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 Appendix 7-8 
Cluster #4 Music schools 
  
  
 Gretchen Amussen, sous-directrice des affaires extérieures et de la communication 
  
Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris 
209 avenue Jean-Jaurès, 75019 Paris 
  
Globalization and Higher Education in Music 
Mundus Musicalis 
  
Rationale and background 
 Isn't music (training) already international? 
 Increasing competition in higher music education 
 Changes in the music profession 
 Lack of information relative to Bologna process internationally 
  
Project Details 
Funded by Erasmus Mundus programme of the EU 
Dates : 1 December 2005 - 1 December 2007 
 Coordinated by Norwegian University of Science and Technology - Music Dept. 
  
Project Objectives 
 Provide better employability for musicians through improved recognition of qualifications 
 Provide greater understanding of professional music training systems in/outside Europe 
 Enhance attractiveness European professional music training 
 Improve quality European professional music training 
  
Project Partners 
○-Norwegian University of Science and Technology - Music Dept. 
○-Birmingham Conservatoire (UK) 
○-McGill University - Schulich School of Music (Montreal, Canada) 
○-Conservatoire de Musique et d'Art Dramatique du Québec 
○-University of Adelaide - Elder Conservatorium (Australia) 
○-Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University (Australia) 
○-Keimyung College of Performing Arts (Korea) 
○-Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Institute for the Arts (Brazil) 
○-National Association of Schools of Music (NASM)(USA) 
○-Association Européenne des Conservatoires (AEC)(Europe) 
  
Planned outcomes 
 On-line national descriptions of professional music training systems (structures, qualifications, quality assurance etc.) 
 Documents on international recognition relative to the music profession 
 Study of non-European music students 
  
| Factors conducive to student mobiliy | 
Factors challenging student mobility | 
 
Comparability credit point system (ECTS) 
  
Modularization and semester based curricula prevalent in most countries 
  
Many successful models of good practice 
  
Numerous programs organized in 3 cycles (Bachelor-Master-PhD) | 
Considerable variety in levels of access 
  
Differing terminology and nature of programmes 
  
Confusion between radically different pedagogical approaches 
  
Progressive full year courses vs. semester abroad 
  
No match between academic years (Northern and Southern Hemispheres) | 
 
 
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Work in progress 
Mapping of music training systems 
Structural analysis 
Content-based analysis 
Advocacy issues at the international level 
Formulation of recommendations 
Political and governmental representatives 
Senior management staff in conservatoires 
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