Conference Brochure of the 5th European Forum on Music

Access to Music is Digital?

11 – 14 June 2015, Riga & Cesis, Latvia

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5th European Forum on Music: Access to Music is Digital?

Rather than just hearing about new technologies, markets or ways on how to improve an artist’s visibility through digital means, participants of the EMC’s 5th European Forum on Music, co-hosted by the Latvian Music Council, will discuss the synergies between the digital world and ‘real life’.

New technologies have greatly improved the way music and culture can be accessed.

Today, anyone with a smartphone and an internet connection anywhere in the world can experience a concert by a philharmonic orchestra in London, or view footage of a rock concert in Lisbon. At the same time, concert halls, festivals, arts centres and other institutions or events where people can experience music being performed live, meet and exchange with peers, practice and perform music or otherwise get involved in musical activities in person, are still of the uttermost importance for thriving musical communities and society as a whole.

The Forum will look into how new technologies facilitate the work of cultural institutions, how improved access to culture helps raise people’s interest in music, and explore the interplay between the digital world and the one away from the keyboard.

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Welcome from the Latvian Music Council Welcome to the European Forum on Music in Latvia’s prettiest cities, Riga and Cesis!

Riga, as Latvia’s capital city, alluringly tempts with its intensive music and art scene, while Cesis as a regional centre doesn’t fall far behind. Cesis has a beautiful concert hall in which both a symphonic orchestra and a ballet can perform, and where chamber, organ and choral music can resound. Moreover Cesis is found in one of the most poetic and picturesque places in Latvia, which is characterised by the ancient Gauja valley and the beautiful contours of the ground, and can give travellers enormous enjoyment from looking at the landscapes alone.

The theme of the Music Forum, Access to Music is Digital?,’ attests to the settings of the digital age and invites us all to solve its problems together. In fact, all the information which we use is digital, and our fast pace of life requires the digitalisation of all, including music.

Let’s assemble in the European Forum on Music to enjoy Latvia’s hospitality and culture, and we can answer the questions everyone has in common.

Indra Rise Chair person of the Latvian National Music Council and Latvian Composers’ Union

Dear Participants!

On behalf of the staff and board of the European Music Council, it is both an honour and a privilege to welcome you to Riga for our 5th European Forum on Music: Access To Music is Digital? We are deliberately posing a question for every delegate and EMC member organisation to consider, knowing that with our generous hosts, The Latvian Music Council, we will embrace the opportunities afforded by this assembly to meet, greet and be challenged by the myriad digital platforms and technologies with which, as music professionals we all engage and are increasingly inspired by.

I have been fortunate in these past weeks to present the work of the EMC with colleagues at Classical:Next in Rotterdam, to the EMU General Assembly in Luxembourg and most recently at the International Society for the Performing Arts congress jointly hosted by Malmö and Copenhagen. It was evident there that the influence of the Nordic and Baltic countries is growing in cultural and creative significance, so it is wholly appropriate that we join together here in Riga for our European Forum on Music.

You are all most welcome.

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Programme Thursday, 11 June 2015 Small Guild

18:00

Welcome by the Hosts of the 5th European Forum on Music

18:15

Evening with Latvian Traditional Music and Dance performed by students and graduates of the Ethnomusicology class of the Jazeps Vitols Latvian Academy of Music (JVLMA)

8:30

Registration

9:15

Musical Welcome JVLMA Saxophone Quartet

9:30

Welcome Ian Smith (Chairman of EMC) Indra Rise (Chair Person of the Latvian National Music Council, Latvian Composer’s Union) Anda Beitane (Vice-Rector for Scientific and Creative Work at the JVLMA)

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Keynote Speech Dace Melbarde (Minister of Culture of Latvia)

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Panel Discussion Music and the Digital: The Roles, the Rules, the Visions

11:30

Coffee Break

12:00

Musical Performance Madara Liepina (violin), Daumants Liepins (piano)

12:15

Audience Development, the Digital World and Europe

13:45

Lunch Break

15:00

Musical Performance JVLMA Mixed Choir, Conductor - Janis BaltinĹĄ

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Music Education Trends and Developments

16:45

Coffee Break

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Broadening the Scope: Global Perspectives on Music and the Digital

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in parallel Introducing the EMC Staff Exchange Programme

Saturday, 13 June 2015 Cesis Concert Hall

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18:15

Transport to National Library of Latvia IMPORTANT! Please note that access to the National Library of Latvia requires a valid passport or ID card.

