The forging and maintenance of alumni relations is critical to the sustainability of Higher Music Education Institutions worldwide. In contrast to university-based career mentoring programmes, research about the role of alumni in conservatoire students' professional development is scarce. Alumni profiles are often used to support conservatoires'…

This study examines the role that adolescents' competence beliefs and subjective task values for music have in relation to their aspirations and expectations for becoming like their musician role models. A total of 381 adolescents (aged 13-14) completed a questionnaire about their competence beliefs and values for music, the musicians they admired…

"Musikdidaktik" is a central subject within music teacher training in the Nordic countries. In "musikdidaktik" acts of teaching (music) and learning ("musikdidaktik") constitute possibilities for identity formation. The objective of learning is closely connected to their future profession, in which musical and…