Cherish art by using technology
The purpose of Nord+ funded New Time Music 2.0 was to enhance collaboration, curriculum innovation, distant and blended learning and blended earning for the music professionals. The New Time Music 2.0 main objective was to find answers and practices for future music professionals to make a living in the digital future. To reach this goal, New Time Music experimented fearlessly with possible and impossible solutions in a framework of Nordic and Baltic HE Institutions in Music. The aim was to increase and enhance transnational learning and working opportunities. To reach the goal, the project collaborated hands-on with students and teachers. This accelerated the development of a deeper understanding and skills in e-learning and e-working in music. The project hoped to prepare young music professionals for a wider variety of ways to employ themselves. New Time Music 2.0 was cooperation between the Turku University of Applied Sciences Arts Academy, the coordinator, The Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, The Royal Academy of Music Aarhus/Aalborg, the Norwegian Academy of Music and the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. Yes, there was New Time Music 1.0 organized by RAMA (The Royal Academy of Music Aarhus/Aalborg) in 2016-2018. The yearly real-life congresses collected music professionals from Nordic and Baltic as well from Great Britain and U.S.A. The presenters were from different parts of the world. The New Time Music 2.0 continued from the steps of its predecessor.