In het project Curious Ears is onderzocht hoe studenten op het conservatorium geleerd kan worden om meer ruimte te bieden in de muzieklessen die zij geven. Vijf conservatoriumstudenten, actief op verschillende instrumenten en binnen verschillende genres, hebben hiervoor een keuzemodule gevolgd die gericht …

This is the book made for the project Aperture/Overture #5: The Tribute. A collaboration of stu dents from Minerva Academy of Arts and Prins Claus Conservatorium. The exhibition of this project started on January 29, 2026, in the building of Prins Claus Conservatorium in Groningen From September 2025 …

Auditions form the gold standard for hiring practices in symphonic orchestras around the world. Nevertheless, research examining how auditions are evaluated by panel members remains sparse. The purpose of this brief research note is to present findings from a pilot project examining the feedback content …

This article presents and discusses an extracurricular, co-constructed programme: “The Catalyst Club” as a form of Artistic Educational Commoning (AEC). Having been developed as part of a PhD research at Minerva Art Academy (Groningen, The Netherlands), The Catalyst Club (TCC) explored new perspectives …

In 2011, a loose group of “grumpy futurists” wrote up an extensive list of “Alternatives to the Singularity” in a collaborative Google Document. “The Singularity”, in popular culture and para-religious belief, refers to the point where machine intelligence leaves humans behind. Against the techno-utopian …

Guest lecture for Atlas City Groningen project of Minerva Art Academy/University College Groningen.

Twenty sixteen year old fourth-graders of the School for Young Talent (School voor Jong Talent) in The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Design, Music and Dance (Hogeschool van Beeldende Kunsten, Muziek en Dans) participated in a pilot project that combined music, dance and visual arts in a creative process. …