Several Institutes in Europe have been following a long tradition of Early Music study programmes and others are constantly developing and implementing new programmes. During its 9th and last edition, the AEC EMP has therefore addressed a most critical issue of adapting the higher music education sector to an increasingly international music market. In fact, the growing demand for more complete and specialised performers’ portfolios and the need for new tools capable of facing the rapid changes in the music profession push to think outside of the “VOX”.
The Platform was organised in connection to the Multiplier Event of the VOX Early Mus Strategic Partnership Project, an ERASMUS + collaborative project which has spent the past three years investigating the need to adapt and to regard different points of view and approaches in vocal early music. The main highlights of the 2018 edition were indeed the plenary session about the presentation of the VOX Early Mus intellectual outputs (by Isaac Alonso de Molina and Nicolai Gheorghita), the panel discussion with the representatives of the partner institutions led by Claire Michon and the presentations on “International collaborations in Early Music” which gave participants the opportunity to discuss cross-border cooperation in the field of vocal Early Music teaching, as a tool to strengthen the quality of Higher Music Education.
The meeting also featured two practical workshop demonstrations on improvised counterpoint (by Jean Yves Haymoz from Geneva) and on Bizantin Chant (by Nicolai Gheorghita). Finally, the interview conducted by Francis Biggi to the two festival organizers Francis Marechal and Giovanni Conti gave the possibility to continue the discussion about the cooperation between conservatoire representatives and festival/concert hall promoters.
The complete programme, including abstracts and biographies of the speakers can be found at www.aec-music.eu/emp2018.
Although this was the last edition of the Early Music Platform, AEC is currently working on a joint meeting on Early Music with REMA (European Early Music Network), which will take place in 2020.
AEC would like to warmly thank everyone who made this platform gathering possible for 9 years, in particular all the hosting institutions and the EMP Working Group chaired by Peter Nelson, but also all the engaged participants who have always supported the platform and given an important contribution to the development of the Early Music education sector.
