49th AEC ANNUAL CONGRESS and GENERAL ASSEMBLY

“CHANGING PERSPECTIVES – Imagine new traditions”

 


 

Pre-Congress Programme**

Wednesday 9 November

14:30 Registration for Pre-Congress Workshops starts Registration desk
 

MusiQuE:
15:00 – 21:00 (including dinner)

Diversity:
16:00 – 20:00

FAST45:
16:00 – 20:00

Pre-Congress Workshops FOR REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS ONLY:

MusiQuE Training Workshop for Peer Reviewers (link for registration)

– Higher Music Education through the lens of diversity and inclusion – members of the ARTEMIS Diversity, Inclusion and Gender Equality (DIGE) Working Group and David-Emil Wickström (Popakademie Baden-Württemberg)
(at CEFEDEM)

– What about musicking in 2045? FAST45 (at CEFEDEM)

In presence

MusiQuE:
Ensemble room

Diversity:
CEFEDEM

FAST45:
CEFEDEM

 

Thursday 10 November

8:30 Registration for Pre-Congress Workshops starts Registration desk
MusiQuE:
9:30 – 13:30

Digitisation WG:
9:00 – 13:30

FAST45:
9:00 – 13:00

Transculturality:
9:00 – 13:30

Pre-Congress Workshops FOR REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS ONLY:

– (CONTINUATION) MusiQuE Training Workshop for Peer Reviewers (link for registration)

Digitisation WG (ARTEMIS Project)

– What about musicking in 2045? FAST45  (at CEFEDEM)

Transculturality: Dialogue with African art schools, based on the “Pulsations” project – CNSMD Lyon

 

In presence

MusiQuE:
Ensemble room

Digitisation: 
Choir room

FAST45:
CEFEDEM

Transculturality:
Varèse hall

 

13:30 –14:30 Networking lunch for Pre-Congress Workshops Participants  

In presence
(Bar Varèse)

 

 

AEC Congress Programme**

Thursday 10 November

13:45 Congress registration starts – welcome coffee Registration desk
14:15 – 15:00  Optional Guided Tour  In presence
Meeting point: Cour des platanes
15:00 – 16:00 Welcome to Newcomers with members of AEC Council and AEC Office Team In presence

(Ensemble room)

15:00– 16:00 Welcome to Students for student delegates In presence

(Room C308)

16:15 – 17:00 Opening Event

  • Music performance – Jukaï
  • Welcome words:

Mathieu Ferey – Director CNSMD Lyon

Rima Abdul-Malak – Minister of Culture

Michael Wilder – President of the NASM

Miranda Harmer and Eline Accoe – Representatives of EPASA

Eirik Birkeland – President of the AEC

Hybrid

(Varèse hall and online)

17:00 – 17:30 Plenary Session I – Keynote Speech

WHO ARE WE? – Changing perspectives

Moderated by Mathieu Ferey – Director CNSMD Lyon

  • Sylvia Bruinders – University of CapeTown – PhD – Head of the African Music Department
  • Laurent Gutmann – Director of ENSATT
Hybrid

(Varèse hall and online)

17:30 – 18:00 Informal networking – Grab & go food In presence
(Bar Varèse and canteen)
18:00 – 19:00 Plenary Session II

WHERE ARE WE? – Changing Perspectives (Round Table)

Moderated by Susanne Van Els, Isabelle Replumaz (CNSMD Lyon), Keld Hosbond (Royal Academy of Music Aarhus/Aalborg)

  • Sylvia Bruinders – University of CapeTown – PhD – Head of the African Music Department
  • Elisée Sangaré  – Alumni CNSMD – Master of Music pedagogy and alumni from CAMM Bamako – Mali
  • Benin musician – Pulsations project
  • Mathieu Ferey – Director – CNSMD Lyon
  • Noémi Lefebvre – French writer, expert in music education and democracy, identities
  • Karine Hahn – Head of the pedagogy department – CNSMD Lyon, Pulsations Project
  • Ronald C. McCurdy – ARTEMIS DIGE WG member
Hybrid

(Varèse hall and online)

19:10 Buses to the Lyon Auditorium Meeting point: cour des platanes
20:00  Concert In presence – Lyon Auditorium – 149 rue Garibaldi, 69003 Lyon
 21:15 Welcome Drinks / Cocktail Dinner (standing) Radisson Blu Hotel – 129 rue Servient, 69003 Lyon

