The 3rd Intensive Programme of the ERASMUS + Strategic Partnership VOXearlyMUS, entitled “Contempor-early music: embracing the new”, hosted by the Royal Conservatoire The Hague between the  24th of February and the 4th of March 2018, will gather students, teachers and early music specialists from five European conservatoires (Den Haag Royal Conservatoire, “Joseph Haydn” Konservatorium Eisenstadt, “Arrigo Boito” Conservatorio di Musica Parma, “Arrigo Pedrollo” Conservatorio di Musica Vicenza, National University of Music Bucharest) and three professional institution (Fondazione Italiana per la Musica Antica – FIMA, National Choir Association – ANCR and the Association of European Conservatoires – AEC).
The participants will enjoy the opportunity of working together within individual and ensemble training sessions, conferences and applied workshops with prestigious personalities, such as Pascal Bertin, Robin Blaze, Fajo Jansen  (Den Haag Royal Conservatoire), Chariklia Apostolu, Regina Himmelbauer (Joseph Haydn Konservatorium Eisenstadt), Enrico Zanovello, Pierluigi Comparin (Arrigo Pedrollo Conservatorio di Musica di Vicenza), Francesco Baroni, Alessandro Ciccolini (Arrigo Boito Conservatorio di Musica di Parma), Dan Dediu, Nicolae Gheorghita (National University of Music Bucharest), Grigore Cudalbu (National Choir Association), Giovanna Maniezzo (Fondazione Italiana per la Musica Antica). 
The whole Intensive Programme will be closely supervised by Claire Michon, an external expert appointed by AEC. Two concerts of the newly formed VOXearlyMUS ensemble will take place in important concerts halls from Hague. More details about the participants and the specific activities of the 3rd Intensive Programme will follow soon on the project’s website.
 
Coming up, in March (21st – 23rd): the last Transnational Project Meeting of the two working groups on curriculum design and repertoire research within the early music small vocal ensembles will take place at Arrigo Boito Conservatorio di Musica di Parma.More details about the ERASMUS + KA2 Strategic Partnership VOXearlyMUS are available on the project website.