table FOLK1A. The municipality groups of the LABY table can be found from the following link.

Types of events arranged by the music schools Concert, Stage Arts Performance/Theatrical Performance, Exhibition/Art Opening, Other events

Age groups for children in collaborations with childcare services 0-2 years (nursery), 3-6 years (kindergarden)

Teaching category in collaborations with primary schools "Culture classes" are defined as collaborations where one or more employees at a music school collaborate with one or more teachers or educators employed in a primary school, elementary school, after-school program or leisure club. This includes for example, companionship, orchestra master, music classes, etc. "Mandatory" covers grades 1-6, where a teacher employed at a music school is responsible for the mandatory teaching, as a result of the primary school in question not having employees to handle the job. "Elective subjects" covers grades 7-9, where a teacher employed at a music school teaches elective subjects alone or in collaboration with one or more teachers.

Class levels in collaborations with primary schools pre-school class, 1. grade, 2. grade, 3. grade, 4. grade, 5. grade, 6. grade, 7. grade, 8. grade, 9. grade, 10. grade

Purpose in connection with Music Schools' other collaborations “General education” includes evening school. “Higher education” includes medium-term professional education. “Social purposes” include health purposes. "Other purposes"

Sector coverage

Music Schools.

Statistical concepts and definitions

Activity students: corresponds to regular students' participation in classes on individual instruments, orchestra/band classes, preparatory classes, and other subjects offered by the music schools. The account of activity students shows the number of tuition sign ups for the regular music school student. The regular students are also counted per head.

MGK: is an advanced course at a music school and trains performers, who can stimulate the local music milieu and can prepare student for admission to music training college or further education within music. Students at the Music Ground Course (MGK) are not a subgroup of the regular music school student and are therefore not counted as activity students.

Short project: Workshop, course, event, master class or similar at music schools. A project refers to teaching/activity involving the same group of students or a single student over a shorter period. A short project lasting more than one day can, for example, be a summer camp or similar lasting a week.

Music school session/program: A session/program is defined as teaching/activity involving the same group of music school students or a single student over a given period of up to one year.

Audience (Music Schools): Guests (not participating/performing) at events organized by the music school who attend a concert, performance, opening, exhibition, etc. The audience can be seated or standing. Passing-by audience, for example at an outdoor activity/performance, is not included.

Statistical unit

Pupils, staff and music schools.

Events, audience, projects, days, participants, teaching hours and sessions/programs.

Statistical population

The music school statistics in the Statistics Bank include data from the music schools which, pursuant to the Music Act and the [Executive Order on music schools](https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/ lta/2013/673) receives state reimbursement for the music school business. These are municipal music schools and independent music schools with municipal support. The legislation can be opened up to other financing models, but such do not currently exist. The state reimbursement is a grant set out in the Finance Act (21.22.17). For the municipalities that are part of a regional cultural agreement, the grant for the music schools under the agreement is transferred from the music school grant to the cultural framework grant (21.11.32). Music schools under a regional cultural agreement have, like the other music schools that receive state reimbursement, an obligation to report statistics to Statistics Denmark.

Reference area

Denmark.

Time coverage

The statistics cover the period from season 2012/13 and onwards.

Base period

Not relevant for these statistics.

Unit of measure

Economic data is measured in Danish kroner, while personnel information etc. is indicated by numbers. Student activity is measured in the number of pupils that have signed up for each class.

Reference period

01-08-2022 - 31-07-2023, corresponding to the season of the music schools

Frequency of dissemination

The statistics are disseminated annually.

Legal acts and other agreements

Music schools must annually report to Statistics Denmark for statistical purposes according to the Cultural and Palaces Agency’s guidelines referred to in Notice for Music Schools (no. 673 of 05/14/2013).

The music school statistics in the Statistics Bank include data from the music schools which, pursuant to the Music Act and the [Executive Order on music schools](https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/ lta/2013/673) receives state reimbursement for the music school business. These are municipal music schools and independent music schools with municipal support. The legislation can be opened up to other financing models, but such do not currently exist. The state reimbursement is a grant set out in the Finance Act (21.22.17). For the municipalities that are part of a regional cultural agreement, the grant for the music schools under the agreement is transferred from the music school grant to the cultural framework grant (21.11.32). Music schools under a regional cultural agreement have, like the other music schools that receive state reimbursement, an obligation to report statistics to Statistics Denmark.

Cost and burden

The statistics are not considered to pose a significant burden on the data providers as most of the collected data is drawn from the music schools’ student administration systems. The burden concerning the questionnaire from the music schools is estimated to take up to 60 minutes.

Comment

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