Abstract
Esagramma is a clinical, educational and research Institute in Milan. Since 1983 it creates and
implements original methodologies to immediately involve people in symphonic orchestral work and in
linguistic-prosodic activities. These methodologies allow people to achieve sophisticated soft skills that
can be used in different life contexts: the enrichment of expressiveness, as base of the flexibility that
everybody needs to “play” different roles and to communicate; the refinement of teamwork and
leadership skills; the attainment of a high-level of self-awareness and identification; the elaboration of
moments of crisis and discontinuity. Artistical activity, sometimes supported by innovative computer
technologies, is structured by increasing complexity in terms of form and dialogue, in order to make
the participants able to elaborate individual and group psycho-relational dynamics. This article briefly
describes the methodological principles and the practise of Esagramma TryTheOrchestra (PLO),
OrchestralTeamBuilding (TBO), AffectiveVocalEducation (EVA), offered to primary and secondary
school children, but also to academic students and professionals. It also briefly describes the support
offered by the use of innovative computer technologies for: the support for prosodic activity in EVA
pathways and the analysis of proposals, moments of crisis and results in accordance with the
protocols long adopted.
Keywords: soft skills, students, training, orchestra, prosody, Esagramma.