Presentatie en discussie in cursus Cultuureducatie voor Schoolleiders, K&C, 2022-2023.

Guest Lecture at PBR seminar Master of Music

'Waar zullen we heen? Musici als verbinders'

Discussie vanuit het lectoraat met muziekscholen/kunstencentra uit de provincie Groningen.

How many people would never experience live music in their entire lives? How many would never be touched by being connected to a performing artist? Or, to cite the British sociomusicologist Simon Frith, “who [would say] they loved particular performers but had no desire to see them live?”. Obviously, …

Co-curating Shifting Boundaries and facilitating panel on 'In Harmony? How the co-creative wave inspires musical collectives'

The concept of human-computer integration (HInt) is entering a new evolutionary phase, that leads to a paradigm shift from interaction to the integration of computing devices with the human body (Farooq & Grudin, 2017). This embodied integration, where a computer tightly integrates with the human body …

Gastcollege over idiocultureel muziekonderwijs voor studenten Docent Muziek in het kader van het project 'Muziek in de ISK'

Creative arts engagement has been shown to be related to maintaining wellbeing in older adulthood (Tymoszuk et al., 2019). For people living with dementia, music can be engaging and rewarding (Baird & Thompson, 2018), and is often presented as a therapeutic activity. It is theorised that music’s capacity …

Opening speech voor de opening van het academisch jaar van Prins Claus Conservatorium, Hanzehogeschool Groningen, NL