Latest trends

Mapping trends and changes in the music profession is a challenging task, due to the breadth of the field and the realities of a rapidly changing society. Professional training institutions need to know how best to prepare their students for their future profession by providing them with the skills and competences students leaving the institution needed to meet these changes. 

In order to have the broadest view possible on latest and future trends, the profession working group included members of professional organisations as well as representatives of conservatoires. On-site visits during the course of the funding period provided opportunities to meet with key personalities and to study in greater depth specific areas of interest. The on-site visits also helped the group to develop a gallery of portraits of musicians and case studies which demonstrate the evolving profession. The results of the research provided the basis for the group’s reflection and assessment as to how these trends and inherent competencies link back to learning outcomes developed by the Tuning working group, while also suggesting areas for potential development in conservatoires.

A literature study has been undertaken for the profession working group. It was a first approach to some of the recent and ongoing changes in the music profession, mainly in the technical sector.