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

The aim of this study is to better understand the individual construction of the experience of liveness at pop music concerts and to add knowledge to the field of measuring audience experience in performing arts. The study is based on a mixed-methods methodology, designed to overcome the common difficulties …

Boekbespreking van het proefschrift van Rick Everts, waarin zijn promotieonderzoek staat beschreven naar de carrières van beginnende popmuzikanten, de rol van popmuziekonderwijs en de carrières van muzikanten in de livemuzieksector.

Openingscollege van de master Talentontwikkeling & Diversiteit, Hanzehogeschool Groningen, 1-9-2023.

Inleiding: De sociale afstandbeperkingen als gevolg van de COVID-19 pandemie hebben de leeromgeving van studenten veranderd en hun sociale interacties beperkt. Daarom was het doel van deze studie om de invloed van de sociale afstandsbeperkingen op de sociale netwerken, het welzijn en de academische prestaties …

Music can have a positive effect on the quality of life of people with dementia (PwD). Unfortunately, PwD have limited access to music due to difficulties in product use and loss of initiative. Most studies on designing for PwD focus on improving the interaction design and do not consider the loss of …

Live music is of great value in the lives of many. Even in today’s age of unlimited access to digital music, the appetite for live performance is only increasing. In fact, the years preceding the pandemic in 2020 can be regarded as the best for live pop music in terms of the number of gigs, audience …