Invited lecture for Symposium CityProms, Leeuwarden, 26/6/2015

Innovation Lab Healthy Ageing through Music & the Arts. Lecture at Long Live Arts! Conference, The Hague, 22-5-2015.

Guest blog (Dutch) on music education at Cultureel-Kapitaal-website of LKCA.

A world of wind band music. In de wereld van de blaasmuziek is er zorg over de situatie van de sector. Orkesten hebben te maken met ledenverlies en onderbezetting, en grosso modo bezoeken ze minder concoursen dan voorheen. Er wordt een afname geconstateerd in de beschikbaarheid van repertoire en orkesten …

Gastcollege, Music Academy Sarajevo, 19-3-2015

Gastcollege, Music Academy Sarajevo, 17-3-2015

“If you do what you always did, you will get what you always got.” Evert Bisschop Boele challenges this idea and thinks about new audiences for music in changing times. Evert is Professor (‘lector’) of New Audiences at the Prince Claus Conservatoire, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen in …

Presentatie over dissertatie 'Musicking in Groningen' voor de cursus onderzoeksvaardigheden docenten aan Hanzehogeschool Groningen, 3/2/2015.

When an institution wishes to develop a Masters programme that combines relevance to the profession with preparation for possible 3rd cycle study, there are many things to consider: curriculum design and content, facilities, stakeholder opinion, assessment, likely student intake, etc. But at least as …