Presentations/talks/workshops/presented papers... (selection)
09/2025 Key Note: Braiding Community Music. With Prof. Dr. Lee Higgins, Community Music Fachtag, Landesmusikakademie Berlin.
08/2025 Panel discussion: Where do we stand, where do we go. With Antje Valentin (President, German Music Council), Steven Walters (artistic director, Beethoven Fest) and Juan Garzon (Community Musician). Community Music Conference 2025, Konzerthaus Dortmund.
04/2025 Vortrag: Community Music: Intention, Internationalität, Vielfalt der Kontexte und musikalische Praktiken. 78. Frühjahrstagung des Institut für neue Musik und Musikerziehung Darmstadt.
03/2025 Key Note: Community Music in institutions, tensions and potential. Annual performing arts conference at the University of Malta, Malta.
02/2025 Vortrag: Relevanz von Community Music für Wellbeing und Gesundheitsvorsorge an der 33. Fachtagung Musiktherapie, Freies Musikzentrum, München.
02/2025 Vortrag und Workshop: Community Music Einführung für das Leitungsteam des Deutschen Musikrat, Deutscher Musikrat, Bonn.
11/2024 Impulsvortrag über Community Music an der Jahrestagung Verband Deutscher Musikschulen
Hessen, Landesmusikakademie Schlitz.
Hessen, Landesmusikakademie Schlitz.
02/2024 Community Music im internationalen Kontext. Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, Schweiz.
02/2024 Community Music in Germany. Association for Future Music Education, Seoul, South Korea.
04/2023 Creation of a national network: The development of Community Music in Germany. Key note speech at the 1st Panhellenic Conference on Community Music, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece.
04/2023 Community Music Training weekend at Schloß Kapfenburg
07/2022 Advocacy versus Evidence. Round Table with Francois Matarasso, Pete Moser and Matt Robinson. Community Music Activity Pre-Conference Seminar, International Society of Music Education
07/2022 Key Note talk at the Lab Symposium Kultur. Raum. Vielfalt. Gasteig HP8.
05/2022 Talk and creative Workshop at Elbphilharmonie Hamburg.
11/2021 Musikvermittlung und / oder Community Music, Phillipika with Prof. Dr. Constanze Wimmer at the conference "rethinking classical music practice - audience and community engagement in classical concert life" hosted by the university of music and performing arts Vienna.
09/2021 Talk and workshop at the opening weekend of the Zertifikatskurs künstlerische Interventionen, Universität Hildesheim, Modul 1: Potenziale der Kunst für kulturelle Bildungsprozesse.
06/2021 Seminar "Community Music introduction" and "Community Music in Concerthouses", for students of the MA Musikvermittlung -Musik im Kontext at the Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität Linz, Austria.
10/2020 and 05/2021 Community Music Seminar at the Bundesakademie für musikalische Jugendbildung Trossingen
03/2021 "Community Music und Musikschulen" - Vortrag an der Musikschule Bochum.
03/2021 "Community Music - Eine Einführung" - Ringvorlesung Musik und Wissenschaft - New Directions, Gustav Mahler Privatuniversität für Musik, Klagenfurt, Austria.
11/2020 "Community Music in Concert Halls" - ROCE conference (Spanish Network of educational departments for symphonic orchestras and music venues) Music in the community: participation, inclusion and wellbeing. Tenerife, Spain.
06/2020 Introduction to Community Music - Ringvorlesung International Perspectives of Social Work and Practice, Hochschule Düsseldorf.
09/2019 Paper presentation at the annual AMPF (Arbeitskreis Musikpädagogische Forschung) conference in Hanover, Title: Die Entwicklung von Community Music in München.
05/2019 Paper presentation at the Creative Interactions Conference at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich, Title: Community Music and Creativity.
05/2019 Talk about community cultural development and community music and a singing workshop at KOMMA Esslingen, at a conference on community development.
05/2019 Talk at the University of Salzburg, Title: Community music and intersections with community organising, invited by Prof. Corey Dolgon (Stonehill College Massachusetts, USA).
05/2019 Talk at the University of Applied Sciences Munich, with students of Prof. Dr. Burkhard Hill.
02/2019 Workshop and Talk at the Musikschule Ebersberg: How can we implement community music in our music school in Ebersberg?
