Institute of Fine Arts, Music and Education

Organisational unit: Institute

Organisation profile

The Institute of Fine Arts, Music and Education combines artistic, pedagogical and research-based expertise within the disciplines fine arts and music, with a particular emphasis on contemporary forms and practice. Lecturers offer modules for students enrolled in the Bachelor and Masters programmes within the faculties of Education and Humanities, in addition to the minor programme Popular Music Studies and the Early Childhood Music Further Education programme. Public exhibitions, concerts and other cultural events are of great importance within in the institute. These collaborative projects are innovatively developed and presented with and for our students thereby enriching the cultural life of the university.

Main research areas

Research activities

Junior professorship for Contemporary Art History, Aesthetic Practices

Professorship for Arts Mediation

Professorship for Music Education, in Particular Popular Music
Prof. Dr. Michael Ahlers

Professorship of Musicology, in particular Popular Music Studies
Prof. Dr. Monika Schoop

  1. Published

    New media as facilitators and tools of (popular) music education: Facts and findings from mainland China

    Yu, L., 01.04.2021, In: Journal of Music, Technology and Education. 14, 1, p. 93-115 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Neuro-Esthetics : mapological foundations and applications (map 2003)

    Elbs, O., 2005, München: Meidenbauer Verlagsbuchhandlung. 211 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  3. Published

    Neue Wege in der Kunstvermittlung

    Hallmann, K., 2015, In: BDK-Mitteilungen. 51, 2, p. 39-40 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  4. Published

    Neue Lektürefreuden

    Maset, P., 01.04.2019, In: Das Plateau. 30, 172, p. 42-47 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  5. Published

    NetzKunst vs. Kunst im Netz: die Kunst im Spannungsfeld der neuen Technologien

    Maset, P., 2001, In: Medien praktisch. 25, 99, p. 9-12 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  6. Published

    Nena - Hier steht die Zeit noch still: aus der ZDF-Serie "Die Bambus Bären Bande"

    Zuther, D., 2000, In: Grundschule Musik. 15, p. 4-7 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  7. E-pub ahead of print

    Negotiating Standards and Songwriting Myths in the Age of Platformisation: Sessions, Camps, and Their Functional Rules and (Media) Formats

    Wernicke, C. & Ahlers, M., 16.07.2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Popular Music. 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Mutige Musik gegen ein Klima der Angst

    Schoop, M., 26.11.2019, In: Südostasien. 35, 4, 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  9. Published

    Musik und Zeug*innenschaft – Erinnern an die Opfer des Nationalsozialismus in der „Post-Witness Era“

    Schoop, M., Köhn, T. S. & Ringsmut, M., 2024, Musik, Erinnern und kulturelles Gedächtnis. Fuhr, M. & Gruber, C. (eds.). Hildesheim: Universitätsverlag Hildesheim, p. 51-86 36 p. (Studies in music; vol. 8).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Musik und Straße

    Ahlers, M. (Editor), Lücke, M. (Editor) & Rauch, M. (Editor), 22.05.2019, Wiesbaden: Springer VS. 321 p. (Jahrbuch für Musikwirtschafts- und Musikkulturforschung)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch