Online meeting: Moet muziek leuk zijn?

Four years ago, as part of the European Day of Music in Schools, together with LUCA School of Arts and the Dutch music teacher association VLS voor muziekdocenten we started a tradition of organizing an online get-together for music teachers and (music) teacher trainers in Belgium and the Netherlands.

After inspiring presentations from highly respected colleagues and researchers, it is now up to Bert Appermont and myself to give the participants of the meeting a head start on having wonderful conversations about what unites us: the best music education for our pupils and students!

This year’s theme is: “Should music lessons be fun?

Music education in Europe differs from country to country. While music education in Flanders and the Netherlands often is about enabling children to have “fun”, other countries show that we can make different choices.

Bert Appermont and I present videos of music education from Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Southern Europe and Great Britain. In break-out rooms we will discuss the question of what we could learn from this in the Netherlands and Flanders.

If you teach music in schools, please feel welcome to join the event (spoken in Dutch)
We look forward to seeing you there!