Higher Music Education and Employability in a Neoliberal World

"This open access book offers international and interdisciplinary insights into the learning cultures, curricula designs and emancipatory initiatives within higher music education institutions. Drawing together empirical case studies from Austria, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland, the UK and the USA, the contributors look at the discourses surrounding employability and artistic standards that form the traditional foundation of conservatoire education. They also examine how gender, class and race/ethnicity pervade the creation and performance of music. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna"--

Rainer Prokop is a sociologist and Senior Scientist at the Department of Music Sociology at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Austria. His research focuses on music labour markets, career trajectories of musicians, study-to-work transitions of classically trained musicians, the sociology of higher music education and valuation practices at higher music education institutions.
Rosa Reitsamer is a sociologist and Professor at the Department of Music Sociology at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Austria. Her research interests include the sociology of higher music education and music labour markets, valuation practices at higher music education institutions and intersectional perspectives on music, gender and social inequalities. In 2022, she received the Gabriele Possanner Austrian State Award for Gender Studies.