Elissavet Perakaki

WP 3

WP 7

Elissavet Perakaki (PhD, postdoctoral) is a member of the teaching and research staff at the Department of Musical Studies, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She has taught music in public primary and secondary schools, as well as at conservatories, since 1998. Her areas of expertise include music education during adolescence (ages 12-18), cultivating critical thinking skills through music, innovative teaching methods, creativity, music teachers‘ training, lifelong learning, and the role of music in infancy. Elissavet organises music education programs for a wide range of age groups, including infants and caregivers, children, adolescents, and adults. She participates in numerous European and local music education projects. She is the author (Fagotto, 2008, 2009) and co-author (Fagotto, 2018 & 2023, and Ellinoekdotiki, 2021) of five books in Greek. Elissavet is the President of the Greek Society for Music Education (G.S.M.E.) and currently chair of ISME’s Music in the Schools & Teacher Education Commission (MISTEC) for the 2024-2026 term.

She participates in WP3 and WP7.

May 23,
2025
10:00 CEST

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Prof. Dr. Thomas De Baets, LUCA School of Arts

WP 6

Prof. Dr. Thomas De Baets is Professor of Music Education at LUCA School of Arts and KU Leuven. He is currently Head of Music and Group Head of Performing Arts at LUCA. Prior to this, he coordinated the Bachelor and Master programmes in Music Education and the Specific Teacher Training in Music. He has led the recent transition from the postgraduate Specific Teacher Training programme to the Educational Masters in Performing Arts. 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 (KU Leuven, 2012) entitled ‘On-the- spot Music Teaching – The Music Teacher in ‘Immediate’ Musical Interactions’. His main research interests are professional development, innovation and practitioner research in music education. He has been a board member of the European Association for Music in Schools since 2009 and was the president 2019-21, currently he is the EAS Past President.

De Baets is currently editorial board member of the peer reviewed journals Music Education Research (Routledge), Cultuur+Educatie (LKCA) and TOPICS (The Mayday Group).

Prof. Dr. Thomas de Baets will be leading the WP6. During his time as EAS board member and EAS president as well as through his editing expertise he contributes an extensively broad view on Music Education in Schools as well as on Teacher Education Systems in Europe. This will be a highly valuable expertise for chairing the Learning Outcomes Working Group.

Prof. Dr. Jens Knigge

WP 4

Prof. Dr. Jens Knigge is a full professor of music education at the Faculty of Education and Arts at Nord University (Norway) and leader of the research group “music related learning processes”. His teaching and research interests include students’ competency development, teacher educators’ mentoring approaches, and the role of digital technology in teaching and learning music. At the music department Jens is the contact person for international incoming students. He has more than 15 years of experience of initiation and management of international and national research and innovation projects funded by the various German (BMBF, DFG), Norwegian (NFR, HKdir) and EU (HE, ERASMUS+) research funders – currently he is leading the Horizon Europe project “dialoguing@rts”. He has conducted a large number of empirical studies and published widely in international peer reviewed journals. Jens has edited several books and journal issues and has been a board member of the Norwegian network “music pedagogy in development” (MiU) and of the German Association for research in music education (AMPF).
(More information about Jens can be found on the website https://jensknigge.info)

Prof. Dr. Knigge will lead WP4 and use his strong project leading as well as qualitative research expertise.

Prof. Dr. Thade Buchborn, CHAIR OF STEERING COMMITEE

WP 3

Prof. Dr. Thade Buchborn is full professor of music education at University of Music in Freiburg, Germany. He is head of the music teacher training program, deputy head of doctoral studies and board member of Freiburg School of Education (FACE). He leads funded research projects on music making, improvisation and composition in the classroom, cultural diversity and amateur music in rural areas and on specializes in reconstructive methods and Design-Based Research. Prof. Dr. Buchborn has been working within the EAS since 2003, is currently secretary of the board and chair of the editorial board. He was chair of the Freiburg conference team in 2021 as well as chair of the European doctoral student forum. He has published in peer-reviewed national and international journals and book series, and is a board member of the journal Music Education Research.

Prof. Dr. Buchborn will be chairing the Steering Committee and the WP3 (Future- Making) and help with transfer to EAS.

