Both the European Music School Research and ISME conferences that I attended last year had sustainability as their focus topic, which means I’ve spent a significant amount of time thinking about that and the many possible interpretations of the term. So, it felt natural to try out sustainable travel to go to a conference that…

At the end of July, the 36th International Society for Music Education (ISME) World Conference took place in Helsinki, preceded by the pre-seminar of the Commission for the Education of the Professional Musician (CEPROM) at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (EAMT) in Tallinn. I participated in both events as a speaker and an…

I have always wanted to understand why something must be done one way and not the other; why some people act the way they do, or why things are the way they are. So it seems fitting to explain why I decided to dedicate at least four years of my life to a PhD. The…