Professional development session (closed)
2026-02-07 09:00 - 13:30 (Europe/Amsterdam) | Scholen in de Kunst, Eemplein 75, Amersfoort, 3812 EA, Netherlands
During this closed session, muzketier delivers a professional development (PD) session on the state-of-the-art technologies that may be relevant for implementation in music education.
The music teachers of the music school will also explore ways to integrate the presented technologies into their own teaching practices.

Workshop - Music Education and Technology: Opportunities and Challenges
2026-03-06 13:00 - 22:00 | Akoesticum, Nieuwe Kazernelaan 2-D42, Frisopark 4, Ede, Gelderland, 6711 JC, Netherlands
Together with Bert van Uffelen (Hogeschool Rotterdam), I will deliver a workshop at the Music Education Conference 2026 of the Dutch music teacher association – the leading event for ambitious music teachers in education across the Netherlands and Flanders.
About the workshop:
Technology is playing an increasingly important role in music education. Digital literacy, arts and culture, and technology come together in the new attainment targets, while concepts from electronic music and digital production now have a permanent place in examination programmes.
In this interactive session, you will explore in a playful way what this means for your music lessons in primary and secondary education. Through concrete examples, you will experience how digital music technology and AI can contribute to creativity, composition and music-making in the classroom.
At the same time, there will be space for discussion: what opportunities and challenges do you see in enriching your music lessons with technology? You will leave with inspiration as well as ideas that you can directly apply in your own teaching practice.
Over de workshop (in Dutch):
Technologie speelt een steeds grotere rol in het muziekonderwijs. Digitale geletterdheid, kunst & cultuur en technologie komen samen in de nieuwe kerndoelen, terwijl begrippen uit de elektronische muziek en het digitaal produceren inmiddels een vaste plek hebben in examenprogramma’s. In deze interactieve sessie verken je op speelse wijze wat dit betekent voor jouw muzieklessen in het po en vo. Aan de hand van concrete voorbeelden ervaar je hoe digitale muziektechnologie en AI kunnen bijdragen aan creativiteit, componeren en musiceren in de klas. Tegelijk is er ruimte voor gesprek: welke kansen en uitdagingen zie jij voor het verrijken van jouw muzieklessen door technologie? Je gaat naar huis met inspiratie én met ideeën die je direct kunt vertalen naar je eigen lespraktijk.

33rd EAS Conference - Vienna
2026-04-08 08:00 - 2026-04-11 17:00 | University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (mdw), Anton-von-Webern-Platz 1, Vienna, 1030, Austria
The 33rd annual conference of the European Association of Music in Schools (EAS) will be held at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna (Austria).
As a board member, I will be involved in the National Coordinators meeting and the General Assembly.
Together with students of the bachelor Music in Education at the conservatory of ArtEZ University of the Arts in Enschede I will give a presentation and lead a workshop on Design Thinking in teacher training.
I am also pleased to be chairing paper sessions about interculturality and diversity in music education.
Above all, I will take the opportunity to connect with other conference attendees and seek opportunities for collaboration with other institutions and colleagues. So leave a message if you will also attend the conference and want to connect.
Hope to see you at the conference!

Workshop - Design thinking in music teacher training: Connecting democracy, music and digital literacy
2026-04-10 10:30 - 12:00 | University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (mdw), Anton-von-Webern-Platz 1, Vienna, 1030, Austria
Friday 10 April, 10:30am-12:00pm CET, in room: 06-Hörsaal K0101 (AW)
Together with third year students of the bachelor Music in Education at the conservatory of ArtEZ University of the Arts in Enschede, I will deliver a workshop at the EAS conference in Vienna.
Abstract of the workshop:
Recently, two new subject areas —Digital Literacy and Citizenship Education (SLO, 2025)—have been introduced in the Netherlands to define what pupils are expected to achieve in these subjects during primary education and the first years of secondary education. This development prompted last semester’s innovation assignment for third-year students (pre-service music teachers at a Dutch conservatoire) in the music education laboratory course called moLab (Author, 2021).
The course aims to help students innovate music education through the iterative development and implementation of technology, while also practicing research skills and learning how to design technology as domain experts in music education. Last semester’s innovation assignment explored how democracy—as a key theme within citizenship education—can be taught through technology by integrating these new subject areas with music education.
In this workshop, participants will engage in the same innovation assignment while experiencing the key elements of the moLab course. Following a short introduction to the course and the assignment, participants work in groups through six stages of design thinking: empathise, define, ideate, prototype, test (Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford, 2018) and implement. Each group will be joined by one or more moLab students.
In four short rounds (10 minutes each), the groups will: 1) briefly research the theme of democracy; 2) decide on the main design criteria; 3) generate ideas for possible technology designs that fit the criteria; and 4) the moLab students will then present their own prototypes. Participants will subsequently be invited to test these prototypes, which will be accompanied by posters to illustrate the implementation stage of the moLab course. We conclude with a plenary discussion in which participants reflect on their experience and leave with practical ideas for connecting democratic and digital literacy goals to music education in their own teacher training programmes.

