Dear colleagues, As we step into a busy and inspiring season for the AEC community, in this newsletter we are delighted to share a range of exciting developments and opportunities that reflect our shared mission to shape the future of higher music education in Europe and beyond. Best wishes, Deborah Kelleher, AEC President The AEC is pleased to share positive progress on securing future funding for European cultural and educational support, alongside growing recognition of the arts and humanities in shaping Europe’s educational future. The AEC is seeking representatives from its member institutions to submit applications for the AEC Pop and Jazz Platform Working Group (PJP WG) and/or the AEC European Platform for Artistic Research in Music (EPARM) WG. All AEC members owning an Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE) are invited to fill out this survey about the state of the art for our sector regarding EWP, EASY MO and the digitisation of Erasmus+ by June 6. The 25th Edition of the AEC Annual Meeting for International Relations Coordinators (IRC) will take place at the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, Hungary, on 17-20 September 2025. You have until 22 August to register! Designing Voices for Our Lives brought together 46 students from over 15 countries for two inspiring weeks of music, cultural exchange, and connection in Japan, performing in Kobe, Matsumoto and at the Austrian Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka. On 3 July 2025, a public event will be held in Chemnitz, Germany, featuring a Digital Playground Workshop and a Panel Discussion on the theme “Does Arts Education Make the World a Better Place?”. We are pleased to announce that the AEC will take on a leading role in the international dissemination and communication of the results of the Music4D project, funded through Italy’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR). The Creative Europe co-funded project Opera Out of Opera 2 (OOO2) is approaching its end. Project partners from Rome, Salzburg, Oslo, Porto, Kiev and Paris joined the final project meeting hosted by the AEC in Brussels on 7th May. We are happy to welcome six new member institutions to the AEC Community from Italy, Lebanon, Ukraine, USA and China. The Panel will work with AEC Working Groups to tackle structural imbalances in gender, ethnicity, socio-economic background, and related areas. AEC Events 17-20 September 2025 Annual Meeting for International Relations Coordinators 2025 5-8 November 2025 AEC Congress and General Assembly 2025 Call for AEC Events 2027 The AEC is looking for active member institutions willing to host AEC events in 2027. The deadline to apply to host AEC events in 2027 is 1st July 2025 AEC Vacancy Platform |