Brochure about the Meaningful Music in Health care (MiMiC) practice.

In this article I will address the changes and innovations in the music profession in Europe which are faced by our students and graduates, as well as new developments in their music careers. We will look into the question of what musicians’ changing needs are and will then show how conservatoires in …

The session explores current experiences of development and change within the performing arts – artistic, educational, personal and organisational perspectives – and considers how they may fit within an evolving framework for conservatoire practices. Finishing our Summer ResearchWorks Series - a showcase …

Presentatie over dissertatie 'Musicking in Groningen' voor de cursus onderzoeksvaardigheden docenten aan Hanzehogeschool Groningen, 12/1/2016.

Peter en ik hebben elkaar vooral leren kennen in het gezamenlijk werken aan een opzet voor onderzoeksmethodologie aan de kunstmasters “kunsteducatie” en “muziek”. Daarnaast hebben we een aantal van die masteronderzoeken samen begeleid. We hebben het veel gehad over de mogelijke inhoud van het methodologieonderwijs …

Grenzregionen sind nicht selten künstliche Gebilde. Das gilt in besonderem Maße für die Euroregion Neiße. Als Ergebnis des Zweiten Weltkriegs entsteht hier nicht nur ein durch drei staatliche Einflusssphären bestimmtes Gebietsdreieck, das gewachsene regionale Traditionen zerstört. Durch die Zwangsumsiedlung …

The main focus of this article is on performance anxiety and stage fright in musicians, seen through the lens of biographical research. In short, biographical research deals with research into learning, taking as point of departure that important learning always needs to be understood in relation to …

This chapter gives an overview on the Healthy Ageing research portfolio of the research group Lifelong Learning in Music (Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen, the Netherlands). Lifelong learning enables musicians to respond to the continuously changing context in which they are working nowadays, …

This essay addresses the relationship of improvisation and identity. Biographical research that was conducted by the author into professional musicians’ lifelong learning showed the huge importance of improvisation for personal expression. Musically, the concept of sound appeared to serve as a strong …