 

 

 

Friday 11 November

8:45 Registrations for latecomers Registration desk
09:00 – 10:30 Plenary Session III

WHAT DO WE DO?Artistry and Professional careers

Moderated by Eirik Birkeland (AEC President)

  • Charlotte Gerbitz, student, and Mathieu Ferey, Director (CNSMD Lyon)
  • Dorothy Khadem-Missagh, student, and Ulrike Sych, Rektorin (mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna)
  • Maxence Bretel, student, and Colin Lawson, Director (Royal College of Music London)
Hybrid

(Varèse hall and online)

10:30 – 11:00 Informal Networking Bar Varèse and Canteen
11:00 – 12:15 Parallel Sessions I

1A – Imagine Orchestras when they engage with education 45 min (11:00 – 11:45). Aline Sam-Giao – Executive Director of the Auditorium and of the Orchestre National de Lyon, Stephan Gehmacher – Director General of the Philharmonie Luxembourg and of the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Guillaume Hébert – General Director of the Orchestre symfonique de Mulhouse, Simeon Labouret – master I student, CNSMD de Lyon, Susanne van Els – Director of Music, CNSMD de Lyon

1B – Resistance – towards a more diverse environment in HMEIs 30 min (11:45 – 12:15). Katja Thomson, Karolien Dons and Monica VejgaardARTEMIS DIGE WG members

2 – Imagining opportunities for establishing new traditions which embrace a more diverse world – Networking beyond Europe 75 min (11:00 – 12:15). Chaired by Bernard Lanskey – Queensland Conservatorium (Brisbane, Australia)Abra Bush – Indiana University Jacobs School of Music (Bloomington, United States), Michael Shinn – Berklee College of Music (Boston, United States), Anothai Nitibhon – Princess Galyani Vadhana Institute of Music (Bangkok, Thailand), Ozgur Esen – Qatar Music Academy (Doha, Qatar), Lin Xiangning – Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music (Singapore, Singapore)

3 – Trajectories for change: key trends in higher music education and how MusiQuE is addressing them in its revised standards 75 min (11:00 – 12:15). Don McLean – Emeritus Professor, former Dean of Music Faculty, University of Toronto, Canada, Ankna Arockiam, PhD, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, United-Kingdom (MusiQuE Board member, student representative) and Jacques Moreau, Chair of the MusiQuE Board

4 – Going Green Together: AEC Goes Green WG session 75 min (11:00 – 12:15). Dušanka Jelenković, Barbara Lalić and Maria SanzAEC Goes Green Working Group, CNSMD Lyon students

5 – Representing the sector – an advocacy workshop 45 min (11:00 – 11:45). Chaired by Stefan Gies – AEC Chief Executive. Members of the ARTEMIS Task Force on Advocacy and input by Alessandra Callegari – AEC Office, Gabriele Rosana – Culture Action Europe and Katharina Weinert – European Music Council. 

1A + 1B: Hybrid (Varèse hall and online)

2: Hybrid (Ensemble room and online)

3: Only in presence (Library)

4: Only in presence (Choir room)

5: Only online

12:15 – 13:45 Networking Lunch In presence

Bar Varèse and Canteen

13:45 – 15:00 Parallel Sessions II

1 – Towards an understanding of power relations in the context of Higher Music Education Institution – PRIhME 75 min (13:45 – 15:00). Gretchen Amussen – Chair of the Stakeholder Assembly , David-Emil Wickström – Chair of the Editorial Board, Esther Nass – Chair of the Assembly Working group and Deborah Kelleher – Chair of PRiHME Steering Committee

2A – Pre-College studies as pathway to Higher Music Education 30 min (13:45 – 14:15). Members of the ARTEMIS Pre-College Task Force: Mattias Lundqvist and Alf Richard Kraggerud – Barratt Due Institute of Music (Oslo), Stefan Gies – AEC, and others

2B – WHERE ARE WE? Opening up to context, cities, communities 45 min (14:15 – 15:00). CNSMD Lyon: Thomas Besnard – Responsible for the Interpreters Pole, Isabelle Replumaz – International Relations Coordinator, Roser Graell – Deputy Head of the International Office and Coordinator of InMICS (International Master in Composition for Screen)

