Conference Agenda

Promoting Inclusivity and Equal Participation through Instrumental and Vocal Tuition in General Schools? – A Symposium on the Establishment of an EAS Special Focus Group for Instrumental and Vocal Pedagogy in Schools

Chair(s): Heß, Carmen, Steinmetz, Lauren

Presentations of the Symposium

Crossing Boundaries: A New Qualification Track for Instrumental and Vocal Pedagogues in Schools

Göllner, Michael, McGregor, Judith, Steinmetz, Lauren

A Polyphony of Expectations: Instrumental, Vocal and Dance Teaching at the Interface between School and Music School

Ardila-Mantilla, Natalia, Ehnes, Hanna

Teaching at the Crossroads: How Music School Teachers Navigate Artistic Standards and Inclusive Mandates in Public School Settings

Heß, Carmen, Weuthen, Kerstin

Between School and Amateur Music: Reconstructing Cooperation in Classroom-based Wind Band Programs

Becker, Philipp, Bons, Verena

Here, There and Everywhere: 30 Years of Music Education Research – Advancing Democracy, Participation, and Diversity

Chair(s): Houmann, Anna

Presentations of the Symposium

Participation through KulturCrew – Practice-based Research in Swedish Music School

Di Lorenzo Tillborg, Adriana

Artistic Expression – Lost in Transfer?

Tullberg, Markus

Project-Based Learning in the Swedish Community Music School – A Democratic Approach to Music Education

Wikström, Hannes

Folk Music Pedagogy and the Swedish Kulturskola – Bridging Traditions and Practices

Midgren, Sven

Expanding Musical Horizons: Student Teachers’ Reflections on Experiencing Live Classical Music as a Pathway to Participation and Social Cohesion in Music Education

Nicolaou Telemachou, Nopi

„Concert Lab in school – reflecting musical culture, creating musical futures“

Cerachowitz, Claudia

Becoming Teaching Artists: Transforming Italian Music Majors Through Family Concerts

Zhou, Danqing; Cali, Claudia

Beyond Aesthetics: Performing Arts Educators’ Aims, Motivations, Challenges, and the Future of Democratic Music Education

Ehninger, Julia; Krupp, Valerie; Mortimer, Kristie

Music Education 4.0: The Emergence of a Holistic, Human-Centered, Post-Digital Pedagogical Model Advancing Democratic, Inclusive, and Diverse Music Education

Mygdanis, Yannis

Public Music Education and Democratic Practices in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia: Tradition, Accessibility, and Future Perspectives

Ploskić, Nermin; Bačlija Sušić, Blaženka; Martinović Bogojević, Jelena; Stanković, Aleksandra

Democracy in Music Education - A TEAM Workshop

Stade, Philip; Buchborn, Thade; Perakaki, Elissavet; Rotar Prance, Branka; Rumpeltes, Michael; Widdermann, Lena

‘(Un)finished Symphony?’ How can the new TEAM Learning Outcomes in Music Teacher Education advance participation, diversity and social cohesion in the music classroom?

Chair(s): De Baets, Thomas

Presenter(s): De Baets, Thomas, De Praitere, Ann-Sophie, Gall, Marina, Malmberg, Isolde, Beutel, Wolfgang, de Vugt, Adri

School music education in a democratic and diverse Europe: Findings from a Comparative Study across 31 European Countries

Chair(s): O'Connell, Lorraine

Presenter(s): O'Connell, Lorraine, Girdzijauskiene, Ruta, Stolle, Karla, Dimitrakoulakos, Demosthenes

Reclaiming the Singing Voice – Who Gets to Be Heard? Exploring Vocal Ideals, Participation, and Democratic practice in the Music Classroom

Tveita, Emma; Tanggaard, Ulla

Peer-Assisted Learning in Secondary School Music Classrooms: Extending Active Pedagogies Beyond Performance

Veniel-Martí, Francisco; Fernández-Barros, Andrea

Assessment in Music Education: Living Practices of Documentation and Belonging

Yanko, Matthew; Gouzouasis, Peter

Playing with Nature: Inclusive Pathways to Music-Making in Early Childhood

Papazachariou-Christoforou, Maria; Karasavva, Vaia

From Chaos to Connection: Building Social Cohesion Through Early Childhood Music Education

Domarkaitė, Martyna

Music & dance education and mass atrocities: A meta-narrative review

Knigge, Jens; Martin, Rose

Democracy under Pressure: Policy, Power, and Professional Agency in English Music Education 2010–2025.

