Academic Year 2023/2024
Taxes and social security - basic knowledge
17 October 2023
10:00–14:00 with Dr. Rainer Fussenegger, Mag.ª Antonia Grüner
14:00–18:00 individual coaching with Antonia Grüner
A cooperation with ZfW, mica, IKM
ECTS: 5/6h à 60 min. for WF Career Center
Webinar - Copyright, copyright society and contracts for musicians
24 October 2023 16:00-19:00
with Franz Hergovich and Wolfgang Renzl
A webinar by Mozarteum Salzburg and mica
ECTS: 4h à 60 min. for WF Career Center
Contracts in the music business & tips for negotiating fees
03 November 2023 14:00 - 18:00 and
04 November 2024 11:00 - 15:00
with Mag.a Susanne Grainer
A cooperation with ZfW
ECTS: 12h à 60 min. for WF Career Center
Business small talk and networking for artists
16 November 2023 14:00-17:30 and
17 November 2023 10:00-13:30
with Mag.a Daniela Ettl
ECTS: 10h à 60 min. for WF Career Center
The magic of the next step
25 November 2023 10:00-14:00 and
09 December 2023 10:00-14:00
with DI Werner Pfeffer
ECTS: 12h à 60 min. for WF Career Center
Webinar - Fees, tax and social security - A way through the administrative jungle
06 December 2023 17:00 - 20:00
with Mag.a Antonia Grüner
A webinar by Mozarteum Salzburg and mica
ECTS: 4h à 60 min. for WF Career Center
Webinar - AI - Legal issues in the use of artificial intelligence
25 January 2024 15:00 - 17:00
with Dr. Rainer Beck
A webinar by Kunstuniversität Graz
ECTS: 2,5h à 60 min. for WF Career Center
Webinar - Career Management for young conductors
30 January 2024 10:00-13:00 and
31 January 2024 14:00-17:00
with Joel Ethan Fried
ECTS: 10h à 60 min. for WF Career Center
Your appearance, please! Mental training for stage and podium
01 February 2024 09:30-13:30 and
28 February 2024 13:30- 17:30
with Jörg Zwicker
ECTS: 10h à 60 min. for WF Career Center
Taxes and fees with project related examples
15 March 2024
10:00-14:00 lecture
14:00-18:00 individual coaching
with Mag.a Antonia Grüner, Univ.-Prof.in Mag.a Dr.in Dagmar Abfalter, MBA
A cooperation with ZfW, IKM and mica
ECTS: 5/6h à 60 min. for WF Career Center
Intesifying the experience. Opportunities and possibilities of concert moderation
20 March 2024 10:00-17:00
with Albert Hosp
ECTS: 10h à 60 min. for WF Career Center
New concert formats
12 April 2024 10:00-13:00 and
13 April 2024 10:00-13:00
with Mag.art. Axel Petri-Preis, PhD
A cooperation with ZfW
ECTS: 9h à 60 min. for WF Career Center
Webinar - Innovation in Classical Music: New job profiles and opportunities
18 April 2024 10:00-15:00
with Mag.a Antonia Grüner, Mag.a Sandra Stini, MAS
A cooperation with ZfW, IKM and mica
ECTS: 5h à 60 min. forr WF Career Center
Workshops of the network of the Career Centers D/A/CH
The network of Career Centers at German, Austrian and Swiss music and art universities opens up online courses to offer a wide variety of topics and offers the opportunity to network across regions. Since 1.10.2023, these webinars for mdw students also count for the Career Center elective
Link to the netzwork
Academic Year 2022/2023
Taxes and social security - basic knowledge
19 October 2022
10:00–14:00 with Dr. Rainer Fussenegger, Helge Hinteregger
14:00- 18:00 individual coaching with Helge Hinteregger
A cooperation with ZfW, mica, IKM
0,3 ECTS
Webinar - Self-management for musicians
8 November 2022 17:00-20:00
with Carsten Linck
A cooperation with the Mozarteum Salzburg
0,2 ECTS
Webinar - media competence & law
03 November 2022 17:30 - 19:00
10 November 2022 17:30 - 19:00
17 November 2022 17:30 - 19:00
07 Dezember 2022 17:30 - 19:00
with Mag. Wolfgang Kühnelt, Dr. Rainer Beck
A cooperation with the Kunstuniversität Graz
0,5 ECTS
Handling of rejection and failure
17. November 2022 09:30 - 17:00
with Mag. Alexander Parte, MMag.a Corinna Häsele
A cooperation with the ZfW
0,5 ECTS
My art and me - selfmarketing for artists
2 December 2022 10:00 – 17:00
with Mag.a Petra Hinterholzer-Leinhofer
0,5 ECTS
Webinar - Art & Health/Range of addictive substances used by artists
13 January 2023 15:00-17:00
Psychosocial, academic & medical information and advice.
