Dr. Luc Nijs is postdoctoral researcher at IPEM. He holds a PhD in Arts Sciences (Systematic Musicology), MA degrees in Music Performance (clarinet) and Philosophy, and a Teacher Certificate (clarinet, sax, ensemble playing). His research integrates theory development, empirical studies and practice, focusing on the musician ‐ instrument relationship, on the role of body movement in the instrumental learning processes and on the role of technology in provoking an embodied approach to instrumental music education. His work with the Music Paint Machine (see: www.musicpaintmachine.be) was awarded the EAPRIL Best Research and Practice Project Award 2012. He is a regular invited speaker on music educational seminars and was member of the advisory board of the Flemish Ministry of Education, shaping the reforms of music education in Flanders.
Luc is selected as member and appointed chair of the AEC Digitization Working Group.
Furthermore, he is Associate Editor (Europe, Middle East) for the International Journal of Music in Early Childhood (IJMEC).
He was guest lecturer in Music Educational Technology at the Royal Conservatory The Hague (NL) and Luca School of Arts Leuven (BE).
Agenda - Education - Research areas - Awards-Websites
NEWS
29 juni - I will chair the EuNet Meryc2019 Conference "Counterpoints of the senses", together with Hans van Regenmortel (Musica).
14 March - I was invited to teach (several lectures + workshops) at the North West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa.
AGENDA 2018
see also activities-tab
*8-10 november: AEC Annual Congres (Graz, AU)
*7-8 november: meeting AEC Digitization Working Group (Graz, AU)
*6 november: lecture/workshop@ Haute Ecole de Musique de Lausanne (CH): Technology in (instrumental) music education
*24-26 october: presentation at AEC and CEMPE Learning and Teaching Conference
*24-28 september: guest lectures & workshops on embodied music cognition @ NWU, Potchefstroom (South-Africa)
*5-6 july: keynote Science & Society session @ ENCODS 2018 (Berlin)
11-12 june: attending the ERC Music Conference (Barcelona)
*6 june: meeting AEC-SMS in Graz
*16-17 may: meeting AEC Digitization Working Group (Bristol, UK)
*30 march: guest lecture "new media in Music Education" @ LUCA School of Arts
*23 march: guest lecture "new media in Music Education" @ LUCA School of Arts
*9 march: guest lecture "new media in Music Education" @ LUCA School of Arts
*6 march: guest lecture "new media in Music Education" @ The Hague Conservatory (NL)
*22-23 february: Keynote on embodiment in instrumental music learning and workshop @ JIRP (Toulouse, Fr)
*20 february: workshop "new media in Music Education" @ The Hague Conservatory (NL)
*18 february: Lecture on the musician-instrument relationship for the exhibition Kunsthalle for Music, in Rotterdam
*13 february: guest lecture "new media in Music Education" @ The Hague Conservatory (NL)
*12 february: guest lecture & workshop "Embodiment in instrumental music learning" @ The Hague Conservatory (NL)
2 february: presentation @ Conference on Distance Learning in Music HEIs @ Milan G.Verdi Conservatoire of Music.
20 january: participating with the Music Paint Machine in a workshop on adaptation of singing- and acting techniques in voice rehabilitatin after laryngectomy
18 january: presentation on the Music Paint Machine @ De Krook
17 january: Music Paint Machine @ International Opera Academy
*12 january: lecture/workshop @ ArtEZ Hogeschool Enschede (NL)
EDUCATION
2012 - Doctor in Art Sciences (Systematic Musicology)
2008 - 2012 - doctoral school Ghent University
2008 - Master in Philosophy
1997 - Master Degree in Music Performance (clarinet, with Piet Jeegers)
1997 - Teacher Diploma - chamber music
1996 - teacher Diploma - clarinet
Masterclasses with: Michel Lethiec, Eduard Brunner, Ronald Van Spaendonck, Richard Vielle
Private lessons with: Thomas Friedli, Walter Boeykens, Michel Lethiec, Ronald Van Spaendonck, Fang Song, Ivan Fisher
RESEARCH AREAS
Embodied Music Learning
Instrumental Music Pedagogy & didactics:
- the role of movement
- educational technologies
Musician-Instrument relationship
Expressiveness and intentionality in music performance
- the role of bodily freedom
Student assessment in specialist (instrumental) music education
AWARDS
EAPRIL Best Research and Practice Project 2012
Prix Leopold Genin (music performance)
WEBSITES
www.lucnijs.be
www.musicpaintmachine.be
