Seeing improvisation as something that really needs its place in conservatoire training and education may be more or less ‘new’. However improvisation itself is of course not at all new and has existed since as long as we can remember. I would like to talk to you about what improvisation means for musicians, …

Presentation 03-04-2014.

Guest lecture in entrepreneurship course of bachelor of Music, Prince Claus Conservatoire, Groningen.

This essay is published for the occasion of the inauguration of Evert Bisschop Boele on June 25, 2014 as professor ‘New Audiences’ of the research group Lifelong Learning in Music, Centre of Applied Research and Innovation Art & Society/Prince Claus Conservatoire, Hanze University of Applied Sciences …

This book has been written for musicians who want to engage with audiences beyond the concert hall and other traditional venues. The study is equally worthwhile for conservatoires and music academies aiming to change the increasingly unrealistic goal of training young musicians solely for the stage. …

Today community engagement through music is becoming more and more widespread in many countries and this creates important new professional opportunities and challenges for musicians. Often this type of work is part of a portfolio career, combined with for instance a part time job in an orchestra or …

Een overzicht van de veranderende beroepspraktijk van de musicus van vandaag en de kenmerken van de portfolio loopbaan. Verder inzicht in het concept van lifelong learning en hoe dit een rol kan spelen in de hedendaagse beroepspraktijk van de musicus. Voorbeelden van onderzoek naar diverse aspecten van …

Een overzicht van de veranderende beroepspraktijk van de musicus van vandaag en de kenmerken van de portfolio loopbaan. Verder inzicht in het concept van lifelong learning en hoe dit een rol kan spelen in de hedendaagse beroepspraktijk van de musicus. Voorbeelden van onderzoek naar diverse aspecten van …

The capacity to make music and understand it is an evolutionary development not shared by animals. Learning to play an instrument has been shown to involve the development of larger brain volume. A strong correlation has been found between high musical activity and preservation of non-verbal memory, …

The third industrial revolution is often thought to be caused by the emergence of three-dimensional (3D) printing technology. There is an evolving digital ecosystem that in several ways parallels the early development of digital music formats for the consumer market. At the same time there are social …