Lange tijd heerste de opvatting dat perceptuele input aan de achterkant van het brein verwerkt werd terwijl de frontale kwab verantwoordelijk was voor het plannen en aansturen van bewegingen. Perceptie en actie waren anatomisch gescheiden. Het is nu duidelijk geworden dat ‘motor’ netwerken in de frontale …

Building a sense of community and social connection through spontaneous music making.Interactive 'jamming' in corners, courtyards, corridors, bedrooms and social spaces between staff, musicians and older adults with dementia has become a regular part of Monday afternoons at St Vincent’s Residential Aged …

Seeing improvisation as something that really needs its place in conservatoire training and education may be more or less ‘new’. However improvisation itself is of course not at all new and has existed since as long as we can remember. I would like to talk to you about what improvisation means for musicians, …

Designing meaningful audio for interactive applications such as video games or sonic user interfaces, presents designers with several challenges. One challenge is the fact that the perception of musical meaning involves cultural or learned aspects when it comes to tonality (Huron, 2006; Patel, 2008). …

In this report the specific conditions for success in organising electronic dance music events were conducted and analysed. The Dutch event industry is currently being over-extended with events, such as musical festivals. Many organisations are having problems with the high level of competition and the …

This essay is published for the occasion of the inauguration of Evert Bisschop Boele on June 25, 2014 as professor ‘New Audiences’ of the research group Lifelong Learning in Music, Centre of Applied Research and Innovation Art & Society/Prince Claus Conservatoire, Hanze University of Applied Sciences …

Recognition of action, goals and intentions has been shown to be mediated by a multimodal mirror-neuron system, not only in monkeys, but also in humans. A fronto-parietal network of brain areas has been identified where these neurons are located. We should expect musical actions, goals and intentions …

Professoral inauguration speech, 25-06-2014

The capacity to make music and understand it is an evolutionary development not shared by animals. Learning to play an instrument has been shown to involve the development of larger brain volume. A strong correlation has been found between high musical activity and preservation of non-verbal memory, …

De beroepspraktijk van de musicus is net als de maatschappij aan verandering onderhevig. Orkesten, koren, operagezelschappen en gesubsidieerde muziekscholen worden uitgedund of opgeheven. Musici zullen als zelfstandig ondernemer een plek in de markt moeten veroveren. Alleen goed kunnen spelen of zingen …