Musicians engaging with people with dementia. Presentation Greece.

In this fMRI study, it was hypothesized that mirror neurons in the premotor-parietal network would be activated while improvising performers listened to music. Such activations would suggest that perception is engaging the action repertoire of the improvising musician. Recognition and understanding of …

Minisymposium together with Prof. Dr. C. Stoeger (Musikhochschule Koeln) and Dr. B. Lion (University for Music and Performing Arts, Vienna).

Guest lecture ‘Entrepreneurship in Music’. Course ‘De Ondernemende Musicus’ (‘The Entrepreneurial Musician’) , Prince Claus Conservatoire, Hanzehogeschool Groningen, Groningen, 11/1/2012.

Using fMRI, ten improvising musicians were contrasted with 10 non-musicians to explore brain activations while playing by ear. Subjects either imagined playing the music they were listening to, without moving their hands, or assessed the performance verbally without actually speaking. Half of the music …

Professional musicians and music educators are faced with a lot of change in the profession, which in the end reflects change in society. This creates a huge challenge for institutions training future music performers and educators. In the Netherlands the research group Lifelong Learning in Music (from …

In order to meet the challenges of rapidly changing cultural life in the 21st century, professional musicians have to be lifelong learners, drawing on a wide range of knowledge and skills. To be successful in a variety of roles, they need a reflective and responsive attitude to change. This chapter addresses …

This paper will explore types of learning, which takes place when musicians work in situations where they have to connect to community contexts. It will first address musicians’ changing professional roles in the changing sociocultural landscape and the need for lifelong learning and emergence of life …