Meet the AEC / YMTE Joint Working Group
Members
- Alf Richard KRAGGERUD, Barratt Due Musikkinstitutt, Oslo, Norway
- Minna-Maria PESONEN, East Helsinki School of Music, Helsinki, Finland
- Mario ZECHER, Eberhard-Ludwigs-Gymnasium, Stuttgart, Germany
- Balázs KECSKÉS, Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest, Hungary
- Ross LYNESS, Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin, Ireland
- Lucia DI CECCA, Conservatorio Statale di Musica Santa Cecilia, Rome, Italy
- Finn SCHUMACKER, AEC Executive Director (WG Chair and Coordinator) – Contact here
Goals
- Promoting talents from an early age on
- The joint AEC / YMTE WG will map the landscape of pre-college music education addressing young talents and explore new formats (in terms of timing, collaboration with general education, target groups & student recruitment). The WG will work on minimum standards, but at the same time respect the heterogeneity of the sector. The special needs of a jazz talent program will be investigated in consultation with the AEC PJP WG and EJN.
Updates
The WG is investigating issues in relation to the preparation of young people striving for a career as professional musicians and their admission to pre-college programmes and to higher music education institutions (HMEI) at the bachelor level.
A questionnaire has been sent out to gain insight into the admission procedures to both pre-college and higher music education studies:
