44th AEC Annual Congress and General Assembly
9 – 11 November 2017
Academy of Music, University of Zagreb
Leadership in the Arts – the Arts of Leadership
The motto of this year’s AEC congress might seem like a simple play on words, but a second glance reveals a deeper meaning. The arts nourish imagination and inspiration. To question habits and daring to cross borders is part of their raison d’etre. Leadership, on the other hand, is a concept which we tend to associate with rules and regulations, reeking of loyalty and obedience and which does not at all seem to fit into the idea of the freedom of the arts.
The arts do not exist in isolation. They are part of society, a society which, in the best case, is positively impacted by the contribution of the arts towards society’s continued evolution. And, the opposite is also true that the arts depend on a societal climate of esteem and appreciation which recognizes and values all of their aspects: art production, as the subject of an aesthetic education and as the object of a self-developed participation in culture as part of one’s human rights.
Art and culture are also important bearers of identity. Especially in times of political uncertainty, in times when the European idea might be questioned by new nationalisms and populist slogans, it is worth highlighting the importance of art and culture and that of artistic and cultural education for democracy and self-developement. The motto of this year’s congress is also intended as AEC’s contribution to that public debate.
The AEC Congress 2017 deals with the subject of “Leadership in the Arts – the Arts of Leadership” in various aspects, but it will in the core always be about the relationship between freedom and governance, the tension between top-down and bottom-up. Of course, at an event whose target audience are, to a large extent, the leaders and representatives of Higher Music Education Institutions, the focus will be on how to chair a Music HEI. This includes the crucial question whether a good director is characterized as such by the fact that he or she has outstanding artistic skills and competences, or whether administrative, political, economic and legal know-how are more important to be a successful leader.
The issue of leadership in the arts, however, arises in quite diverse contexts. How to organize playing together in an ensemble? What does leadership mean when performing with in a string quartet or a jazz combo? How to lead students as a a teacher? How can a study program enable future musicians to carry out leadership tasks that will be required of them? Or, more generally, what is the balance between intrinsic and extrinsic development in art, what kind of hierarchies do the arts need and are the arts able to withstand?
Beyond the specific congress motto, however, the 2017 congress will also give the opportunity to discuss some burning questions and the issues of diversity, identity and inclusion that were raised at the last congress, will still be on the agenda.
You are warmly invited to join us in Zagreb on the AEC journey to explore the role of the modern Music HEI in our society.
44th AEC ANNUAL CONGRESS and GENERAL ASSEMBLY
9-11 November 2017
Academy of Music, University of Zagreb
“Leadership in the Arts, the Arts of Leadership”
Programme
Pre-Congress Programme
Wednesday 8th November
16:00 – 21:00 Pre-Congress Workshop – MusiQuE
Academy – Rooms 324, 326, 336, 335
FOR REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS ONLY – English only
Workshop and training for Peer-Reviewers organized by MusiQuE – Music Quality Enhancement (the Foundation for Quality Enhancement and Accreditation in Higher Music Education) – please click HERE for the detailed programme)
Dinner for Pre- Congress Participants
Thursday 9th November
9:00 – 13:00 Continuation of the Pre-Congress Workshop – MusiQuE
Academy – Rooms 324, 326, 336, 335
FOR REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS ONLY – English only
Workshop and training for Peer-Reviewers organized by MusiQuE – Music Quality Enhancement (please click HERE for the detailed programme)
10:00 – 14:00 Pre-Congress Workshop on Chamber Music
FOR REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS ONLY – English only
Chamber Music in Higher Music Education Institutions by the European Chamber Music Academy Project (ECMA Next Step Strategic Partnership) – please find a detailed description HERE
• Learning and teaching chamber music
• Assessment of chamber music
• ECMA Next Step Strategic Partnership – orientation and preliminary results
• Discussions: Chamber Music in European Higher Music Education Institutions
Academy – Room 319
Lunch for Participants
13:00 – 15:00 AEC Council Meeting [for AEC Council members only]
Academy – Room 429
14:15 – 16:15 Pre-Congress Workshop on Learning Outcomes
English only
Working with the AEC Learning Outcomes 2017: from theory to practice (please click HERE for a detailed description)
Academy – Room 242
Congress Programme
Thursday 9th November
