Social research on the arts is a wonderful experience. Speech on the celebration of 10 years “Lifelong Learning in Music”.Social research is usually focused on social problems and difficulties, looking how societal dilemmas could be solved. However, turning our view to the arts and particularly to music, …

A shared heart. In this contribution the research project spanning 5 years is discussed and the bringing of this practice to The Netherlands is explained. The results of the Music and Dementia project were presented during the symposium called 'While the Music Lasts - a symposium on Music and Dementia' …

Warum die Arbeit mit dementen Menschen so wichtig ist für Musiker.Presentation on International symposium ‘Dementia and Music', Vechta University, Vechta DE, 21/9/2013.

Deze paper geeft een overzicht van het onderzoek dat verricht is door het lectoraat LLM naar muziek en dementie. De methodologie van de etnografie wordt toegelicht, het principe van de analyse via grounded theory en de thick descriptions die vervolgens zijn gemaakt eveneens. Er wordt ingegaan op wat …

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 …

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 …