Dear Colleagues,
Dear Friends,

Following the success of its second edition last April 2021 held in the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, we are very pleased to invite you to join our third HarMA Seminar Event and HarMA+ Project's result to be held in the Akademia Muzyczna im. Stanisława Moniuszki w Gdańsku (Gdańsk, Poland) on April 19-21st, 2023.

Purpose of the Seminar and HarMA+

The goal of the International HarMA - Harmony and Music Analysis - Seminar Event is to bring in a single place the Music Theory faculties from Higher Music Education Institutions to talk about their Home Institutions' organization and especially to share their teaching practices experiences, International projects and innovative teaching methods in these fields. For more detailed information, please read the guidelines page.

This event will present also the results of the HarMA+ Strategic Partnerships Erasmus+ Project (KA2) and especially the 4 Intellectual Outputs : we kindly ask the participants to contribute on it by sending us some data (EU Bibliography and EU Repository courses forms have been created) explained in the project's description.

This project created by Salvatore Gioveni (Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles) promotes cross-border collaboration in the field of music theory through sharing knowledge and transferring pedagogical innovation.

It will be an excellent opportunity to your Institution to contribute by sending us some information about your Music Theory courses. Your music theory department will be able to benefit from higher visibility within the EU Higher Music Education Institutions ! 

HarMA aims to contribute to the development of quality standards in the field of Music Theory in HMEI's.

This third Edition will focus on Internationalization, Digitalization and Innovative teaching and e-Learning methods.

Organization

There will be three days of sharing information about these subjects, as well as several Topic Specific Talks in different sessions, three Training sessions and round-table discussions. They will be released in a post-event publication.

The Seminar will also include cultural immersion in the famous city of Gdańsk: museum visits, catered lunches and coffee Break networking ! The HarMA Dinner will be organized on the second day ! On Friday April 21st evening, there is going to be a concert performed by the Academy's symphony orchestra, under direction of Sylwia Janiak-Kobylińska (Dean of the Faculty of Conducting, Composition and Music Theory), with a solist Ignacy Kapica (trumpet). On Saturday April 22nd, a museum visit will be organized.

A beautiful campus virtual promenade is proposed here.

Training Sessions

Three Training Sessions will be organized to improve the pedagogic knowledge and skills of your Music Theory Departments, to discover innovative learning and teaching methods and to share teaching practices. It will create a positive learning community and start developing a positive learning environment.

Venue of the Seminar

The HarMA Seminar will take place in Stanisław Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk - Poland. The Participants will be provided with Erasmus Plus Staff Mobility (STT) certificates upon completion.

Please, contact your International Relations/Erasmus Coordinator for further information.

Participants Profile

The Participants should be a Music Theory faculty teacher/member or similar (Harmony, Music Analysis, ...), or the Heads of the Music Theory Departments or Delegates able to provide authorized information about their Home Institution in these fields.

Accommodation and Travel

Travel and accommodation costs in Gdańsk could be provided by the sending Institution through your Erasmus Training Mobility grant. Three lunches and one dinner under reservation will be provided by the host Institution. All information about accommodation and transportation in the guidelines.

The HarMA Dinner will be held on the second day (20th April, 2023, 20:00 PM (mandatory reservation will be sent later).

Registration

Preregistrations (65 EUR, participation fee)
by 20/12/2022 at the latest, with payment and both HarMA+ forms sent

Last registrations (85 EUR, participation fee)
by 01/03/2023 at the latest, with payment and both HarMA+ forms sent

Call for Proposals: you should have sent your proposal by 20/01/2023 at the latest

HarMA Committee

Salvatore GIOVENI
Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles
Music theory faculty and IRC
Founder and President of the HarMA and HarMA+ Project
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Renata SKUPIN
Stanisław Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk
Music Theory Department, former Head of the Faculty of Conducting, Composition and Music Theory (2012–2020)
Editor-in-chief of the peer-reviewed journal “Aspekty Muzyki”

Agata KRAWCZYK
Stanisław Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk
Music Theory Department

Piotr JĘDRZEJCZYK
Stanisław Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk
Music Theory Department

Margaux SLADDEN
Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles
History of music faculty

Olivia WAHNON de OLIVEIRA
Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles
Head Librarian and Encyclopaedia faculty

Edwin CLAPUYT
Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles
Full-time faculty of Music Analysis and Computer-assisted Music

The HarMA+ Project is supported by
the Erasmus+ Programme, the Akademia Muzyczna im. Stanisława Moniuszki w Gdańsku in Gdańsk, the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Budapest, The Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (EAMT) in Tallinn, theAssociation Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen (AEC) in Brussels, the Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles, the Belgian branch of the European Agency for Education and Formation (AEF), the Belgian Academy for Research and High Education (ARES), the European Association of Conservatories (AEC) and the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles International (WBI).

HarMA+

ID PROJECT : 20PS0002

CO-FUNDED BY THE ERASMUS+ PROGRAMME

STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION

COOPERATION FOR INNOVATION AND THE EXCHANGE OF GOOD PRACTICES IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS