The Authors Detlef Altenburg Since 1999 Professor Dr. Detlef Altenburg has taught at the Liszt School of Music Weimar, where he has headed the joint Institute of Musicol ogy of the Liszt School of Music and the University of Jena since 2000. After studying musicology, theology, comparative religion and philosophy at the universities of Marburg and Cologne, he deputised briefly as professor at Göttingen University before being appointed professor of musicology at the Detmold University of Music and Paderborn University. From 1986 to 1989 he was the managing editor of the scholarly journal Die Musikforschung, and from 1994 to 1999 he was professor of musicology at Regensburg University. Altenburg has served as president of the Franz Liszt Society (1990-98) and the German Music Research Society (Gesellschaft für Musikforschung, 2001-09) and has sat on the board of trustees of the German Music Council (2003-09). He was inducted into the Erfurt Academy of Applied Sciences in 2000 and the Academia Europaea in 2005 and has served as president of the International Liszt Association since 2009. Hans Bässler Since 1994 Professor Dr. Hans Bässler has taught at the Music Education Research Institute of Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media, where he heads the master s programme in music education for upper-level schools as well as the Play Fair project. After studying church music and theology and taking degrees in music education and philosophy, he became a grammar school teacher in Hamburg, where he worked as an organist on the side. From 1979 to 1994 he was dean of music at the Schleswig-Holstein Institute for Practice and Theory in Schools, in which capacity he was assigned to Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as 305
founding director of the region s Institute of School and Education. From 1996 to 2006 he was the national chairman of the Association of German School Musicians (VDS), which he now serves as honorary chairman. Since 2004 he has been chairman of the German Music Council s National Committee on Music Education and served as vice-president of this umbrella organisation (2004-09). Bässler is also co-editor of the professional journal Musik & Bildung and the textbook series Thema Musik and serves on the editorial board of Musikforum. Michael Dartsch Since 1996 Professor Dr. Michael Dartsch has taught at Saar University of Music, where he heads the programme in elementary music education. After taking degrees in music and art education as well as teachers training, he first taught groups of children, apprentice teachers and violin pupils in every age group. Later he took a doctorate in education. Since 2007 he has been the speaker of the Working Committee of Directors of Music Education Programmes in the Federal Republic of Germans (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Leitenden musikpädagogischer Studiengänge in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, ALMS). As project director of the Association of German Public Music Schools (VdM) he played a central role in cre ating the new education plan for the elementary and primary levels. Dartsch also has many publications to his credit, especially on violin teaching and elementary music education. Stefan Fricke Since 2008 Stefan Fricke has been a contemporary music producer at Hessian Broadcasting in Frankfurt, where he has also headed the Audio Art Department since 2011. He studied musicology and German language and literature at Saarland University. In 1989, together with Sigrid Konrad, he founded the Pfau publishing house in Saarbrücken. Teaching appointments and workshops have taken him to various academic institutions, including the conservatories in Vienna and Shanghai and the International Summer Courses for New Music in Darmstadt. In 2007 he headed the editorial office of the Acoustic Art Studio at West German Broadcasting in Cologne. Since 2000 he has also been on the board of the German section of the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) and a member of the German Music Council s National Committee for Contemporary Music. 306
The Authors Christian Höppner Christian Höppner has been secretary-general of the German Music Council since 2004. After taking degrees in instrument teaching, music education and the cello, he studied conducting at Berlin University of the Arts, where he has taught cello since 1986. He is vice-president of the European Music Council and the German Cultural Council, where he also serves as speaker of the music division. He is a member of the broadcasting board of Deutsche Welle, editor-in-chief of Musikforum, a member of the programming committee of RTL, a member of the board of trustees of the Frankfurt Music Prize, a presidium member of the German Ensemble Academy, honorary president of the Berlin Music Council and former president of the Berlin-Spree Rotary Club. He also represents the German Music Council in Germany s Commission to UNESCO. Arnold Jacobshagen Since 2006 Professor Dr. Arnold Jacobshagen has taught historical musicology at Cologne University of Music and Dance. After studying musicology, history and philosophy in Berlin, Vienna and Paris, he took the doctorate at Berlin Free University. He first worked as a musical adviser to the Mainz State Theatre, after which he was a scholarly assistant, assistant professor and Privatdozent at the Research Institute for Music Theatre Studies at Bayreuth University (1997-2006). He is a board member of the Joseph Haydn Institute in Cologne, the Meyerbeer Institute and the Working Committee for Rhenish Music History and serves on the jury of the Beethoven Foundation. He also co-edits the publication series musicolonia and edition pp and was a principal adviser for the encyclopaedia Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart from 2000 to 2008. Joachim Jaenecke From 1998 until his retirement in 2010 Dr. Joachim Jaenecke was a consultant in the executive office of the Berlin Staatsbibliothek Preußischer Kulturbesitz, where he had previously worked in the music department (1974-97) and taken a degree in scholarly librarianship. He studied musicology, music education, art his tory and German language and literature in Frankfurt am Main. In 1976 he became a member of the International Association of Music Libraries (IAML), where he exercised various executive functions. He is actively involved on the advisory 307
