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Mette Kaasgaard

Mette Kaasgaard

Art Based Consultancy - Concept Development - Music Performing

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  • About me

    Assistant Professor, PhD, MSc, Classical Singer/Singing Pedagogue - Investigating singing as a potential means to improve the lives of people with respiratory diseases

  • Education

    • IT University of Copenhagen

      2010 - 2014
      M.Sc. Digital Design and Communication - Digital Experiences and Art 12

      Focusing on: User centered design, concept development and qualitative research methodsInnovation, konceptudvikling og projektstyringCourses:- Innovation, Concept Development, and Project Management- Situational Methods for Digital Studies- Media and Communication - Personal Management and Change Management- Interaction design- Web design og web development- Digital Aestetics- Digital Rhetorics- Introduction to Scripting, Databases, and System… Show more Focusing on: User centered design, concept development and qualitative research methodsInnovation, konceptudvikling og projektstyringCourses:- Innovation, Concept Development, and Project Management- Situational Methods for Digital Studies- Media and Communication - Personal Management and Change Management- Interaction design- Web design og web development- Digital Aestetics- Digital Rhetorics- Introduction to Scripting, Databases, and System ArchitectureThesis: "Mummy Sings - a digital platform with children's songs" Show less

    • The Royal Danish Academy of Music

      1996 - 2003
      Diploma Graduate Classical Singing and Singing Pedagogigue 10/11/11

      Focusing on: Voice production, Presentation techniques and Musical expressionCourses: - Singing classes (Classical Training)- Vocal Pedagogy and Methodology - Theory and Practice- Performance and Presentation Technique - Piano Classes and Accompaniment- Music and Drama - Improvisation, Performance, Pedagogy - Composition - Theory and Practice- Music Theory, Music History, and Ear Training- Voice Theory (including Anatomy, Physiology and Methodology)-… Show more Focusing on: Voice production, Presentation techniques and Musical expressionCourses: - Singing classes (Classical Training)- Vocal Pedagogy and Methodology - Theory and Practice- Performance and Presentation Technique - Piano Classes and Accompaniment- Music and Drama - Improvisation, Performance, Pedagogy - Composition - Theory and Practice- Music Theory, Music History, and Ear Training- Voice Theory (including Anatomy, Physiology and Methodology)- Language Training (e.g. Italian, English, German, French, Latin)- Psychology- Ensemble Singing, Choir, and Chamber Music - Leading and Performance Show less

  • Experience

    • Self-employed

      Jan 2003 - Jan 2010
      Art Based Consultancy - Concept Development - Music Performing

      Tasks:- Concept development and project management- Teaching, workshops, icebreaker events - groups and individuals- Communication, performance, presentation coaching - Team building: Music, singing, drama, choir- Marketing, PR, sales, administrationReferences:- DANA A-kasse- IC Companys- Socialministeriet- Arbejdstilsynet- Den Danske Folkekirke- Copenhagen Consulting Company- INDEX: Awards - Design to improve life- Center for Digital Dannelse Show less

    • Pulmonary Research Unit Zealand (PLUZ) + Center for Music in the Brain (MIB), Aarhus University

      Jan 2017 - Jun 2022
      PHD Fellow

      Investigated singing patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in pulmonary rehabilitation. Conducted a multicentre, randomised controlled trial (RCT) with 11 Danish municipalities (community-based health services) and 270 COPD patients. Primary academic output of my PhD:1. Heterogeneity in Danish lung choirs and their singing leaders: delivery, approach, and experiences: a survey-based study. Kaasgaard, M., Andersen, I.C., D.B. Rasmussen, Vuust, P., Hilberg, O., Løkke, A., Bodtger. U. BMJ Open 2020;10:e041700. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-0417002. Use of Singing for Lung Health as an alternative training modality within pulmonary rehabilitation for COPD: an RCT. M. Kaasgaard, D. Bech Rasmussen, K. Andreasson, A. Løkke, P. Vuust, O. Hilberg, U. Bodtger. European Respiratory Journal 2021. DOI:10.1183/13993003.01142-20213. Physiological changes related to 10 weeks of Singing for Lung Health in patients with COPD. M. Kaasgaard, D. Bech Rasmussen, A. Løkke, P. Vuust, O. Hilberg, U. Bodtger. BMJ Open Respiratory Research 2022. DOI: 10.1136/bmjresp-2022-00120PhD dissertation: Singing in Pulmonary Rehabilitation of Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vuXJuFaHZLnDQMNYZEj4RXWLowqoj6En/viewPhD courses completed: - The PhD-student as supervisor – leadership education- Facilitating Innovative Processes (NorDoc Summer School 2021) - Responsible Conduct of Research- Systematic Critical Literature Review- Systematic Literature Search- Anatomy and physiology- The scientific presentation: Perform better under pressure- Basic Statistics for Health Researchers, SPSS - English for researchers, level 2- How to write an article- How to write and structure your thesis Show less

    • Pulmonary Research Unit Zealand (PLUZ), Department of Medicine, Zealand University Hospital

      Jun 2022 - now
      Postdoctoral Researcher

    • Institute of Regional Health Research, Faculty of Health, University of Southern Denmark

      Aug 2022 - Mar 2024
      Postdoctoral Researcher

    • The Research Unit PROgrez, Department of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy

      Feb 2023 - Mar 2024
      Postdoctoral Researcher

    • Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark

      Mar 2024 - now
      Assistant Professor

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • PRINCE2® Foundation Certification Training

      Peak Consulting Group
      Apr 2016