TUNE (Traditional Music Undergraduate Network in Europe) is a 3-year Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnership project (2021–2024) that aims to promote strategic cooperation between five European higher music education institutions through the development of an innovative joint module in traditional music based on the concept of blended mobility.
The project’s main outcomes will be a joint undergraduate module in traditional music and an online platform that is used to connect student groups throughout the academic year and build towards bi-annual intensive weeks of workshops, lectures, ensemble work, and performances at professional music festivals.
The project aims to foster the development of intercultural competence among students and other project stakeholders through the lens of traditional music exchange, aiming to raise awareness and understanding regarding cultural identity, cultural awareness, and cultural heritage in the European context. The project will also enhance music students’ employability by providing opportunities to build a European professional network, gain performance experience in professional conditions, and develop digital skills and competences.
Main objectives:
- Develop a sustainable, mutually recognized joint undergraduate module,“European Traditional Musics Beyond Borders”, based on blended mobility, thereby embedding mobility in the curricula of all five partner institutions
- Create and develop innovative digital educational content and technical structures for a sustainable online learning platform, “TUNE Online Platform for Learning, Teaching and Musical Exchange”
- Provide access to digital educational content, as well as live student musical performances, produced during the project to the general public, including underrepresented groups
- Foster the development of intercultural competence among students and other project stakeholders through the lens of traditional music exchange. The project aims to raise awareness and understanding among students and other project stakeholders regarding cultural identity, cultural awareness, and cultural heritage in the European context
- Enhance music students’ employability through providing opportunities to build a European professional network, gain performance experience in professional conditions, and develop digital skills and competences
- Improve mobility between the partner institutions by forming a community of traditional music students and faculty that engage in collaborations and exchange both within and beyond the scope of the project.
The TUNE project consortium consists of 6 European institutions:
