Keynote lezing op uitnodiging op 10th International Conference for Research in Music Education RIME , Bath (UK), 24-27/472017

Expositie van beelden en video's over het project Ik zie, ik zie wat jij niet ziet, portretteren van mensen met dementie, in het gebouw van de Academie voor Verpleegkunde

International Conference Teylers Museum, Haarlem, 20 - 22 April 2017Museums and (the Loss of) the Encyclopedic Ideal, 1785-2016

Presentatie op uitnodiging in project van Prins Claus Conservatorium/Zernike College Haren o.l.v. Hannah Conway rond Mozart’s Requiem, Groningen (NL).

Een tentoonstelling die zich in een reeks performances, lezingen en openbare bijeenkomsten door de tijd heen ontwikkelt. Het vraagt hoe leren over, met en door middel van kunst een collectieve praktijk kan worden waarin alternatieve realiteiten voor de hedendaagse, in crises verkerende wereld worden …

The concept of Lifelong Learning refers to all purposeful learning throughout life, transforming experience into knowledge and skills, attitudes, values, emotions, beliefs, and the senses. Lifelong learning is cognitive, but also emotional and practical. It embraces formal, but also non-formal and informal …

Individuals take possession of their lives by connecting who they are to what they do. The Protean musician is one who not only performs but pursues a lifelong series of identity changes based on continuous learning. Musicians focus on learning how to learn, on adaptability, and on developing knowledge …

Classical musicians dream of an international performance career, a ‘Musotopia’ , in which they are able to make a living only by playing concerts. Reality tells us that 77% of performers earn over half of their income from teaching, and that 90% have a secondary occupation. Is there still work for performers? …

Designing an innovative performance based on alternatives to the ‘Classical Code’ enables one to reach out to a new audience. Steps towards a viable design are: motivation, social relevance, characteristics of the audience, identification of elements of the 'classical code' that need to be modified, …

Performance opportunities for classical musicians seem to be declining. Nevertheless, the growth of creative industries is larger than that of the economy. Current emphasis is more on touring, Internet, and non-live performance. Financial viability depends on advertising, social media, merchandising, …