New audiences and innovative practice. Presentation Joint Master Programme.

Joint master programme new audiences and innovative practice. Beschrijving van het programma, de internationale partners, doel en structuur van het programma en de resultaten voor de deelnemende instituten. Lezing gehouden in St Petersburg, Rusland.

Young musicians at the conservatoire: talent or attainment? The mastery of a music instrument comes after many hours of practice: on the average 10,000. It should therefore be no surprise that most great musicians started their studies at an early age. Moreover, the technical achievement of playing a …

In this fMRI study, it was hypothesized that mirror neurons in the premotor-parietal network would be activated while improvising performers listened to music. Such activations would suggest that perception is engaging the action repertoire of the improvising musician. Recognition and understanding of …

Our conception of the brain is influenced by metaphors like the computer which grant the brain an executive function. This notion ignores the fact that the brain evolved in the context of the natural environment and functions together with it. In addition, we are frequently less aware of the action-perception …

Minisymposium together with Prof. Dr. C. Stoeger (Musikhochschule Koeln) and Dr. B. Lion (University for Music and Performing Arts, Vienna).

Using fMRI, ten improvising musicians were contrasted with 10 non-musicians to explore brain activations while playing by ear. Subjects either imagined playing the music they were listening to, without moving their hands, or assessed the performance verbally without actually speaking. Half of the music …

Making music outside the concert venue: challenges and opportunities for artists. Presentation.

Presentatie

Over muziekonderwijs gesproken. De plek van binnenschools muziekonderwijs in narratieve interviews met hedendaagse muziekbeluisteraars.