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Personal profile
Dr Karolien Dons is a teacher and researcher at the Prince Claus Conservatoire and its research group Lifelong Learning in Music of the Research Centre Arts & Society. Karolien’s expertise hovers at the interface of music and quality of life and the contribution that musicians can make here. She is interested in innovative forms of musicking for and with people within specific social contexts, specifically in health care. Her recent research activities were situated in care homes, refugee centres, nursing homes for people with dementia and hospital wards. Karolien studied musicology at Ghent University and music psychology at the University of Jyväskylä (Finland). In 2019, Karolien obtained her doctoral degree at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama (London) with an ethnographic study into co-creative musicking with vulnerable elderly people. Apart from her research activities, she teaches music pedagogy, music psychology and research methodology at the conservatoire's Bachelor in Music, Bachelor in Music in Education and Master of Music. Currently, she also acts as a project coordinator for the SIA/Raak-funded international research project ProMiMiC.
Research Interests
Innovative music practices, musical co-creation, new audiences, person-centred music making, culture participation, ethnography
Professional Information
Member of the Hanze University of Applied Sciences Ethical Review Board (HEAC)
Member of the Exam committee Minerva Art Academy
Education/Academic qualification
Music, Doctor of Philosophy, Guildhall School of Music & Drama
2013 → 2019
Award Date: 31 Jul 2019
Music, Master of Arts, University of Jyväskylä
Award Date: 31 Jul 2010
Music, Master of Arts, Ghent University
Award Date: 31 Jul 2007
External positions
PhD student, Guildhall School of Music & Drama
2013 → 2019Vice-chair Working Group Youth, European Music Council
31 Dec 2008 → 31 Dec 2013Keywords
- M Music
- co-creation
- person-centredness
- new audiences
- professional musicianship
- music practice
- culture participation
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Projects
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ProMiMiC: ProMiMiC: ProMiMiC - Professional Excellence in Meaningful Music in Healthcare
Smilde, R., Dons, K. & de Wit, K.
1/09/19 → 28/02/23
Project: Research
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Music near you - Person-centred music making for vulnerable elderly people living independently and their carers
1/02/20 → 30/11/20
Project: Research
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MiMiC: Meaningful Music in Health Care
Dons, K., Smilde, R. & de Wit, K.
1/01/16 → 31/12/17
Project: Research
Research output
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Can you hear us? Person-centred music making through video-calls with vulnerable isolated elderly people and their carers during the COVID-19 pandemic
Dons, K., de Wit, K., Sevindik, B. & Taekema, R., 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of music, health and wellbeing.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Navigating power relations in a collaborative music practice in a hospital
Dons, K. & Gaunt, H., 2021, (Accepted/In press) A changing game: expanding professionalism in music and higher music education. Westerlund, H. & Gaunt, H. (eds.). Routledge/Taylor & Francis, 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review
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De kunst van het loslaten: Forum in Groningen
Dons, K., Jun 2020, In: Boekman. 123, p. 50-52Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Professional
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If Music be the Food of Love, Play on: Meaningful Music in Healthcare
Smilde, R., Heineman, E., de Wit, K., Dons, K. & Alheit, P., 2019, Utrecht: Eburon Academic Publishers. 159 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Academic
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Musician, friend and muse: an ethnographic exploration of emerging practices of musicians devising co-creative musicking with elderly people
Dons, K., 2019, 206 p.Research output: Ph.D. Thesis › PhD Research external, graduation external
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Activities
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Ageing, music and well-being in older adults
Karolien Dons (Speaker)
18 Jan 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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What kind of inclusive professional am I?
Karolien Dons (Invited speaker)
10 Dec 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Professional excellence in meaningful music in healthcare ProMiMiC
Krista de Wit (Speaker) & Karolien Dons (Speaker)
14 Jan 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Meerstemmig kunst leren
Karolien Dons (Speaker)
28 Sep 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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If music be the food of love, play on: meaningful music in healthcare
Krista de Wit (Speaker), Rineke Smilde (Speaker), Karolien Dons (Speaker) & Peter Alheit (Speaker)
20 Jun 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation