Dear colleagues and friends,
welcome to the AEC August Newsletter! I hope you have had a nice summer and can look forward to the new academic year with renewed energy and optimism. I also hope you will find some inspiring reading in this Newsletter, such as mdw's competition for new hybrid concert formats or the generous video material made available from the daily life and work at the Sibelius Academy.
If the Covid situation allows, the AEC Council will meet in Prague in early September. This will be our first physical meeting since the lockdown last year. The Pandemic has been a catalyst for increased digitisation in HME, both as a useful tool in learning and teaching and for reducing some of our extensive travel activity in higher music education. At the same time, the personal meetings and on-site music experiences will continue to be fundamental in our work.
Eirik Birkeland
AEC President
The third academic year marked by the pandemic will soon begin. The right time to advocate towards national and local political decision-makers for investing money from the European COVID recovery fund to strengthen the digital infrastructure at Music HEIs.
Have you (or your institution) benefited from the AEC-Strengthening Music in Society outcomes? Let us know how!
Join the online conference on the relation between education and the labour market in classical music on 1-2 October 2021.
mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna is looking for hybrid concert formats. Apply with your idea before 11 October 2021!
Sibelius Summer Academy published the video material of this year's courses.
This autumn join Daisylydia masterclasses - "Music’s answer to a sports coach".
The first Stakeholder Assembly on Power Relations in Higher Music Education is taking place next week (10-11 September). Fifty stakeholders will meet online to define what they understand as power relations. Read all the materials, get involved by filling in the questionnaire, and follow the latest news on the project webpage. Recordings of the plenary sessions will be available after the meeting!
Leadership news from AEC member institutions
» Astrid Kvalbein is the new rector of the Norwegian Academy of Music, Oslo.
This section provides updates regarding the senior management of AEC member institutions. You are welcome to share such information with us so that we can disseminate it amongst our readers.
AEC Events
The registrations for the AEC Annual Congress and General Assembly, taking place in a hybrid form and hosted by the Royal Conservatoire in Antwerp, Belgium on 4-6 November, are now open!
3-6 November 2021 | Royal Conservatoire Antwerp
Online registration for our two upcoming events are open:
16-19 September 2021 | Conservatorio Superior de Vigo
8 -10 October 2021 | Musikhochschule in Trossingen
News from the AEC project SMS
» AEC-SMS project is approaching its end and we are looking for testimonials
Have you (or your institution) benefitted from the AEC-Strengthening Music in Society outcomes? Let us know how!
