Inleiding in Lifelong learning in music voor zangpedagogen in lessen met amateurs

PEVOC is een interdisciplinaire conferentie voor zangprofessionals om kennis uit te wisselen over de menselijke stem. PEVOC vindt om de twee jaar plaats in verschillende Europese steden.

Music is not only art. It is also biology. The unique characteristics of the brain which make it possible for us to sing a melody and to dance, give to music the unparalleled ability not only to stimulate body movement, but also to move us emotionally. Music is not only beautiful, it is who we are. …

presentation of the research and development towards a new practice Meaningful Music in Healthcare (MiMiC) as well as aspects of social impact in it for patients, musicians and healthcare professionals.

Current models of brain function indicate that sensory input is not only processed in two anatomically and functionally separate pathways, but that perception is the product of a predicting brain and not purely a representation of the input to which it has access. Sensory modalities are furthermore intertwined, …

Research Centre Arts & Society Review (Kenniscentrumbrede review) 13.6.2017. Oral presentation on MiMiC with Rineke Smilde.

Muzikale lezing tijdens het festival 'Terug naar het Begin' in de kerk van Holwierde.

A practice-based research is presented investigating a method of teaching CI-recipients to play the piano with the goal of improving their aural perception. The method is based on the concept of ideomotor learning i.e. the development of a neural association between music and the movement that produces …

Three topics are discussed: audiomotor transformations in music, the aural perception of music, and procedural learning and music syntax. Biologically, the ability to make music and enjoy it is based on the innate capacities for beat induction and relative pitch (recognition of melodic contour). The …