European Music School Symposium

University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
Department for Music Education Research and Practice (IMP)

Collaboration partners:
European Music School Union (EMU)
Conference of Austrian Music School Associations (KOMU)
 
The European Music School Symposium, initiated in 2017 by the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, is the leading international meeting place for music school researchers, teachers, leaders, former and current students, university and conservatoire teachers and professors, representatives from music school organisations and municipalities, and others who are committed to the development of strong, inspiring, and resilient music schools. 

Since the beginning, the symposium has been arranged in collaboration with the European Music School Union (EMU) and the Conference of Austrian Music School Associations (KOMU), emphasising the importance of a continuous dialogue between researchers, practitioners and stakeholder organisations.

The next European Music School Symposium will be organised in Vienna 24-26 September 2026. Further information about topics, programme, submissions and reviewing procedures will be available on this website closer to the event. 

Previous symposia:

6-7 October 2023

Music Schools and Their Ecosystems: Building Sustainable Futures

15-16 October 2022    

Music Schools and Their Ecosystems: Building Sustainable Futures (Pre-symposium)

10-11 October 2019  

Music schools – Masters of Collaboration? Creating Interfaces in Music Education Systems

6-7 October 2017  

The Future of Music Schools. Today’s Challenges and Tomorrow’s Solutions

Full programmes and books of abstracts from all symposia can be found in the website menu. 

Each of the symposia has been followed by an international publication (please see below).

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Finnish Journal of Music Education, Vol. 27 no 1

Special issue on sustainability in music education (Open access)

Guest editor: Cecilia Björk, University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna

Music Schools in Changing Societies
How Collaborative Professionalism Can Transform Music Education

Michaela Hahn, Cecilia Björk, Heidi Westerlund (Eds.)

Routledge, 2024

234 Seiten

Hardback ISBN 9781032431338

e-book ISBN 9781003365808

https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003365808