46th AEC Annual Congress and General Assembly
7-9 November 2019
Conservatorio di Musica "G. Verdi", Turin
"Re-imagining Success?"
AEC - Strengthening Music in Society
Around the same time as this year's AEC Congress takes place, the AEC’s highly successful Creative Europe project “SMS – Strengthening Music in Society” enters its third year of operation. One might wonder how success is measured, and whether it is appropriate to speak about success for a project which has not yet reached its halfway point. It is easy to claim to be “successful„, but the criteria used to measure this success should be defined. However, one thing seems certain: the SMS Project is capturing the spirit of our time. The issues that it raises address the key questions that will determine the future of the Higher Music Education sector.
It is still too early to foresee to what extent the results of the project will contribute to the sustainable strengthening of the social significance of art and culture in general, as well as music and music education specifically. However, the Turin Congress has set itself the task to provide food for thought and to reveal new approaches to accomplish these goals. To do so, it is crucial to turn to prior successful work, but also to rethink and re-imagine familiar routines and to explore new pathways.
The thematic spectrum of the 46th Congress is, as usual, very broad. The two main themes, ‘Entrepreneurship’ and ‘Digitisation’ seem a straightforward response to the burning issues that arise from the change in the job market and therefore affect the music profession. In November 2017, for the first time in its history, the European Commission referred to culture and cultural education as 'key to the future - both for the individual as well as for our Union as a whole'. Triggered by this clear political commitment, the idea of the identity-building effect of art and music is experiencing a somehow unexpected revival.
The arts do not exist in isolation, but they are part of society. They can, in the best case, positively influence society and give an important contribution to its evolution. On the other hand, the arts depend on a social climate of appreciation which recognizes and values all of their aspects: as art production, as the subject of aesthetic education and as the object of self-developed participation in culture as part of one’s human rights.
In order for art and culture to become the glue that holds societies together, greater emphasis must be placed on issues such as access to music and music education for everyone. That is why this year's AEC Congress will address variety of topics such as audience development and early childhood music education. Furthermore, special attention will be devoted to the concept of “diversity” and the need to face an ever-changing and increasingly pluralistic understanding of culture. In line with a well-established tradition, the Congress will also resume the debate on topics that have been on the agenda in previous editions. A central role will be played by the discussion on “power relations”, which determine the inner structure of Higher Music Education Institutions: how to deal with this issue for the benefit of all? And how to overcome an outdated understanding of power relations? These questions will run like a red thread throughout the Congress programme.
In addition, the 2019 Congress will also provide the opportunity to meet colleagues from other countries and to exchange views in front of a couple of glasses of good Piedmontese wine.
We are looking forward to welcoming you in Turin, to jointly explore new approaches and to search for an up-to-date definition of the Higher Education Institutions' role in society.
46th AEC ANNUAL CONGRESS and GENERAL ASSEMBLY
7-9 November 2019
Conservatorio di Musica“G. Verdi„ Torino, Italy
“Re-imagining Success?”
AEC - Strengthening Music in Society
Please note that this year there will be no simultaneous translations at the Congress. All sessions will be delivered in English language, but all Congress documents and information will be translated in written form in French, German and Italian
"Strengthening the Society in Your Institution" , with Caroline Sundberg, European Students’ Union former Vice-President, and Clara Barbera, SMS working group on Diversity, Identity and Inclusiveness, in partnership with the AEC Student Working Group
13:00 - 15:00 AEC Council Meeting [for AEC Council members only – lunch served in the meeting room for AEC Council members]
Congress Programme
Thursday 7 November
13:45 Registration starts – Coffee and Refreshments available
14:15 - 15:00 Optional Guided Tour
15:15 – 16:15 Welcome to Newcomers with members of AEC Council and AEC Office Team and Welcome to Students – for students delegates with the AEC Students working group
16:30 – 17:15 Opening Event
Music Performance
Words of welcome by:
Marco Zuccarini, Director of the Conservatorio di Torino
Representative of the Italian AFAM Ministry
Greetings from Dan Dressen, President of the National Association of Schools of Music US (NASM)
Greetings from Jenny Ang, Executive Committee Member of the Southeast Asian Directors of Music Association (SEADOM) Ankna Arockiam, representative of the AEC Students working group Eirik Birkeland, President of the AEC