Webinar - playing-related pain in music making
1 February 2023 14:00 - 16:00
with Prof. Dr. med. Hans-Christian Jabusch
0,1 ECTS
Projectmanagement for self-employed musicians
6 and 7 February 2022 10:00 - 17:00
with Mag.a Franziska Strohmayr
1 ECTS
Career Compass for composers
24 and 27 February 2023 10:00 - 14:00
with Mag.a Daniela Ettl, Daniel Riegler-Beer, Samu Gryllus DLA
0,5 ECTS
Webinar - freelance opportunities for music teachers
23 March 2023 10:00 -17:00
with Constantin Zill
0,5 ECTS
Taxes and fees with project-related examples
24 March 2023
10:00 - 14:00 lecture
14:00 - 18:00 individual coachings
with Assoz.-Prof.in Mag.a Dr.in Dagmar Abfalter, MBA, Helge Hinteregger
A cooperation with ZfW, mica, IKM
0,3 ECTS
Realizing free music/theatre projects
17 April 2023 10:00 - 17:30
with Mag.a Barbara Kremser, Mag.a Dr.in phil. Genia Enzelberger
A cooperation with ZfW
0,5 ECTS
Webinar - How do I build my own website?
20 April 2023 17:00 - 20:00
3 Mai 2023 17:00 - 20:00
with Maximilian Well
A cooperation with the Mozarteum Salzburg
0,5 ECTS
Webinar - Climate-neutral music landscape
21 April 2023 10:00 - 13:00
with Rainer Praschak and guests Hanna Simons, Andreas Jantsch
0,2 ECTS
Webinar - Information event on artists' social insurance
5 Mai 2023 14:00 - 16:00
with Employees of the KSVF
A cooperation with the Kunstuniversität Graz
0,1 ECTS
Workshops in the Network D/A/CH
The new network of Career Centres at German, Austrian and Swiss music and art colleges opens up online courses to offer a wide variety of topics and provides the opportunity to network across regions.
Link to the network
Academic Year 2021/2022
Webinar - Tax and social insurance - basic knowledge
19 October 2021
9.00–13.00 and 13.00-17.00 (optional)/15-minutes individual coachings
with Dr. Rainer Fussenegger, Helge Hinteregger
in cooperation with: www.mdw.ac.at/zfw/kurse, mica
(Workshop 0,3 ECTS)
Webinar - Contracts and fee negotiations
5 November 2021
10.00-12.00 introduction and 13.00-15.00 practical examples in small groups
with Mag. Susanne Grainer
(Workshop 0,3 ECTS)
Webinar - Tax and Insurance Regulations for Self-Employed Artists
2 December 2021
10.00-12.30 Introduction
14.00-17.00 Discussion of field cases in small groups
with Mag. Andrea Klausner
(Workshop 0,5 ECTS)
Webinar - How to build my own Website?
09 December 2021, 17:00 – 20:00 Uhr
13 January 2022, 17:00 – 20:00 Uhr
with Maximilian Well
An event of the Mozarteum Salzburg
(Workshop 0,5 ECTS)
Webinar - Digital Musikmarketing
27.1.2022, 9.30 - 16.30 and
28.1.2022, 9.30 - 15.00
with Steffen Geldner
An event of the Kunstuniversität Graz
(Workshop 1 ECTS)
Webinar - Social Media & Digital Services for Musicians (Focus on Classic)
1 February 2022
10.00 - 13.00 Introduction, afterwards Individual Coachings
with Christoph Muck
(Workshop 0,3 ECTS)
Webinar - How to build my own website?
