Teams and their collective efforts are a major aspect of our focus on the phenomenon of the orchestra in this issue’s Special section.

Various aspects of anxiety and fear, as well as how these emotions are dealt with in the contexts of art, education, and research, are illuminated by the Special section in this year’s first issue of mdw Magazine.

As one year turns to the next, we devote this issue’s Special section to the work being done by the mdw’s Department of Organ, Organ Research and Church Music.

The new academic year of 2018/2019 brings with it numerous event highlights at the mdw.

In this issue, we dive into the broad landscape of learning about music.

You’re holding in your hands the brand new issue of the mdw Magazine. As a worthy kick-off to our university’s bicentennial celebrations, we’ve renamed this publication and reconceived both its graphic design and its content.

In this issue’s Special section, you can get a comprehensive impression of the Department of Popular Music's development and diverse work.