Warum die Arbeit mit dementen Menschen so wichtig ist für Musiker.Presentation on International symposium ‘Dementia and Music', Vechta University, Vechta DE, 21/9/2013.

Paper presented at international symposium ‘Dementia and Music. Research and Practice’. University of Vechta, Vechta, Germany, 21/9/2013. Paper argues that working with dementia for musicians and music students is important because it demands them to focus on the 'other' rather then on themselves and …

People’s stories lie at the heart of this paper – stories about how people with vision and creative energy use the arts to address some of the challenges arising from feelings of isolation and dislocation in society. People have to be given the opportunity to speak, to be listened to, so that their observations …

Presentation on the doctoral research project 'Musicking in Groningen' for the course 'Research Skills for University Lecturers' of Hanzehogeschool Groningen, 30/06/2015.

This paper will detail an ethnographic research that has been conducted into the practice of ‘Music for Life’, managed by Wigmore Hall in London. The aim is creating interactive music workshops for people with dementia and there carers as a group in residential care homes. Throughout one eight-week project …

Musicking in Groningen. Towards a grounded theory of uses and functions of music in a modern western society. Presentatie 12 februari 2013, Scholing Onderzoeksvaardigheden Docenten Hanzehogeschool Groningen. Lectoraat Lifelong Learning in Music.

Presentation on the research strand 'Healthy Ageing through Music and th Arts' of the research group 'Lifelong Learning in Music'. Presents the rationale behind the research strand as well as several individual projects.

Deze presentatie geeft een overzicht van het onderzoek dat wordt verricht in het lectoraat LLM. Vanuit praktijksituaties die plaatsvonden d.m.v. pilots met studenten wordt het onderzoek toegelicht en het concept van lifelong learning inzichtelijk gemaakt. Voorbeelden worden gegeven vanuit het cross arts …

New audiences and innovative practice. Presentation Joint Master Programme.