European Training Sessions: Music in Health Settings and Songs, Body Percussion and Vocal Improvisation
The European Commission's Lifelong Learning Programme offers the opportunity to apply for a Grundtvig In-Service Training Grant to take part in two European courses offered by the Musique & Santé organization. These grants are open to anyone involved in adult education including adult learners, teachers and trainers from a variety of organisations.
Please contact Musique & Santé at info@musique-sante.org or Leargas who are the national agency in Ireland for the Lifelong Learning Programme, for further information:
lifelonglearning@leargas.ie
http://www.llp.ie
European Union Award for Contemporary Music
The European Commission encourages and recognises emerging artists' success in popular music through the annual European Border Breakers Awards (EBBAs).
The European Commission believes that the access to new music and its circulation are crucial for artists' capacity to build audiences in a wider European context. The Commission acknowledges that the European music sector contributes to economies, together with other creative industries.
The EBBAs reward emerging artists or groups successful in their field. The winners of the latest edition include Irish artist James Vincent McMarrow. An awards ceremony will be hosted by British musician and broadcaster Jools Holland on the opening night of the Eurosonic festival in Groningen, Netherlands, on 11 January 2012.
Find out more at the EBBA website: http://www.europeanborderbreakersawards.eu
The Institute for Cultural Diplomacy invites calls for applications
The Institute for Cultural Diplomacy is seeking to bring attention to a number of upcoming major conferences hosted in partnership with other organisations. Topics include: Crisis, Conflict and Culture: The Role of Cultural Diplomacy in the European Project and Cultural Diplomacy and International Relations.
The conferences bring together governmental and diplomatic officials, civil society practitioners, private sector representatives, journalists, young professionals, students and other interested stakeholders from across the world for a program of lectures, workshops, panel and group discussions and social and cultural activities.
The Institute is currently accepting applications for these events. Please contact the CCP Ireland on ccp@artscouncil.ie for more info.
Call for proposals: E-MOTIONAL Bodies & Cities
ArtistNe(s)t Residency Programme 2012
Established in early summer 2011, the two-year mobility and artistic exchange dance programme E-MOTIONAL Bodies & Cities, supported by the EU Culture Programme 2007 – 2013, is currently launching a new strand of activities – the international ArtistNe(s)t Residencies. The programme aims to offer support to the development of new work by young and mid-career choreographers and is addressed to artists based in the 6 participating countries of the project: Romania, Cyprus, Ireland, Latvia, United Kingdom, and Turkey.
Choreographers, either alone or with a collaborator from any artistic discipline, are now invited to submit proposals for a 4-week residency to work on an ongoing project, start a new project, or work with local artists.
Full details of the call – including destinations of the residencies, format of the residencies and particular conditions can be found here.
Further information about E-MOTIONAL can be found at www.e-motional.eu
