In 2000, all primary education teacher training institutions and all music conservatoires in The Netherlands signed a convenant for 12 years. In this convenant they agree to collaborate in improving music education in schools. The Day of the Music Educators’ Agreement is an annual celebration of the establishment of this convenant. During the day, students […]
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 […]
The fourth European Day of Music in Schools (EuDaMuS) will be held online on March 14, 2025. EuDaMuS is an initiative of the national coordinators for the European Association of Music in Schools (EAS) and European music teacher associations and is celebrated yearly at 15 March. Because March 15, 2025 is a Saturday, the online […]
Workshop for music teachers in Luxembourg on Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs) in music education. The workshop is part of the MuTechLab series, organized by the Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences of the University of Luxembourg.
This workshop is about formative assessment in teacher training in music. This workshop especially focuses on immediate, in-action feedback delivery and how this works when supported by interaction technology. The workshop is part of the study days of the Dutch network of teacher trainers in music.
Together with Johan Sterken, Vivian Knols and others, I am involved in a national working group—set up by Dutch conservatoires and teacher training colleges through the MuziekOpleidersAkkoord. We have been exploring how teachers and partners in education can approach this theme. Since 2020, the working group has initiated various activities to develop and share knowledge […]
For the Dutch foundation Méér Muziek in de Klas (More music in the classroom), I am involved in a project promoting Arts and Culture education in schools for tertiary vocational education: Art Camp MBO. After a piloting project last school year, we are now in our first official year of this project. We have already […]
The online symposium Geef Muziek De Vijf (“High-vife For Music”), organised by NHL Stenden Hogeschool, Stichting Kunst & Cultuur and Méér Muziek in de Klas, focuses on the theme of cross-curricular teaching. Alongside musical energisers and a panel discussion featuring Suzan Lutke, Allerd van den Bremen and Johan Sterken, the afternoon offers a range of […]
The 32nd annual conference of the European Association of Music in Schools (EAS) will be held at the University of Évora (Portugal). This conference is also the 10th European Regional Conference of the International Society of Music Education (ISME). I will mentoring one of the doctoral students in the poster session on Thursday and I […]
During the Nederlandse Dansdagen festival, I am involved in the creative workshop Dance-Educational Resources, which is part of Het Huis van het Dansonderwijs (house of dance education) — an event organised by the Méér Muziek in de Klas Foundation on behalf of the DansOpleiders Akkoord (Dance educators agreement) for primary school teachers, dance teachers, dance […]