17:15 – 17:45 Plenary Session I - Keynote Speaker
Alfons Karabuda, Composer and President of IMC (International Music Council) and ECSA (European Composer and Songwriter Alliance)
17:50 – 19:00 Opening Brainstorming on topics proposed by participants
Introduction by Stefan Gies, AEC Chief Executive
Introducing the AEC Stakeholder Assembly on Power Relations: from systemic inequity to systemic change, presentation by David-Emil Wickström, chair of the SMS Diversity working group and Deborah Kelleher, AEC Vice-President
19:15 – 20:00 Concert
20:00 Welcome Dinner at Museo del Risorgimento
Friday 8 November
9:00 Networking with coffee available and continuation of registrations
9:15 - 10:15 Plenary Session II
Music Introduction
"Strengthening Music in Society: Priorities and Action"
Panel Discussion moderated by Helena Gaunt, Principal at Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, Chair of SMS Working Group 1 on Music in Society
Ilona Schmiel, Executive and Artistic Director at Tonhalle Zürich, Switzerland Luca Ripanti, RAI Symphony Orchestra Turin, Italy Camilla Overgaard, AEC Student Working Group representative and student at the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus/Aalborg, Denmark Julian Lloyd Webber, Principal of the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, United Kingdom Alfons Karabuda, Composer and President of IMC (International Music Council) and ECSA (European Composer and Songwriter Alliance)
10:25 - 11:25 Parallel Sessions I
Power relations: Issues of equity and positionality, presented by Deborah Kelleher, AEC Vice-President and students, facilitated by David Emil Wickström, chair of the SMS working group 2 on Identity, Diversity and Inclusiveness
Digitising Learning and Performing Through Low Latency Techology: the SWING Project and the work of the SMS Learning&Teaching and Digitisation working groups, presentations by Claudio Allocchio, GARR Network, Italy, Stefan Gies, AEC Chief Executive and Anna Maria Bordin, Conservatorio di Musica „“N. Paganini“ Genova, Italy, members of the SMS Working Group 5 on Learning and Teaching and André Stärk, Hochschule für Musik Detmold, Germany, member of the SMS Working Group 6 on Digitisation
Global Strand: Looking at the East-West connections: from the historical perspective to the current situation with Fairouz Nishanova, Aga Khan Music Initiative
20 years from the Bologna Declaration – a successful process? Preparing the Ministerial Conference 2020 in Rome. Round Table with Cristina Ghitulica,Bologna Follow Up Group, Eirik Birkeland, AEC President, Marco Zuccarini, Conservatorio G. Verdi, Turin, Italy, moderated by Lucia Di Cecca, AEC Council Member
11:25 - 12:05 Networking with Refreshments
12:10 - 13:10 Parallel Sessions II
Reaching out to Digital Natives Generations: presentations by the Creative Europe Projects „Opera Incanto“ and „Opera Out of Opera“, the “Make a New Opera„ Programme and the SMS Early Childhood working group with Michelangelo Galeati, Conservatorio Santa Ceclia, Rome, Italy, Raffaele Longo, Conservatorio di Musica „S. Giacomantonio“ di Cosenza, Italy, Anna Maria Koziomtzis, Royal College of Music, Stockholm, Sweden, Wilhelm Carlsson, University College of Opera, Stockholm, Till Skoruppa, SMS Early Childhood working group moderated by Luc Nijs, chair of the SMS Digitisation working group
Re-imagining Entrepreneurship: presentations by DEMUSIS and RENEW Projects, the Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Innovation Programme at Reina Sofia and the SMS Entrepreneurship Working Group, with Ivana Perković, University of the Arts in Belgrade, Serbia, Esther Viñuela, Escuela Superior de Mùsica Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain, Renee Jonker, Royal Conservatoire The Hague, The Netherlands and Payam Gul Susanni, Yasar University of Music, Izmir, Turkey, member of the SMS Entrepreneurship working group
Digital Tools to Enhance HMEI's collaborations and offer: examples from Amsterdam Conservatoire, Opera Vision and the University in Bergen with Edoardo Righini, Conservatorium van Amsterdam and Luke O'Shaughnessy, Opera Europa and Dagfinn Bach, University of Bergen, moderated by Matti Ruippo, member of SMS Digitisation working group
Successfully International in a Globalised World: discussion based on the Reflection Paper of the SMS Internationalization and Transnational Mobility working group with Christofer Fredriksson, University College of Opera, Uniarts Stockholm, chair of the SMS Internationalisation and Transnational Mobility working group moderated by Celia Duffy, RCS Glasgow, UK
13:10 - 14:40 Networking Lunch (Collegio San Giuseppe)
14:45 - 15:45 Parallel Sessions III
Discourses on Academisation: How classical music performance teachers are thinking and talking about their professional duty with Eva Georgii-Hemming, Elin Angelo, Christian Rolle, members of the DAPHME research project DAPHME, moderated by Jon Helge Sætre, NMH Oslo, chair of the SMS Learning&Teaching WG
