About
HarMA HUB is a three-year Cooperation partnerships in higher education (Erasmus+ programme – KA220) led by the Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles and funded by the European Union. HarMA HUB. The project, targeting teachers, students and researchers in music theory, will build up on the outcomes developed within the first edition (HarMA+, 2020-2023) by gathering music theory resources in an online open platform, fostering research and pedagogical innovation, and striving for a certain level of harmonisation of the academic offer at European level.
HarMA HUB
Music Theory Tools and Activities for HMEI’s in Europe
KA 220 Erasmus+ Programme
Cooperation partnerships in higher education
Partnerships for cooperation and exchanges of practices
ID Project : 2023-1-BE01-KA220-HED-000155070
HarMA HUB is a three-year cooperation partnership project created by Salvatore Gioveni (Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles) and funded by the European Union. HarMA HUB is led by Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles. The project, targeting teachers, students and researchers in music theory, will build up on the outcomes developed within the first edition (HarMA+, 2020-2023) by gathering music theory resources in an online open platform, fostering research and pedagogical innovation, and striving for a certain level of harmonisation of the academic offer at European level.
Overall, the main objective of HarMA HUB is to bring together the community of music theory within Higher Music Education institutions at the European level, with the purpose of modernising practices and giving access to the latest knowledge and innovations in this specific field. In the long term, the project will allow a common reflection on the place of music theory as part of the training of future musicians.
The following set of targeted activities will be implemented:
1 – Development of an online platform with resources, such as a music analysis repository, an EU bibliography and a multilingual terms glossary, which will serve as reference tools for teachers and students;
2 – Implementation of two intensive training programmes: one for teachers and one for students, in order to share pedagogical practices and foster innovation;
3 – Development of a peer-reviewed journal in music theory, in order to support research on music theory topics;
4 – Implementation of two dissemination events targeting Higher Music Education institutions in Europe, and a final Conference framed as an international meeting for music theory faculties (see HarMA International Seminar).
This project answers the need to develop collaborative tools, share knowledge and transfer pedagogical innovation in the very specific field of music theory in higher music education institutions throughout Europe by working towards a pedagogical rapprochement. These courses are often the object of pedagogical reflections but there’s a lack of a centralised source and framework to support this reflection by means of cross-disciplinary study at European and international level. A certain pedagogical adaptability must lead teachers to reopen their pedagogical perspective and to teach their students using other methodologies or at least share them. The project intends to tackle the question of the transfer of practices and methodologies between higher music education institutions (HMEI), in particular for music theory courses. Indeed, there is a significant wealth of educational practices from one country to another in this sector, especially in terms of harmonic musical notation and analysis.
Nevertheless, in order to share their methodologies and their own practices through a comparative platform, HMEI are facing the nonexistence of a European network for pedagogical staff in theoretical subjects such as harmony, musical analysis, ear training, solfeggio, specific to the realities and practices of HMEI’s. It will establish a unique platform landscape of this European diversity, as well for non-musicologists or non PhD theorists in HMEI’s and small institutions. The project try therefore to reach this community in order to increase transfer knowledge.
These HMEI, however, have an increased need to develop their internationalisation and therefore develop a network between teachers to look for other sources and practices and update their own courses content or develop new music theory subjects in their institution.
Th HArMA HUB project, targeting music theory departments’ community (institutions, teachers, students and professionals) in HMEI’s will pursue the following objectives:
- Collect, analyse, share, compare and transfer the pedagogical practices of the music theory courses among HMEI in Europe
- Create a meeting and exchange room for teachers of these disciplines in order to encourage the confrontation of practices and the development of joint tools
- Create a reference platform for music theory lessons
Maintain and develop the place of music theory courses in the curricula of the various higher education institutions concerned
Maintain, develop, modernise, update and promote music theory courses and their curricula - Develop a network of teachers of theory courses in musical fields
Foster and strengthen the links between higher education institutions, research and professional musicians in the field of music theory in Europe - Foster and strengthen the internationalisation of higher music education institutions
Our partnership is aiming to develop, within this project, several music theory tools and activities to reach results following the project’s objectives. We plan to particularly work on innovation in the area of music theory to:
- Development of an online platform with resources, such as a music analysis repository, an EU bibliography and a multilingual terms glossary, which will serve as reference tools for teachers and students
- mplementation of two intensive training programmes: one for teachers and one for students, in order to share pedagogical practices and foster innovation
- Development of a peer-reviewed journal in music theory, in order to support research on music theory topics
- Develop a multi language glossary related to basic music theory terms
- Implementation of two dissemination events targeting Higher Music Education institutions in Europe, and a music theory Conference framed as an international meeting for music theory faculties (see HarMA International Seminar).
- Foster transfer of new methodologies and practices into music theory courses
- Strengthen the internationalisation of each participating institutions
- Develop a network between teachers to look for other sources and practices
- Update their own courses content or develop new music theory subjects in their institution
The project intends to have a wide impact mainly at national and European – International level by giving the HMEI’s in Europe providing music theory courses online tools to help the music theory community (students and staff) to find resources, new methodologies and courses content to reinforce the skills of the teaching staff and the students.
Results of the project will be available for free in a digital format, and integrated into the digital platform to ensure their visibility and a wide exploitation by the institutions organising music theory courses.
We are particularly proud of our 5 project’s partners and IT Team without whom we would not be able to make true this European KA203 project !
HarMA Partners
We are particularly proud of our 5 project’s partners and IT Team without whom we would not be able to make true this European KA220 project !
Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles
BELGIUM
Coordinator of the HarMA Project
Liszt Ferenc Zeneművészeti Egyetem
HUNGARY
Partner and organizer of the Intensive training Week for Students
Eesti Muusika- ja Teatriakadeemia
ESTONIA
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HarMA Partners
We are particularly proud of our 5 project’s partners and IT Team without whom we would not be able to make true this European KA220 project !
Akademia Muzyczna im. Stanislawa Moniuszki w Gdansku
POLAND
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Conservatorio Superior de Música “Joaquín Rodrigo” de València
SPAIN
Partner and host institution of the Dissemination Event HarMA Seminar Event in April 2025
Association Europeenne des Conservatoires, Academies de Musique et Musikhaochschulen AISBL
BELGIUM
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Activities
The AEC partner organized the EPARM 2025 – Artistic Research Congress – at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre in Tallinn. The Tallinn partner presented the HarMA HUB project to 200 participants and IRC representatives. [gallery columns="7" size="full"...
Under the theme “In. In. In.: Innovation, Inclusion and Interdisciplinarity – from education to employment and society” the AEC Congress and General Assembly 2024 took place at Conservatorio di Milano on 13-16 November 2024. More than 400 directors, dean of HMEI's,...
The Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP) hosted the 20th Annual Erasmus Congress (ERACON) from June 24 to 28, 2024. Organized by the European Association of ERASMUS Coordinators (EAEC), the event gathered International Relations Officers, placement and...
The HarMA HUB has been invited to present the project during the Artistic Research of Music Congress in the Music Academy of Ljubjana, Slovenia. Organized and hosted by AEC. LinkedIN Instagram