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Concert on 11th floor of the National Library of Latvia Esemble Art -i- Shock

20:00

Jazz evening at “Hamlets” club

8:00

Bus to Cesis, departing from the Latvian Society House (Rigas Latviešu biedriba – see p. 20).

Please note that the buses have been specially reserved for EFM participants and are not a public trasnport service. Please make sure to arrive at the point of departure in good time.

9:30

Registration

9:45

Welcome Janis Rozenbergs (Mayor of Cesis), Inese Zagorska (Programme Director of the Cesis Concert Hall)

10:00

Musical Welcome Presentation and demonstration of the newly built Cello by Betchet & Konig for the 1st International Festival „Cello Cesis”

10:20

Speaking with One Voice: the Next Steps for the European Agenda for Music

10:45

Coffee Break

11:10

Musical Performance 7 Synths - Kaspars Tobis (music), Artis Dzerve (Video), Anita Intaite (voice) 5

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Panel Discussion Urban, Rural and Digital Spaces: the Role of Concert Venues Today

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Lunch Break

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Musical Intermisson Latvian Premiere of the work by Anastasija Kadisa „3+2” (Guntars Freibergs - Percussion)

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Encouraging Musical Inclusion and Equality through Digital Technology powered by the EMC Youth Committee

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in parallel Project Showcase carus music – The Choir App Presented by Sonja Greiner (European Choral Association - Europa Cantat) Minute of Listening Presented by Julia Baker (Sound and Music) Doewap online platform Presented by Jan Stofferis (Koor&Stem) remaradio.eu Presented by Helena DeWinter and Ksenia Bocharova (European Early Music Network - REMA) CMC LINE-UP Platform - Linked Irish NEw mUsic Platform!

Presented by Jonathan Grimes (Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland)

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Coffee Break

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The Sounds of Technology

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Information session: new EMC cooperation project

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Opening concert of the 1st International festival „Cello Cesis” Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Janis Liepins, solo-Nicolas Altstaedt (Germany)

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“Medieval feast” with music and dance in Cesis Medieval Castle Gardens

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Bus to Riga

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Registration for EMC Annual Meeting

10:30

Musical Welcome

by Children vocal studio “Knipas un knauki”

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EMC Annual Meeting

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Snack Lunch Departure

15:00

City Tour (optional)

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Forum Sessions Music and the Digital: The Roles, the Rules, the Vision Panel Discussion with Ilze Dalbina, Stefano Kunz, Benoît Machuel, Gianpaolo Scacco, chaired by Nenad Bogdanovic The digital shift has affected almost every aspect of our daily lives and music is certainly no exception: The accessibility of music has exploded, music journalism has become decentralised, music lessons for every imaginable instrument are available at a click of the mouse, the music industry has been struggling for years while new funding models for musicians have made projects possible that would never have taken place otherwise. The opportunities and challenges of the digital shift have already been discussed at great length but one thing is evident: We are still in a transition period that will define how the musical sector will work in the decades to come. This panel discussion will bring together different perspectives on the role that music should play in the digital era and how we can shape its future.

Audience Development, the Digital World and Europe Luke O’Shaughnessy, Zane Grosa, chaired by Till Skoruppa Taking two high profile European projects as an example - The Opera Platform, which provides high-quality content from some of Europe’s most renowned Opera Houses, and Europeana Sounds, a gateway to Europe’s sound and music heritage - this session will explore the use of the digital in making music more widely accessible to the European public.

Music Education, Trends and Developments Thomas De Baets, Otto Romanowski, Matti Ruippo An interactive session exploring the changes in the world of music education resulting from the digital shift. What new tools are available for the teaching of music? What is the role of music educators today, and how do digital natives learn new things?

