The AEC Pop & Jazz Platform 

The AEC Pop & jazz Platform is open to all AEC institutions with a profound interest in jazz and popular music education; i.e. institutions that are:

• Providing programmes in jazz, pop, etc. (programmes in performance, composition, teaching technology, management, etc.) 
• Providing courses in jazz, pop, etc. as part of classical music programmes 
• Planning to start programmes in jazz, pop, etc. in near future.

Objectives and Aims

The overall objective of the platform is to support and promote jazz and popular music education in European higher music education. 

The specific aims of the platform are:

1. to provide and disseminate general information about pop-jazz programmes of the participating institutions (study plans, curricula, special events, etc.) 
2. to support student and teacher exchanges (ECTS, preparatory visits, etc.), 
3. to support projects, seminars, intensive projects, etc, about academic issues of didactical nature (curriculum development, styles and genres, teaching and learning, etc.)

Working group

A working group has been set up to coordinate the activities of the platform, and each institution has appointed an academic contact person (ACP), who will be coordinating the content of the activities.

• Aage Hagen (PJP Coordinator)

  Rhythmic Music Conservatory (RMC), Copenhagen/Denmark

   

• Ruud van Dijk

     Conservatorium van Amsterdam, Amsterdam/The Netherlands

• Simon Purcell

  Trinity College of Music, London/United Kingdom

    

• Erling Aksdal

       Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim/Norway

 Meetings

• PJP meeting at the Leeds College of Music on 12 March 2005. The report of this meeting can be downloaded here.

• PJP meeting at the Escola Superior de Musica de Catalunya in Barcelona on 11 September 2005. The report of this meeting can be dowloaded here. 
• PJP meeting at the Rhythmic Music Conservatory (RMC) in Copenhagen, 2-3 February 2007. The program, presentations and the report of the meeting can be downloaded here.   
• PJP Meeting at the Conservatoire de Lausanne in Switzerland on 1-2 February 2008. The program, presentations and the report of the meeting can be downloaded here.  

• PJP Meeting at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam in the Netherlands on 13-14 February 2009. The program, presentations and the report of the meeting can be downloaded here.
• PJP Meeting at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre in Estonia on 5-6 February 2010. The program, presentations and the report of the meeting can be downloaded here. 

Publication

In the framework of the AEC CONNECT project 'Music Education in a multicultural European Society' (2000-2001), a report entitled 'Professional Jazz and Pop Music Training in Europe' was published.  The report describes professional jazz and pop training courses in European conservatoires and can be downloaded here in PDF format.

Further questions about the PJP? Click here to have access to the Frenquently Asked Questions (FAQs) for the AEC Pop & Jazz Platform.