The workshop took place at the end of the mobility week, with the French and Slovakian students (the Irish students had already left).

First of all, an exchange with the Slovak and French students was organized about ‘The Ode to Joy’, its origin (Ninth Symphony composed in 1823 by Ludwig van Beethoven, who set to music the ‘Ode to Joy’, a poem written in 1785 by Friedrich von Schiller) and its adoption in 1972 by the Council of Europe and in 1985 by the Heads of State and Government of the Member States as the official anthem of the European Union, evoking the ideals of freedom, peace and solidarity embodied by Europe.

The students were then divided into groups :

•For 15 minutes, each student in the group chose a song that symbolised joy for them. 
•Then, for 45 minutes, each student presented their song to the other students in the group : they play it, give information about the title, the singer, the date it was written, summarise the lyrics and justify their choice.  At the end of the choice, the group agreed on the favourite song in the group : everyone found an argument to justify their choice, the arguments of each student in the group should be different from everyone else’s.
•Finally, for one hour, the students filmed themselves : each was asked to present their song and justify their choice, then to develop their argument justifying the choice of the group's favourite song.
 

Each group of students presented their playlist of songs symbolising joy in a video in which each presented their song and then developed their argument justifying the choice of their favourite song from the playlist. One student from the group was chosen to edit the video. This activity enabled everyone to develop their musical culture and compare points of view. While presenting their song, they realised that joy is an emotion or a feeling of satisfaction or pleasure that is difficult to define because it can come from different sources from one person to another.    

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