Masterclasses, rehearsals and concerts with near to zero latency
Along with a-synchronous online courses, the GC also offers Live Labs: live sessions that bridge the gap between our institutes on a new level.
Through MVTP technology, students are able to follow masterclasses and workshops of teachers from partnerinstitutes, create and perform music together, with the feel and intimacy of being in the same location.
In the academic year of 2025-2026 alone the Global Conservatoire started integrating this form of distance learning into a selection of courses as well, creating a unique combination of a-synchronous learning and live meetings that actually feel live.
Check with your institute when you can join a GC Live Lab session!
Development
Over the course of our five year collaboration, the partners of the Global Conservatoire have been investing in new ways of distance learning.
In the 2024–2026 academic years, the Global Conservatoire made real-time, cross- border musical collaboration a central pillar of its curriculum and artistic identity. Rather than treating low-latency teaching as a technological showcase or occasional experiment, GC institutions embraced it as a regular, structured, and pedagogically integrated practice.
Over the course of the year, the five GC partners — CvA (Amsterdam), MSM (New York), RCM (London), MDW (Vienna), and RDAM (Copenhagen) — conducted more than 60 sessions, including:
Over 30 fully taught lessons, rehearsals and, workshops
Over 20 technical tests and connectivity experiments, including latency benchmarking and multi-point stress tests.
These sessions were not incidental. They were planned, scheduled, and integrated into course structures, covering instruments such as piano, strings, percussion, improvisation, arranging, and composition. Students and faculty co-created music, learned together, and tested the boundaries of remote performance.
Since 2024 the GC Live Lab has achieved:
- Over 50 sessions (lessons, rehearsals, public demos)
- Real-time collaboration via ELK and MVTP across five countries
- Integrated into courses on jazz, classical, improvisation, and cross-genre formats
- First-ever GC public performance via low-latency guitar duo (London, AMS, Vienna)
- First-ever 5-point connection with GC Course Improvisation Techniques by Yaniv Nachum
Impact
- Created sustainable, weekly low-latency teaching between institutions
- Supported ensemble rehearsals, improvisation, and 1-to-1 mentorship
- Enabled cross-Atlantic collaboration and three-point ensemble experiments
- Introduced students to future working models for hybrid, distributed music-making
Next Steps
- Equip all partners with 4K MVTP setups and Dante audio systems
- Launch cross-institutional ensembles and artist residencies
- Build dedicated low-latency rooms for teaching and creation
- Initiate formal research into pedagogy, interaction, and infrastructure