Professional musicians and music educators are faced with a lot of change in the profession, which in the end reflects change in society. This creates a huge challenge for institutions training future music performers and educators. In the Netherlands the research group Lifelong Learning in Music (from …

Samen voetballen is een van de mogelijkheden om incidenten te voorkomen en de verhoudingen tussen groepen te verbeteren. Voetbal leidt echter niet automatisch tot verbeteringen. Escalaties op het veld, ouders langs de lijn die hun kinderen wat al te luidruchtig aanmoedigen en "autochtone" en "allochtone" …

The present study examined differences in visual search and locomotor behavior among a group of skilled 10–12 year-old football players. The participants watched video clips of a 4-to-4 position game, presented on a large screen. The participants were asked to take part in the game by choosing the best …

But coming back to my first observation, it is a great book and a very important message to policymakers and social workers for its ideas about participation, the social model, the lead professional and the emphasis on the user’s perspective

The point of this article is to explore the rationales for action of frontline social professionals who are dealing with marginal young people: What is actually done about marginality, beyond policy intentions and social practice? This question is addressed on the basis of a literature review into youth …

The main purpose of the report was to find a solution to the problem of launching Fun Factory, a new event management company targeting individuals, into the Dutch market. The findings of the internal as well as external research has shown that Fun Factory, with its wide range of workshops, arrangements …

Innovation seems to be the most important element of activities of companies to stay vital in a very competitive international market. Innovation is the process of developing products or services in an organisation for a market. Especially small and medium-sized companies, for which it is difficult to …

This is an article about the integration of instrumental teaching, aural skills and keyboard skills and music theory at the pre-tertiary level. Team teaching and discipline crossover offer a possible solution to students’ inability to apply skills taught by specialists in separate fields. A personal …

Volgens Rein Ferwerda kunnen muziektheorievakken niet los van elkaar gezien worden. Het liefst zou hij het gesegmenteerde theorieonderwijs zien verdwijnen, zodat de onderlinge verbondenheid van de vakken weer duidelijk wordt. Ferwerda: ‘Alles in één: het gaat om het muzikale inzicht. We moeten voorkomen …

In this interview David Berkman talks about many subjects, among them improvisation, and why classical musicians should improvise more. David Berkman: ‘I would say most Jazz musicians have a certain level of theoretical understanding of what they’re doing, and it’s probably higher than that of the average …