Banda Castelo Forte : uma vivência musical voltada as idosas.

Abstract

Through my experiences with a group of elderly women, I realized that aging is a universal and continuous process of human life cycles. And this perception was accentuated with the creation of Banda Castelo Forte, which is a project aimed at elderly women. This band was created by me, realizing that many elderly women in the city were part of the church and that we could develop a broader musical project, aimed at this audience, thus enabling them to leave their comfort zones. This study had as its general objective to investigate the meaning ofmusicalpractice in the lives of the elderly women who are part of the Banda Castelo Forte and as specific objectives: to understand how and why the elderly women participate in the group, to analyze the relationship of the elderly women with music and to understand whatare the benefits of practicing music in the lives of the elderly. The present study was developed with the elderly, that is, people aged 60 years or more, who are part of the Banda Castelo Forte, which is located in the Evangelical Church Assembly of God, located in the city of Caaporã/PB, located on the south coast of Paraíba. The analysis of the data highlightedsome interesting aspects regarding the insertion of the elderly in Banda Castelo Forte, it was envisioned that the musical practice brings a satisfaction of a desire and overcoming it, as if it were the realization of a dream that could not be lived before, it was perceptible to identify that being a member of that band has a singular meaning, unique in the life of the elderly, it also brought a contribution to an improvement in the quality of life when it promotes integration and socialization, filling free time and the use of intellectual, spiritual and emotional.