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Cremona, Italy

Monday 8th to Friday 12th June 2026

Mapping Europe's (Live) Music Ecosystems 

Spend 5 days in Italy with students from across Europe learning about music mapping and developing your data literacy. 

(Applications deadline Friday 20th February) 

We are pleased to offer suitable undergraduate Music students the opportunity to take part in this exciting European Erasmus project. 

Project Outline 

Data collection, collation and analysis is now embedded in every aspect of music industries operation. From registering rights, to promoting projects, to measuring the sustainability of events, most musicians and music industry professionals need fundamental data literacy. 

This project is an excellent opportunity for students considering music industries/policy research as a postgraduate degree in a music related field or developing a career in the music or wider creative industries. The added benefit of this international project is the opportunity to network with other European students interested in music ecosystems and collaborate with them to develop a shared practical insight into how the music industries operate globally. One of the seven students who attended last year said:

“The trip in Cremona centred around an introduction to Live Music Mapping, and an introduction to different mapping approaches such as Google, MyMaps, Palladio, GitHub and Collection Builder. The workshops have contributed to both my professional and academic development, through the enhancement of my data management skills, as well as my adaptability to different computer systems. This will be extremely useful when entering the world of work - as different workplaces require fast adaptability to different computer systems and databases. Furthermore, my interpersonal skills have developed through interaction and collaboration with the other Erasmus students, which required strong communication in order to complete the projects.”

In the past decade, music sector mapping has emerged as an effective research methodology to establish, monitor and evaluate the impact of music industries activity on society, culture and the economy.  The Live Music Mapping Project (LMMP) is a pan-European project that uses cases study locations in different countries to compare the similarities and differences and the shared challenges music ecosystems encounter. As part of a European Commission funded European Blended Intensive Programme, the project will bring you together with students from Universities of Pavia (Italy), Academy of Uniarts (Helsinki) and University of Porto (Portugal) to participate in training to develop data collection, collation and analysis skills on live music sectors. 

There are two phases to the project: 

  1. An online knowledge building phase with some short sessions on Teams introducing you to diverse digital mapping methodologies and enabling everyone to get to know each other.

These are: 

  • 30pm - Wednesday 6th March – Live music economies, from stadium rock to an artist- and venue-systemic view
  • 30pm - Friday TBC April – TBC
  • 30pm - Friday 8th May – Musical, creative, and artistic scenes. Mapping, symbolic and affective cartographies. Social network analysis
  • 30pm - Wednesday TBC May - The MURB Project / Musical participation and urban transformation: a deep mapping of the V Municipality in Rome and NoLo neighbourhood in Milan
  • 30pm Friday 26th June – Presentations of results from 5-day in person programme (see below) 
  1. A 5-Day In-Person Programme in Cremona

A 5 day in-person programme at the University of Pavia in Cremona (Italy) from Monday 8th to Friday 12th June 2026. During the in-person workshops (See below), students and trainers will conduct field research and test a workflow designed for the collaborative collection of geospatial data related to urban musical practices. The development of this procedure will be part of the project’s outputs, with plans for future refinement based on user feedback. The project aims to create an open-source mobile app optimized for music research, allowing users to geolocate multimedia content, including recordings, pictures, and interview forms. See provisional schedule below.  

 

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Morning

 

- Lecture 2: Mapping Italian live music: perspectives from professionals

(details TBC)

- Tools #3a: Collection Builder 1 (pt.1)

- Lecture 4: the Reset! network - E. Ruiz (Rocknrolla Producciones)

(details TBC)

- Tools #5: Story Map

 

- Work group: Towards the online project presentation

Afternoon

- Welcome

 

 

- Lecture 1:

Mapping Liverpool (S. Cohen (TBC)

 

- Tools #1: Google Photos

- Tools #2: Google Maps

 

 

- Work Group: Data gathering walk #1

- Lecture 3: M. Flynn / M. Mulder

 

- Tools #3b: Collection Builder  (pt. 2)

- Tools #4: Palladio / Gephi

 

 

- Work Group: Data gathering walk #2

 

Evening

→ warm-up aperitif and working groups formation

 

Concert (TBC)

Farewell dinner

 

 

Eligibility 

  • You must be a registered University of Liverpool undergraduate student in Music. Students from any year may apply; third years/final year have priority. 
  • Incoming students on an exchange semester or exchange year are ineligible. Students who have previously been on a departmental GO short trip are ineligible. Students who have been on, or have been awarded, a University/SOTA international experience that is a non-departmental short trip are lower priority. 
  • You must be able to commit to attending all preliminary training on Teams during Spring 2025 (see above).
  • You must be able to commit to the full trip, which includes 5 full days in Italy, plus additional travel days in June 2025 (see above). We suggest you arrive on Sunday 7th and depart of Saturday 13th June.
  • Your application must make clear how the music industry and/or data literacy relates to your studies and career interest and specifically how attendance taking part in this project will support this. 

The support you may receive: 

  • The support offered towards accommodation and/or travel is in line with Turing guidance which specifies a higher amount of support for those with WP status. The trip is funded through the Helen Mitchell Endowment Fund and offers £200 per student toward the travel and accommodation costs with a top up of an additional £165 for students who are WP. 

If offered support for the trip, you must confirm acceptance within 7 days. 

Things to note 

Our organising colleagues in Italy may be able to secure shared hostel rooms at £25-£40 per night per person.  With return flights from Liverpool to Milan between £80 and £200 attendance from Sunday 7th to Saturday 13th June, accommodation and flights will cost between an estimated £250 - £450. If flights are available there may be the option to return on the Friday night reducing hostel/hotel fees.     

Any student who confirms their attendance but does not proceed with the trip will be required to refund to the University all financial support. This refund must be settled no later than June 2026. Please be aware that graduating students must have any outstanding financial matters settled before they can graduate. 

You will be required to complete a short post-trip report within 10 days of your trip. This form will be sent to you in June. 

How to apply

Please complete the application form below: 

https://forms.office.com/e/ENYy25eXxH