13:45 Registration starts – Foyer of the Academy and room 339
Coffee and Refreshments available
Optional Guided Tour
14:00 – 16:00 Welcome to Students – for students delegates with the AEC Students working group and members of the Congress Committee
Academy – Room 439 – Stancic Hall
15:15 – 16:15 Welcome to Newcomers with members of AEC Council and AEC Office Team
Academy – Room 438 – Huml Hall
16:30 – 17:20 Opening Event – Academy Concert Hall and video streaming in room 439
Music Performance
Words of welcome by:
- Dalibor Cikojević, Dean of the Academy of Music
- Milan Bandić, Major of Zagreb
Damir Boras, Rector of the University of Zagreb - Eirik Birkeland, President of the AEC
Greetings from the National Association of Schools of Music USA (NASM) by Sue Haug, President of the NASM
17:20 – 17:50 Plenary Session I – Academy Concert Hall and video streaming in room 439
“Music and Politics” – Keynote Speech by Ivo Josipović, former President of Croatia and former student and teacher of the Academy of Music
17:50 – 19:00 Opening Brainstorming on topics proposed by participants
Introduction by Stefan Gies, AEC Chief Executive
19:15 – 20:00 Music From the Croatian National Heritage in the Academy Concert Hall
20:30 – 22:30 Welcome Dinner at Hotel Westin
Friday 10 November
9:00 Optional Guided Tour and registration continues
meeting point: Academy Foyer
9:00 – Networking with coffee available – National Theatre
09:30 – 10:15 Plenary Session II – National Theatre
Music Introduction
Introduction to the Day by Eirik Birkeland, AEC President
“Frameworks and Contexts” – Strategic Leadership in Higher Arts Education Institutions, Keynote Speech by Thomas Meier – President of the European League of Institutes of the Arts (ELIA) and Zurich University of the Arts
10:30 – 11:30 Parallel Sessions I
- Presentation by the Project ECMA – European Chamber Music Academy (including a performance of Mettis-String-Quartet, Vilnius, LT) – presented by Johannes Meissl, Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Wien (AU) – first part
- Audience Engagement by Evert Bischopp Boele, Prins Claus Conservatorium, Groningen (NL)
- Working Together to Create the Leaders of the Future, by the AEC Students Working Group
- Leadership in Ensembles – Findings and Reflections by Sabine Börner , University of Konstanz (CH)
- Music Teaching in Croatian Compulsory School, by Sabina Vidulin EAS representative from the Academy of Music in Pula, Nikolina Matoš and Ana Čorić from the Academy of music Zagreb
11:30 – 12:00 Informal Networking with Refreshments – Academy Foyer and room 339
12:00 – 13:00 Parallel Sessions II
- Continuation of the ECMA session and presentation on the Platform for Learning and Teaching by Jon Helge Sætre, Norwegian Academy of Music, Oslo (NO), The Mettis String Quartet, Vilnius (LT) Johannes Meissl, Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Wien (AU), Morten Carlsen, Norwegian Academy of Music (NO) and Tim Frederiksen Royal Danish Academy of Music, Copenhagen (DK) – second part
- Music Leadership Education for Future Generations by Jamal Rossi, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester (USA) and Robert Cutietta, Thornton School of Music USC (USA)
- Worldmusic, Folkmusic, Traditional Music Music by Erling Aksdal, NTNU,Trondheim (NO), Benoît Baumgartner, Le Pont Supérieur, Nantes (FR), Joshua Dickson, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow (UK), Jasmina Talam , Academy of Music in Sarajevo (BIH), David-Emil Wickström Popakademie, Mannheim (DE). Panel discussion moderated by Stefan Gies, AEC Chief Executive
- Exploring the tension between specialist music and management skills in high-performing conservatoire leadership, by Dalibor Cikojević, Academy of Music of the University of Zagreb (HR), Linda Merrick, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester (UK), Henk van der Meulen, Royal Conservatoire The Hague (NL), Judith Schinker, Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber, Dresden (DE). Panel discussion moderated by Georg Schulz, AEC Vice President
- Change management in Music HEIs – concepts, experiences, and strategies, by Heinz Geuen, Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln (DE), Pascale De Groote, Royal Conservatoire Antwerp (BE), Jeffrey Sharkey, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow (UK). Panel discussion moderated by Eirik Birkeland, AEC President
13:00 – 14:30 Networking Lunch at Frankopanksa 22
14:30 – 15:30 Parallel Sessions III = repetition of some selected parallel sessions
- Music Leadership Education for Future Generations by Jamal Rossi, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester (USA) and Robert Cutietta, Thornton School of Music USC (USA)
- Exploring the tension between specialist music and management skills in high-performing conservatoire leadership, by Dalibor Cikojević, Academy of Music of the University of Zagreb (HR), Linda Merrick, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester (UK), Henk van der Meulen, Royal Conservatoire The Hague (NL), Judith Schinker, Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber, Dresden (DE). Panel discussion moderated by Georg Schulz, AEC Vice President