04 February 2022, 15:00 – 17:30
25 February 2022, 15:00 – 17:30
with: Maximilian Well
(Workshop 0,5 ECTS)
Webinar - Project Management for Self-Employed Musicians
8 February 2022, 10.00 - 12.00 and 14.00 - 16.00
9 February 2022, 10.00 - 12.00 and 14.00 - 16.00
with Franziska Strohmayr
(Workshop 1 ECTS)
Webinar - Tax and fees with project related examples (with project related examples)
15 March 2022
10.00 - 13.00
13.00 - 17.00 15-minutes individual coachings
with Helge Hinteregger, Univ.Ass.in Mag.a Sandra Stini, MAS
In cooperation with: www.mdw.ac.at/zfw/kurse, mica
(Workshop 0,3 ECTS)
Webinar - Audience and Community Engagement for Musicians
19 March 2022
10.00 - 13.00 und 14.00 -17.00 Introduction and Coachings
with Univ.-Ass. Mag.art. Axel Petri-Preis, PhD
(Workshop 0,5 ECTS)
The World is a Disc
25 March 2022 and 26. March 2022
Workshop und Q&A Sessions
An Event of the Kunstuniversität Graz
Webinar - Earning money with classical music in the digital world?
22 April 2022
10.00 - 12.30
with Christoph Gruber, MA, Rainer Praschak and Aleksandra Suklar
In cooperation with: www.mdw.ac.at/zfw/kurse, mica
(Workshop 0,3 ECTS)
Mentally strong on stage
2 May, 2022 and 10. May, 2022
10.00 -17.00
Place: Spiel/mach/t/raum, 1030 Wien, Anton-von-Webern-Platz 1
with Jörg Zwicker
In cooperation with: www.mdw.ac.at/zfw/kurse
(Workshop 0,6 ECTS)
Intensifying the Experience. Opportunities and possibilities of the concert moderation
7 Juni 2022
10.00-13.00 and 14.00-17.00
Place: Spiel/mach/t/raum, 1030 Wien, Anton-von-Webern-Platz 1
with Albert Hosp
(Workshop 0,5 ECTS)
Academic Year 2020/2021
Webinar - Online with Strategy
Online Selfmarketing & Promotion for Musicians
22.10.2020, 9.00-13.00
with Christoph Gruber MA
In cooperation with Zentrum für Weiterbildung der mdw (ZfW), dem mdw club und mica – music austria
Webinar - Social Media & Digital Services for Musicians
14.11.2020, 10.00-13.00 (Group session)
5.12.2020 and 12.12.2020 (Individual coachings)
with Christoph Muck
Webinar - Dealing with Rejection and Failure
19.11.2020, 9.00-12.30 and 14.00 - 17.00
with Evelyn Jahn, Mag. Alexander Parte
In cooperation with Zentrum für Weiterbildung der mdw (ZfW)
Webinar - Selfmarketing for Rhythmists
07.01.2021, 14.00-14.30 Introduction
08.01.2021, 10.00-13.00 Webinar 1. part
09.01.2021, 10.00-13.00 Webinar 2. part
with Marc Antonius Dominick
Webinar - Projectmanagement for Self-Employed Musicians
02./03. 02.2021, 10.00-12.00 and 14.00-16.00
24./25. 02.2021, 0.00-12.00 and 14.00-16.00
with Franziska Strohmayr
Webinar - My Online Concert - Livestreaming, Monetisation, Technical Requirements
05.03.2021, 10.00-13.00
with Christoph Muck und MA Christoph Gruber
In cooperation with Zentrum für Weiterbildung der mdw (ZfW), dem mdw club und mica – music austria
Webinar - Music Video Production with the Career Center`s New Rental Equipment
15.03.2021, 14.00 - 17.00
with Volker Werner
Webinar - Taxes and Social Insurance (Basics)
16.03.2021, 9.00–13.00 Group Session
13.00-17.00 Individual Coachings
with Dr. Rainer Fussenegger, Helge Hinteregger
In cooperation with Zentrum für Weiterbildung der mdw (ZfW), dem mdw club und mica – music austria
Webinar - Taxes and Invoices (with examples from the field)
20.04.2021, 9.00–13.00 Group session
13.00-17.00 Individual Coachings
with Helge Hinteregger, Univ.-Ass. Mag.art. Sandra Stini, MAS
