Student Forum
The Academy of Music of the University of Ljubljana invites students to participate in a 2nd Student Forum that will take place on November 26, 2025, as part of the international scientific symposium Music for Health and Well-being. The forum program will run throughout the day and will be varied in content, combining scientific, pedagogical, and creative approaches to the use of music for promoting health and well-being. After the introductory welcome speech at 9:00 a.m., there will be lectures on the importance of music for inclusion, empowerment, and social development. This will be followed by a series of student presentations. The afternoon session will be devoted to lectures and workshops focusing on various aspects of music teaching in relation to student well-being using ICT tools, chamber music, the use of music therapy in music lessons, and well-being through the communal musical experience of choir singers.
Registration for the student forum
The deadline for registration for students without a contribution is November 7, 2025. Please submit your registration electronically using the completed form available at: https://forms.gle/6yNe1CcvFiCXkHSM7
Contribution registration
We also invite students of first-cycle and second-cycle study programs at the Academy of Music of the University of Ljubljana and related study programs (music education, music art, musicology, classroom teaching, special and rehabilitation education, and related fields).
The deadline for submitting contributions and abstracts (up to 300 words) has been extended to November 7, 2025. Submitted proposals will be reviewed by reviewers. Applicants will receive feedback by November 10, 2025.
Please submit your application and abstract in electronic form using the completed form available at: https://forms.gle/Xyzs12vWBwVBN3i76
If you have any questions regarding the student forum, please send them to studentski.forum2025@gmail.com
ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Chair:
JANA SULJIĆ, UL AG (SL)
Members:
PIKA DRSTVENŠEK (SI)
JANA VALDHUBER (SI)
Mentor:
BRANKA ROTAR PANCE, Ph.D, prof.
Schedule
Wednesday, 26th November '25
Julij Betetto Hall
9:00
Greeting Music
Welcome speeches:
NINA SULJIĆ, Chair of the Organizing Comittee of the Student forum, Academy of Music, University of Ljubljana (SL)
BRANKA ROTAR PANCE, PhD, prof., Mentor of the Organizing Comittee of the Student forum, Academy of Music, University of Ljubljana (SL)
9:15
Every voice matters: Preparing a musical for empowerment, inclusion, and well-being.
Lecture with workshop
JOVANA BLAGOJEVIĆ
10:00
The effects of musical activities and creativity on children's social development
Lecture
SARA SMREKAR
10:30
Break
11:00
“Why shouldn't I sing?”
Presentation of the project as part of a master's thesis
TOMAS MEJIAS
12:10
The path to a deeper experience of music
(Why Maček Muri got under our skin)
EVA ŽAGAR
12:30
Lunch break
Trio Lorenz Hall