Ellen van Hoek graduated as a flutist from Amsterdam's Sweelinck Conservatoire (CvA) and works as a musician and teacher. She has studied flute and traverso. As part of the Master of Arts Education at the Amsterdam School of the Arts, she conducted research on the ‘musical home art of school children’. After completing the master she now works as a freelance researcher. Research publications in collaboration with the AHK Research Centre include 'Music class is different' (2013) and 'Moved music' (2016). The latter research Ellen conducted in collaboration with the Muzisch Spoor Foundation as part of the MA+ project. In addition, in the context of assessment in arts education, she worked on the development of 'Bandcheck,' a digital self-reflection tool for band players.