Prof. Dr. Isolde Malmberg

WP 1

WP 5

Prof. Dr. Isolde Malmberg was full professor for school music education at the University of Potsdam, (DE), department for music and arts and head of the study programme for music in secondary schools until the 30.09.2024. From October 2024 onwards she is full professor for school music education at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna (AT). At the moment she is Steering Committee member and leader of two working groups in the international project “UP Network for Sustainable Teacher Education” – teaching together with partners form AT, NL, BE, UK about the 17 sustainable development goals and music education (Funded by the German National Agency DAAD). For many years she has been active in the European Network EAS (European Association for Music in School), currently she is the president and member of the Editorial Board of EAS; she has presented in many countries. Before her university career she was a music teacher in secondary schools in Vienna (AT) and worked as a mentor for teacher novices. In 2010 she earned her Ph.D on the subject of “Project Method and Music Education”. Prof.

Dr. Malmberg is highly experienced in coordinating transnational networks: From 2006-2009 she was the coordinator of the widespread SOKRATES-COMENIUS-3-Network “meNet music education Network – A European Network for Communication and Quality management in the field of music education”, with 26 full partners from 11 European countries. Her current research areas are: the passage between university training and school music teaching, mentoring novice music teachers, transcultural music education and the design-based research (DBR) methodology in music education.

Her tasks will be TEAM project leading and leading of WP5.

Dr. Lorraine O’Connel

WP 8

Dr. Lorraine O’Connell is an experienced secondary school music teacher and choral director, working as a lecturer at TU Dublin Conservatoire. In addition to teaching Music Education courses within the undergraduate programmes, she supervises undergraduate and postgraduate research and teaches Musicianship (within the Junior Conservatoire). Her role also includes coordinating the Musicianship programme for the Junior Conservatoire, which includes developing the curriculum and teaching materials.

O’Connell was awarded a PhD in 2012 for her collaborative research in developing a programme to teach the statutory music curriculum in the lower secondary school. She also holds a post-graduate diploma from the Kodály Pedagogical Institute (Hungary). In 2012-2013 she was awarded a Teaching Fellowship Award (with Dr Anne- Marie O’Farrell) for the research project ‘Composer in the Classroom’. Her research interests include music curriculum development, music teacher education, the reflective teacher, psychology of music education, learning theories and teacher as researcher including collaborative research. She has presented her research at numerous national and international conferences and published in music education journals and in the European Perspectives on Music Education book series. She has taught on many CPD courses for Irish music teachers (classroom and instrumental/vocal) and on numerous Kodály courses in Ireland, Hungary and Scotland. O’Connell is a founding member of and currently serves on the committee of the Society for Music Education in Ireland (SMEI). She is the EAS (European Association for Music in Schools) National Co-ordinator for Ireland.

Dr. O’Connell will be chair of WP 8 and bring in her huge expertise in MTE systems in Europe.

Prof. Dr. Natassa Economidou Stavrou, UNic – University of Nicosia

WP 7

Prof. Dr. Natassa Economidou Stavrou is Professor of Music Education and the Associate Head of the Department of Music and Dance at the University of Nicosia in Cyprus. She gained her PhD from the University of Athens in 2004 in the field of Music Curriculum. Currently, she is elected board member of the International Society for Music Education (2020- 2024) and served in the board of the European Association for Music in Schools (2015-2019).

Natassa has co-coordinated the design and development of the latest Cypriot National Curriculum for Music after appointment by the Cypriot Ministry of Education. Since 2012 she has directed her own early childhood music centre, offering group music classes for children aged 10 months-7 years old.

Prof. Dr. Economidou-Stavrou has participated in various European projects: She was a consortium member and researcher in the Comenius 2.1, Lifelong Learning Programme: «mPPACT: a methodology for pupil and performing arts centered teaching» (2006-2009) and also participated as a member of the early childhood music education working group in the Association’s Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen (AEC) four year funded Creative Europe project titled Strengthening Music in the Society. (2018-2021). She is currently participating in the Erasmus + project entitled REACT – Rethinking Music Performance in European Higher Education Music Institutions (2021-2023) as a consortium member and investigator. Also, she is member of the newly four year funded Creative Europe project of the Association’s Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen (AEC) entitled ARTEMIS, “Empowering Artists as Makers in Society” (2022-2025).

Prof. Dr. Economidou-Stavrou will be leading WP 7 (Mapping MTE) Her expertise in research, her focus and experience in School and University Music curriculum design and evaluation, her involvement in quality assurance of Higher Music Higher Education Institutions, as well as her experience in music teacher education and European projects is believed will support the TEAM project through multiple directions. She will also ensure knowledge transfer from the ARTEMIS and SMS projects.

