Impact of the Catholic Religious Music Training Program 2025 on the University Social Responsibility of UNDAR: A Pre-Experimental Study in the Diocese of Huánuco, Peru.

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the impact of the 2025 Catholic Religious Music Training Program, implemented by the Directorate of University Social Responsibility and Cultural Extension of UNDAR, on the integral training of musicians and amateurs who make up the parish choirs of the diocese of Huánuco, considering the development of musical skills, pedagogical relevance, participant satisfaction, their contribution to university, social rojection and to the cultural and spiritual strengthening of the Catholic community; for this purpose, an applied research type and pre-experimental design for paired samples with a single group of 33 samples of beneficiaries, 27 samples of volunteers, 8 instructors of the micro workshops, 8 musical performers, and 3 Project managers. The data collection instrument consisted of a questionnaire for each key actor with its corresponding survey technique, which has been structured through an independent variable: Catholic religious music training program 2025, with its dimensions (Contents of the micro workshops, Pedagogical strategies, Organization and methodology of the program), Participation of internal actors (managers, instructors, Band), Involvement of external actors (volunteers, sponsors, backers); with its respective dependent variable Impact on university social responsibility through religious musical training, with its dimensions: Development of musical skills, Pedagogical relevance, Satisfaction of the participants, University social projection, Cultural and spiritual strengthening; through Likert scale questions that were validated by expert judgment. The study concludes that the intervention of the Catholic religious music training program 2025 significantly influences the development of musical skills, pedagogical relevance, participant satisfaction, its contribution to university social outreach, and the cultural and spiritual strengthening of the Catholic community.