The International Accordion Festival “REEDBLOCKS” is organizing an international conference about teaching the accordion in preschool in response to the need to exchange educational practices.

Accordionists from different European countries, who have engaged in intense educational activities, have been invited by the Festival to share their experiences on a topic that has rarely been researched and discussed in Greece.

The conference is held under the auspices of the Laboratory of Contemporary Music Research, Composition, Interpretation and Improvisation (La.Re.Co.M) of the Department of Music Science and Art of the University of Macedonia.

The conference will be carried out online. It will be possible to attend live with real-time translation.

Chairwoman: Vasiliki Psyrra
Participating lecturers:
Emmanuel Stagakis (Greece / Germany),
Director of the Music School of Bückeburg, Lecturer of Accordion

Vasiliki Psyra (Greece/Germany),
Lecturer of Education and Eurythmics at the University of Erfurt and at the Music School of Jena

Mateja Zenzerovic (Croatia/Spain),
Lecturer of Accordion at the Barcelona Conservatory

Katja S. Pupovac (Serbia),
Professor of Education at the University of Kragujevac

Claudia Quackernak (Germany),
Director of the Senne School of Music (Bielefeld), Lecturer of Accordion

Sini Stroem (Finland),
President of the Finnish Society of Accordion Teachers, Lecturer of Education at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki

Sunday, September 22
16:00-19:00
The link to the zoom platform will be announced on the festival website www.reedblocks.com