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The Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen (AEC) is a European cultural and educational network with around 300 member institutions for professional music training in 57 countries.

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EPARM 2026 – Call for proposals

EPARM 2026 – Call for proposals

The Call for Proposals is open for the 2026 edition of the European Platform for Artistic Research in Music (EPARM).

Call for contributions – AEC Pop & Jazz Platform 2026

Call for contributions – AEC Pop & Jazz Platform 2026

The AEC Pop and Jazz Platform Working Group (PJP WG) invites contributions for its upcoming conference which will take place at the Metropolia University of Applied Sciences in Helsinki. Apply by 7 November, 2025.

Arts education needs your voice! d@rts survey alert

Arts education needs your voice! d@rts survey alert

dialoguing@rts has launched a survey on arts education to explore cultural literacy across Europe - it takes only 10 minutes to complete it, every contribution can make a difference.

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Supporting Ukrainian refugees

We call on all AEC member institutions to support students and staff from music education institutions in Ukraine so that they are able to continue their music studies and academic activities in another country without bureaucratic hurdles.

EASY

European Online Application System for ERASMUS and NORDPLUS Exchanges in Music

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AEC Vacancy Platform

The leading website for job vacancies in Higher Music Education

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AEC Newsletters

We are keeping an archive of all the newsletters that we’ve sent in recent years.