Broadening the Scope: Global Perspectives on Music and the Digital Kostas Moschos, Emmanuel Michael Mwanyono, Hannibal Saad, chaired

by Silja Fischer This session offers an insight into the role digital tools play beyond Europe. With the specificities of the music sector varying from one world region to the next, so is also true of the use of digital technology. Find out more about the state of digital music sales in Africa, or about the challenges of organising music festivals in Syria and how social media can connect musicians in areas of conflict.

Introducing the EMC staff exchange programme chaired by Ruth Jakobi Learn more about the EMC’s new exchange programme, hear about the experiences of those who took part in the first round of the scheme, and find out how to become involved as a host or sending organisation.

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Speaking with One Voice: the Next Steps for the European Agenda for Music chaired by Julia Osada The Agenda is an ongoing project led by the EMC that aims to define the priority areas for the future of music and what action needs to be taken for a musicallythriving Europe. The current state of the Agenda will be presented and the activities planned for the second half of 2015 and 2016 discussed.

Urban, Rural and Digital Space: the Role of Concert Venues Today Panel Discussion with Inese Zagorska, Andrzej Kosendiak, Ints Dalderis, chaired by Sonja Greiner New concert halls and cultural centres continue to be built all across Europe and with the aim of improving local infrastructure and encouraging a spill-over effect of culture into the local economy. At the same time, many long-established venues are working to expand their reach beyond the local audience by making their content available to global audiences via digital tools. This panel will discuss the role of cultural venues in the digital era - their responsibilities, society’s expectations, and how they view themselves.

Encouraging Musical Inclusion and Equality through Digital Technology Markku Kaikkonen, Benjaman Schögler, chaired by Till Skoruppa This session is powered by the EMC Youth Committee New technological developments have greatly improved the lives of those with mental and physical disabilities. This is also true in the music world, where digital technology is helping individuals across Europe overcome disability to learn, perform and become involved alongside their able bodied peers.

The Sounds of Technology Frank Elting Over the past thirty years, digital technology has greatly shaped the process of music creation and sound design, and continues to do so. This session will give a practical insight into what has been achieved to date, as well as provide an outlook as to what’s yet to come in the near future.

Information session: new EMC cooperation project chaired by Julia Osada An introduction to the EMC’s new cooperation project which aims to strengthen networking in and with the music sector in Central and Eastern Europe

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Keynote Speaker

Dace Melbarde - Minister of Culture of Latvia Ms Melbarde has worked as Secretary General of the Latvian National Commission for UNESCO, Deputy State Secretary on Cultural Policy at the Ministry of Culture, Country Manager of the British Council Latvia, Director of the National State Centre for Arts Education and Intangible Heritage and the organizer of the Latvian Song and Dace Celebration. As she took on the role of the Minister for Culture, Ms Melbarde also returned to the Latvian National Commission for UNESCO as its president. In 2013, Ms Melbarde was Chairperson of the Culture Commission during the 37th session of the General Conference of UNESCO. Under her leadership the Latvian Song and Dance Celebration tradition was applied for inclusion in the list of Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. Ms Melbarde holds an MA in Theory of Culture (Latvian Academy of Culture, 1996) and MSC in Public Administration (University of Latvia, 2001).

Speakers and Experts

Andrzej Kosendiak Director of the National Forum of Music, artist, conductor and pedagogue, Andrzej Kosendiak graduated from the Department of Composition, Conducting and Music Theory of Wroclaw Music Academy, and holds the doctor habilitatus degree. He put forward the idea of founding the National Forum of Music and building its state-of-the-art concert hall, of whose resident ensembles many were been founded upon his initiative: the NFM Choir, Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra, NFM Boys’ Choir, and the Polish National Youth Choir. Andrzej Kosendiak has also conceived various educational projects.

He continues to support the development of new chamber ensembles and festivals. He is active as conductor, leading concerts and featuring on albums, mainly with early music. The laureate of Wroclaw Music Prize, he has been nominated twice for the Fryderyk Award. In the 1980s Andrzej Kosendiak founded Collegio di Musica Sacra, a dynamic consort specialising in early music.