Practice paper (spoken) - Designing technology in teacher training: Connecting democracy, music and digital literacy
2026-04-11 11:15 - 11:45 | University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (mdw), Anton-von-Webern-Platz 1, Vienna, 1030, Austria
Saturday 11 April, 11:15am-11:45am CET, in room: 04-Konzertsaal FutureArtLab (AW)
Together with third year students of the bachelor Music in Education at the conservatory of ArtEZ University of the Arts in Enschede, I will deliver a workshop at the EAS conference in Vienna.
Abstract of the workshop:
“How to teach about democracy through technology that connects learning objectives from three subject areas: music, digital literacy, and citizenship education?” This was last semester’s innovation assignment for third-year students (pre-service music teachers at a conservatoire in the Netherlands) in the music education laboratory course called moLab(Author, 2021). This practice paper presents the context, process and outcomes of this assignment.
Education in the Netherlands is guided by national Core objectives—set by the government for different subject areas—that describe what pupils are expected to achieve during primary education and the lower grades of secondary school (SLO, 2025a). These objectives are now in the final stages of a national curriculum reform. In addition, learning objectives for two new subject areas—Digital Literacy and Citizenship Education (SLO, 2025b)—have recently been introduced to be integrated across the curriculum, with democracy as a key theme within citizenship education.
The moLab course aims to help students innovate music education through the iterative development and implementation of technology, while also practicing research skills and learning how to design technology as domain experts in music education.
To integrate the new Core objectives with music education, four groups of moLab students worked systematically on the assignment introduced above (two hours per week for 14 weeks), following six stages of design thinking: empathise, define, ideate, prototype, test (Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford, 2018) and implement. This resulted in four different approaches: a technology-enhanced music board game; a technology-enriched escape-room activity (based on the historical Silk Roads) to teach about diversity and inclusion, and two different apps to musically teach how elections may be influenced by (social) media.
Finally, we reflect on these results. Participants leave with practical suggestions for using design thinking to link democratic and digital literacy goals to music education in their own teacher training programmes.

Professional development session (closed)
2026-04-23 09:30 - 13:00 | Muziekschool Waterland, Purmersteenweg 17-19, Purmerend, 1441 DK, Netherlands
During this closed session, muzketier delivers a professional development (PD) session on opportunities and challenges of modern technology in instrumental music teaching in primary music education.
The music teachers of the music school will also explore ways to integrate the presented technologies into their own teaching practices.

Presentation and feedback session PLC Music education & Technology
2026-06-03 12:30 - 18:00 | Muziekgebouw – SoundLAB, Piet Heinkade 1, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, 1019BR, Netherlands
During this session, the members of the Professional Learning Community (PLC) Music education and Technology will share the outcomes of their explorations since February. Together with the participants they will then consider how these can be built upon and they will explore how training programmes and the education sector can be practically supported in integrating technology and digital literacy into music education.
Prior to the session, the participants may take part in a workshop where they will be introduced to the inspiring and sometimes unusual musical instruments of SoundLab.
Program:
12.30: Arrival of participants for the optional workshop by SoundLab13.00: Workshop by SoundLab (optional, advance registration required)14.00: Arrival of the other participants for the feedback session14.30: Start of the feedback session:

Sharing outcomes from the PLG
Gathering responses and ideas
Exploring regional needs and next steps
Looking ahead to the 2026–2027 academic year

17.00: Drinks18.00: Close
Participation is free (workshop included).
Note: The presentation and feedback session will be spoken in Dutch.

Workshop at Online Music Symposium Action - Reaction (in Dutch)
2026-06-10 14:45 - 17:15 | online
Together with Bert van Uffelen, I will deliver two online workshops about practical implementations of modern (digital) technology into music performance in primary music classes.
We will practice six music activities with the participating teachers and students. The activities will be based on or enriched through widely available technologies and apps and are designed in such a way that, after the workshop, the participants feel confident enough to do the activities themselves with their pupils.
Every participant will also get a present they can use immediately in their classroom. How nice is that?! 🙂
The online music symposium is an initiative of NHL Stenden, Méér Muziek in de Klas, Netwerk Muziekdocenten Pabo, Muziekakkoord Drenthe, and K&C.
NOTE: The symposium and workshop will be spoken in Dutch.

moLab Poster and Demo session at ArtEZ Enschede
2026-06-16 16:00 - 17:00 | ArtEZ Conservatory Enschede, Van Essengaarde 10, Enschede, Netherlands
In this session, third-year students of the bachelor Music in Education of the conservatory of ArtEZ University of the Arts in Enschede present their results of the moLab course to their peers, teachers, clients and those interested from the music education field.
The moLab course —short for music education laboratory— challenges students (pre-service music teachers) to innovate music education through developing technology for music teaching and meaningful education based on a technology or in a setting with technology.
In this session, the students present posters showing the process and outcomes of the real-world assignments from clients. They also demonstrate the deliverables they have developed during the course.
If you want to join this session for free, please let me know.
