2007-10-25
Joint Music Master for New Audiences and Innovative Practice
Between September 06 and September 09 a new innovative Music Masters programme will be developed by five higher education institutions in different European countries and two in the USA. This one-year programme is designed to meet contemporary demands of the international music practice and therefore combines studying at ones home institution with studying at a partner institution abroad. The Masters programme is initiated by the Lectorate Lifelong Learning in Music of the Prins Claus Conservatoire in Groningen, The Netherlands.
About the Joint Music Master
The music profession is rapidly changing and suggests more flexible career patterns and a need for transferable skills and lifelong learning strategies. Increasingly, musicians are being asked to collaborate with practitioners in other arts and societal crosssector settings (business, health care, educational projects, etc.). This reality holds challenges and implications for professional music training in higher education, already faced with important reforms initiated by the Bologna Declaration.
The first Joint European Master in the field of music, Music Master for New Audiences and Innovative Practice, combines the need to develop new approaches to music training with possibilities for cooperation at the European level offered by the Bologna Process. This programme will help students develop and lead creative projects in diverse artistic, community and cross-sectoral settings, thereby creating new audiences and developing their leadership skills in varied artistic and social contexts. A new and innovative curriculum will be developed with five higher music education institutions in Europe, two in the USA and seven external professional and educational organisations in four European countries. The programme will provide future professional musicians with the skills and knowledge to become artistically flexible practitioners able to adjust to new contexts within a wide range of situations of societal relevance.
The students can specialise in three areas: Ensembles, Collaborative Practice and Cross-Sector Settings. All subject areas are underpinned by improvisation, technology and leadership in different contexts. The master also includes an ongoing mentoring process. The pilot year of the Joint Masters programme will take place during the academic year of 08-09.
Development
Five higher music education institutions in Europe are involved in the development:
Prince Claus Conservatoire in Groningen (NL), coordinator
Royal Conservatoire in The Hague (NL)
Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London (UK)
Reykjavik Academy of the Arts, Department of Music (IS)
Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences, School of Music (FI)
The USA partners are:
Eastman School of Music, Rochester
Georgia State University, School of Music, Atlanta
Seven external professional and educational organisations participate in the project.
They will advice on the development of the master, and will be partners involved in
pilot projects within the implementation phase:
North Netherlands Orchestra (NL)
Music Centre of the Dutch Broadcast (NL)
Leiden University Graduate School of Creative and Performing Arts (NL)
Association Européenne des Conservatoires
Jyväskylä Sinfonia (FI)
Globetown Action Zone (UK)
Municipality of Isafjördur (IS)
Information: www.jointmusicmasters.org
The music profession is rapidly changing and suggests more flexible career patterns and a need for transferable skills and lifelong learning strategies. Increasingly, musicians are being asked to collaborate with practitioners in other arts and societal crosssector settings (business, health care, educational projects, etc.). This reality holds challenges and implications for professional music training in higher education, already faced with important reforms initiated by the Bologna Declaration.
The first Joint European Master in the field of music, Music Master for New Audiences and Innovative Practice, combines the need to develop new approaches to music training with possibilities for cooperation at the European level offered by the Bologna Process. This programme will help students develop and lead creative projects in diverse artistic, community and cross-sectoral settings, thereby creating new audiences and developing their leadership skills in varied artistic and social contexts. A new and innovative curriculum will be developed with five higher music education institutions in Europe, two in the USA and seven external professional and educational organisations in four European countries. The programme will provide future professional musicians with the skills and knowledge to become artistically flexible practitioners able to adjust to new contexts within a wide range of situations of societal relevance.
The students can specialise in three areas: Ensembles, Collaborative Practice and Cross-Sector Settings. All subject areas are underpinned by improvisation, technology and leadership in different contexts. The master also includes an ongoing mentoring process. The pilot year of the Joint Masters programme will take place during the academic year of 08-09.
Development
Five higher music education institutions in Europe are involved in the development:
Prince Claus Conservatoire in Groningen (NL), coordinator
Royal Conservatoire in The Hague (NL)
Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London (UK)
Reykjavik Academy of the Arts, Department of Music (IS)
Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences, School of Music (FI)
The USA partners are:
Eastman School of Music, Rochester
Georgia State University, School of Music, Atlanta
Seven external professional and educational organisations participate in the project.
They will advice on the development of the master, and will be partners involved in
pilot projects within the implementation phase:
North Netherlands Orchestra (NL)
Music Centre of the Dutch Broadcast (NL)
Leiden University Graduate School of Creative and Performing Arts (NL)
Association Européenne des Conservatoires
Jyväskylä Sinfonia (FI)
Globetown Action Zone (UK)
Municipality of Isafjördur (IS)
Information: www.jointmusicmasters.org
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