boards of the German Music Information Centre, the European Musical Exchange Platform and the German Composers Archive in Dresden. Stefan Klöckner Since 1999 Professor Dr. Stefan Klöckner has taught musicology, Gregorian chant and the history of church music at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, where he also heads the Institute of Gregorian Chant, the International Summer Courses in Gregorian Chant and the Münsterschwarzach Plainchant Courses. Since 2009 he has also been prorector for studies, teaching and research. He has degrees in music, musicology and Catholic theology. From 1992 to 1999 he headed the Office of Church Music (Diocesan Music Director) for the bishopric of Rottenburg-Stuttgart. Besides serving as managing editor of the church music periodical Musica sacra (1999-2005), he has been vice-president of the General Caecilian Society for Germany (ACV, 2001-05), which he has represented at the European Conference of Church Music Associations (CEDAME) and the German Music Council. Gerald Mertens Gerald Mertens is a lawyer, church musician and managing director of the German Orchestra Union and the German Orchestra Foundation. He also functions as editor-in-chief of the periodical Das Orchester and has a teaching position in orchestra management at Berlin Free University and Viadrina European University in Frankfurt an der Oder. Ortwin Nimczik Professor Dr. Ortwin Nimczik has taught music education and pedagogy at Detmold University of Music since 1994 and has been national chairman of the Association of German School Musicians (VDS) since 2006. He studied composition and music education at the Folkwang University in Essen as well as education, philosophy and musicology at the Ruhr University in Bochum. From 1985 to 1994 he worked in the school system of North Rhine-Westphalia and served as dean of studies and head of the music department at the Dortmund Study Seminar. Among his main interests are contemporary music, musical creativity, and the theory and practice of music instruction. He also co-edits the periodical Musik & Bildung and the publication series Thema Musik (with workbooks on music instruction) and edits the Detmold academic publication series Detmolder Hochschulschriften. 308
The Authors Astrid Reimers Astrid Reimers has worked at the Institute of European Music Ethnology at Cologne University since 1988. Her primary area of research is amateur musicmaking from the standpoint of active musicianship. In recent years her attention has focused on music-making among migrants, amateur music-making in religious contexts and festivals of women s music. Helmut Scherer Since 1999 Professor Dr. Helmut Scherer has taught communication and media sciences at the Institute of Journalism and Communication Research at Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media, which he presently serves as managing director. He is also a board member of the Play Fair Initiative. His main areas of research lie in the fields of political communication, public opinion, media utilisation and media impact. Beate Schneider Professor Dr. Beate Schneider teaches media sciences at the Institute of Journalism and Communication Research at Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media. The main areas of emphasis in her teaching and research are the legal, economic and organisational foundations of the media, journalism studies and international communication. Michael Söndermann Michael Söndermann is managing committee chairman of the Working Group for Cultural Statistics (Arbeitskreis Kulturstatistik e.v.). He studied at the universities of Cologne and Hildesheim. Among his main areas of research and consultation are culture industries policy research and cultural statistics. He advises the ministries of economy and culture in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Luxembourg in the fields of cultural statistics, cultural professions, the cultural labour market and the culture and creative industries. From 2006 to 2009 he was a member of the governing board of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics in Montreal. He is also statistical advisor at the Council of Europe/ERICart s compendium Cultural Policies and Trends in Europe and statistical advisor at ESSnet Culture Eurostat/ Task Force 3: Cultural Industries. 309
Peter Wicke Since 1993 Professor Dr. Peter Wicke has held the Chair of Theory and History of Popular Music at the Institute of Music and Media Sciences at Humboldt Univer sity in Berlin, where he founded and directed the Popular Music Research Centre. He is also an adjunct research professor in the music department at Carleton University in Ottawa and a member of the advisory board of the International Institute for Popular Culture at the University of Turku. Besides serving as chief editor of the online periodical PopScriptum, he co-edits several international scholarly journals, including Popular Music (Cambridge) and Popular Music History (London). Franz Willnauer Professor Dr. Franz Willnauer was artistic director of the Bonn International Beethoven Festival from 1999 to 2003. Before then he held similar positions at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival (1995-98) and the Salzburg Festival (1986-91). In between he was employed with the Association of Arts and Culture of the German Economy (Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft) at the Federation of German Industries (BDI) in Cologne (1991-95), and the culture department of Bayer AG in Leverkusen (1972-85). He was also a lecturer and professor of culture management at the universities of music in Vienna and Hamburg. His voluminous publications include writings on Gustav Mahler, Carl Orff and culture management. 310