For years he worked in arts education. The recording series Witold Lutoslawski.

Opera Omnia and 1000 Years of Music in Wroclaw have been advanced and are still in progress thanks to his ideas.

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Benjaman Schögler Benjaman Schögler is a musician, psychologist & Creative Director at Skoogmusic. An active member of the research community, Ben creates fun new things at Skoogmusic, supporting novel ways of engaging young people in making music, and promoting the benefits of active music making for all.

Benoit Machuel Benoît Machuel has been General Secretary of the International Federation of Musicians (FIM) since September 2002. Before that, he developed a career as a professional musician for twenty years, both as a cellist and a gambist in various French symphony/opera orchestras and musical ensembles. As such, he took part in a number of recordings and tours in France and abroad.

He also worked as Artistic Director for French CD labels dedicated to classical and contemporary music. Between 1995 and 2002, he was a national representative of SNAM (French musicians union). He holds two Master’s degrees, in Computer Sciences (ABD) and in Business Administration.

Emmanuel Michael Mwanyongo Born in 1989, Emmanuel Michael Mwanyongo is a Malawian Arts/ Music journalist, PR Consultant, Talent Manager and an aspiring creative entrepreneur. With interests in arts, music and media, he has already rolled out a couple of initiatives in his country.

At the moment, he is building a mobile app and website for selling music called Kwacha Box. Targetting Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Southern Africa, the online music store is tailor-made to meet the needs of artists and music consumers in this region. Emmanuel recently presented his idea (Kwacha Box) in Harare, Zimbabwe during the inaugural IMPACT Music Conference which was organised by the African Music Development Programme.

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Frank Elting Frank Elting is an independent product designer of advanced media tools.

As a longtime lead product designer at Native Instruments, he specialized in the simulation of real instruments in the digital world. His work at Native Instruments influenced a number of highly innovative product designs.

Before entering the theme of music technology and usability, Frank ran 2 independent record labels and produced a shelf full of electronic music records ranging from house to minimalistic, experimental pieces. Since 2011 he enjoys being a freelance designer and has taught music programming at the HdpK in Berlin.

Hannibal Saad Hannibal Saad is a music manager and festival artistic director. He created and ran two major international music festivals and conferences in Syria until the crisis began. Hannibal now runs the Global Week 4 Syria, Syrian Music Lives and other international cross-over projects between the Arab world and the rest of the world.

Ian Smith Ian is the chair of the European Music Council. Ian’s background is as a musician, performing with the Scottish National Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra and directing Scottish Brass. He moved to the UK Musician’s Union in 1993 and was appointed Head of Music at the Scottish Arts Council in 2005. He has been Portfolio Manager for Music and Intellectual Property Development at Creative Scotland since its creation in 2010.

Ilze Dalbina Ilze Dalbina has been Education Program Director of the Latvian National Commission for UNESCO since 2012. She coordinates different educational projects, including the UNESCO Associated School project in Latvia that is devoted to promoting sustainable development, including safeguarding tangible, intangible, and documentary cultural heritage through arts and music education. Ilze Dalbina has actively taken part in the promotion of education for sustainable development on a national and international level and was a member of the drafting group for the Aichi-Nagoya Declaration at the UNESCO World Conference on ESD in 2014.

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iNESE zAGORSKA Inese Zagorska graduated from the Jazeps Vitols Latvian Academy of Music as a classical pianist. She holds a MA degree obtained from the Arts Management Programme of the Latvian Academy of Culture. For more than 30 years she worked as Deputy Head and a piano teacher at the Sigulda Music school. She has taken part in various international cultural projects, including, for example, the production ‘Peace Child’ in Scotland, featuring more than 140 hundred young people from 14 countries. In 2001, Zagorska founded the ‘Grand White Piano’ chamber concert hall in Sigulda, a pioneer of the process of cultural decentralization in professional arts. In 2014, with the opening of the new concert hall of regional and national significance in Cesis, she was appointed as the Programme Director of the new concert venue. Inese Zagorska is a member of the Board of the Latvian Association of Event Centres /LPCA/. Since 2012, Inese Zagorska has been working with the world-famous violinist Gidon Kremer, promoting the Kremerata Baltica Festival in Latvia.

