Dear all,
 

we are happy to share some recent news with you.
 

With best wishes, 
Rosa Reitsamer
Head of Department

 

Master MUSIC IN SOCIETY
 

Registration for the entrance exam:
2 March to 20 May 2026
 

Entrance exam:
1 to 3 July 2026
 

MUSIC IN SOCIETY is a scientific and artistic master’s programme that will enter its third round in October 2026 at the mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. It offers students the opportunity to acquire comprehensive musical knowledge and competencies from sociological, cultural, economic and gender-specific perspectives over four semesters. The master combines theoretical approaches with empirical research and artistic practice, the latter in one of the following areas: Popular Music; Music Making in Social Contexts; Music in Global Contexts / Traditional Musics. The focus is particularly on musical and music-pedagogical practices against the background of the changing social, cultural and economic paradigms, taking into account categories of social difference and approaches to counteracting social inequalities in music-cultural worlds.

Further Info | musicinsociety.net
 

PUBLICATIONS
 

Open Access Article

Nick Prior, Emília Barna, Paul Harkins, Rosa Reitsamer and Ingrid M. Tolstad (2025): Home, Work, and Music: Toward a Domestic Turn in Popular Music Studies (Introduction to Special Issue), Popular Music and Society, 48 (5), pp. 527-547

Open Access | Free Download
 

Article

Rosa Reitsamer (2025): Macht und Hierarchie, Nähe und Vertrauen im künstlerischen Einzelunterricht an Musikhochschulen, in: Gabriele Hofmann (Hg.): Musik.Macht.Gewalt. Weinheim: Beltz Juventa, S. 86-100

Further Info
 

Open Access Article

Rosa Reitsamer (2025): Gangsta-Rap-Karrieren. Männlichkeit, Gewalt und das unternehmerische Selbst, in: Julia Ingold und Manuel Paß (Hg.): Deutschrap als Lyrik der Gegenwart. Bielefeld: transcript, S. 201-214

Open Access | Free Download
 

Open Access Article

Rosa Reitsamer, Rainer Prokop (2025): Ungleichheiten in der klassischen Musikausbildung, in: Ulli Mayer, Andrea Ellmeier and Gerda Müller (Hg.): Üben und Ver_Üben. Diversität als diskriminierungskritische Praxis in Kunst, Kultur und Bildung. Bielefeld: transcript, S. 321-340

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RECENT INTERVIEWS & MEDIA CONTRIBUTIONS

Rosa Reitsamer in an interview with Melanie Raidl on abuse of power, male-dominated networks and sexualised violence in the hard techno scene @ Der Standard, 5 March 2026: “Machtmissbrauch in der Hard-Techno-Szene: Schwere Vorwürfe gegen DJs”

Rainer Prokop in an interview with Pardis Shafein for WDR Cosmo on abuse of power, sexism and sexualised violence in the hard techno scene, 26 February 2026: “Stardom bei DJs: Wie Fame Machtmissbrauch begünstigen kann”
 

Rosa Reitsamer in conversation with Matthias Naske (Director of the Wiener Konzerthaus), Sophie Löschenbrand (Wiener Konzerthaus) and Mira Possert (Wiener Konzerthaus) on artistic programming, cultural responsibility and creative justice @ Der Standard, 1 December 2025: “Ein Haus, viele Schwellen: Wie offen kann ein Konzerthaus heute sein?”
 

Rainer Prokop in an interview with ORF News | Christina Vogler on Taylor Swift, neoliberalism and postfeminism, 3 October 2025: “‘Wo Taylor draufsteht, wird gekauft’ – Swift lässt das ‘Showgirl’ raus”

STAFF NEWS
 

Olivia Andert  is our new Administrative Assistant – welcome to the department!

Tianyu Jiang  is our new Post-Doc Researcher – welcome to the department!