MDW COURSE Winter SEMESTER 2025
For mdw students: Registration via mdw online will be possible from the end of August 2025
PERFORMERS (BACK) IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Study level: Master
Course tutor: Elisabeth Reisinger
Course content: For a long time, the thinking and writing of music history has focused on the written “work” and its creator. But what if we shift the perspective and conceptualize music as a social sonic event?
In this course, we will focus on the people who make music sound: the performers. We will approach music history by examining their role in processes of musical creation and repertoire formation, as well as their impact on the distribution and reception of compositions. We will explore how this offers a more diverse and nuanced picture of the various individuals that have shaped music history.
Dates of the Live Sessions (Zoom):
- Tuesday, 07.10., 16:00-17:30 (Vienna local time)
- Tuesday, 21.10., 16:00-17:30 (Vienna local time)
- Tuesday, 18.11., 16:00-17:30 (Vienna local time)
- Tuesday, 02.12., 16:00-17:30 (Vienna local time)
MDW COURSE SUMMER SEMESTER 2025
Engaging with Audiences and Communities
Study level: Bachelor, Master
Course tutor: Axel Petri-Preis
Course content: Audience and community engagement have become important tasks for musicians in the 21st century. In order to attract diverse audiences and to unfold societal relevance, cultural institutions and musicians have to think of presentation and participation formats that go beyond the classical concert format, with its rigid conventions and exclusion mechanisms. Instead of perpetuating existing power-relations, audience and community engagement seek to develop a transformative power, in order to develop a much more symmetrical understanding.
Dates:
Synchronous sessions (live via Zoom): 04.03.2025, 01.04.2025, 06.05.2025
4pm - 5.30pm Vienna local time
Asynchronous sessions: 11.03.2025, 18.03.2025, 25.03.2025, 08.04.2025, 29.04.2025
REGISTRATION FOR mdw STUDENTS (FOR mdw COURSES)
Registration via mdw online!
The capacity of the courses is limited, the principle “first come, first served” applies! The remaining number of places will be announced at a later date.