Spruce, Gary

From Access to Agency: Digital Pathways to Democratic Music Education

Chair(s): Krebs, Matthias

Presentations of the Symposium

Deconstructing Democracy in Music Education: A Power-Theoretical Perspective on Participatory Concepts

Triantafyllaki, Angeliki, Krebs, Matthias, Ahner, Philipp, Mall, Peter

Hijacking music on online platforms as a challenge for democracy and music education

Godau, Marc, Gosmann, Phillip, Neuhausen, Timo

How do students use the cultural space of the Internet for informal music-related learning processes?

Lock, Gerhard Bruno Erich, Werner, Lisa, Höfer, Fritz, Bade, Fabian, Mall, Peter

Lived concerts as a Collaborative Training Model Between Educational and Cultural Communities

Chair(s): Arús, Eugènia, Polls, Eulàlia

Discussant(s): Lage, Carlos, Tamarit, R. Palmira

Presentations of the Symposium

The Performative Experience as a Pedagogical Tool in Music Education: A Study Based on the Service-Learning (SL) Methodology

Arús, Eugènia, Viñas, Fernanda, Polls, Eulàlia

Pau Casals as a Leitmotif in a Live Musical Journey: Cultivating a Passion for Music, Children’s Rights, and a Culture of Peace

Tamarit, R.Palmira

Self-Regulated Creative Processes: A Service-Learning Approach in Higher Education

Lage, Carlos, Campollo, Arantza, Cremades-Andreu, Roberto, Chatelain, Sabine

From stories to systems: music education as a participatory space for sustainability

Van Dooren, Lina; Stade, Philip; Girdzijauskaitė-Pociene, Jonė; Widdermann, Lena

Finding Common Ground: Strategies for teaching music to children with SEND – snapshots from England and Sweden

Johnston, Amy; Backman Bister, Anna

Cultivating Creative Agency: The CORE Model for Emergent Music Learning

Stijnen, Jo; Nijs, Luc; Van Petegem, Peter

Navigating in the Borderland between Autonomy Support, Control and Chaos: Exploring Teacher and Student Perspectives in Finnish Instrumental Music Lessons through Comics

Snellman, Antti

CHALLENGES IN CULTIVATING MUSICAL INSTRUMENT PUPILS' LEARNING PERSISTENCE - A QUALITATIVE STUDY

Kavcic Pucihar, Ana; Zadnik, Katarina; Zamrnik, Brina; Plamberger, Petja

The italian path of intercultural music education

Greggio, Gabriele; Maurizio, Disoteo; Mario, Piatti

Title: Collaborative Ethnomusicological Practice: Collecting and Analyzing Multi-Ethnic Music Traditions through Student-led Documentationce: Collecting and Analyzing Multi-Ethnic Music Traditions through Student-led Documentation

KRYEZIU BREZNICA, RREZE

Textbooks, Representation, and Voice: Fostering Diversity in Kosovo’s Music Education Materials

Luzha, Besa

Fragments of Voices: Poetic Inquiry as a Method for Collaborative Meaning Making

Wikström, Hannes

Postmigrant Perspectives on Music Education: Schools as arenas of negotiation for belonging and participation

Berilo, Irfan

Democratising Design-based Research? Roles and degrees of participation in practitioner-researcher-collaborations

Endres, Annika; Buchborn, Thade

Research Literacy as Democratic Practice: Exploring Music Teacher Students’ Engagement with Research-Based Knowledge

Leikvoll, Katarzyna Julia; Tollefsen, Maria Medby; Blix, Hilde

dialoguing@rts – Advancing Cultural Literacy for Social Inclusion through Dialogical Arts Education

Chair(s): Knigge, Jens

Presentations of the Symposium

Cultural literacy education: Challenges of a postcolonial large-scale study approach

Krupp, Valerie, Ehninger, Julia

Ethnographies in Dialogue: Case Studies on Performative Artistic Practices

Rolle, Christian, Pistrick, Eckehard, Hestad Jenssen, Runa

Shaping Space: Participatory Artistic Residencies and Cultural Literacy in Practice

Kampschulte, Ronja

Promoting agency and participation through creative embodied approaches in music education

Chair(s): Chatelain, Sabine

Discussant(s): Bremmer, Melissa

Presentations of the Symposium

Shared perspectives on embodiment in secondary music teacher education

Chatelain, Sabine, Barman, Karine, Lage-Gómez, Carlos, Castro-Alonso, Vicente

Active music listening and embodiment: movement integration

Boal Palheiros, Graça

Sensitive Convergences: Intersections between Digital Technologies, Live Arts, and Embodiment in the Colors Project

