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3.2.3. Participation in RDA networks

EAMT as an institution belongs to several networks of HEI, research institutions and professional networks. Some of these focus on research, others on artistic partnerships.
Research collaboration is the professional direction of the Department of Musicology. It works in close collaboration with the Estonian Musicological Society, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Göttingen University, Vienna University, Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki, Greifswald and Rostock universities (in particular the research group Musica Baltica), Lund University (in particular the research project “Östersjöområdet som musiklandskap”) and other universities and research institutions. The members of the department belong to the following research groups: “Arbeitsgemeinschaft für die Musikgeschichte in Mittel- und Osteuropa” at Leipzig University; Project on European Theatre Systems (research group STEP); international research group at the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences; an international society for research into the history of German-language theatre Thalia Germanica; ICTM study group on multipart music. There are productive contacts with the International Musicological Society, Europäische Musiktheater-Akademie, International Heinrich Schütz Society and Academic Society for Baltic-German Culture. In collaboration with colleagues from Latvia and Lithuania the annual international Baltic Musicological Conferences take place.
In the period 2011–2015 the Music Education Institute was engaged in collaborative research partnerships through the research group RIGOMI with the Institute of Psychology of the University of Tartu. The research results were presented at conferences ICMPC 13-APSCOM 5, South-Korea, Seoul (4–8 August, 2014) and the 23^rd EAS Conference / 5^th ISME Regional Conference, Rostock (25–28 March, 2015). Two Master’s theses and one article were published. There is also a collaboration with the Department of Neuroradiology of the Heidelberg Medical School and the University of Music and Theatre “Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy” in Leipzig (European collaborative research project “International Comparison of Music Lessons on Video”). Collaboration with the Faculty of Behavioural Sciences of the University of Helsinki resulted in the conference “Voices for Tomorrow” in 2014 and other joint research activities.
The Drama School participates in the research project “Estonian Drama Theatre 1965–1985” (fist volume published in 2015) in collaboration with the Under and Tuglas Literature Centre, University of Tartu and Tallinn University. The purpose of a long-term partnership with the Museum of Theatre and Music (since 2009) is to maintain and develop the database of Estonian theatre performances.
The Centre for Cultural Management and Humanities works closely together with Estonian Business School. International collaboration within the project MAPSI was described in section 3.1.2.
Although the researchers at EAMT have quite close academic ties with their international colleagues, especially within the Baltic Sea region, collaboration with Estonian researchers in humanities and social sciences could be more regular.
It would be impossible to mention all collaborative activities in the artistic field. The following list includes only those from recent years that have regular or permanent character:

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  participation of EAMT students in EU Youth Orchestra, Baltic Sea Youth Philharmonic, Orkester Norden and other youth orchestras;
  
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  international joint programme CoPeCo;
  
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  various Nordplus networks (see section 1.2.5.)
  
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  students’ chamber music festivals, rotating annually between the music academies in the Baltic Sea region;
  
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  “Crossing Keyboards”, series of master classes and student concerts, organised jointly by EAMT, SibA, Latvian Academy of Music, and Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre.
  

The teaching of special subjects associated with theatre and other performing arts in Estonia is divided between two cities and four HEI. As the university responsible for the development of music and theatre education, EAMT decided to take the initiative to reduce the negative impact of such fragmentation on the quality of education and to achieve a significantly higher degree of cooperation between HEI. Further integration is also required in theatre and film education (see DP2020, measure 3.2.).