ABOUT
Welcome to the website of the ‘Polifonia’ Innovative Conservatoire Seminars. The three seminar cycle, which runs from April 2009 to April 2010, is designed to bring together the expertise and experience of musicians who teach in higher music education institutions. The seminars provide opportunities to debate key issues, reflect on practice, engage with research, and develop innovative projects and collaborative research.
The seminars are part of the work of the ‘Polifonia’ Research Working Group, and are run by the European Association of Conservatoires (AEC).
After a selection procedure, a group of twenty-five participants from twelve institutions in ten European countries was chosen to participate in all three seminars.
The institutions represented are:
Cork School of Music, Ireland
Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya, Spain
Jazeps Vitols Latvian Academy of Music, Latvia
Estonian Academy of Music, Estonia
Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, Lithuania
Prince Claus Conservatorium, the Netherlands
Koninklijk Conservatorium, the Netherlands
Göteborg University- Academy of Music and Drama, Sweden
Guildhall School of Music & Drama, United Kingdom
Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, Finland
Oulu University of Applied Sciences, Finland
Norwegian Academy of Music, Norway
The seminars are lead by Helena Gaunt (Guildhall School of Music & Drama, UK) and Bart van Rosmalen (Royal Conservatoire, the Netherlands) and evaluated by Rineke Smilde (Prince Claus Conservatoire, the Netherlands) – all members of the ‘Polifonia’ Research Working Group.
Seminar 1: Academie musicale de Villecroze - Villecroze, France, 20 to 24 April 2009
Seminar 2: Kallio-Kuninkala - Jarvenpaa (Helsinki), Finland, 28 September to 1 October 2009
Seminar 3: Location to be announced, 19 to 22 April 2010