- Audience Engagement by Evert Bischopp Boele, Prins Claus Conservatorium, Groningen (NL)
- Working Together to Create the Leaders of the Future, by the AEC Students Working GroupWorldmusic, Folkmusic, Traditional Music by Erling Aksdal, NTNU, Trondheim (NO), Benoît Baumgartner, Le Pont Supérieur, Nantes (FR), Joshua Dickson, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow (UK), Jasmina Talam , Academy of Music in Sarajevo (BIH), David-Emil Wickström Popakademie, Mannheim (DE). Panel discussion moderated by Stefan Gies, AEC Chief Executive
- Worldmusic, Folkmusic, Traditional Music by Erling Aksdal, NTNU, Trondheim (NO), Benoît Baumgartner, Le Pont Supérieur, Nantes (FR), Joshua Dickson, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow (UK), Jasmina Talam , Academy of Music in Sarajevo (BIH), David-Emil Wickström Popakademie, Mannheim (DE). Panel discussion moderated by Stefan Gies, AEC Chief Executive
15:45 – 16:45 Plenary Session III in National Theatre
Snapshots on:
- The AEC Learning Outcomes 2017
- EASY – the new AEC’s European Online Application System for Exchanges (Erasmus and Nordplus) in Higher Music Education
- MusiQuE – Music Quality Enhancement
16:45 – 17:15 Informal Networking with Refreshments – Academy Foyer and room 339
17:15 – 18:30 Regional Meetings with Council Members
Mera Nelson: room 418
Gutjahr: Lhotka 319
Hilden: Stančić 439
Lapinski: room 336
Kelleher: room 221
Van Den Elsen: Huml 438
Di Cecca: Multimedia 242
Schulz: room 326
Radok Zadna: room 335
Moreau: room 324
Lanskey: room 222
18:30 – 19:00 Wrap up Speech by the EU representative Bogdan Zdrojewski, Member of the Culture and Education Committee of the European Parliament (CULT) – Bersa Concert Hall, Academy, Streaming in 439
Free Evening, please see the List of Restaurants
Saturday 11 November
9:30 – 9:45 Plenary Session IV – Presentation of the Student WG Handbook: How to increase Students voice in HME institutions, Bersa Concert Hall, Academy, Streaming in room 439
10:00 – 11:00 Discussion groups on the following 3 topics – groups organized by mixing AEC regional groups
- The transition from a vocational school to a Higher Music Education Institution
- Autonomy of an institution, what does that mean?
- How to recruit future students?
11:00 – 11:30 Networking with Refreshments – Academy Foyer and room 339
11:30 – 13:00 Information Forum – Concert Hall and Foyer of the Academy
Plenary presentations by AEC Member institutions followed by Q&A with the speakers in the form of “market place”
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch (address Frankopanska 22)
14:00 – 15:00 Registration for the AEC General Assembly – National Theatre
All active members need to sign up to get their voting form
15:00 – 16:30 AEC General Assembly 2017 – National Theatre
16:30 – 17:00 Networking with Refreshments – National Theatre
17:00– 17:30 Closing Session – National Theatre
- Announcement of the elections result
- Announcement of the venue for the AEC Congress and General Assembly 2018
- Closing Remarks
19:00 – 20:00 Concert at the National Theatre
20:00 Dinner
Networking Programme
Sunday 12th November
Excursion to Hrvatsko Zagorje- Krapina, Trski Vrh, wine tasting,
9:00 – 17:00 (detailed programme HERE)
Information fee payment AEC Annual Congress 2017
Early Bird Deadline: 9 October 2017
Participation fees can be paid in the following ways:
– Manual Payment by Bank Transfer before the event (preferable)
– Ideal, Credit Card, Paypal and Bankcontact Systems Online (+3 euro)
– Manual Payment (cash on the spot in Zagreb)
– Manual Payment (by Credit Card in Zagreb)
For more information and invoice request please mail the AEC Events Manager Sara Primiterra at events@aec-music.eu
Participation Fees Amounts – AEC Congress 2017
| Category | If the payment is made before October 9th | If the payment is made after October 9th |
| Representative of AEC member institution | €200 (+ €70 if attending the MusiQuE pre-Congress workshop) | €300 (+ €70 if attending a MusiQuE pre-Congress workshop) |
| Student from an AEC member institution | €150 | €210 |
| Representative of non-member institutions | €400 | €500 |
The participation fee includes:
- Conference documents
- Participation to all plenary and parallel session
- Participation to the networking moments
- Possibility to display information brochures posters and materials about AEC members institutions
- Coffee Breaks
- Two organized Dinners (Thursday 9 and Saturday 11)
- Two organized Lunches (Friday 10 and Saturday 11)
- Concerts organized by the hosting institution
- Assistance by the AEC Office Staff
NB:The rates do not include the participation fee to the Networking Activiy on Sunday (55 euros) and the participation fee of accompanying partners which can be paid in the tab Hotel and Services
The participation fee will not be reimbursed for cancellations notified after October 9th.
