Frantz Blessing

Frantz Blessing is an Academic Employee in the Music Department at the University of Education Schwäbisch Gmünd since 2023, actively engaged in teaching empirical research methods, digital media applications, and AI integration in music pedagogy while leading critical research on Jewish music heritage and cultural sustainability.

Her educational foundation includes a Master of Education (2019-2022) and Bachelor of Arts (2015-2019) in secondary teacher education, both from the University of Education Schwäbisch Gmünd. She enhanced her training through international experiences including ERASMUS+ study and internship programs in 2021 and a DAAD-funded international internship in 2022.

Blessing's research centers on multimodal representations in educational media, Jewish musical heritage, and cultural sustainability, employing qualitative methodologies to dissect power structures in music education materials. Her work critically examines how Jewish heritage is authorized, normalized, and deconstructed in school textbooks, with strong emphasis on inclusive teacher development and polyphonic heritage negotiation.

Her scholarly output reveals an interdisciplinary trajectory bridging music education, critical heritage studies, and historical musicology, with recent publications analyzing alternative pathways into music teaching professions and historical sacred music traditions.

Her scientific contributions have earned significant recognition:

• 2023 Hellmuth-Lang-Förderpreis for outstanding scientific achievements
• 2022 DAAD-Stipendium Lehramt.International
• 2021 ERASMUS+ Study Abroad Scholarship
• 2021 ERASMUS+ Internship Abroad Scholarship

Blessing serves as core researcher in a DFG-funded Priority Program (2022-2025) examining Jewish heritage in educational media, collaborating with Prof. Dr. Ina Henning and Prof. Dr. Markus Tauschek. She has presented findings at major venues including Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, European Center for Jewish Music Hannover, and University of Freiburg's Center for Popular Culture and Music, advancing discourse on inclusive cultural representation in teacher education.

She operates within a dynamic research collective focused on polyphonic Jewish heritage negotiation, currently developing frameworks for deconstructing cultural heritage representations in music teacher training to foster inclusive educational practices.