Welcome back to the office! Autumn semester 2015 is starting soon with a wide variety of projects - it's definitely not quiet on the Nordplusmusic front!
Improvise to Improve
17 - 21 August 2015
Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
Third and final session of the improvisation project has opened the autumn season.
A week of sharing experiences and methods in order to promote improvisation and improve music pedagogy.
A recipe for a good Nordplus course? Mix together group sessions, concerts and jams, sprinkle with movement and dance, stir in some sauna, top off with a freshly made impro-opera and enjoy!
Girl Power in Jazz
25 - 30 August 2015
Royal Academy of Music Aarhus/Aalborg
No power like Girl Power to kick off the new year!
Ancient history called - it wants back the concept that in jazz a woman's place is behind the mic. Yet, females remain a minority in jazz. Our project tackles that issue by featuring all-female bands only. Seminars, ensembles, concerts, circlesongs and sofa talks - the floor is yours, girls!
Audition Training
21 - 25 September 2015
Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
Practice makes perfect! A great possibility for young opera singers to gain experience for auditions - from vocal lessons to masterclasses in vocal performance and breathing techniques to a demo audition with feedback from opera agents.
4 to 24 Saxophones
12 - 18 October 2015
Latvian Academy of Music
This is not a math test but a music course centering on one of the most versatile music instruments - saxophone. A great possibility for young saxophonists to meet several extraordinary musicians who form the multi-coloured pattern of the present saxophone performance tradition. Together they will work with different saxophone ensembles – from quartets to large ensembles of 24 musicians.
Connecting Opera and Sound Art (COSA)
12 - 18 October 2015
Academy of Music and Drama, Gothenburg
What happens when you connect opera and sound art? COSA! Mixing tradition and innovation, this course allows a new look at the opera tradition, a possibility to envision its further development and create a model for innovation.
Practical work, lectures, seminars and discussions, ending with a sound art opera performance. Exciting times ahead!
IRC Forum 2015
19 - 21 October 2015
Royal Danish Academy of Music
Wonderful wonderful Copenhagen is ready to host the Nordplus coordinators end of October! With the main topic Increasing student mobility, the presentations, workshops and discussions focus on what is decisive for Generation Y students when making decisions about their studies and mobility and how we as institutions can adapt our information and services to accommodate them.
Combined with network updates, IP reports and planning, ExeCom elections and an optional NOAS workshop, IRC Forum 2015 is an all-inclusive meeting package!
16 - 20 November 2015
Oulu University of Applied Sciences
This CAB drive will consist of composing, arranging, band-leading and ensemble playing. Experimenting a teaching method based on co-creative hands-on approach in learning, using the students’ individual strengths and cultural heritage for the benefit of the group... Hail that CAB in Oulu!
