EAS Special Focus Groups (SFGs) are working groups of EAS members. Each provides a forum for the involvement of individuals, drawn together by a common interest in a field of study, teaching or research. At this moment, there are 3 EAS SFGs, led by three SFG coordinators. On behalf of the EAS board, we would like to announce the names, and welcome these new SFG coordinators:

Jonas Völker (DE), PRiME Coordinator

Philipp Ahner (DE), DigiTiME Coordinator

Helmut Schaumberger (AT), SiME Coordinator.

For inquiries about SFGs, contact Sezen Özeke, EAS-SFG Coordinator (EAS Board) at sezenozeke@uludag.edu.tr 

Dear colleagues!
The deadline for the CfP for the 28th EAS Conference hosted by Freiburg University of Education and Freiburg University of Music has been extended by the organizers until November 1th, 2021.Please keep in mind that You will be able to participate online and/or in present!! We are looking forward to recieve Your submission! For further information please see below or visit the Conference website: https://eas-music.org/2021-freiburg/

Best wishes!

Thade on behalf of the Conference team & The EAS Board

Next year’s EAS Conference will take place in the beautiful city of Freiburg im Breisgau in Germany from March 24 to 27, 2021. The conference theme is: “Music is what people do”   Due to the uncertainties we are facing in times of Corona we are planning a double-track: a live conference in Freiburg for all of you who are able to travel, as well as possibilities to join the conference in an online format. Please watch the conference trailer.   We are looking forward to meet You next year!

The EAS announces an open call, among its members, for the positions of the National Coordinator, for the year 2020, for the following countries (applications by 15^th of March 2020): Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Georgia, Greece, Lithuania, Malta, Romania, Russia, Turkey, and Sweden.

EAS National Coordinator: Role Description and responsibilities

The ‘National Coordinators’ (NCs) represent the EAS at national level. They support music education activities and initiatives in their countries, and they communicate these activities at European level. They may cooperate in this with other representatives of the EAS, primarily with the EAS board members and with the NCs of the other countries.

The NCs should in principle be able to:

• join the annual conferences
• attend the annual NC-meetings prior to the conferences and report on national developments
• present in the NC-Symposia during conferences
• contribute to the website and sometimes to international projects
• endeavor to build close cooperation with national and regional music education and music teachers’ associations in their countries
• distribute information regarding nominations for the annual Student Fora (Student Forum and Doctoral Student Forum) and nominate activate participants from her/his country involving a broad range of colleagues and institutions.

Applications till 15^th of March 2020

Please send your CV and a (short) “Letter of Motivation” for the position of the NC to girdzijauskiene.ruta@gmail.com (dr. Ruta Girdzijauskiene) by 15^th of March 2020. The selection will be made by the EAS board. All applicants will be informed as soon as possible!

Upon appointment an agreement is signed for the period of two years (2020-2021) by the NC, the EAS and the respective institution or association (i.e. university, school, association).

Criteria for selection: 

• Contribution to EAS: The NCs would preferably be colleagues, who know about the EAS and are EAS individual members who have attended recent conferences and contributed to the EAS’s international work.
• Professional Field and Country Network: The NCs’ professional field should be strongly related to music education in schools (e.g. specialized/certified music teachers, music teacher trainers, university music teachers) and should be well-known by music education networks, and recognized as good practitioners or well-known scientists in their countries.
• Motivation: The NCs must be interested and engaged in developing our common European network for music education and help to motivate people and institutions within their country to participate in EAS conferences and become individual / institutional members.
• English language: The NCs should, in principle, be able to communicate well in the medium of English.

The position of the 2^nd Staff Member for the DSF is available for the period 2021-2024 (work relating to the EAS conferences of 2021 and 2022). The person selected will be expected to then take on the EAS DSF Lead position (1^st Staff member) from 2023-2024 (work relating to the EAS conferences of 2023 and 2024).

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We are pleased to announce that the 10th annual Doctoral Student Forum for Music Education will be held in Padova, Italy. The forum takes place from Tuesday 9th  (14.00) – Thursday 11th June (afternoon). It begins on the day prior to the main conference and participants will also be included in the main conference programme. In order to attain the DSF you have to register for the EAS conference.

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The deadline for the Call for Submissions for the annual EAS Conference in Padova 2020 is extended until January 15th, 2020.

Here is the link to the Submission page. Take your chance and submit your proposal to present at the EAS Conference 2020 in lovely Padova.

The complete schedule for the upcoming EAS conference in Malmö is published on the EAS Website. There you can find all important parts of the conference (exact beginning and end of the conference, opening ceremony, keynotes, general meeting, concert on Thursday evening, conference Dinner, closing ceremony etc) plus all presentations.

In 2019, the EAS Board will be newly elected. The first time ever, the election will be done digitally with the online elction tool “Electionbuddy”. The elections opens on April 15, 12 am and ends on May 16, 6 pm, the day before the General Meeting at the EAS Conference in Malmö. Every member, who paid his membership fee for 2019, will receive an individual link and access code to vote. This gives the possibility to vote, even when you are not attending the EAS Conference.

8 candidates stand for election for 8 possible place in the board. You can choose up to 8 names to give your vote to at the election or choose abstention. If you want to know more about the candidates, please have a look at their CVs and statements: Overview EAS Board candidates. There will also be a “Meet the Candidates” during lunchtime at the EAS Conference 2019 in Malmö.

The results will be announced at the Gerenal Meeting in Malmö, on May 17, 2019. The elected Board will decide about the Chair and Vice-chair at their first Board meeting and announce the result at the Conference Dinner in Malmö.

So, please check your emails (maybe also SPAM folder) and vote for your favorite candidate(s)!