Huib Schippers (2)

A native of the Netherlands, Schippers has a long and diverse history of engagement with music across various settings and cultures. With a Masters degree in English literature and twenty years of traditional training as a professional sitar player, he proceeded with (partially overlapping) careers, including Indian classical performance and teaching, journalism, retail record store management, arts policy, project management, education, and academic research. October 2016: A major edited volume on music and sustainability worldwide, co-edited with Catherine Grant, published by Oxford University Press. June 13, 2016: Became Director & Curator of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings 2003-2015: Inaugural Director of Queensland Conservatorium Research Centre at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia 2009-2014: Approaching music sustainability in new ways through the large-scale international collaboration Sustainable futures for music cultures: Towards an ecology of musical diversity, funded by the Australian Research Council (soundfutures.org). 2010: Published widely in five languages, his Oxford University Press monograph 'Facing the music: Shaping music education from a global perspective' is now used worldwide as a standard work on cultural diversity in music education. 2005-2010: Recognition of creative outputs in the Australian research landscape 2001-2006: Was a driving force behind establishing the World Music & Dance Centre in Rotterdam 1998-2003: Worked in and with conservatoires in The Netherlands, Scandinavia and the UK 1990-1996: Founded the World Music School in Amsterdam 1986-1993: Ran a record business in Amsterdam 1980-1990: Wrote on music for national newspapers and a specialist magazine he started