Julia Osada Julia studied Social Anthropology at the universities of Sussex and Heidelberg, before going on to obtain a MA in European Cultural Policy and Management from the University of Warwick. She has worked across the cultural sector, gaining experience at the Warwick Arts Centre, Liverpool Culture Company, the A Soul for Europe initiative, as well as at a number of small galleries and concert venues throughout the UK and Germany. She joined the EMC team in 2010 as personal assistant to the Secretary General. Currently she is the Executive Director of the European Music Council.

Kostas Moschos Born in Athens, he studied musical theory and composition in Athens, music technology, music phenomenology, conducting and musicology in France and Germany. He has composed 65 pieces in several forms including music for theater, cinema, dance and interactive music installations. He has taught Music and Music Technology in several Academic Institutions.

He is director of the Institute for Research on Music & Acoustics (IEMA) – Greek Music Documentation Centre. In this frame he was involved in many research projects like Composers Work Catalogs. He was member of the workgroup for the “Specifications on the Digitization of Audio and Music”, the recent National Music Education Curriculum, the “Digital School” national project and leader of the European Project MINSTREL (MusIc Network Supporting Trans-national exchange and dissemination of music Resources at European Level). He is General Secretary of the Athens Museums Network and member of the Board of IAMIC (International Association of Music Information Centers) and the European Music Council.

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Luke O’Shaughnessy Born and raised in London, Luke O’Shaughnessy started his career working as an administrator of several contemporary music festivals including Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival in the North of England, the Almeida Opera Festival in London and Ars Musica in Brussels. Between 2002 and 2008, Luke worked as Director of RESEO (European Network for Opera and Dance Education); during this period the network grew considerably and secured a number of grants from the European Commission. Based in France since 2009, Luke worked for four years as Secretary General of the Opéra de Dijon. In parallel to work as a freelance consultant on international cooperation projects, Luke’s main activity is now as Project Manger for The Opera Platform, Opera Europa’s innovative project, funded by the EC’s Creative Europe programme, to bring live streams from 15 partner opera houses in 12 countries to audiences on the web.

Markku Kaikkonen M.Mus. Markku Kaikkonen works as Director at the Special Music Centre Resonaari in Finland. He is a co-author and editor of dozens of music education books and articles. Over 50 of his songs for instrument tuition and early childhood music education have been published. Kaikkonen is a guest lecturer on continuing education programs in Finland and abroad.

He is a board member of the Finnish Society for Music Education and the Concert Centre Finland. He serves as chair in Commission on Special Music Education & Music Therapy of the International Society for Music Education.

Matti Ruippo Matti Ruippo, Senior Lecturer in Music Technology at Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK), MMus, has led the Degree Programme in Music Technology since 2004. Besides technological topics, he teaches music education technology and web based music teaching.

Mr. Ruippo is currently pursuing doctoral studies in the field of music distance learning. Mr. Ruippo has presented his work at many international conferences e.g. in Beijing, Bhopal, Berlin, Bologna, Dublin, Edmonton, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Leeds, Miami, Mossoró, Ottawa, Porto Alegre, Tallinn, and Thessaloniki.

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Nenad Bogdanovic Nenad Bogdanovic is a Serbian/Cypriot musician and cultural organiser.

He is Executive Director of Cyprus Symphony Orchestra Foundation, which manages the island’s National Symphony and Youth Symphony Orchestras.

He worked as CEO of Cultural Movement of Limassol EPILOGI – Jeunesses Musicales Cyprus and Dance House Limassol. He played a major role in establishing the Euro-Arab Youth Music Centre, which is a joint venture

by Jeunesses Musicales International, Arab Academy of Music – League of Arab States and Cultural Movement EPILOGI. Nenad managed various projects for youth in music funded by the EU’s “Culture” and “Youth in Action” Programmes, Anna Lindh Foundation, European Cultural Foundation and Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture, which included the “EuroMediterranean Youth Music Expo”, “Choral Crossroads” festivals and “Ethno Cyprus”. Nenad is a Board member of Jeunesses Musicales International and the European Music Council.

