Tuning up! : the innovative potential of Musikvermittlung Frontmatter Contents Preface Welcome Notes Musikvermittlung and Its Innovative Potential Listening Twice to Bernhard Ganders Peter Parker The Big Bang of Musikvermittlung On the Translation of Music Slam Poetry Meets Classical Music Under a Preservation Order The Promotion of Pleasure in Individual Perception Musikvermittlung as Everyday Practice Practical Intelligence and the Limitations of Practitioners Engaging with New Audiences Hear Taste See: UISGE BEATHA Waters of Life Artful Innovation Just join in Audience Participation in Classical Contemporary Music Professional musicians who perform in hospitals retirement homes and prisons creatively stimulated by the residents; babies crawling over exercise mats enjoying classical music together with their parents; concert goers who take their seats between the musicians in order to experience music with all their senses up close the opportunities to make and experience music are almost unlimited. Various actors in the field of classical music have taken this as a chance to develop a wide range of new artistic and educational practices over the last two decades aiming to facilitate in depth aesthetic experiences to bond with new audiences and to encourage active cultural participation. The contributors focus on the innovative potentials of Musikvermittlung as a social bridge builder for concert life (higher) music education research and social life