Our

Project staff

Prof. Dr. Isolde Malmberg

Prof. Dr. Isolde Malmberg

mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna

Project lead
Karla Stolle – PROJECT COORDINATION

Karla Stolle

mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna

project coordination
Prof. Dr. Thade Buchborn, CHAIR OF STEERING COMMITEE

Prof. Dr. Thade Buchborn

FrM – University of Music

Chair of Steering Commitee
People

Ann Sophie de Praitere

LUCA – School of Arts

MMag. Wilfried Aigner, Mdw – Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien

Dr. Mag. Mag. Wilfried Aigner

mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna

Prof. Mag. Michael Rumpeltes​

Prof. Mag. Michael Rumpeltes

UENÖ – University of Education
Lower Austria – Continuous

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

Prof. Dr. Thomas De Baets

LUCA School of Arts

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

Prof. Dr. Natassa Economidou Stavrou

UNic – University of Nicosia

Stefanie Schopf

hfm – Hochschule für Musik Freiburg

Dr. Philip Stade

Dr. Philip Stade

FrM – University of Music

Prof. Smaragda Chrysostomou

Prof. Smaragda Chrysostomou

NKUA – National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Elissavet Perakaki

Elissavet Perakaki

NKUA – National and Kapodistrian
University of Athens
Angeliki Triantafyllaki

Angeliki Triantafyllaki

NKUA – National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Dr. Lorraine O’Connel

Dr. Lorraine O’Connel

TUD – Technological University
Dublin

Prof. Rúta Girdzijauskiené

Prof. Rúta Girdzijauskiené

LMTA – Lithuanian Academy of
Music and Theatre
Joné Girdzijauskaité

Joné Girdzijauskaité

KVG – Klaipeda Vydunas Gymnasium

Dr. Demosthenes Dimitrakoulakos

Dr. Demosthenes Dimitrakoulakos

ISL – International School
of Luxembourg
Prof. Dr. Jens Knigge

Prof. Dr. Jens Knigge

NUL – Nord University Levanger

B. Solveig Fretheim

NUL – Nord University Levanger

Runa H Jenssen

Dr. Runa Jenssen

NUL – Nord University Levanger

Prof. Dr. Anna Houmann​

Prof. Dr. Anna Houmann

MAM – Lund University Malmö
Academy of Music
Lina Van Dooren

Lina Van Dooren

MAM – Lund University Malmö
Academy of Music

Prof. Dr. Branka Rotar Pance

Prof. Dr. Branka Rotar Pance

AML – Akademija za glasbo Ljubljana / Department of Music Pedagogy 

Lauren Steinmetz

mdw – University of Music and Performoing Arts Vienna

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© 2025 · TEAM · Teacher Education Academy for Music

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.