Contribuições das bandas de música para a formação do instrumentista de sopro que atua em Belém do Pará

Abstract

This work consists of a research, through which I intent to analyse the influence of the music bands in the professional formation of wind instrument players that are active musicians in the city of Belém do Pará. Music bands are abundant in the State of Pará, Brazil, and especially in Belém, there is a great number of wind instrument players that come from these musical organisms. They are present in military institutions, schools, bands, and others. Wind instrument musicians are the majority in bands, and also the focus of this research, that has as a main objective to analyse what are the influences of these music groups to wind musicians, and which are the effects on the formation and throughout the career of these musicians, analyzing as well the social and historical context in which they are inserted. A brief historical and social profile of music bands, especially in Belém, is traced, in order to understand better the profile of musicians that had their origin in bands, and that nowadays have a musical career, or that are still acting in them. The investigation was realized through bibliographical research, questionnaire application and interviews. The research results should contribute to the studies about music bands as a space of professionalization.