Otto Romanowski Otto Romanowski (1952) studied the theory of music, computer music and composing at the Sibelius Academy, in addition to musicology at the Helsinki University. Romanowski is one of the most notable Finnish authorities in computer music. His works are essentially interdisciplinary and inter artistic, and since 1990 he has concentrated also on creating computer graphics and multimedia. Romanowski is a renowned lecturer in music technology and is currently employed as a lecturer at the University of the Arts Helsinki, Department of Music Technology at the Faculty of Sibelius Academy.

Ruth Jakobi Ruth Jakobi studied Music, French and Education in Hamburg, Germany and Lyon, France. As a flutist, she performed in several European places and beyond. In September 2003, she was employed as secretary general of the European Music Council. Since the birth of her first daughter in 2008, Ruth Jakobi continues working for the EMC on a part-time basis; she also works as a freelance consultant for international music projects. She is often invited as a lecturer to international conferences or to cultural management study courses and serves as jury member in (youth) music competitions.

Silja Fischer Silja Fischer was appointed Secretary General of the International Music Council in 2009. In this capacity, she is in charge of the day-to-day business, official representation, programme implementation, grant mobilisation as well as the relationship with UNESCO. She is currently involved in the global campaign calling for culture to be included in the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals. Moreover, she oversees the implementation of a 3-year EU-ACP-funded programme which aims to contribute to the development of the music sector in Africa.

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Sonja Greiner Sonja Greiner is the Secretary General of the European Choral Association – Europa Cantat. After studying languages and doing two years of teacher training, she first became the manager of the International Chamber-Choir Competition and the festival Musica Sacra International in Marktoberdorf at the beginning of the 90ies. She later became deputy Secretary General and then Secretary General of Europa Cantat (European Choral Association – Europa Cantat since 2011). Sonja Greiner was a member and Treasurer of both the European and the International Music Councils for several years.

Stefano Kunz Stefano Kunz has been working as managing director of the Swiss Music Council since 2012, and was elected vice chair of the European Music Council in June 2014. In his function as managing director he is also secretary of the parliamentarian group for music of the Swiss Parliament. He worked freelance for fifteen years as a professional classical singer, singing teacher and also as vocal coach for choirs throughout almost all of Europe. For three years he built up and managed a company for musical productions. After this extraordinary experience he decided to follow a postgraduate study for general management where he obtained the degree of an executive master of advanced studies. In February 2014 he was elected as member of the city council of his hometown near Zurich.

tHOMAS dE BAETS Thomas De Baets is Professor in Music Education at LUCA School of Arts in Leuven, Belgium. He is Coordinator of the Bachelor and Master program in Music Education and Chair of the Music Education & Therapy Research Group.

He holds a Master’s degree in Music Education (Lemmensinstituut, 2005), a degree of Advanced Studies in Music Education (Lemmensinstituut, 2008), and a PhD in Music Education under the supervision of Professor Mark Reybrouck (KU Leuven, 2012). He is Vice President of the European Association for Music in Schools (EAS) since 2015. As well as his activities in Belgium, he has also lectured abroad. He is guest lecturer in music education research at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague (the Netherlands) and Visiting Professor in the Arts at KU Leuven (Belgium).

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Till Skoruppa Till is the EMC Programme Manager, responsible for organising the events and all things related to communication and public relations. Previous to this appointment, he already gained experience working on an international level at the European Centre for Creative Economy. Previous positions include public relations manager for the Bonn Classical Philharmonic, work in the communications department of the State Theatre Karlsruhe, and as a radio promoter for a heavy metal record label. Till graduated from the University of Bonn with a major in Musicology and minors in French and English language and literature. As a guitarist, he has played in a variety of bands, playing in many small clubs and experiencing first-hand the challenges that musicians face today.