Murillo Ribes, Adolf, Marín-Liébana, Pablo, Arnal, Rafael

Music educators’ research journeys: A genuine practitioner perspective

Chair(s): de Vugt, Adri

Discussant(s): Endres, Annika, Mommartz, Sabine

Presentations of the Symposium

The promise of practitioner research in music education

De Baets, Thomas

Creative music education for democratic classrooms: Promoting ownership among beginner clarinetists

Chelli, Sara

A young person’s guide to orchestration: youth orchestra musician’s perspectives on their instrument part

Geudens, Thomas

Creative play with Portuguese music: unlocking voices and bodies, fostering children’s musical agency and protagonism

Madalozzo, Tiago; Madalozzo, Vivian Agnolo

Composing sustainability: two case studies exploring aesthetic and political dimensions in music education

Van Dooren, Lina

Evolving Narratives: Negotiation and Transformation in Children’s Musical Invention

Savona, Annamaria

Insights into the music training of generalist teachers in special schools: Implications for SEND music-pedagogical practice

Johnston, Amy

Music, Values and Virtues in Montenegrin Schools: Socio-Emotional Learning and the Democratic Potential of Education

Martinović Bogojević, Jelena

Practice rooms and Creative Containers - providing facilities and access for all children to freely explore and engage with music

Munksgaard Petersen, Helle

Negotiating Democracy in Music Education: Teachers’ Contextual Reconstruction of Informal Music Learning in Chinese Primary Schools

Hu, Jingzhi

Sing Together! School-based Pop Choirs as Spaces of Participation

Wieland, Elisabeth

Can the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Music Education Foster Participation and Agency? - A Case Study on Music Teachers’ Perspectives in Germany

Phung, Veronika; Rotsch, Tobias

Co-Creating a Digital-Analog Music Lab – A New Materialist Approach to Diversity in Music Teacher Education

Hammermüller, Viviane; Öttl, Florian

Practical Inclusive Strategies and Adaptive Technologies for Elementary Instrumental Music Programs

Sieger, Crystal

Social Class and the Production of Music Teachers. A Critical Examination

Chair(s): Tralle, Eva-Maria

Presentations of the Symposium

Fitting in and Sticking Out: An Exploratory Study of the Whiteness of the School Music Curriculum and its Effects on Global Majority Musicians

Hendry, Natasha

It's too hard to break into when you haven't got the money”: Investigating the experiences of state-school students studying at two UK music conservatoires

Devaney, Kirsty

Social Background and Pathways into Music Teaching in Germany

Tralle, Eva-Maria, Fiedler, Daniel

Centering Improvisatory Practice in Postdigital Music Classrooms

Chair(s): Schmid, Silke

Discussant(s): Buchborn, Thade, Marina, Gall

Presentations of the Symposium

Things That Make Us Improvise: Sociomateriality, Non-Intentionality and Maker Music Education

Droll, Matthias, Treß, Johannes

Exploring Digital Sound and Improvising Music in the “Teachers’ Soundlab” – Musical and Improvisational Experiences within an Open Space Concept

Hecht, Benjamin, Krämer, Oliver, Pankow, Marten

Classroom Music-Making with Everyday Items 2.0: Designing Group Improvisation Using Playtronica for Grades 3–6

Werner, Lisa, Rotsch, Tobias

Ecologies of Sound and Postdigital Education: A Laboratory of Group Improvisation

Murillo, Adolf, Arnal, Rafael, Lage-Gómez, Carlos, Castro-Alonso, Vicente

Social Justice Pedagogy for Music Education: A Framework for Utilizing Social Justice Concepts to Advance Agency and Participation in the Music Classroom

Kleyensteuber, Katja

Trans Voices in Music Education: A Queer-Transnational Study between Turkey and Germany

Inceel, Sezgin

Music History Between Normative Concepts of Culture and Cultural Participation – Music Teacers' Implicit Knowledge

Roth, Anna Theresa

Participatory Music-Based Memory Work as an Approach to Interdisciplinary Civic Education in Schools – Findings from the Summative Evaluation of Three Music Education Projects

Unterreiner, Monika

Dual Lesson Planning: Inclusive Didactic Networks as an Instrument for Didactic Analysis in Inclusive Music Education

Kloth, Andreas

Differentiation in inclusive musical learning processes: An exploratory study on impulses from trainee teachers and the perspective of pupils

Schilling-Sandvoss, Katharina; Tinawi, Constanze

Collaborative composing with inclusive music ensembles: What attitude, knowledge and skills do composers need?