UP

TEAM Webinar- May 15, 2025
14:00 CET

WP5 is creating a network to facilitate school internships abroad after the conclusion of the TEAM Project: the Teacher Education Academy for Music Internship Network, or TEAM-IN.
TEAM-IN, will provide a resource-rich platform where music teachers, music teacher educators, and music education students can go to find the contacts and information they need to set up a successful school internship abroad.

TEAM-IN officially launches with an online information and exchange on Thursday, May 15, at 2 pm CET. You are cordially invited to come and hear about the internships that have taken place within the TEAM project: so far, students from Germany, Norway, Belgium and Greece have interned in schools in Luxembourg, Austria and Lithuania. There will be ample time during the session for participants to ask questions and voice concerns about the benefits and challenges of school internships abroad, as well as to brainstorm together what sort of resources would make TEAM-IN helpful to you and your institution.

Please join us! And please feel free to pass this invitation along to colleagues you think might be interested. The invitation is open to anyone who fits the description of our target audience: music teacher educators, international/Erasmus officers, music teachers in schools, and school administrators.

Please direct any questions you might have to Lauren Steinmetz at steinmetz@mdw.ac.at.
Thanks and hope to see you there!

TOPIC: Info and exchange about school internships abroad: TEAM Project and TEAM-IN Network

Time: 15 May2025 14:00 CET
https://mdw-ac-at.zoom.us/j/64751595160?pwd=AgSb9O06HzXV2fmKfH63iFJQMD6Obq.1
Meeting-ID: 647 5159 5160
Code: 457738

Verena Bons

WP 5

Verena Bons has a teaching diploma and a master’s degree in Music Education and French as well as a bachelor’s degree in oboe. After working as a secondary school teacher near Freiburg and as a lecturer at the Freiburg University of Teacher Education, she currently works as a research assistant at the Freiburg University of Music, where she teaches music education and research methods. There, she is also part of the research project „Zukunft. Land. Music.“ (Future. Country. Music.“) which investigates the transformation processes of amateur music ensembles. In her dissertation, she focuses on young amateur musicians and their everyday musical practice. She is interested in social aspects of music-making, future-oriented teacher training, innovative forms of music-making in the classroom and praxeological approaches.

Verena Bons is part of WP 5, where she supports the development of design principles for mentoring situations.

Dr. Jana Buschmann

WP 5

Dr. Jana Buschmann has studied Music and German at the University of Potsdam and is currently Research Assistant at the UP. Dr. Buschmann works for many years at the interface between university music teacher education and school internships. She leads the School Internship Semester in Music at UP and, at the moment, is also developing a prototype for a mentoring tool for Potsdam students in interships abroad. Dr. Buschmann earned her Ph.D in 2020 which concenred the issue of Continuous Education in rural areas of Brandenburg. Her current research interest is the development of online learning resources in music for students in rural areas where there is a lack of music teachers.

Dr. Buschmann will be part of WP5 and ensure knowledge transfer from UP Network for Sustainable Teacher Education.

Angeliki Triantafyllaki

COMING SOON

Prof. Dr. Stefan Gies is Secretary General of the biggest and most powerful NGO in the Music Higher Education Area: the AEC. The AEC runs huge transnational projects in the area of professional musicians training and works as NGO in close cooperation with European policy makers for the subject music.

In TEAM Prof. Gies will act as one person in the SAB and provide dissemination possibilities.

The Association Européenne des Conservatoires et Musikhochschulen (AEC) is the leading voice for Higher Music Education in Europe, a powerful advocate for its member institutions. AEC understands and supports music and arts education, together with cultural participation, as central contributors to quality in human life, and inclusive societies founded on democratic values. – AEC sees professionally focused arts education as a quest for excellence in three areas: artistic practice; learning and teaching; –research and innovation. It seeks to foster these elements and to encourage the diversity and dynamism with which they are pursued in different institutions, countries and regions. AEC works for the advancement of Higher Education in the performing arts, primarily focusing on music. It does this based on three pillars:

  1. Fostering the value of music and ME in society
  2. Enhancing quality in Higher Music Education
  3. Promoting participation, inclusiveness and diversity AEC operates inclusively, sustainably, efficiently and effectively, enabling communication and sharing of good practice.