Willem van Moort Willem van Moort is Director of BplusC (Library plus Art and Culture Centre) in Leiden, Netherlands and surroundings. The education part of BplusC is an organisation of arts education, including a large music school. There are 7000 students, of whom 3000 are music students. Before this, Willem van Moort was the director of several music schools, the coordinator of the Department of Music Education at the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague, a music teacher and a percussion player in the Radio and Ballet Orchestras. He was also president of the music section of the Foundation of Amateur Art and Performing Arts. Moreover, he holds the ancillary positions of member of the board of Cultuurconnectie, member of the board of the European Music School Union (EMU) and the European Music Council. He studied percussion, composition, teacher training and management.

Zane Grosa Zane Grosa has studied and played classical music for many years. She holds a Master of Music from State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA, and a Bachelor of Music from the Music Academy of Latvia.

After working and volunteering in various libraries, she completed Information Management studies at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. Upon returning to Latvia, she began work at the National Library of Latvia in 2008 by cataloguing sound recordings, and since 2012 is the Head of Audiovisual Reading Room and collection, responsible for management of the library’s audiovisual collection. Since 2009 she is a board member of the Baltic Audiovisual Archival Council (BAAC) and presently serves as its president.

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Project Showcase

Doewap online platform Presented by Koor&Stem All European primary school teachers need didactic resources and ideas that make it easy for them to sing with children in school. There are already many online platforms that help primary school teachers to sing with children. However, a new online platform with songs and didactic tips from all over Europe is one of a kind. This online platform is called Doewap and is being developed by Koor&Stem, the Flemish organisation for vocal music. This platform is the practical translation of a research project that was performed in 2012-2013. It also incorporates a series of practical ideas that are described in a newly published inspirational guide for choirs that aims to get millions of children singing in the span of the next generation. www.doewap.be

Minute of Listening Presented by Sound and Music Minute of Listening is an innovative digital project, a software application that provides all children with the opportunity to experience sixty seconds of creative listening each day of the school year. By downloading the application to school laptops, desktops or interactive whiteboards, you can bring a wealth of sonic resources into the classroom. Listening, and the way we experience sound, has a huge impact on our lives. Yet in a predominantly visual culture, time is rarely dedicated to exploring our aural experiences and to developing our ability to listen in a concentrated or imaginative way. Minute of Listening provides a simple and effective way of introducing a culture of curious, engaged and reflective listening in the classroom and offers a structured, daily activity that enables teachers and their pupils to explore a wide variety of sonic experiences. The application also presents an opportunity for children to let their imaginations run wild; the idea that there is no right or wrong response is welcomed when talking subjectively about their individual impressions of what they heard. www.minuteoflistening.org

remaradio.eu Presented by REMA - European Early Music Network Remaradio is a REMA project dedicated to the promotion of early music festivals and young emerging ensembles. The radio broadcasts various programmes, podcasts, musical interludes non-stop 24/7/365. It works in close collaboration with REMA’s associated festivals but not only: every early music festival or ensemble is warmly invited to participate in interviews and transmissions. Remaradio programmes are mainly focused on: early music festivals performances including interviews from backstage and documentary episodes; new or emerging early music ensembles also including interviews from backstage and documentary episodes; European Day of Early Music (EDEM) events, concerts and performances; REMA’s news which is transmited once per week. www.remaradio.eu

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carus music – The Choir App Presented by the European Choral Association - Europa Cantat You’ve always wanted to go to your next choir rehearsal well prepared and no longer stumble over difficult passages, right? This is at last possible with carus music: learn your choir part in no time at all – whether you can read music or not.

The app is based on carefully prepared Urtext music editions from Carus vocal scores synchronized with recordings by renowned interpreters. Every measure can be directly selected thanks to the intuitive navigation within each work, and the original recording starts exactly at this point.

A marker that moves synchronously with the music simplifies the orientation. Turning pages occurs either automatically or manually. A special feature offered by carus music is a coach to help you learn the choral part. If the coach is activated, your own part is clearly emphasized and you can practice with the recording of your part within the overall sound. The slow mode can be used for fast and difficult passages – from now on you decide on your learning pace. Learning your own part will thus become a special experience and singing will be even more fun! www.carus-music.com

CMC LINE-UP Platform - Linked Irish NEw mUsic Platform!

