Previous AEC Annual Congresses

Below you will a find list of congresses dating back to 2001 with an overview of the main congress themes and downloadable versions of the congress proceedings in English, French and German. For reports of AEC Congresses taking place before 2001, please contact the AEC Office. 

2009 - 2008 - 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004 - 2003 - 2002 - 2001

AEC Annual Congress 2009

Academy of Music in Maastricht, 5-7 November 2009

• The role of research in conservatoire education
• The second 3-year cycle of the ERASMUS Network for Music ‘Polifonia’
• The local and regional function of conservatoires as cultural centres

The report of the Annual Congress 2009 (in PDF version) is now available in English, French and German. To download the Congress presentations (in PDF version), please click here.

AEC Annual Congress 2008

Aarhus Royal Academy of Music, 6-8 November 2008

• Developing a Strategy for Research in Teaching and Learning in a Music Academy
• The ERASMUS Network for Music ‘Polifonia’ – Past and Future
• Instrumental and Vocal Teacher Training – Changing Roles and Contexts
• International strategies in conservatoires

The report of the Annual Congress 2008 (in PDF version) is now available in English, French and German. To download the Congress presentations (in PDF version), please click here.

AEC Annual Congress 2007

Conservatoire de Strasbourg, 8-10 November 2007

• ‘Musical Talent, Young People and the Road to Professional Training’
• ‘Integra’: a composition and performance environment for sharing live music technologies

• The ERASMUS Network for Music ‘Polifonia’ – Past and Future
• Mundus Musicalis – taking a global view at higher music education

The report of the Annual Congress 2007 (in PDF version) is now available in English, French and German.

AEC Annual Congress 2006

Universität Mozarteum Salzburg, 9-11 November 2006

• Musicians'Employability - Four perspectives
• Bologna - the next steps
• International forum organised by the ERASMUS MUNDUS project 'Mundus Musicalis'
• Alumni Policies in European Conservatoires

The report of the Annual Congress 2006 (in PDF version) is now available in English, French and German.

AEC Annual Congress 2005

Birmingham Conservatoire, 3-6 November 2005

• The role of the Director: educational leader? artistic planner? institutional manager?
• European developments in higher education and professional music training
• Polifonia: pre-college training in music
• Polifonia: the music profession
• AEC General Assembly 2005 and Information Forum

The report of the Annual Congress 2005 (in PDF version) is now available in English, French and German.

AEC Annual Congress 2004

Conservatorio Superior de Musica 'E. Martinez Torner' in Oviedo, 12-15 November 2004

• Leadership in music education
• European Forum for Music Education and Training (EFMET)
• ERASMUS Thematic Network Projects in music
• EU/USA project ' Music Study, Mobility and Accountability'
• AEC General Assembly 2004 and Information Forum 

Report of the AEC Annual Congress 2004 (English, Français, Deutsch) 

AEC 50th Anniversary Annual Congress 2003

Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe, 7-10 November 2003 

• Discussion forum: the future of professional music training in a globalised context
• EU/USA working group: transatlantic cooperation, quality assurance and accreditation in professional music training
• AEC Bologna Declaration working group: descriptions of learning outcomes for 1st and 2nd study cycles in professional music training
• General Assembly and Information Forum

Report of the AEC 50th Anniversary Congress 2003 (English, Français, Deutsch)

AEC Annual Congress 2002

Lithuanian Academy of Music in Vilnius, 15-18 November 2002

• Regional Perspectives
• AEC Socrates Thematic Network project 'Effects of the Bologna Declaration on professional music training'
• The use of credit points systems in conservatoires and quality assurance in music training
• AEC General Assembly and Information Forum

Report of the AEC Annual Congress 2003 (English, Français, Deutsch) 

AEC Annual Congress 2001

North Netherlands Conservatoire in Groningen, 16-19 November 2001

• AEC CONNECT Project 'Music Education in a Multicultural European Society'
• AEC Socrates Thematic Network project 'Effects of the Bologna Declaration on professional music training'
• Pre-college music training

Report of the AEC Annual Congress 2001 (English, Français and Deutsch)

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