21 November, 2019

The historic city of Madrid was the location of the kick-off meeting for the Hincks’ newest Erasmus+ KA2 project. Helen McGuirk, for the Hincks met the Lead partners from the world renowned Fundacion Albeniz (Escuela de Musica “Reina Sofia”), Madrid, and project partners from Erasmushogeschool Brussel (EHB) (School of Arts Koninklijk Conservatorium) Anderlecht, Belgium and Desarrollo de Estrategias Exteriores S.A. (International Cultural Cooperation and Development of CCIs) - Gijon, Spain.

The New Skills for New Artists (NS4NA) project aims to tackle any lack of digital, communications and entrepreneurial and business skills in artists and, in particular, will provide training in business development, e-marketing and digital distribution of works, especially for unemployed and nonprofessional musicians, independently from their background (whether they are autodidacts or trained musicians).

For further details on this project click here.