music education: a vision for the future

Faculty of Music Education, Helwan University, Egypt; is planning its
1st International Conference to be held in Feb. 9-11 - 2010. Our
Keynote speaker will be the renowned Professor Jere T. Humphreys
(professor of music at Arizona State University (ASU), is the
contributing editor for music education for the New Grove Dictionary
of American Music (2nd ed.) and a section editor for the Oxford
Handbook of Music Education, both forthcoming from Oxford University
Press. He has served as editor of the Journal of Historical Research
in Music Education and on the editorial committees of twelve national
and international journals; a reviewer for the U.S. National Endowment
for the Humanities, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of
Canada, and numerous scholarly presses; and a consultant and research
team member for the European Union and U.S. National Endowment for the
Arts)

The Conference will be dealing with issues related to "music
education: a vision for the future." To read more about the conference
and the registration, please go to this URL:

http://www.helwan.edu.eg/musicconference2010/

Sociology of Music - International Conference - Lisbon, Portugal, 23-25 July 2009

International Conference
SOCIOLOGY OF MUSIC: TENDENCIES, ISSUES, PERSPECTIVES
Lisbon, Portugal, July 23-25 2009
www.sociologyofmusic2009.com

Duruflé Requiem

university of london chamber choir
& imperial college chamber choir
conducted by colin durrant
friday 3rd july 2009 - 8pm
tickets available on the door
james madison university singers
& the madison singers
conducted by patrick walders
holy trinity church, prince consort rd
south kensington, sw7

UMSIC

Usability of Music for the Social Inclusion of Children (UMSIC)

more...

Professor Welch gives keynote presentation for Italian Government

Invited keynote presentation to the Emilia Romagna regional conference as part of the National Project on Music Education in Italy, Bologna 27 May 2008

[presentation slides (PDF)]

Creativity and Hybrid Genres in Music Education

Professor David G. Hebert, Sibelius Academy, Finland

Monday 15th June, 12.00 – 1.00, room: 944

Further details from Lucy Green, l.green@ioe.ac.uk

All are welcome

Abstract

Taking a cross-cultural and historical perspective, this seminar will consider how new music genres develop through creative hybridity and become institutionalized in educational systems. The process by which jazz, popular music and 'world music' genres are adopted, as well as the way their adaptation is rationalized, highlights ideological dimensions of schooling, and opens important questions regarding the ultimate objectives and outcomes of music education.

Biography

Professor David G. Hebert is a Visiting Research Scholar with the International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Kyoto) and Professor with the Sibelius Academy (Helsinki), where he mentors doctoral students and contributes to the departments of Music Education, Jazz Studies, Folk Music, and Music Technology. An instrumental music educator and ethnomusicologist, his previous academic positions were with Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russia), Tokyo Gakugei University (Japan), Te Wananga o Aotearoa (New Zealand), and Boston University (United States). His research, which intersects ethnomusicology and music education, is published (or forthcoming/in press) with 15 different refereed journals and 10 books.

Professor Welch on BBC Radio4

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8003000/8003683.stm With over 20 million views on the video sharing website YouTube and features appearing in newspapers around the world, the overnight stardom of Britain's Got Talent contestant Susan Boyle has highlighted the quality - and popularity - of choirs in the UK. Stephen Rhys, conductor of the Putney Choral Society, the choir itself, and Graham Welch, professor of music education at the Institute of Education in London, explain the benefits of being in a choir.

Sunday Recital Series concerts at St George’s Bloomsbury

St George's Bloomsbury's Sunday Recital Series is a season
of recitals taking place on Sundays at 16.00. Each concert
lasts approximately 60 minutes and admission is free (retiring
collection).

Since 2006, our Sunday Recital Series has included concerts
by leading professional and amateur musicians from across
London and the South of England.

http://www.stgeorgesbloomsbury.org.uk/concerts/sunday.html

Music Lecturer Post - UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES

FACULTY OF HUMANITUES AND EDUCATION
INSTUTUTE OF EDUCATION - UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES
LECTURER/SENIOR LECTURER IN MUSIC EDUCATION

The ideal candidate should have a PHD focusing on Music Education and
should have considerable experience in research and teaching at the
tertiary level. A demonstrated record of the relevant research and
publication will be an asset.

Responsibilities:
The lecturer will report to the Head, Institute of Education and the
duties of the post include:
.       Provide leadership and support to tertiary institutions in the
region on aspects of Music Education through policy advice to various
stakeholders;

·       Facilitate the development, review and revision of Music
Education courses that are part of the programmes for the Diploma in
Teaching and  Bachelor in Education ;

·       Develop appropriate methods for programme delivery and assessment;

·       Provide quality assurance services to teacher education
institutions in Jamaica and the Western Caribbean.

·       Provide professional development (e.g. Curriculum design,
teaching methods, assessment and materials development) for lecturers
in Jamaica and other Caribbean countries served by the Institute of
Education/ Joint Board of Teacher Education;

·       Conduct research in music teaching and teacher education,
publish research findings on an annual basis;

·       Develop and present music education courses at the post
graduate level as well as short courses and seminars for professional
development.

·       Teach and supervise students at the graduate level;

Applicants are required to submit curriculum vitae inclusive of the
names and addresses of three references to hrmd.sed@uwimona.edu.jm or
to The Human Resource Officer – Staffing, The University of The West
Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica,West Indies. The final date for
receipt of application is March 31, 2009. The University of the West
Indies thanks all applicants; however, only short listed applicants
will be contacted.

The Joan Chissell Schumann Prize at the Royal College of Music

06/03/2009
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall at 10:00

The launch of a major new RCM competition to represent the works of
Robert Schumann. This year pianists compete for £5000 prize money.

http://www.rcm.ac.uk/?pg=104