Creative Interactions

Thank you to Prof. Andrea Sangiorgio of the University of Music and Performing Arts for a thought provoking conference. I presented a paper on Community Music and Creativity, and particularly enjoyed the very inspiring key note by Dr. Kerry Chappell on transdisciplinary creativity!

KOMMA

Thank you to Amos Heuss for a great day at KOMMA, an inspiring arts and cultural centre in Esslingen! I led a singing workshop for the conference attendees and a workshop and talk on community music and community cultural development (thank you Peggie Kummer for your help and ideas!).

Endlich....

...habe ich nun mein Zeugnis :-)

Jailbreak: Conference about music in prisons: 21.05.19 in Eichstätt

All welcome! We are organising a conference about community music work in prisons with some amazing speakers: Prof. Dr. Mary Cohen (US), Catherine Birch (ICCM, UK), Prof. DDDr. Wolfgang Mastnak, David Ehlers, Basketbeat (Spain) and others.

More info here.

Community Music position at the Konzerthaus Dortmund

Over the last four months I have been working with Raphael Hoensbroech and his amazing team on the development of community music at the Konzerthaus Dortmund.  I am very excited to share this job opportunity: a full time position to develop and build community music at the Konzerthaus Dortmund.

Capstone Community Music Projects

Congratulations to my MA students who have presented their Community Music capstone projects last week! I was very proud of them, what they have achieved, and the journey they have navigated over the last year and a half!

hEImat in Eichstätt

Thank you to Theresa Hürdler, Leon Gaube and Phillip Thomas for inviting me to talk about Community Music at their hEImat project in Eichstätt!

Conference Jailbreak: Music in Prisons, 21.05.2019

Invitation to all to our conference at the University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, about music making in prisons with some amazing talks (Prof. Mary Cohen, Prof. Wolfgang Mastnak, David K.Ehlers, Catherine Birch and others) and workshops, more information here.

End of a journey..

Yesterday I passed my final doctoral exam...thank you to Christine Dettmann for making it a special moment with these beautiful flowers...next is the publication of my thesis and then it's finally done!

Musikschule Ebersberg and community music

Thank you to the director of the Musikschule Ebersberg, Peter Pfaff,  for inviting me to run a workshop with 40 music teachers on community music and the future work and vision of the music school Ebersberg. Lots of deep conversations about the future and the role of the music school in the community.

Visit by Lee Higgins at KU Eichstätt

Thank you Lee Higgins for yet another very productive few days!
We look forward to more work with you at Eichstätt!

Thank you to Shirley Salmon and Erik Esterbauer and the Mozarteum Orff Institute!

Thank you to Shirley Salmon and Erik Esterbauer for inviting me to do a keynote at their interesting symposium at the Orff Institute in Salzburg!

Soundpainting mit Carina Dengler: 8. Community Music Salon

Soundpainting Workshop mit Carina Dengler: 8. Community Music Salon:
Dienstag 27. November 2018, 17 Uhr bis 20 Uhr, Anmeldung hier.

Soundpainting ist eine Zeichensprache, die in den 1970er Jahren von Walter Thompson entwickelt wurde und mit der man Live-Kompositionen mit Musikern, Tänzern, Schauspielern sowie visuellen Künstlern kreieren kann. In mehr als 35 Ländern wird mit Soundpainting sowohl auf professionell künstlerischer Ebene als auch im Bildungsbereich gearbeitet. Für Kinder ist es eine wunderbare Möglichkeit, sich durch Sprache, Musik oder Bewegung auszudrücken, zu improvisieren und kreativ zu sein.
In diesem Workshop werden die Grundlagen von Soundpainting erforscht, einige Zeichen kennengelernt und damit kurze Performances kreiert. Die Teilnehmer können verschiedene Kunstformen ausprobieren und selbst Soundpainter sein. Es wird auch Beispiele dazu geben, wie man Soundpainting in community settings anwenden kann, z.B. in Schulen oder Flüchtlingsunterkünften.

Seminar Community Music Benediktbeuern MUZA

What a beautiful place to work!

Thank you to Prof. Christine Plahl for inviting me back to work with her MUZA students on community music and running a community music workshop on the campus of Benediktbeuern!

Ringvorlesung Community Music at Benediktbeuern

I'm looking forward to a talk and conversation on "Potentiale von Community Music in Deutschland" tomorrow night 19.00 at the katholische Stiftungshochschule München.

MUS0C - Music and Social Intervention Network

Thank you to Dr. Jennie Henley (Royal College of Music) and Prof. Lee Higgins (International Centre of Community Music) for inviting me to participate at MUS0C at York St- John's University last weekend.
The website they have built through this project is amazing:
https://learn.rcm.ac.uk/courses/1240/modules

Register for our MA inclusive music education/community music by the 2nd of June!

Deadline for registration for the MA inclusive music education/community music at the Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt is the 2nd of June, more information here

musik.welt Universität Hildesheim

Vielen Dank an Prof. Dr. Karin Sauer, Morena Piro und die Student*innen des Masterstudienganges musik.welt - kulturelle Diversität in der musikalischen Bildung für die Einladung nach Hildesheim für einen Tag zum Thema Community Music.

The MA in inclusive music education / commmunity music has begun...

With a lovely group of thirteen students, a visit from Prof. Lee Willingham, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada, a lot of really good discussions and music making!

Here a recent article about the MA in the local newspaper!

4. Community Music Salon with Prof. Lee Willingham

Another inspiring community music salon, this time at the Kösk in Munich, with inspiring project examples from Canada and a song sharing session led by Lee Willingham. Participants again came from all over Germany!