In cooperation with Zentrum für Weiterbildung der mdw (ZfW), dem mdw club und mica – music austria
Webinar - Introduction to the Different Techniques of Mental Training
23.04.2021, 14.00-17.00
with Jörg Zwicker
In cooperation with Zentrum für Weiterbildung der mdw (ZfW)
Academic Year 2019/2020
Fees, Taxes and Social Insurance
A Path through the Bureaucratic Jungle for Musicians
22.10.2019, 9.00–13.00 (Workshop)
13.00-17.00 (Individual Coachings)
1030, Anton-von-Webern-Platz 1, spiel|mach|t|raum S 02 25
with Ass.Prof.Mag.Dr. Dagmar Abfalter, Dr. Rainer Fussenegger, Helge Hinteregger
In cooperation with Zentrum für Weiterbildung der mdw (ZfW), mdw club and mica – music austria
Media in Cultural Institutions - Media for Me and My Project
13.11.2019, 9:30-16:30 Workshop
20.11.2019, 9:30 - Individual Coachings
1030, Anton-von-Webern-Platz 1, spiel|mach|t|raum S 02 25
with Susanne Ursula Baertele
In cooperation with Zentrum für Weiterbildung der mdw (ZfW)
Audio/Video Material: Data Transmission and Legal Aspects
02.12.2019, 9.30-17.30
1030, Anton-von-Webern-Platz 1, Tonstudio A 02 15A and Senatssitzungssaal
with Dr. Albrecht Haller, Mag. Paul Hofmann, Ulrich Wagner
Dispokinesis - Posture, Breathing, Stage or: what the feet have to do with the sound
1. 02.2020, Group session 10.00 - 13.00, Individual Coachings 14.00 - 19.00
mdw-Anton von Webern Platz 1, spiel|mach|t|raum S 02 25
with Karoline Renner
The Successful Hearing for Music School Teachers
26.02.2020, 10.00-17.00
mdw- Anton von Webern Platz 1, IKM E 01 01
with Univ.-Prof. Mag.Dr. Michaela Hahn
Fit for the Market - Positioning and Strategy for the Music Market
2.03.2020, 10.00-17.00 Workshop
4.03.2020, Individual Coachings
with Lorenz Huber, MA
Webinar - Online Selbfmarketing & Promotion for Musicians, Online with Strategy
16.04.2020, 9.00-13.30
with Christoph Gruber, MA
In cooperation with MICA, ZfW, mdw club
Webinar - Management, Booking & Co
20.04.2020, 9.00-12.30
with Rainer Praschak
In cooperation with MICA, ZfW, mdw club
Webinar - Career Management for Young Conductors
19. May 2020, 10 a.m. - 12 a.m. and 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
with Joel Ethan Fried
Academic Year 2018/2019
Management, Booking & Co. - Behind the Scenes
10.4.2019 / 9.30-12.30
1030, Anton-von-Webern-Platz 1, spiel|mach|t|raum S 02 25
with Sandra Walkenhofer, Christoph Gruber, MA
In cooperation with Zentrum für Weiterbildung der mdw (ZfW), mdw club and mica – music austria
Nutrition for Musicians
6.4.2019 / 10.00-14.00
1030, Anton-von-Webern-Platz 1, spiel|mach|t|raum S 02 25
with Dr. Petra Bareis-Kofler
Mindfulness based stress reduction (Jon Kabat Zinn)
Workshop: 18. März 2019; Follow-Up: 8. April 2019
mdw, Anton-von-Webern-Platz 1, spiel|macht|t|raum (AW S 02 25)
with Mag.a Birte Dalbauer-Stokkebaek
In cooperation with Zentrum für Weiterbildung der mdw (ZfW)
Online with Strategy
12.3.2018, spiel|macht|t|raum (AW S 02 25)
with Christoph Gruber MA, mica - music austria
In cooperation with Zentrum für Weiterbildung der mdw (ZfW), mdw club and mica – music austria
Professional Styling with Fotoshooting
Mi, 27.2. und Fr, 1.3., Metternichgasse 8, Wintergarten
with Elisabeth Vollnhofer (makeup & hair artist) und Theresa Pewal (photographer)
Artist Agency
1.2.2019
mdw, 1030, Anton-von-Webern-Platz 1, Zubin Mehta-Saal (S 0209)
with Eleanor Hope, Interclassica Music Management www.interclassica.com and Thomas Rösner, www.thomasroesner.com
