A delegation of the Europe Jazz Network is participating at the the Pop and Jazz Platform Meeting 2016 that will take place at Codarts Rotterdam, The Netherlands, on 12-13 February, in collaboration with IASJ and in the framework of the AEC Full Score Project funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union.
The Pop and Jazz Platform is a joint meeting between EJN, the Association Européenne des Conservatoires (AEC) and the International Associaion of Schools of Jazz (IASJ) exploring new ways of strengthening the connections between higher education training for pop & jazz musicians and the professional ‘ecosystems’ of European festival, venues and activists that promote these genres. The challenges and opportunities of developing and evaluating students’ skills and competences in a learning environment that is partially embedded in the ‘real world’ of concerts and audiences.
The Europe Jazz Network delegation will contribute with its expertise and understanding of the potential market for young musicians, especially for what concerns festivals, clubs and venues, and with contributing to the discussion about possible ways of bringing the worlds of the schools of music and of music presenters closer to each other.
The Pop and Jazz Platform Preparatory Working Group:
Stefan HECKEL (Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Graz) - Chair
Erling AKSDAL (Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim)
Simon PURCELL (Trinity College of Music London)
Maria Pia DE VITO (Saint Louis College of Music, Rome)
Hannie VAN VELDHOVEN (Utrechts Conservatorium)
Udo DAHMEN (Pop Akademie Mannheim)
Lars ANDERSSON (Malmoe Academy of Music)
Linda BLOEMHARD (Codarts, Rotterdam)
The AEC preparatory working groups members work on the preparation of AEC events on voluntary basis. The AEC Preparatory Working Groups are all formed by coopting active individuals in the relevant field of specialization within AEC member institutions. Proactivity, as well as geographical and gender balances are the applied criteria to guarantee the diverse and dynamic character of the groups, who should ideally recreate the diversity of AEC members institutions.
Working group members are financially supported by their home institutions, which cover their travel and accommodation expenses to the working group meetings and to the actual event.
