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AEC Newsletter December 2020

Dear friends and colleagues,
This strange year is coming to an end. We light our candles with the hope of a new and better year ahead.
We receive good news from Russia and the United Kingdom: the COVID-19 vaccination has started. We look forward to opening our doors, coming together as musicians and listeners in a vibrant music and art life again.
COVID-19 has changed the world in a matter of months. As AEC members, we work continuously to respond to change and to further develop our contribution to society, in the coming year, in coming years.
My colleagues in the AEC Council and the entire AEC Office Team wish you all peaceful holidays and a brighter New Year!

Eirik Birkeland
AEC President

French translation - German translation

Advocacy updates

This year has been a very special year in many respects.
December is a time to end the year and draw a conclusion, but at the same time to look forward to better future. AEC, together with other organisations, will continue its advocacy activities.

European Early Music Summit 2020: wrap up

REMA, the European Network for Early Music, in collaboration with the AEC, organised the European Early Music Summit 2020 online on 20-22 November. The event gathered more than 500 participants for numerous seminars, panel discussions, and concerts.

AEC Pop and Jazz Working Group: call for new members

The Pop and Jazz Platform (PJP) Working Group organises yearly conferences addressing diverse issues related to pop, jazz and world music departments.
The PJP Working Group is currently looking for two new members.

AEC Pop and Jazz Platform: call for contributions

The AEC Pop and Jazz Platform (PJP) conference 2021 will take place online on 11-13 February.
The PJP Working Group invites colleagues to contribute to the programme by submitting a proposal of presentation and discussion.

LoLa v2.0: three points distance live musical performance

The official première of the LoLa v2.0 took place during the AEC Congress 2020 online, with live music from three different locations. Watch the video recording of the outstanding performance!

Update on ECMA Pro - European Chamber Music Academy project

In the time of pandemic, ECMA Pro will become more substantial in supporting artists in a changing environment, and will focus on developing formats of ECMA sessions and project deliverables.

Survey:
Woman in Formal Leadership Positions in Music Organisation

NEWS in MAP project launched a survey, targeting female leaders in order to gather their opinions of the skills and training necessary to assume formal leadership positions, and their perceptions of barriers to leadership.

Survey:
Work-integrated Learning in the Music Academy

In the framework of the project “Work-integrated Learning in the Music Academy” (WILMA), this survey aims at gathering data from HMEIs about their student internship programmes which are included within their curricula.

Leadership news from AEC member institutions

» Emilie Gardberg has been selected as Dean of Uniarts Helsinki’s Sibelius Academy.

» Ingeborg Radok Žádná has been elected as Rector of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.

This is a new section of the AEC Newsletter which provides updates regarding the senior management of AEC member institutions.
You are welcome to share such information with us so that we can disseminate it amongst our readers.