11/2018 Vortrag an der Community Music Conference, Community music in higher education in Germany, University Brixen.
11/2018 Fachtagung " Intensiv inklusiv - vielfalt (er)leben" am Orff Institut Salzburg
Key Note: "Community Music".
06/2020 Introduction to Community Music - Ringvorlesung International Perspectives of Social Work and Practice, Hochschule Düsseldorf.
09/2019 Paper presentation at the annual AMPF (Arbeitskreis Musikpädagogische Forschung) conference in Hanover, Title: Die Entwicklung von Community Music in München.
05/2019 Paper presentation at the Creative Interactions Conference at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich, Title: Community Music and Creativity.
05/2019 Talk about community cultural development and community music and a singing workshop at KOMMA Esslingen, at a conference on community development.
05/2019 Talk at the University of Salzburg, Title: Community music and intersections with community organising, invited by Prof. Corey Dolgon (Stonehill College Massachusetts, USA).
05/2019 Talk at the University of Applied Sciences Munich, with students of Prof. Dr. Burkhard Hill.
02/2019 Workshop and Talk at the Musikschule Ebersberg: How can we implement community music in our music school in Ebersberg?
11/2018 Vortrag an der Community Music Conference, Community music in higher education in Germany, University Brixen.
11/2018 Fachtagung " Intensiv inklusiv - vielfalt (er)leben" am Orff Institut Salzburg
Key Note: "Community Music".
10/2018 Ringvorlesung Community Music, katholische Stiftungshochschule München, Campus Benediktbeuern. Vorlesung: "Potentiale von Community Music in Deutschland".
09/2018 Symposium der Community Oper Freiburg "Straßenbahnoper als Modell für ein community basiertes Musiktheater" Freiburg, Teilnahme am Podium: "Interkultur&Kommune. Sozialräumliche Aspekte für Musik (theater) vermittlung".
07/2018 International Society of Music Education, Community Music Activity Commission, Georgia; Symposium with Prof. Dr. Lee Willingham, Dr. Deanna Yerichuk, Dr. Gerard Yin.
Title: "Community Music in the academy: Exploring Ways of Teaching and Learning".
04/2018 Talk and Workshop about Community music with students from the University of Hildesheim studying the MA musik.welt - cultural diversity in music education.
11/2017 Key note speech as part of the Community Music Student Research Symposium at the International Centre for Community Music at York St. John's University.
11/2017 Talk and workshop with students of Prof. Dr. Christine Dettmann of the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich, Title: Community music and intersections with folk music.
10/2017 Community Music Conference, University Brixen.
Presentation and Workshop, Title: “The development of community music in Germany: through the lens of critical pedagogy”.
11/2016 Workshop for the Musikverband Ober- und Niederbayern (MON) together with Doris Kohlenberger on music making in refugee contexts.
07/2016 International Society of Music Education, Main conference, Glasgow; Symposium with Prof. Dr. Lee Higgins und Prof. Dr. Lee Willingham: Developing an international community music Master Programme.
07/2016 International Society of Music Education, Community Music Activity Commission Pre-Conference Seminar, Edinburgh;
Paper: "Developing community music in Munich – critical reflections on a process and participation in the Symposium: Community Music and international policy perspectives".
06/2016 Professional development day for teachers on community music in school contexts, hosted by Heinrich Etzel of the Government of Lower Bavaria.
02/2016 Winter School Community Music for MA students at the University of the Arts Zürich together with Prof. Dr. Lee Higgins, hosted by Dr. Silke Vlecken.
04/2015 Research in Music Education Conference, Exeter;
Paper: "Theoretical Frameworks for Community Music in Germany".
07/2014 International Society of Music Education, Community Music Commission Pre conference seminar, Brasil;
Paper: "Bridging Scholarship and Practice in Community Music".
11/2013 Universität Brixen, Symposium „Musik heilt und hilft“,
Paper: "Community Music: Konzept und Perspektiven der Praxis".
05/2013 Münchner Bildungskonferenz:
Vortrag: "Einführung Community Music".
11/2013 Kreativquartier München, Banlieus d’Europe Konferenz Neue Wege für Bildung; Moderation of the Panels "New impulse for education? Artistic & cultural education - participation - non formal education”.
