Beate Hennenberg completed a music degree and then studied musicology and German literature in Leipzig and Heidelberg before joining the mdw’s Department of Music Education Research and Practice in 2002. Since then, she has been building up the area of Inclusive Music-Making. She is a member of the Senate and the speaker of the Senate workgroup accessible-mdw. She conducts research in the area of inclusion and diversity in music education and inclusive professionalisation in instrumental education.