3 – Trajectories for change: key trends in higher music education and how MusiQuE is addressing them in its revised standards. 75 min (13:45 – 15:00). Don McLean – Emeritus Professor, former Dean of Music Faculty, University of Toronto, Canada, Ankna Arockiam, PhD, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, United-Kingdom (MusiQuE Board member, student representative) and Jacques Moreau, Chair of the MusiQuE Board

4 – Imagining student health and well-being leading to sustainable careers 45 min (13:45 – 14:30). Kylie Walters  – MSc Public Health LSHTM – Director of Choreographic Studies and Head of Dance Department CNSMD de Lyon, Anne-Cécile Nentwig – Equality Officer of CNSMD de Lyon

1: Hybrid (Varèse hall and online)

2A: Hybrid (Ensemble room and online)

2B: Only in presence (Ensemble room)

3: Only in presence (Library)

4: Only in presence (Choir room)

15:00 – 15:30 Informal Networking In presence

Bar Varèse and Canteen

15:30 – 16:45 Parallel Sessions III

1A – Getting involved in ARTEMIS: AEC – Empowering Artists as Makers in Society 45 min (15:30 – 16:15). Deborah Kelleher, ARTEMIS WGs representatives and AEC Office

1B – Imagining curricula and programs to engage with other perspectives – creating new traditions in education 30 min (16:15 – 16:45). CNSMD Lyon: Roser Graell – Deputy Head of the International Office and Coordinator of InMICS (International Master in Composition for Screen)

2 – Artistic Research (AR) – Update on new developments 75 min (15:30 – 16:45). Representatives of EPARM (European Platform for Artistic Research in Music), SAR (Society for Artistic Research), ELIA (European League of Institutes of the Arts) and of the ongoing Erasmus+ projects RAPP Lab and REACt

3A – Perspectives, opportunities and criticism for synchronous and practical blended learning in instrumental and vocal ensemble music. In Media Stat Virtus and Virtual Stage 30 min (15:30 – 16:00). Andrea Bareggi (Conservatory C.Monteverdi, Cremona, Italy and ESME, School of Engineering, Paris, France)

3B – The Global Conservatoire: a new model for online transnational learning – GloCoDa 45 min (16:00 – 16:45). Royal College of Music: Tania Lisboa and Diana Salazar

4 – Imagining student voice supporting new leadership 75 min (15:30 – 16:45). CNSMD Lyon: Alma Chaumeille, Margaux Dauby and Julie Nguyen – student representatives, Susanne van Els – Director of Music

5 – Solidarity and Support to Ukrainian Higher Music Education Institutions in war times: testimonies and initiatives 45 min (15:30 – 16:15)Iryna Cherniaieva (Odessa / Detmold), Oleksandr Lysychka (Kharkiv), Bohdan Rumiantsev (Kyiv) and Ludwig Holtmeier (Freiburg, facilitator)

1A + 1B: Hybrid (Varèse hall and online)

2: Hybrid (Ensemble room and online)

3A + 3B: Only in presence (Library)

4: Only in presence (Choir room)

5: Only online

16:45 – 17:15 Informal Networking In presence

Bar Varèse and Canteen

17:15 – 17:45 Concert – Footprint In presence – Varèse hall
18:00 – 19:15 Regional Meetings with Council Members

(please see Whova for countries division and rooms)

In presence

 

Saturday 12 November

9:15 – 10:45 Information Forum
moderated by Deborah  Kelleher (AEC Vice President)
Hybrid

(Varèse hall and online)

10:45 – 11:15 Networking with Refreshments + Information Market In presence
Canteen
11:15 – 12:30 Discussion groups on topics suggested by participants as well as by the organisers

(please see Whova for topics and rooms)

In presence
12:30 – 14:30 Networking Lunch In presence

Bar Varèse and Canteen

14:30 – 16:30 AEC General Assembly 2022 Hybrid

(Varèse hall and online)

15:00 – 16:30 Students Wrap up Meeting Hybrid

(Ensemble room and online)

16:30 – 17:00 Informal Networking In presence

Bar Varèse and Canteen

17:00 – 17:45 Closing Session Hybrid

(Varèse hall and online)

18:15 Boat to go to the dinner place Quai des Subsistances (8 bis Quai Saint-Vincent, 69001 Lyon)
20:00 Closing Dinner La Sucrière – 49-50 Quai Rambaud, 69002 Lyon

**Please note the last details of the programme and the sessions will be updated in the upcoming days.