Sociomusicology: Music4Change in Groningen

9/8/24

Music4Change in Groningen

Plans are now in place for a unique music conference to be held in Groningen, Netherlands in early November: “2024 International Research School on the theme of Sustainable Cities and Cultures of Music.”

This event is connected with the EU Music4Change project and Grieg Research School for Interdisciplinary Music Studies.

My main activity at this conference will be to serve as Respondent for the “Prøvedisputas” of PhD candidate Elizabeth Oltedal (of Volda University College, Norway), as she reaches the final stages for completion of her PhD.

Elizabeth has long been deeply interested in the challenges associated with developing fair, accurate, and meaningful assessments of music performances. This is a complex and important topic of relevance to all music teachers, and I look forward to seeing what we can learn from Elizabeth’s research.

Click HERE and HERE for more information about this event in Groningen, Netherlands.

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Welcome to Sociomusicology

For over 15 years (since 2007), this website has offered musings on contemporary society and its music by David G. Hebert, PhD. He is a sociomusicologist specializing in global music education who has held academic positions with universities on five continents. Dr. Hebert is now a tenured full Professor with Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen. There he leads the Grieg Academy Music Education (GAME) research group and manages the multinational government-funded Nordic Network for Music Education, which organizes annual intensive Master courses and exchange of teachers and students across eight countries. He is also an Affiliated Professor with University of the Faroe Islands and an Honorary Professor in China with the Education University of Hong Kong.

Professor Hebert's research applies an international-comparative perspective to issues of pluralism, identity, and cultural relevance in music education, as well as processes by which new music traditions emerge and change - both sonically and socially - as they are adopted into institutions. Born in the 1970s, he is among the most widely-published and globally-active music scholars of his generation (h-index:20; i10-index:30), with professional activities in an average of 8 countries per year across the past decade (2008-2020).