Pop & Jazz Platform Meeting Codarts, Rotterdam 12-14 February 2016 Banding Together In times of change/flux POP AND JAZZ PLATFORM Rotterdam 2016 The AEC would like to express deep gratitude to the Codarts Rotterdam for hosting and co- organizing the PJP Meeting 2016. The AEC team would also like to express special thanks to the members of the PJP preparatory working group for their tremendous support in organizing the platform programme. POP AND JAZZ PLATFORM Rotterdam 2016 Contents INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................... 4 PROGRAMME .......................................................................................................................................... 5 Thursday 11th February – Working Group Meetings .................................................................... 5 Friday 12th February ......................................................................................................................... 5 Saturday 13th February .................................................................................................................... 7 Sunday 14th February – VOCON MEETING ...................................................................................... 9 Biographies of the Guest Speakers .................................................................................................. 10 Jesse Boere – NewNote Speaker .................................................................................................. 10 Olivier Toth - CEO Rockhal, Luxembourg ................................................................................... 11 Eric Ineke - IASJ .............................................................................................................................. 11 Ros Rigby – EJN President ............................................................................................................. 12 PJP Statement of Purpose ................................................................................................................ 13 The FULL SCORE Project ................................................................................................................... 14 Project Outlines ............................................................................................................................. 14 AEC’s ‘FULL SCORE’ project: objectives, actions and expected results for PJP/EJN/IASJ elements .......................................................................................................................................... 16 The PJP Bulletin n. 1 – Table of Contents ................................................................................. 17 Update on the European Agenda for Music................................................................................ 18 PRACTICAL INFORMATION ................................................................................................................. 19 Relevant addresses and numbers ................................................................................................ 19 Map of Locations ............................................................................................................................ 20 Hotel information ........................................................................................................................... 21 List of restaurants .......................................................................................................................... 22 Information on fee payment ........................................................................................................ 23 PJP PREPARATORY WORKING GROUP ............................................................................................. 25 AEC Office Staff .................................................................................................................................. 26 Codarts Staff ....................................................................................................................................... 26 POP AND JAZZ PLATFORM Rotterdam 2016 INTRODUCTION The Pop&Jazz Platform participates in the AEC’s FULL SCORE project which is now in its second year. Three consecutive annual meetings have been designed around AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT/ENGAGEMENT - the overarching theme set by the EU Culture Commission. Our upcoming conference in Rotterdam will follow up the meeting at the Berklee College of Music in Valencia in February 2015 on diversity and identity amongst artists and audiences. It will be a joint meeting with our two project partners IASJ (International Association of Schools of Jazz) and EJN (Europe Jazz Network). The event will therefore bring together experts from both the educational and the business/entrepreneurial side of Jazz, Pop and related musics. We believe that such an encounter can help to refresh our views on curriculum and provide students with the tools and information necessary to make a living as future artists. Banding Together In times of change/flux A joint meeting with Europe Jazz Network and the International Association of School of Jazz exploring new ways of strengthening the connections between higher education training for pop & jazz musicians and the professional ‘ecosystems’ of European festival, venues and activists that promote these genres. The sessions will explore challenges and opportunities of developing and evaluating students’ skills and competences in a learning environment that is partially embedded in the ‘real world’ of concerts and audiences. The Pop&Jazz Platform is an ideal environment for AEC’s focus on audience engagement. Jazz, Pop and related musics represent music in flux. Change is part of it. The music requires us to pursue a portfolio of activities at the same time. We create our own music, compose, improvise, produce, teach, promote ourselves and others and keep in active touch with our audience via social media and beyond. The PJP is happy to participate in FULL SCORE project enabling us to share expertise with the larger AEC community and beyond which can help create a better future for everyone. The Pop&Jazz Platform has been so far a valuable and meaningful meeting ground for educators and administrators but the 2016 meeting will open up to students as one of the main goals. We targeted exchange students of pop and jazz departments studying in the Netherlands during the month of February 2016, who could apply to be selected as part of the student delegation of the platform. The selected students will work together with the members of the AEC FULL SCORE Students working group and will be required to take an active role in the meeting by joining discussions, expressing their opinion, giving input, organizing and moderating sessions, thus taking part in the conference in a meaningful and visible way. We all currently experience times of drastic changes and challenges in Europe and the entire world: Fear is on the rise, cultural depth and freedom in general are being threatened. It is one of the saddest moments when we hear about people being killed during a concert as has happened recently in Paris. Music and music education is needed more than ever as it facilitates peaceful human beings. Jazz, Pop artists in particular interact with their audiences in a very direct way. It is our responsibility as educators and artists to always be aware of how important our work is for the entire community. The whole world has become an audience. We should really aim for a good performance. Stefan Heckel Pop and Jazz Platform Chairman POP AND JAZZ PLATFORM Rotterdam 2016 PROGRAMME Banding Together In times of change/flux A joint meeting with Europe Jazz Network and International Association of Schools of Jazz exploring new ways of strengthening the connections between higher education training for pop & jazz musicians and the professional ‘ecosystems’ of European festival, venues and activists that promote these genres. The challenges and opportunities of developing and evaluating students’ skills and competences in a learning environment that is partially embedded in the ‘real world’ of concerts and audiences Thursday 11th February – Working Group Meetings Students meetings: afternoon (15:00 – 19:00) – Room WMDC - A0.01, followed by dinner in the Codarts canteen Pop & Jazz working group meeting: 18:00 - Room WMDC - A1.04 Friday 12th February Registration opens 9:00-9:30 Maas Podium Coffee Available 12th Friday PJP Q&A session – informal introduction for newcomers and 9:30 – 10:30 talking about the Pop&Jazz Platform's purpose, history and Maas Podium future POP AND JAZZ PLATFORM Rotterdam 2016 Opening Event Music Introduction Opening remarks by 10:30 – 11:00 • Stefan Heckel, PJP Coordinator Maas Podium • Wilma Franchimon, Chair of the Board of Codarts • Harrie van den Elsen, AEC Council Member • Stefan Gies, AEC Chief Executive Networking with Refreshments 11:00 – 11:30 (Meeting of the panelists of Plenary Session I in front of the Foyer Maas Podium stage) Plenary Session I Beehive by Lars Andersson, Malmoe Academy of Music and PJP working group member “Newnote Speech” by Jesse Boere, alumnus of Codarts Jazz and Berklee Valencia CONNECTING FUTURE MUSIC 11:30 – 13:00 Moderator: Udo Dahmen, Popakademie Mannheim and PJP Maas Podium working group member Maria Pia De Vito - PJP Eric Ineke - IASJ Ros Rigby - EJN Olivier Toth - IMMF Jesse Boere – NYU Abu Dhabi and IMC Sylvain