Fink-Mennel Evelyn, Magª art., MAS
Subjects
Folk music, introduction to academic research and practice, ensemble playing of folk music, ethnomusicology and music education, song singing and folk dances around the world, chamber music/ensemble, research, instrumental practice (a further education programme for elementary music pedagogy)
Biography
- Comprehensive music education at home, school and music school led to music studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna/MDW from 1991 (instrumental and vocal pedagogy violin 1+2; course in composition according to Heinrich Schenker and advanced course in cultural management).
- During her studies in Vienna, she was a member of the Haydn Academy, the Vorarlberg Symphony Orchestra, the baroque ensemble Concerto Stella Matutina, and the ‘Amras String Quartet’, a specialised ensemble for contemporary music. After completing her studies, she focused on the musical genres of traditional and folk music.
- Teaching/research: 1998-2010 academic staff member and lecturer at the Institute for Folk Music Research and Ethnomusicology at the Vienna University of Music; since 2008 teacher in Feldkirch, from 2012 establishing the ‘Centre for Folk Music Research in the Lake Constance Region’, active concert and course activities at home and abroad. Research-led revival of yodelling in Vorarlberg since the 1990s as well as folk music research & migration.
- Member of the scientific commission of the Austrian Folk Song Society, 2016 Award of Honour for Art of the State of Vorarlberg.