Bank details for payments
BNP Paribas Fortis
Account Holder AEC-Music
IBAN: BE47 0016 8894 2980
SWIFT/BIC Code: GEBABEBB
When making the transfer, please clearly quote:
Invoice number
Or
· the code of the event (Congress 2017)
· the last name of the participant
· the name of your institution (if fitting)
Example: Congress2017, Smith, Gotham Conservatory
Hotel and Services Online Reservation
In order to reserve your hotel, as well as the Sunday Excursion and meals for accompanying partners, please fill in the form at
http://www.muza.spektar-putovanja.com/eng-registration.asp
Documents
Practical information
EN hotel information zagreb en.pdf
FR Information sur les hotel zagreb fr.pdf
DE Hotelinformationen Zagreb de.pdf
IT Informazioni sugli hotel zagreb it.pdf
EN description sunday excursion zagreb en.pdf
FR description excursion dimanche zagreb fr.pdf
DE Ausflug Sonntag zagreb de.pdf
IT descrizione escursione domenicale zagabria it.pdf
FR Bourses de Voyage JJ 2017.pdf
DE JJ Reisestipendien 2017.pdf
IT JJ Borse di Viaggio JJ 2017.pdf
EN information fee payment aec annual congress 2017.pdf
FR information sur les frais d inscriptions au congres de l aec 2017.pdf
DE informationen zu den gebeuhren des aec kongress 2017.pdf
IT informazioni sul pagamento della tassa di partecipazione al congresso aec 2017.pdf
EN How to get there from there airport.pdf
DE wie sie vom flughafen in die stadt kommen.pdf
Come Arrivare in Aeroporto.pdf
FR Information de deplacement zagreb.pdf
Programme and Reader
EN Teaser AEC Congress 2017.pdf
FR Teaser Congrès de l’AEC 2017.pdf
DE Teaser AEC Kongress 2017.pdf
IT Teaser Congresso AEC 2017.pdf
Pre Congress Workshop MusiQuE.pdf
Pre Congress Workshop Learning Outcomes.pdf
EN DRAFT Programme en aec congress zagreb version 3 november.pdf
FR DRAFT Programme fr congres aec 2017 version 3 novembre.pdf
IT DRAFT Programma it congresso aec 2017 versione 3 novembre.pdf
DE DRAFT Programm de aec kongress zagreb update 3 november.pdf
EN Reader Congress 2017 Zagreb 3 Nov version.pdf
EN Final reader AEC Congress Zagreb
EN Final Programme AEC Congress Zagreb
FR Final Programme AEC Congress Zagreb
IT Final Programme AEC Congress Zagreb
DE Final Programme AEC Congress Zagreb
Pre Congress Workshop on Chamber Music ECMA
Guidelines for elections
guidelines procedure and application form for council elections 2017.pdf
explication du processus electoral et formulaires de candidature 2017.pdf
ga erluterung des wahlverfahrens und bewerbungsformularen 2017.pdf
linee guida procedure e modulo di domanda per le elezioni del consiglio 2017.pdf
eligibility profile role and duties of aec council members en fr de it.pdf
eligibility profile role and duties of the aec vice president en fr de it.pdf
Slides
Opening Brainstorming on Artistic Research by Leonella Grasso Caprioli
ECMA and Learning and Teaching Platform Parallel Session
Plenary Sessions Slides AEC Congress 2017
Evert Bischopp Boele Audience Development.pdf
Sabine Boerner Leadership in Ensembles.pdf
General Assembly
EN AEC council elections CV and Motivation 2017.pdf
DE report ga 2016 gothenburg.pdf
FR report ga 2016 gothenburg.pdf
EN report ga 2016 gothenburg.pdf
DE AEC council elections CV and Motivations.pdf
FR AEC council elections CV and Motivation.pdf
EN report on regional meetings 2016.pdf
IT Sustainability Plan traduzione corretta
Invitation Letters
EN invitation letter aec congress 2017 zagreb.pdf
FR lettre dinvitation congrs aec 2017 zagreb.pdf
