Veränderungen in Musikberufen. Es ist nicht neu, dass unsere Gesellschaft und ihrem kulturellen Umfeld sich rasch verändern; wir sind uns dessen bewusst, und es hat große Auswirkungen auf unsere Arbeit als professionellen Musikern. Heutige Musiker haben keine „lebenslangen Stellen“ mehr, sondern flexible …

Guest lecture in Master Kunsteducatie, Hanzehogeschool Groningen, Groningen (NL), 20-10-2014.

Conference report ´The Musician as Creative Entrepreneur´, Polifonia 3, The Hague (NL), 19-20/9/2014.

Spoken Column – Opening of the Academic Year 2014-15 of Prince Claus Conservatoire, Hanzehogeschool Groningen, September 1 2014.

Inklusive Musikpädagogik. Workshop given on Lifelong Learning and New Audiences at the Anton Bruckner Private University in Linz showcasing several projects of the research group Lifelong Learning in Music: Music& Dementia, the development of the Master NAIP, Opera on the Bus, the Cross Arts Laboratory, …

Building on burgeoning research in the field of arts and health, this article explores the role that learning musical instruments can play in enhancing wellbeing in older adulthood. Despite an increasing focus on the role of learning in supporting mental wellbeing, there is strikingly little research …

Musicking in Groningen. Presentation at the doctoral research project for the course Research skills for university lecturers, 01-07-2014.

Social research on the arts is a wonderful experience. Speech on the celebration of 10 years “Lifelong Learning in Music”.Social research is usually focused on social problems and difficulties, looking how societal dilemmas could be solved. However, turning our view to the arts and particularly to music, …

10 Years Lifelong Learning in Music. Today we will look back on the work in the LLM group during the past 10 years, and we will look to the future as well. Lifelong Learning for musicians is a never-ending theme, as there is always much change to respond to. And this is something which may become very …

Dit is een Engelstalige presentatie die gehouden is in verband met het iAge-InterReg-project voor internationale partners op het gebied van zo lang mogelijk zelfstandig kunnen blijven wonen. Deze presentatie is gebaseerd op praktijkgericht onderzoek uitgevoerd door studenten Vastgoed & makelaardij en …