Dear Colleagues,
Dear Friends,

Following the success of its third edition last April 2025 held in the Conservatori Superior de Mùsica"Joaquin Rodrigo" de València (Spain), we are very pleased to invite you to join our fifth HarMA Seminar Event to be held in the The Academy of Music of the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia) on April 15-17th, 2027.

The HarMA Seminar and HarMA HUB

Created by Salvatore Gioveni (Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles), the International HarMA - Harmony and Music Analysis - Seminar Event aims to bring together in a single place the Music Theory faculties from Higher Music Education Institutions to talk about their Home Institutions' organization and exclusively to share their teaching practice experiences, institutional and personnal projects, innovative teaching methods in these fields. For more detailed information, please read the guidelines page.

This event will also present the new HarMA HUB – Cooperation partnerships in higher education - Erasmus+ Project (KA2) and especially the music theory tools that have been achieved by the partners : EU Glossary – EU Bibliography – Music Analysis Repository – Peer Journal.

> HarMA HUB Flyer/information

It will be an excellent opportunity for 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 HMEIs.

This fifth Edition will focus on Internationalization, AI tools for music theory, 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.

The Seminar will also include cultural immersion in the famous city of Ljubljana: museum visits, catered lunches and coffee break networking!

On the first day, April 15, there will be a short concert performed by the Music Academy students and a walking tour of Ljubljana on the evening.  The HarMA Dinner will be held on the second day, April 16.

More cultural information here.

Training Sessions

Three Training Sessions will be organized to deepen the pedagogic knowledge and skills of your music theory departments, to discover innovative learning and teaching methods and to share teaching practices. They will be conducted within a positive learning environment and with the aim of building a strong community, both during and after the HarMa seminar. One of these training sessions will be dedicated to a comparative analysis session (updated soon) which is chaired by prof. dr. Andrej Misson, professor of counterpoint and music analysis in the Academy of Music of the University of Ljubljana.

Venue of the Seminar

The HarMA Seminar will take place in the Academy of Music of the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia). The Participants will be provided with Erasmus Plus Staff Mobility (STT) certificates upon completion.

Please, contact your International Relations/Erasmus Coordinator for further information. The information page is providing you all requested Erasmus documents.

If your institution would be interested in hosting the HarMA Seminar in April 2029, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please do not hesitate to contact the HarMA Committee before March 15th 2027 to discuss the possibility and explore how we might collaborate. We would be very pleased to welcome your institution as a future HarMA host and look forward to hearing from you.

Participants Profile

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

Accommodation and Travel

Travel and accommodation costs in Ljubljana may be covered by the sending institution through your Erasmus+ Training Mobility grant. The participation fee includes three lunches, coffee breaks, and internal organization costs. The HarMA dinner is not included in the participation fee. It will be arranged through an external reservation, and registration and payment will be required at a later stage.

All information about accommodation and transportation on the guidelines page.

The HarMA Dinner will be held on the second day (16th April, 2027, 20:00 PM) - a mandatory reservation form and payment will be sent later.

Registration and Participants' Fee

As the number of participants is limited, we highly recommend sending one or two representatives from the same institution.

Pre-registrations (170 EUR, early birds fee)
by 20/12/2026 at the latest with payment

Last registrations (210 EUR, late birds fee)
by 01/03/2027 at the latest with payment

Call for Proposals
You should have sent your proposal
by 15/01/2027 at the latest

HarMA Committee

Nina PODLIPNIK
Academy of Music of the University of Ljubljana
International Officer

Matic MOHAR
Academy of Music of the University of Ljubljana
IT Department

Prof. dr. Andrej MISSON
Academy of Music of the University of Ljubljana
Professor for music theory and composition

David VEBER
Academy of Music of the University of Ljubljana
Associate Professor for music theory and composition
Head of department of composition and music theory

Tilen SLAKAN
Academy of Music of the University of Ljubljana
Assistant for music theory

Salvatore GIOVENI
Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles
IrC, Associate Professor and Head of the music theory department
Founder and President of the HarMA Projects

The HarMA project is supported by
the Erasmus+ Programme, the Academy of Music of the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia), the Conservatori Superior de Música ¨Joaquín Rodrigo¨ Valencia in Spain, 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, the Association 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).