A shared heart. In this contribution the research project spanning 5 years is discussed and the bringing of this practice to The Netherlands is explained. The results of the Music and Dementia project were presented during the symposium called 'While the Music Lasts - a symposium on Music and Dementia' …

Presentation 15-04-2014.

Learning by elderly people. A contextual and biographical view on how elderly people learn in music and its consequences for arts participation. Presentation April 8, 2014 – International conference Grundtvig ‘Art-Age!’, Utrecht

Improvising around the world.Presentation April 7, 2014 – International Project Week ‘Improvisation’ Dept. Music Education, Prince Claus Conservatoire, Hanze University Groningen.

Presentation 03-04-2014.

Guest lecture in entrepreneurship course of bachelor of Music, Prince Claus Conservatoire, Groningen.

Hidden careers: older artists and Lifelong Learning. "Before, Beside and After (Beyond) the Biographical Narrative" Annual Conference of the Life History and Biographical Research Network, Magdeburg, Germany, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität, from Thursday 6th to Sunday 9th March 2014.

What potential audience members do with music – and what music does for them. Presentation Sarajevo, 12-2-2014.

The challenges of physics teacher education are obvious: 1) physics teaching in schools is often uninspiring and ineffective, the many brilliant ideas for exciting physics are underused; 2) in many countries there is a shortage of qualified physics teachers, enrolments in physics teacher education are …