MDW COURSE
SUMMER SEMESTER 2025
For mdw students: Registration via mdw online
Engaging with Audiences and Communities
Study level: Bachelor, Master
Course tutor: Axel Petri-Preis
Course content: Audience and community engagement have become important tasks for musicians in the 21st century. In order to attract diverse audiences and to unfold societal relevance, cultural institutions and musicians have to think of presentation and participation formats that go beyond the classical concert format, with its rigid conventions and exclusion mechanisms. Instead of perpetuating existing power-relations, audience and community engagement seek to develop a transformative power, in order to develop a much more symmetrical understanding
In this course we will explore ways to engage with audiences and communities and discuss both chances and pitfalls. We will read and reflect on central texts, hear experts from the cultural field talk about their stance on the topic, discuss and critically review international examples and do hands-on exercises.
Dates: 4.3.2025, 1.4.2025, 6.5.2025 synchronous sessions (live via Zoom) - 4pm - 5.30pm Vienna local time; 11.3, 18.3, 25.3, 8.4, 29.4.25 asynchronous sessions
MDW courses
Winter semester 2024
Music and Dis/Ability: registration possible until 10.10.2024
Performers (back) in the Spotlight: registration possible until 07.10.2024
MUSIC AND DIS/ABILITY
Study level: Undergraduate, Postgraduate
Course tutor: Stephanie Probst
Course content: The human body is involved in all aspects of music making and listening, from dexterity and the expressive power of voice and gestures, to refined auditory capacities and decoding notation. All too often these faculties are evaluated against expectations derived from (fictitious) normative bodies. But what happens when we take seriously the diversity of individual bodies who interact with (normative) instruments and preset conceptions of music? Through select case studies, this course asks what musicians and pedagogues can learn from dis/ability studies and how we might make music more inclusive and accessible.
Dates of the Live Sessions (Zoom): 11.10.2024, 18.10.2024, 08.11.2024, 06.12.2024 always 4pm - 5.30pm (Vienna local time)
Registration via mdw online until 10.10.2024
PERFORMERS (BACK) IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Study level: Bachelor, Master
Course tutor: Elisabeth Reisinger
Course content: For a long time, the thinking and writing of music history has focused on the written "work" and its creator. But what if we shift the perspective and conceptualize music as a social sonic event? In this course, we will focus on the people who make music sound: the performers. We will approach music history by examining their role in processes of musical creation and repertoire formation, as well as their impact on the distribution and reception of compositions. We will explore how this offers a more diverse and nuanced picture of the various individuals that have shaped music history.
Dates of the Live Sessions (Zoom): 08.10.2024, 22.10.2024, 19.11.2024, 10.12.2024 always 4pm - 5.30pm (Vienna local time)
Registration via mdw online until 07.10.2024
REGISTRATION FOR mdw STUDENTS (FOR mdw COURSES)
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The capacity of the courses is limited, the principle “first come, first served” applies! The remaining number of places will be announced at a later date.