This is an article about the integration of instrumental teaching, aural skills and keyboard skills and music theory at the pre-tertiary level. Team teaching and discipline crossover offer a possible solution to students’ inability to apply skills taught by specialists in separate fields. A personal …

Volgens Rein Ferwerda kunnen muziektheorievakken niet los van elkaar gezien worden. Het liefst zou hij het gesegmenteerde theorieonderwijs zien verdwijnen, zodat de onderlinge verbondenheid van de vakken weer duidelijk wordt. Ferwerda: ‘Alles in één: het gaat om het muzikale inzicht. We moeten voorkomen …

In this interview David Berkman talks about many subjects, among them improvisation, and why classical musicians should improvise more. David Berkman: ‘I would say most Jazz musicians have a certain level of theoretical understanding of what they’re doing, and it’s probably higher than that of the average …

Various learning contexts (conservatoire, workplace and self initiated learning) which are relevant for the training of professional musicians as lifelong learners are explored.

This article intends to focus on those critical issues arising from the Connect case study (Renshaw, 2005) that have wider applicability in contemporary professional practice in terms of lifelong learning. Special attention will be given to the following areas: • formal, non-formal and informal learning; …