changes includes the introduction of two new specialisations: Maqam Music and Afro-Caribbean South American (Latin) Music. To better equip students for international music careers, concrete steps will be [...] broaden their horizons and enhance their skill sets. Impact on the music scene The transition of the World Music department is also significant for the music scene at large. By contributing to the development [...] . She shared her admiration for Codarts as a unique place in the music world: "A place that changed my life. Nowhere else in the world is world music taken as seriously as classical music and jazz." Jawa
Today, both are lecturers at Global Musics. Lilian teaches Brazilian vocals at Caribbean and South American Music. Mutlu teaches Anatolian and Kurdish traditions at Maqam and Modal Cultures along the Silk Roads. The way they absorbed music from home is reflected in how they shape their lessons. Music isn't learned through rules but by experiencing it, living it - both [...] smile, even though you're actually singing about something sad." Music purely from feeling That very combination - story and context - is at the heart of Global Musics' renewed curriculum. When Lilian
see the journey truly begin. A renewed programme for a globalised music landscape In 2023/2024 an extensive survey of teachers and experts revealed that the World Music Department in its current form no longer met the changing wishes and needs of students and the music industry. Technological advances and globalisation have led to new challenges in music education. Codarts is responding to this with [...] along the Silk Road and Caribbean and South American (CaSA) Music Traditions .
Jan Laurens Hartong and musicologist Joep Bor founded the World Music Academy as part of the Rotterdam Conservatoire. This has grown into the unique and diverse World Music Academy with various specialisations. In 2024, World Music will remain a valuable and unique part of Codarts' educational portfolio. However, in view of the changing world and the evolving [...] of both professionals and students, it is time to redesign World Music. Therefore, for one year (academic year 2024-2025), Codarts will not be admitting new students to the Latin, Turkish Music and
To bring that idea into everyday teaching, Global Musics redesigned the structure of the programme over the past year. The department, formerly known as World Music, still builds on strong [...] same block period, Global Musics organised a project week in October, where students explored how gender and identity shape music in practice. They worked with [...] looking at music will spread across Codarts as a whole. “I believe Global Musics can help the conservatoire open up its curriculum and look more
Our Bachelor programmes in Dance Education, Music Education, and Music have also been recognised among the top programmes in the Netherlands in the Keuzegids hbo 2025! With their [...] of education we provide to our students. The Dance Education and Music Education programmes achieved outstanding scores of 95 points each, while the Bachelor of Music – covering Jazz, Pop, World Music, [...] musical genre that is not available in the same way anywhere else. Music Education : At Codarts, students in Music Education can choose elective modules such as digital music-making and advanced courses
Research organised 'A Celebration of Artistic Research in World Music', led by Professor Rachel Beckles Willson. During this special audiovisual event, which took place at our venue WMDC, six Codarts [...] celebrated the creativity and research into world music at Codarts and gave a behind-the-scenes look at the work of the diverse international team. World music research serves as a bridge [...] research directly affects their music practice. We welcomed interested Codarts students and staff, as well as guests from outside Codarts who were interested in the topic
exploring pop and jazz, her passion shifted towards Latin American music during her studies in Barcelona. She further honed her skills at Codarts, diving deep into the Afro-Cuban and Brazilian musical [...] audiences at prestigious events like the North Sea Jazz Festival, Music Meeting Festival, De Doelen World Music Festival, and Dias Latinos Festival. She currently leads her own group, "Nakumba!", and is [...] feels passionate about exploring the human singing voice and the music that exists around the world. I work closely with musicians of the Latin and Brazilian jazz music scene. Moreover, I love teaching
, I am spending my second year at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music as an exchange student in the Department of Chinese Traditional Music, studying both violin and erhu, a Chinese string instrument. [...] lectures I have come to understand and learn much more about the music and the culture here. Every week there are so many concerts in Shanghai, that sometimes I cannot choose which concert I should go [...] are being used to play different styles of Southern Chinese music. Focusing on the difference in local Chinese music styles also has inspired me to think more creatively about my own classical music
bachelor's degree, she went on for her master's degree in Performing Music. Cici Isenia came to the Netherlands from Curacao to study at Codarts. Cici took the Music in Education programme: "a very broad [...] says that at the programme she was exposed to different genres of music. "This has made me flexible and creative as a professional." "Music is a never ending journey that requires practice and study and [...] also when it comes to entrepreneurship" said Cici. Khorshid sees music "as a journey without end, which requires practice and study and I try to develop my music by traveling and playing in Iran and
