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

    Music and the Politics of Memory: Resounding Antifascism across Borders: Special Issue of Popular Music and Society

    Schoop, M. (Editor), Spinetti, F. (Editor) & Hofman, A. (Editor), 2021, Taylor & Francis.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch

  2. Published

    Musical Interface Agendas. Musical Appropriation via Technological Pre-configuration

    Wernicke, C., 2022, Arts and Power: Policies in and by the Arts. Gaupp, L., Barber-Kersovan, A. & Kirchberg, V. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer, p. 311-324 14 p. (Kunst und Gesellschaft).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

  3. Published

    Motivation im Instrumentalunterricht schriftloser Musikkulturen

    Schormann, C., 2000, Motivation zur Musik: Instrumentalschulen seit dem 18. Jahrhundert: Dokumentation des Kolloquiums am 13. November 1999 Fachgruppe "Musikwissenschaft und Musikpädagogik" in der Gesellschaft für Musikforschung. Funk, V. & Mäkelä, T. (eds.). Magdeburg: Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, p. 58-62 5 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

  4. Published

    Mosaik der Klänge, Musik der ethnischen und religiösen Minderheiten in Österreich

    Schormann, C., 2002, In: Musik und Unterricht. 68, p. 60 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  5. Published

    More than a feeling: Berühmte Riffs der Rockmusik - Serie; Boston

    Zuther, D., 02.2013, In: Praxis des Musikunterrichts. 113, p. 40 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesEducation

  6. Published

    Modellierungen außerinstitutioneller Aneignungsprozesse digital-materieller Interfaces und (musik-)pädagogische Anschlüsse

    Neuhausen, T. & Ahlers, M., 09.05.2024, Musik – Digitalisierung – Bildung. Neuhaus, D. & Keden, H. J. (eds.). München: Kopaed, p. 77-100 24 p.

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

  7. Published

    Mittler zu sein zwischen Realem und Irrealem: Herbert Windt und Leni Riefenstahl

    Schormann, C., 2009, Riefenstahl revisited. Glasenapp, J. (ed.). Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 137-149 13 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  8. Published

    Milk-Carton Sculpture: Ruth Asawa, Geodesic Geometry, and the Maternal Counterculture of the Alvarado School Arts Workshop

    Troeller, J., 02.07.2024, In: Art Bulletin. 106, 3, p. 64-90 27 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Mentaliät und Lehrperson

    Maset, P., 2006, Lehrerbildung - ein universitäres Kaleidoskop. Fischer, A., Hahn, G. & Karsten, M.-E. (eds.). Bielefeld: WBV Bertelsmann Verlag, p. 145-149 5 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  10. Published

    Mediumistische Bilder als Karikaturen und Collagen unterbewusster Prozesse. Albert von Schrenck-Notzing und seine Materialisationsphänomene

    Kuff, T. L., 2011, Das Bild zwischen Kognition und Kreativität: Interdisziplinäre Zugänge zum bildhaften Denken.. Bisanz, E. (ed.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 317-342 24 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review