Episode 3: Updating the master-apprentice model HigherEd in Practice
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An interview with Deborah Kelleher from the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin on the pedagogies used at conservatoires and how these pedagogies both depend on and impact class sizes.
More information about the Royal Irish Academic of Music and the European Association of Conservatoires is available on the institutional websites.
Speakers
Appointed Director of the Royal Irish Academy of Music (RIAM) in October 2010, Deborah Kelleher has played an integral role in the strategic development of the institution’s international profile, outreach, estate, and academic courses. Milestone achievements include the revision of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees with industry-focused specialisms; RIAM Podium, the Centre for Performing Ensembles, which trains musicians for orchestras and large ensembles; the founding of Ireland’s first Historical Performance Department with foundation partners The Irish Baroque Orchestra; and the creation of the Open Youth Orchestra of Ireland (OYOI) a flagship ensemble for inclusive creativity. In 2022 Deborah was elected President of the European Association of Conservatoires, an umbrella group for over 300 conservatoires and the leading voice for Higher Music Education in Europe.
Helene Peterbauer is a Policy Analyst at EUA’s Institutional Development Unit, with a particular focus on learning and teaching. She has been coordinating EUA’s learning and teaching activities, including the EUA Learning & Teaching Thematic Peer Groups and the work of the Learning & Teaching Steering Committee, since joining the association in 2018. She is also responsible for the implementation of the European Learning Teaching Forum, an annual event that brings together educational leadership, teachers and students to jointly discuss developments and good practice in higher education learning and teaching. Prior to joining EUA, Helene worked as doctoral researcher and lecturer at the Department of Scandinavian Studies of the University of Vienna. Helene holds master’s degrees in German Studies and Scandinavian Studies as well as a doctoral degree in Scandinavian Studies, all from the University of Vienna.
An interview with Deborah Kelleher from the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin on the pedagogies used at conservatoires and how these pedagogies both depend on and impact class sizes.
More information about the Royal Irish Academic of Music and the European Association of Conservatoires is available on the institutional websites.
Speakers
Appointed Director of the Royal Irish Academy of Music (RIAM) in October 2010, Deborah Kelleher has played an integral role in the strategic development of the institution’s international profile, outreach, estate, and academic courses. Milestone achievements include the revision of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees with industry-focused specialisms; RIAM Podium, the Centre for Performing Ensembles, which trains musicians for orchestras and large ensembles; the founding of Ireland’s first Historical Performance Department with foundation partners The Irish Baroque Orchestra; and the creation of the Open Youth Orchestra of Ireland (OYOI) a flagship ensemble for inclusive creativity. In 2022 Deborah was elected President of the European Association of Conservatoires, an umbrella group for over 300 conservatoires and the leading voice for Higher Music Education in Europe.
Helene Peterbauer is a Policy Analyst at EUA’s Institutional Development Unit, with a particular focus on learning and teaching. She has been coordinating EUA’s learning and teaching activities, including the EUA Learning & Teaching Thematic Peer Groups and the work of the Learning & Teaching Steering Committee, since joining the association in 2018. She is also responsible for the implementation of the European Learning Teaching Forum, an annual event that brings together educational leadership, teachers and students to jointly discuss developments and good practice in higher education learning and teaching. Prior to joining EUA, Helene worked as doctoral researcher and lecturer at the Department of Scandinavian Studies of the University of Vienna. Helene holds master’s degrees in German Studies and Scandinavian Studies as well as a doctoral degree in Scandinavian Studies, all from the University of Vienna.