Publications
Handbooks and Reports
AEC Hanbook Manuel des stages professionnels dans l enseignement musical supérieur
Cette publication se veut un bref guide pratique pour les établissements d’enseignement musical supérieur souhaitant favoriser la mobilité des étudiants non seulement dans les études, mais également dans les stages professionnels. Le nouvel intérêt des programmes de mobilité pour les stages professionnels est la réponse concrète aux changements rapides du marché du travail, qui se produisent également dans le secteur de musique.
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AEC Handbook Assurance Qualité et Accréditation dans l enseignement musical supérieur
Le projet de l’AEC sur « L’Accréditation dans la formation musicale professionnelle en Europe », qui s’est déroulé en 2006-20078, a donné lieu à la formulation de critères et procédures européens communs pour l’assurance qualité et l’accréditation externes, qui ont été testés lors de visites d’évaluation dans plusieurs établissements.
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AEC Handbook Implementation and use of credits points in Higher Music Education
The introduction of credit point systems has been an important issue in the context of the Bologna process, which seeks to create a harmonised area of higher education across Europe. In higher music education, a credit point system is something relatively new for many institutions.
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Tuning Educational Structures in Europe – Reference Points for the Design and Delivery of Degree Programmes in Music (2009) (EN, FR, DE)
The present document is the outcome of a long process and the result of the work of several European expert working groups. It includes a description of the characteristics, learning outcomes and competences of higher music education.
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Bezugspunkte für die Gestaltung und Ausführung von Musikstudiengängen Musikhochschulbildung
Das vorliegende Dokument ist somit das Ergebnis eines langen Prozesses sowie der Arbeit mehrerer europäischer Fachgruppen. Es enthält eine Beschreibung der Charakteristika, Lernergebnisse und Kompetenzen der Musikhochschulbildung.
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How to develop a Joint Programme in Music
This publication has been produced jointly by the Prince Claus Conservatoire in Groningen and the European Association of Conservatoires (AEC). It describes the various steps to be undertaken when designing and implementing a joint (master) programme in the field of music. Its aim is to assist institutions interested in setting up such a joint programme with practical advice and concrete examples from a joint master programme in the field of music entitled ‘Music Masters in News Audiences and Innovative Practice’. As a result, it is a combination of a practical handbook and a description of an example of good practice.
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Higher Music Education: A Global Perspective
Music, as a field, a common language, and a practice, has moved across international borders with great freedom. International concert tours and world-wide distribution of recorded music through various technological means are essential activities in the music profession today. Many musicians move to other countries to find work. As a consequence, musicians receiving training today must be offered an environment in which they are adequately prepared for such an international reality.
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Ten Steps on How to Implement Your ERASMUS Exchange Programme in the Field of Music
The following ‘Ten Steps’ are designed to help European institutions in the field of professional music training in higher education to develop, implement, and sustain their exchange activities in the framework of the ERASMUS Programme, the chapter for higher education in the Lifelong Learning Programme of the EU.
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Pre-College Music Education in Europe
It may seem unexpected to find a chapter about the pre-college level as part of a project that focuses on higher education. But there are good reasons to include pre-college education in the research on the current situation of professional music training in European higher education.Professional musicians usually start learning music at a very young age and continue being active as musicians until or even after they retire. This makes music one of the most evident examples of lifelong learning and a subject area distinguishing itself in this sense from many other disciplines in higher education.
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Today’s Student: Tomorrow’s Alumnus
This handbook sets out to examine ways in which conservatoires can cultivate good relationships with their alumni. Behind this is the assumption that it is desirable to have good relationships with our alumni. Why do we want to do this? What can conservatoires do for their alumni? What can alumni do for conservatoires? What can alumni do for each other?
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