Bremmer, Melissa

Design thinking in music teacher training: Connecting democracy, music and digital literacy

Spieker, Benno

Mapping Inclusion at Schools through Music Education Curricula from Five European Regions

Chair(s): Backman Bister, Anna, Phung, Veronika

Presenter(s): Backman Bister, Anna, Phung, Veronika, Bosch Sanfélix, Mercé, Inceel, Sezgin, Perakaki, Elissavet

Listening Through Things: DIY Piezo Making and Postdigital Storytelling

Droll, Matthias; Treß, Johannes

Compassion, Resonance and Participation: Pedagogical Approaches for Framing Teachers as Facilitators in Creative Music Learning

Weidner, Verena; Godau, Marc

“In theory, the shared responsibility was well-established, but the execution failed because of me.” Music education students’ reflections on team-teaching experiences

Wieneke, Julia; Feneberg, Phillip; Strauss-Weisz, Ilse

“Student Voice” in Music Teacher Education (MTE) – an Empirical Study at German-speaking (Music) Universities

Hammermüller, Viviane; Öttl, Florian; Sammer, Gerhard

Understanding ‘cultural diversity’ in pre-service music teacher training. Discourse analysis of students’ interviews and university curricula

Demelmair, Rosemarie

“Classic crossover” Practical materials for classroom music

Höfer, Friedrich

New fields - unusual paths

Chair(s): Malmberg, Isolde

Discussant(s): Tralle, Eva

Presentations of the Symposium

Opening up Music Academies

Kreuzwieser, Stefanie

Opera in the suburb

Poeschel, Imke

Effects of long-term musical projects

Busch, Veronika, Kopp, Julius, Lehmann-Wermser, Andreas

Facilitating Musical Improvisation in Teacher Education: Findings from the Erasmus+ Project Everyone Can Improvise

Chair(s): Jachmann, Jan

Discussant(s): Welte, Andrea, Hadji, Nazfar

Presentations of the Symposium

Implicit Musical Knowledge in Improvisation Pedagogy: Exploring the Relationship Between Pantomime and Sound

Jachmann, Jan

Fostering Professionalization through Reflective Practice in Musical Improvisation Pedagogy

Welte, Andrea, Hadji, Nazfar

The Relationship Between Artistic Improvisation and Pedagogical Improvisation in Music Teacher Education

Eikmeier, Corinna

Everyone Can Improvise: Challenges of Developing the Musical Competencies of Future Early Childhood Educators for Inclusive and Democratic Music Education

Bačlija Sušić, Blaženka

The Creative String Orchestra: Building Democratic Participation through Collaborative Music-Making

Guarriello, Marissa; Gulish, Sarah

Logics of Participation in Participatory Music Theatre: An Empirical Reconstruction Across Four German Case Studies

Kellmeyer, Thalia

Kooperieren – Collaborative Music-Making as Democratic Practice

McGregor, Judith; Schneider, Isabel

Citizenship in Music Teaching: dialogues on diversity and politics in music school contexts

Narita, Flávia; Moore, Gwen

The Culture Bearer as a Catalyst for Participation and Social Cohesion in the Secondary Music Classroom

Escoda Domènech, Joan

Singing in Danish Schools: The Paradox of Cultural Value and Pedagogical Marginalisation

Borčak, Lea Wierød

Hybrid Music-Making in a Democratic Classroom. Three Setups for Exploration, Co-Creation and Reflection

Feneberg, Phillip; Rotsch, Tobias; Schaubruch, Josef; Werner, Lisa

Students' perspectives on music production as an artistic major in music education programmes: participation, diversity and democratic educational potential

Heß, Carmen; Kattenbeck, Chris

“They just don’t have the prerequisites like the artistic students do” – Perspectives of music performance staff on music education study programs and their students

Gatzweiler, Lucia; Schelenz, Antonia; Ehnes, Hanna

Intercultural collaboration in school internships abroad: Advancing equitable participation and democratic encounter in music education

Chair(s): Steinmetz, Lauren, Malmberg, Isolde

Presenter(s): Aigner, Wilfried, Bons, Verena, Chrysostomou, Smaragda, Dimitrakoulakos, Demosthenes, Kreuzwieser, Stefanie, Triantafyllaki, Angeliki

MTA Roundtable hosted by AGMÖ: European Music Education in Dialogue – Challenges, Best Practices, and Future Perspectives

Chair(s): Schaumberger, Helmut

Presenter(s): Breitschopf, Ferdinand, Hönigschnabl, Paul, Steiner, Johannes, Wieland, Elisabeth

Music Education and Political Education: Responding to Right-Wing Extremism and Democratic Challenges

Vorst, Julian

Music as a Voice of Power and Resistance: Education Between Aesthetics and Politics

Sedláček, Marek; Polmanová, Vilma

Many Perspectives, One Music Class – Engaging Methods for Everyone

Hametner, Stephan

Getting to the Core of Democratic Education in the Arts: Three Ways to Foster Common Sense (Gemeinsinn)  

Chair(s): Mommartz, Sabine, Frischknecht, Ruth, Bartels, Daniela

Discussant(s): De Baets, Thomas

Presentations of the Symposium

Developing democratic understanding in an exploratory internship 

Frischknecht, Ruth

Developing a sense of 'Gemeinsinn' through imagination in a research project 

Mommartz, Sabine

Developing Common Sense by Daring to Perceive and Deal with Individual Values and Emotions 

Bartels, Daniela

Communicative Music Practices: Constructing, Negotiating, and Transforming Musical Narratives

Chair(s): McGregor, Judith

Presentations of the Symposium

Program Booklets as Discursive Media

Seidl, Priska

Textbooks as Sites of Narration, Participation and the (In)Visibility of Women Composers

Rak, Monika

Concert formats and Music Mediation – A Practice Perspective

Baumann, Hannah

Creative Flow in Practice: Self-Regulation and Constraints in Teaching Improvisation

Stijnen, Jo; Verneert, Filip

Digi-skills with Music Tech: Creative Agency and Digital Literacy in Music Education

Ypma, Suzanne

Maker Music Expeditions: A Situational Analysis of Developing and Implementing Postdigital Professional Development in Music Education

Treß, Johannes; Schwald, Jonas; Schmid, Silke; Schreck, Martin

Designing technology in teacher training: Connecting democracy, music and digital literacy

Spieker, Benno

Further Academic Education at Music Universities: Developing Lifelong Learning Opportunities at the University of Music in Trossingen

Bosch Sanfélix, Mercé; Ahner, Philipp

Creating Shared Spaces for Intercultural Exchange: A World-Centred Music Education Project with Pre-Service Teachers

Fortuna, Sandra; Calì, Claudia

From Barriers to Opportunities: Redesigning Mobility in European Music Teacher Education

Fretheim, Solveig; Jenssen, Runa Hestad; Knigge, Jens; Nørstebø, Kirsti; De Baets, Thomas; Stavrou, Natassa Economidou; Girdzijauskiene, Ruta; O'Connell, Lorraine

Gumboot dance - a chance to reflect on democratic values and to promote social cohension while developing musical skills

Ibelshäuser, Birgit

The influence of Co-Conducting on the competency areas of choir conductors.

Taege, Isabelle Viola

Co-creating Democracy: An Embodied and Participatory Approach to Ensemble Music-Making for Beginners

Trainini, Laura

Choir-Improvisatiion

Petersen, Udo

Effectuating more diversity and inclusion in music teacher training

Chair(s): Keet, Priya, Kerkhoven, Belén

Presenter(s): Keet, Priya, Kerkhoven, Belén, Kroese, Maike

“… and is it beautiful too?” The place and meaning of musical beauty in a democratic music education

Chair(s): Koopal, Wiebe Sieds

Presenter(s): Koopal, Wiebe Sieds, Geudens, Thomas, Moors, Mathias

Amplifying Voices: Integrating Female Composers into Music Education

Tollefsen, Maria Medby

Democratic Music Teacher Education - A roundtable by the Network Democratic Music Education (NeDeMu)

Chair(s): Theisohn, Elisabeth, Stade, Philip

Presenter(s): Stade, Philip, Theisohn, Elisabeth, Bartels, Daniela

"Sing without fear!" - an app that promotes democratic processes by helping adults sing with children.

Weyrauch, Oliver; Keller, Jochen

The Role of Music Self-Concept and Musical Activity in Explaining Students’ Music-Related Achievements

Fiedler, Daniel; Vispoel, Walter P.; Hasselhorn, Johannes

Fostering the Next Generation on Their Way from School to University – The “Musik-Multis: Next Generation” Programme as a Contribution to Participation and Promotion of Young Talents in Music Education

Bernhofer, Andreas; Wieland, Elisabeth

Voices for Belonging: Creative Singing as a Pathway to Participation and Social Cohesion

VAN DER SANDT, Johann; Jiřičková, Jiřina