Concert Acquisition and Presentation Materials for Soloists and Ensembles
7.12.2018
mdw, 1030, Anton-von-Webern-Platz 1, Zubin Mehta-Saal
with Mag. Andreas Vierziger
Artistic Work in the Group - Recognizing Potentials and Differences - Dealing with Conflicts
29.10.2018, 9.30-16.30 (Workshop)
8.1.2019 ab 9.30 (individual lessons)
mdw, Anton-von-Webern-Platz 1, Hauptgebäude, Bauteil S, spiel|macht|t|raum (AW S 02 25)
with Dipl.Psych.in DDr.in Susanne Jalka, www.konfliktkultur.at and Univ.-Prof.Dr. h.c. Johannes Meissl
In cooperation with Zentrum für Weiterbildung der mdw (ZfW)
Fees, Taxes and Social Insurance
23.10.2018, 9.30-12.30 Uhr, mdw Room S 0225
with Helge Hinteregger, Fachreferent Jazz, Impro und Weltmusik mica - music austria
In cooperation with Zentrum für Weiterbildung der mdw (ZfW), mdw club and mica – music austria
Tuning in - Intonation
Presentation Training for Artists
17.10.2018, 10.00-17.00 Uhr, mdw Room S 0225
with Mag.a Renate Burtscher
Academic Year 2017/2018
Audition Training for String Instruments - cooperation mdw and University of Music and Performing Arts Graz
Simulated audition and mental training for violin, viola, violoncello and double bass
organised by the mdw in cooperation with the Univesity of Music and Performing Arts Graz02.03.2018, 19.03.2018, 04.04.2018, 05.04.2018
Mentaltraining: Coretta Kurth, Jury members: mdw and kug professors
The Successful Hearing - Application Training for Jobs at Music Schools
1.12.2017, 10.00-17.00
Institut für Kulturmanagement und Gender Studies der mdw (IKM), Anton-von-Webern-Platz 1, Raum E 0101
with Dr.in Michaela Hahn, Director of Musikschulmanagement Niederösterreich
Streaming - Services
7.12.2017, 09.30-12.30
Anton-von-Webern-Platz 1, Raum S 0225
with Robert Klembas, Christoph Gruber
In cooperation with Zentrum für Weiterbildung der mdw (ZfW), mdw club and mica – music austria
Self-Management for Young Musicians (composers)
11.11.2017 and 18.11.2017
Anton-von-Webern-Platz 1, Room S 0225
with Mag.a. Sunok Lee
Media Work for Future Theatre Artists
7. und 14.10.2017
Max Reinhardt Seminar
Institut für Schauspiel und Schauspielregie der mdw
with Mag.a Michaela Mottinger
Academic Year 2016/2017
Career Management
20.-21.4. und 12.5.2017, Anton-von-Webern-Platz, Zubin Mehta-Saal
Mit Mag. Andreas Vierziger
Creative Writing in Print and Online
7.3.12017, Anton-von-Webern Platz 1, Room L0123
with Sigrun Rux
In cooperation with Zentrum für Weiterbildung der mdw and mdw club
How to master the conductor`s stand - Professional Career Development for Conducting Students and Alumni
7.-9.2.2017, Anton-von-Webern-Platz, Studio K 0101
with Jennifer Spencer
Pitching for Film Academy Students
30.-31.1.12017, Metternichgasse 12
with Markus Mörth and Wolfgang Latteyer
The Music Business - Becoming a Freelance Musician
15.11.2016, Anton-von-Webern Platz 1, Raum L0123
with Hannes Tschürtz
In cooperation with Wissenstransferzentrum Ost, Zentrum für Weiterbildung der mdw and mdw club
New Concert Concepts and Performative Models in Classical Music
25.10.2016, Anton-von-Webern Platz 1, Raum L0123
with Mag. Andreas Vierziger
In cooperation with Zentrum für Weiterbildung der mdw and mdw club
Taxes and Social Insurance
19.10.2016, Anton-von-Webern Platz 1, Raum L0123
with Helge Hinteregger and Rainer Fussenegger
In cooperation with mica - music austria, Zentrum für Weiterbildung der mdw and mdw club