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 taken in entrepreneurship [...] 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 of a [...] 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 emphasised how Codarts
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 [...] 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 a revamped programme [...] y globalised music landscape. With this transition, Codarts aims to continue to fulfil its pioneering role by focusing on new musical forms and modern technologies, such as digital music production and
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 [...] redesign World Music. Therefore, for one year (academic year 2024-2025), Codarts will not be admitting new students to the Latin, Turkish Music and Argentinean Tango specialisations within World Music. This will
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 instrumental training [...] Global Musics has taken shape in different ways. One clear structural change in the programme is the introduction of five-week block courses. In these modules, students explore themes such as music and gender [...] example how expectations around gender show up in different traditions. Another theme is music and migration - how music changes when people carry it to new places. The block courses give students the space
The Dance Education and Music Education programmes achieved outstanding scores of 95 points each, while the Bachelor of Music – covering Jazz, Pop, World Music, Classical Music, and Musical Theatre – scored [...] 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 in the arts/Cultural [...] 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 high scores, these programmes
World Music' was more than an exploration - it was a showcase of the vibrant tapestry of artistic research within the Codarts community. We celebrated the creativity and research into world music at Codarts [...] international team. World music research serves as a bridge to a more intercultural, pluralistic society. It allows us to gain deeper insight into the meaning and context behind the music and cultures we work [...] On Friday 9 February, Codarts 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
captivated 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 [...] 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 and helping people [...] musical background. After initially 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
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 practice and how regional differences [...] 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. My [...] performances, concerts, and various 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
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 I try to develop my music by traveling and playing [...] 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 education that [...] 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 other countries
Kárpáti is a Hungarian-born musician, music educator, and music therapist, working in the Netherlands. She graduated in 2021 after completing her Master’s thesis on the music-based clinical observation of cognitive [...] chose for her thesis and the following presentations touched upon how experienced music therapists use the medium of music to observe cognition in clients recovering from a stroke (or a CVA, the medically [...] als had some well-defined music-based strategies for challenging and triggering cognitive functions in the clients, yet – oddly enough – they barely ever mentioned the music of their clients, and what
