Put forward an application for your students to be part of the Erasmus Orchestra!

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Call for Expressions of Interest

for the Erasmus Orchestra

organised by the Italian Erasmus+ National Agency INDIRE

We are pleased to announce the launch of the new Call for Interest to join the Erasmus Orchestra for the upcoming concerts in 2025. This initiative represents an exciting opportunity for talented students from Higher Music Education Institutions to showcase their skills on an international stage while participating in an enriching cultural exchange experience.

The call has been launched to address the need for balancing the Orchestra’s ensemble, specifically for certain types of instruments whose participation has been lower in the previous call.

Call for Interest Erasmus Orchestra 2024

What is the Erasmus Orchestra?

The Erasmus  Orchestra was founded in 2017 by the Erasmus+ Italian National Agency INDIRE to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Erasmus Programme. It is a project aimed at promoting the Programme through the universal language of music and art, representing the value of a shared European identity worldwide.

Over the past six years, the Orchestra has performed more than 20 concerts in prestigious venues across Europe and beyond, involving over 300 Erasmus students from 60 conservatories in 20 countries. These professional concert activities have provided young musicians with training experience and fostered internationally significant institutional partnerships.

The Erasmus Orchestra has been recognized as a best practice by the European Commission and other stakeholders, as well as by the Erasmus+ National Agencies, for its role in promoting Erasmus+ opportunities in higher education  in the field of performing arts.

More Info about the Erasmus Orchestra

A New European Call 

Building on these results, the Italian Erasmus+ Italian National Agency INDIRE has decided to further strengthen this initiative at the international level by launching a new European Call to expand the current list of eligible students, targeting Higher Music Education Institutions from all EU countries and Erasmus+ Program-associated countries, with the aim of finding students playing less popular instruments to join the orchestra. The initiative is supported by the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen (AEC), which endorses the project, granting it prestige, visibility, and promotion across Europe.

This new Call for Interest aims at creating a Europe-wide list of eligible musicians the Erasmus+ Italian National Agency INDIRE can rely on for the 2025 musical productions.

Application details

The list of eligible musicians will be compiled through a selection process based on applications submitted online by Higher Music Education Institutions, as outlined in the Call’s guidelines.

Each institution can nominate up to five Erasmus students by submitting an application exclusively online by the deadline of January 11th, 2025.

Online Application Form – Deadline 11th January 2025

We kindly ask for your support in disseminating this information within your student body, encouraging their involvement, and spreading the word about this opportunity to other possible stakeholders within your network. The application process, eligibility criteria, and deadlines can be accessed via the links below.

For more information: orchestraerasmus@indire.it

ABOUT INDIRE
INDIRE – the National Institute for Documentation, Innovation and Educational Research, is the Italian
Ministry of Education’s oldest research organisation.
Since its foundation in 1925, the Institute has worked closely with the Italian school system, investing in training and innovation while supporting improvement processes in schools. INDIRE is the benchmark for educational research in Italy. It develops new teaching models, tries out new technology for training courses, and fosters innovation redefining the relationship between space and time of learning and teaching. The Institute boasts consolidated experience in the in-service training of teachers, administrative, technical and auxiliary staff as well as headmasters, and has been a leading player in some of the most important e-learning experiences in Europe. INDIRE is also the Italian National Agency for Erasmus+, the European Programme for Education, Training, Youth and Sport 2021-2027.

Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et MusikhochschulenTel: + 32 27371670 E-mail: info@aec-music.eu