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ORPHEUS INSTITUTE, ADVANCED STUDIES & RESEARCH in MUSIC
'a dynamic environment for practice-based research'

ADVANCED STUDIES in MUSIC

Orpheus Institute has been providing POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION (laureate programme) for musicians since 1996 and introduced the first doctoral programme for performers and composers in Flanders (2004).

Acting as an umbrella institution for Flanders it is co-governed by the music and dramatic arts departments of all four Flemish colleges, which are strongly involved in its working.
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Orpheus Institute also addresses the music scene as a whole by organising seminars, lectures, workshops, conventions and master classes about subjects related to artistic research, musical practice, artistic testimonials, etc. Most events involve top-notch national and international musicians, artists and researchers from various disciplines.
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RESEARCH in MUSIC

Throughout the Institute's activities there is a clear focus on the development of a new research discipline in the arts: one that addresses questions and topics that are at the heart of musical practice, building on the unique expertise and perspectives of musicians and constantly dialoguing with more established research disciplines.
Within this context, the Orpheus Institute launched an international Research Centre in 2007 that acts as a stable constituent within an ever growing field of enquiry. The Orpheus Research Centre in Music [ORCiM] is a place where musical artists can fruitfully conduct individual and collaborative research on issues that are of concern to all involved in artistic practice. The development of a discipline-specific discourse and a long-term research programme in the field of artistic research in music is the core mission of ORCiM.

FRAMEWORK DEVELOPMENT

On an international level the Orpheus Institute actively initiates and encourages close collaboration with other higher music institutions and music research centres. Since its founding, the Orpheus Institute has been a leading advocate for the development of practice-based research and doctoral studies for musicians and has launched or collaborated on a number of important Europe-wide initiatives. If Artistic Research in music aims at further evolving into a genuine research discipline in its own right then next to a distinctive research programme, one also has to set up discipline-specific research dissemination channels, infrastructure, a productive network, shared quality standards and access to funding bodies. Encouraging and participating in the development of such a world-wide institutional framework for Artistic Research is therefore a third but important element of the Institute's mission.

Orpheus Institute holds an 'Erasmus University Charter' awarded by the European Commission. View the University Charter (2007-2013) and our Erasmus policy statement.

Orpheus Institute is supported by the Flemish Goverment