Dear friends and colleagues,
November is almost here, and with it one of the highlights of the AEC year: our Congress and General Assembly in Hamburg. Close to 500 colleagues will come together under the theme From Institution to Interaction, with a strong focus on how Higher Music Education can connect more closely with the profession and prepare students for the realities of artistic life. We are very much looking forward to meeting you there – and to opening the Congress together at the Elbphilharmonie.
This newsletter also brings plenty of good news and opportunities. We celebrate the UK’s return to Erasmus+ from 2027 – an important step for mobility and cooperation across Europe. We introduce the first meeting of AEC’s new Digital Transformation Stakeholder Network, bringing colleagues together around the opportunities and challenges of digital change in Higher Music Education.
And if you are looking ahead to 2027, don’t miss the open calls for contributions to PJP in Amsterdam, EPARM in Linz and the METRIC Symposium in The Hague. There is much to engage with, contribute to and look forward to.
See you in Hamburg!
Finn Schumacker
AEC Executive Director
Two important budget negotiations are currently demanding the attention of the cultural and education sectors, with significant cuts proposed for both Creative Europe in 2027 and the future AgoraEU programme. AEC calls on its members to speak up at national level.
How should AEC respond when war or political crises affect its members? Over the past year, the Council, the Office and members have been exploring this question together. Here is where the work stands.
Submissions are open for EPARM 2027, “Crossing Thresholds: Transitions and Transformation In and Through Artistic Research.” Artists and researchers can propose research presentations or performances on the thresholds that shape artistic research. The deadline is 15 November 2026.
Applications are open for the Artist as Teacher Seminars 2027, a programme for Higher Music Education teachers who want to develop their practice and exchange with colleagues across Europe.
The METRIC Network invites proposals for its first public Symposium on improvisation, 26–27 February 2027 in The Hague. Submit your proposal by 13 November!
A new open network for anyone interested in the digital transformation of Higher Music Education. Join the first online meeting on Monday 30 November 2026 at 16:30 CET.
AEC members are warmly invited to join GLOMUS Camp 2027, taking place at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, from 9–19 January 2027.
The UK returns to Erasmus+ in 2027, reopening mobility and cooperation opportunities across AEC.
On 8 and 9 October, the AEC ran two workshops for staff and students at Musikene – Centro Superior de Música del País Vasco. The first was on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and the second on power relations.
From 15–17 October, the Horizon Europe project dialoguing@rts (d@rts) of which AEC is a partner, gathered in Klagenfurt, Austria, for an International Conference & Artistic Reunion, hosted by the Gustav Mahler Private University of Music.
Organised by the HfM Karlsruhe and HMDK Stuttgart, with contributions from the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, the Barenboim-Said Akademie and ZKM Karlsruhe.
On 28-29 September, the AEC took part in the final event of the CreaSus project, sharing its experience of using the project’s tools and reflecting on its wider sustainability journey.
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