Dear Friends and Colleagues,
Welcome to the October Newsletter from AEC, which is as usual filled with information and updates relevant to the membership. We look forward to our annual Congress hosted by the Royal Conservatoire, The Hague next month. It is an important moment for our community to meet and renew (or begin) friendships and network. At this turbulent geo-political time, I know that such bonds are ever more valuable and necessary.
I also note that the Power Relations in Higher Music Education (PRIhME) project has concluded. Its Stakeholder Assembly recommendations can be found on the AEC website alongside useful toolkits and guides, and I would invite all AEC Members to read them.
Deborah Kelleher, AEC President
This month we get to hear from Bernard Lanskey, Director - Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University (AEC Associate Member) talking about AEC’s journey through the years towards becoming a more inclusive and globally aware organisation.
This month we look at the recent developments concerning the 2024 EU budget and in particular Creative Europe’s budget. To explore what successful advocacy is and how to develop, prepare and implement successful advocacy actions, AEC will hold a workshop for its members in the frame of its upcoming Annual Congress.
On 2nd October, members of the AEC Diversity, Inclusion and Gender Equality (DIGE) Working Group delivered a workshop on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion issues at the Conservatorio di Musica Alessandro Scarlatti in Palermo, gathering 40 participants from 6 HME institutions in Sicily.
Apply now to have your proposals showcased at the 11th edition of the European Platform for Artistic Research in Music (EPARM) taking place on 21 – 23 March 2024 at the Academy of Music of the University of Ljubljana.
On 21st September, the IncluMusic partners delivered a workshop titled ‘IncluMusic: a roadmap towards a more inclusive Higher Music Education’, in the frame of the AEC Annual Meeting for International Relations Coordinators 2023 in Leuven.
From 16 to 20 October 2023, the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Vigo hosted the fourth intensive week of the TUNE (Traditional Music Undergraduate Network in Europe) project, gathering over 60 traditional music students, teachers and administrative staff from the partner institutions.
The sixth edition of the METRIC Intensive Programme (IP) will be hosted by the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp in Antwerp, Belgium, from February 20 to 25, 2024.
The multiplier event of the Erasmus+ project MUSense took place in Corfu, Greece, and online on 6-7 October 2023 welcoming around 100 participants.
Over the past two months, MusiQuE held its autumn Board meeting and the first session of its Peer Reviewers Training, and h contributed to international events in Bangkok, Sofia and Dublin.
AEC’s Chief Executive Stefan Gies participated in a webinar organised by the European Music Council gathering high-level experts from the field of music education and music practices.
AEC Events
9-11 November 2023
The Hague (The Netherlands)
AEC - Empowering Artists as Makers in Society
#insideARTEMIS | Work Package 4: This month we have an in-depth look at the work of the AEC Advocacy Task Force.