E-Mobility: Successful Mobility and Recognition through Digital Credentials: the Groningen Declaration Network, the New Europass and the DiploME blockchain solution by Jelger de Boer, DUO, The Netherlands, NN EU Directorate General Employment and Luca Lantero, CIMEA (Italian Agency for Recognition), moderated by Lucia Di Cecca, AEC Council Member
Successful Artistic Research: best practices from EPARM presentations and performances by Saale Fischer , Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, Tallinn, Estonia and Marie-Charline Foccroulle, Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin, Ireland, moderated byStephen Broad, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow, chair of the EPARM
Health and Well-being as pre-condition for success: the Heathy Conservatoirepresentations byAaron Williamon, Royal College of Music, London, UK and and Cristina Frosini, Conservatorio di Musica “G. Verdi“ di Milano, Italy, moderated by Henrik Sveidhal, Rythmic Conservatory Copenhagen, Denkmark
15:50 - 16:50 Parallel Sessions IV
Conservatoires' Leadership Perspectives in the Digital Era: the MOOCs and developments from the INTERMUSIC Project with Roberto De Thierry, Conservatorio di Musica “G. Verdi“ Milan, Italy, Peter Dejans, Orpheus Institute Gent, Belgium, Uffe Savery, Royal Academy of Music, Copenhagen, Denmark, Cristina Frosini, Conservatorio “G.Verdi„di Milano, Italy, moderated by Sandrine Desmurs, CEFEDEM Lyon, France, member of SMS Digitisation working group
Consideration of Conditions Affecting Music Study and its Future: a session in cooperation with NASM, with Karen P. Moynahan, NASM Executive Director, and Dan Dressen, NASM President, moderated by Eirik Birkeland, AEC President
The music student as successful future agent of cultural management: a session in cooperation with ENCATC, the European Network of Cultural management and policy with Tania Johansson, ENCATC Board Member
Re-imagining the MusiQuE Standards for success: your input needed! moderated by MusiQuE - Music Quality Enhancement
16:50 - 17:25 Networking with Refreshments
17:30 - 18:40 Regional Meetings with Council Members
18:45 - 19:15 Wrap up of the day with Susanne Hollmann, European Commission
with music introduction
Free Evening
Saturday 9 November
9:00 Optional Guided Tour of the Conservatoire and continuation of the registrations
10:00 – 11:00 Discussion groups on the following 3 topics – groups organized by mixing AEC regional groups
1 - Autonomy: Teachers' Recruitment
2 - Joint Programmes and Shared Modules
3 - Policies and Measures to prevent and follow up misuse of power
11:00 – 11:30 Networking with Refreshments
11:30 – 13:00 Information Forum
Plenary presentations by AEC Member institutions and partners moderated by Deborah Kelleher, AEC Vice-President, followed by Q&A with the speakers in the form of “market place”
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 14:30 Registration for the AEC General Assembly
14:30 – 16:30 AEC General Assembly 2019
15:00 – 16:30 Students Wrap up Meeting - Unions Building
16:30 – 17:00 Networking with Refreshment
17:00– 17:30 Closing Session
19:00 – 20:00 Closing Concert
20:00 Closing Dinner
Please note that this year there will be no simultaneous translations at the Congress. All sessions will be delivered in English language, but all Congress documents and information will be translated in written form in French, German and Italian
Information fee payment AEC Annual Congress 2019
Early Bird Deadline: 7 October 2019
Participation fees can be paid in the following ways:
- Manual Payment by Bank Transfer before the event (preferable)
- Ideal, Credit Card, Paypal and Bancontact Systems Online
- Manual Payment (cash on the spot in Turin)
- Manual Payment (by Credit Card in Turin)
An invoice is sent directly to the participant email address by the system after the completion of the online registration procedure.
For more information and other requests please mail events@aec-music.eu
Category
If the registration AND payment is made before October 7th
If the registration AND payment is made after October 7th
Representative of AEC member institution
€300 (+ €100 if attending the MusiQuE pre-Congress workshop or + €30 if attending the workshop on student representation)
€400 (+ €100 if attending a MusiQuE pre-Congress workshop or + €30 if attending the workshop on student representation)
Representative of non-member institutions
€500
€600
Student from an AEC member institution
One student: FREE
Other students: €150
€210
The participation fee includes:
Conference documents
Participation to all plenary and parallel session
Participation to the networking moments
Possibility to display information brochures posters and materials about AEC members institutions
Coffee Breaks
Two organized Dinners (Thursday 7 and Saturday 9)
Two organized Lunches (Friday 8 and Saturday 9)
Concerts organized by the hosting institution
Assistance by the AEC Office Staff
The participation fee will not be reimbursed for cancellations notified after October 7th.
Bank details for payments
BNP Paribas Fortis
Account Holder AEC-Music
IBAN: BE47 0016 8894 2980
SWIFT/BIC Code: GEBABEBB
When making the transfer, please clearly quote:
· the code of the event (Congress 2019)
· the last name of the participant
· the name of your institution (if fitting)
Example: Congress2019, Smith, Gotham Conservatory
