MARCH 15th 2022

The EAS has initiated the European Day of Music in School (EudaMuS) to enable children, teachers, parents and friends to celebrate music education. The theme for the first year of this event is “The Power of Music”.

The following researchers will hold the keynote speeches at the EAS Conference in Belgrad in May 2022:

29th EAS Conference in Belgrade, Serbia

May 18-21, 2022 

Conference theme: Music and meaning

Host: Faculty of Music, University of Arts Belgrade, Serbia

Conference venues: Kolarac People’s University Building & Faculty of Music, Belgrade, Serbia and online (a hybrid conference)

Welcome to the conference week! Today was the start of the two #YoungEAS Online Fora: Doctoral Student Forum (DSF) and Student Forum (SF). Two groups of highly motivated students who work together in multiple sessions. Andreas Lehmann-Wermser and Olle Zanden welcomed the PhD students for the DSF and challenged them with an elevator pitch about their research topics. Bernd Clausen, Diletta Bibbò and Lena Widdermann together with EAS Board representative Andreas Bernhofer organized different interactive sessions as well as a marvelous workshop with Julian Knörzer.Don’t miss the YoungEAS sessions at the EAS Conference on Thursday morning and see what the students’ voice want to tell you…

One position of the Staff Members for the EAS Student Forum is available (=SF Lead from 2022). This is usually for a period of 4 years. The person selected will prepare (with support from EAS Board Member Andreas Bernhofer and two Student Board Members) the Student Forums 2022-2025.

The EAS announces an open call, among its members, for the positions of the National Coordinator, for the year 2021, for the following countries (applications by 1^st of March 2021): Slovenia, Latvia, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Netherlands.

The EAS announces an open call for applications to host an “EAS Regional Event” in 2021. The EAS wants to support events connected to ‘Music in Schools’ in different European regions, which aim to reach out to a broader European community of music educators. Also online-events can be considered!

Early bird closes TODAY!

The early bird registration of the 28^th EAS Conference / 9^th ISME European Regional Conference closes today! We are inviting You to register for this online event in March.

What we offer around the theme “Music is what People Do!”

• Three exciting Keynote presentations form Prof. Dr. Emily Akuno (Kenya), Prof. Dr. Evert Bisschop-Boele (The Netherlands), Prof. Dr. Bettina Fritzsche (Germany). More information including their biographies and fields of research are on our website.
• Digital Music Activities
• Digital Live Concerts: PLACE AND DISPLAYS. Digital Artist Lab in Concert: On our Thursday Evening Concert jazz pianist and motion-controlled electronics pioneer Ralf Schmid will present a multi-stage livestream concert with students and teachers of MH and PH Freiburginterweaving innovative digital tools with analog musical interaction.
• Online School visits and panel discussions on online teaching and learning (Wednesday morning prior to the conference opening)
• Presentations of music formats people explored in 2020
• Research Papers, Workshops, Practice Papers, Poster Presentations, Open Spaces, Symposia and Social Events
• Special Focus Group Sessions: PRIME Practitioner Research in Music Education, SIME: Singing in Music Education; DigiTime: Digital Technologies in Music Education
• DIY Conference Dinner: Cook and eat typical black forest cuisine with colleagues and friends around the world.
• Doctoral Student Forum and Student Forum Presentations
• European network and exchange in National Coordinators and Music Teacher Association Symposia 
• and more!!!

We are looking forward to meet You at the Conference!