Presented by the Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland As the national organisation for the promotion and documentation of Irish Composers’ music, the Contemporary Music Centre (CMC) has witnessed a massive increase in recent years in the amount of online content relating to new music from Ireland. In an online world saturated with media and information how can such content be collected, organised, disseminated, as well as being preserved for future generations?

This joint project between CMC, Digital Repository Ireland and the Insight Centre at NUI Galway aims to solve some of these problems by developing a new content management system (CMS) and discovery platform for Irish composer’s music. The CMS and platform will enable the effective management and dissemination of CMC’s information and collections relating to new music in Ireland, and provide online users with a rich immersive experience of Irish composers’ music, past and present! By combining data from CMC with other online sources, the platform will enable Irish composers and musicians to easily present a current view of their work, thereby helping raise their profile and contributing towards developing audiences for new music in Ireland. If adopted by other European music centres and agencies it is possible to combine and exchange this information, leading to a more impactful experience for users when it comes to the online promotion and experience of new music! www.cmc.ie

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RĪGĀ 5.

1. Small Guild

Amatu iela 3, Rīga, LV-1050 2.

Tram No 5 to National Library 18:16; 27; 46

Thursday, 11 June Official Welcome

2. Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music

K. Barona iela 1, Rīga, LV-1050

Friday, 12 June. Forum

3. National Library of Latvia Mūkusalas iela 3, Rīga, LV-1423

Friday, 12 June Art-i-Shock Concert

4. Jazz Club “Hamlets” Jāņa iela 5, Rīga, LV-1050

Friday, 12 June Jazz evening

5. Rīgas Latviešu biedrība Merķeļa iela 13, Rīga, LV-1050

Saturday, 13 June Bus to Cēsis

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CĒSIS 1. Vidzeme Concert Hall “Cēsis”

Raunas iela 12, Cēsis, LV-4101

Saturday, 13 June Forum 2. Cafe Popular

Vienības laukums 1, Cēsis, LV-4101

Saturday, 13 June Lunch

3. Cēsis Medieval Castle

Pils laukums 9, Cēsis, LV-4101

Saturday, 13 June Medieval feast

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Thursday, 11 June 2015

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Friday, 12 June 2015

08:30 Registration 09:15 Musical Welcome 09:30 Welcome 09:45 Keynote 10:05 Music and the Digital: The Roles, the Rules, the Vision 11:30 Coffee Break 12:00 Musical Performance 12:15 Audience Development, the Digital World and Europe 13:45 Lunch 15:00 Musical Performance 15:15 Music Education, Trends and Developments 16:45 Coffee Break 17:00 Sessions in parallel:

• Broadening the Scope: Global Perspectives on Music and

the Digital

• Introducing the EMC Staff Exchange Programme 18:15 Transfer to the National Library of Latvia 19:00 Concert at the National Library of Latvia 20:00 Jazz evening

Saturday, 13 June 2015

08:00 Bus to Cesis 09:30 Registration 09:45 Welcome 10:00 Musical Welcome 10:20 Speaking with One Voice: the Next steps for the European

Agenda of Music 10:45 Coffee Break 11:10 Musical Performance 11:30 Urban, Rural and Digital Space: the Role of Concert Venues

Today 13:00 Lunch Break 14:30 Musical Performance 14:45 Sessions in parallel:

• Encouraging Musical Inclusion and Equality through Digital

Technology

• Project Showcase 16:15 Coffee Break 16:45 The Sounds of technology 18:15 Information session: new EMC cooperation project 19:00 Concert 21:00 Medieval feast with music and dance 23:00 Bus to Riga

Sunday, 14 June 2015

10:00 10:30 10:45 14:00 15:00

Welcome by the Hosts of the 5th EFM Evening with Latvian Traditional Music and Dance

Registration for EMC Annual Meeting Musical Performance EMC Annual Meeting Snack Lunch and Departure City tour (optional) Please refer to pages 4-7 for the locations of each session