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Registration are open for Classical: Next Zoom Meeting

The Classical Next Meeting 2020 has been postponed following the covid-19 pandemic. In the meantime Classical: NEXT will hold a zoom meeting this Thursday 30 April from 15:00 to 16:00 hrs CET. Deborah Kelleher and John Kieser, who were the pre-conf...

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Call for Flexibility – the international students’ situation

Dear AEC members,   In this time of crisis, higher music education institutions all over the world are facing unprecedented challenges.   Students in particular are and feel vulnerable in this climate of uncertainty: it is our duty to s...

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How are higher music education institutions responding to the crisis? Some experiences

How are AEC member institutions dealing with the COVID-19 crisis? See what some colleagues from all over Europe have answered to the following questions:   1) How have the learning and teaching activities in your institution been handled durin...

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Registration are open for the International Competition “Franz Schubert and Modern Music“ (FS&MM)

The University of Music and Performing Arts Graz offers the unique opportunity to participate at the 11th International Competition "Franz Schubert and Modern Music" (FS&MM) . The competition will take place February 6-15...

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Advocacy activities related to the COVID-19 crisis

Like many other organisations, the AEC has published a Message of its President on the corona crisis and launched a very well received website listing Tools & Suggestions how to keep the Music Higher Education business running online. But the cu...

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Distance learning resources for music education

The closure of Higher Education Institutions due to the COVID-10 emergency has clearly pushed the digitisation agenda up in the educational sector and is stimulating a pedagogical discussion among the teachers: they need to rethink the link between t...

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Join the Eurobalcon initiative!

In the difficult times of Covid-19, artists live in isolation. It is therefore difficult for them to practice their art the way they used to. It is more difficult to rehearse in a group, to prepare for exams or performances. In addition to the isolat...

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Message from AEC President Eirik Birkeland in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Dear AEC members, Corona epidemic has a tight grip on Europe and there is no end in sight so far. Our thoughts are first with those who are particularly affected, with those who have lost relatives or friends and with those who are infected by the...

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EU budget negotiations marked by Brexit and Corona

After the new commissioners began their work under President Ursula von der Leyen at the end of 2019 and the date for the Brexit had finally been determined, also the negotiations on the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) ...

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​Classical:NEXT postponed to 2021

Classical:NEXT, the annual global networking and exchange hub dedicated exclusively to professionals in classical and art music, has been postponed to 2021. The event was supposed to take place in Rotterdam on 18-21 May, but after T...

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