The Grieg Academy comprises both artistic and scientific disciplines, and offers courses of study in Performance, Composition, Music Pedagogy, Music Therapy, Ethnomusicology and Musicology. We also offer Practical Pedagogical Education (Teaching Certificate, PPU) in Music Performance.

[ New one-year International Diploma in Performance or Composition ] Publisert 19.12.08
From August 2009, the Grieg Academy offers a one-year programme for international students in performance or composition. The programme is open for applicants of all instruments, both classical and jazz. Deadline for application is 15. February 2009.

[ New international study programme in Early Music ] Publisert 19.12.08
Nordic Master in Early Music (NOMINEM) is a joint study programme, created by Royal Danish Academy of Music, Copenhagen, Sibelius Academy, Helsinki and The Grieg Academy, Bergen. Deadline for applications is 15. February 2009. See http://nominem.uib.no/ for more information. Application form (pdf).

Performance takes place at a high artistic level within classical music and jazz. We also cooperate closely with Ole Bull Akademiet, located in Voss, which offers studies in Norwegian folk music.
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Composition at the Department is based on an experimental and contemporary approach within European kunstmusikk (i.e. art music).
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As a field, the task of Music Pedagogy is to explore the connection between the creative and pedagogical aspects of music. Here, an important research area is how the learning of music actually occurs.
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Music Therapy is an interdisciplinary field, touching on musicology, medicine, pedagogy and the social sciences. It focuses on the relationship between music, the individual, society, health and development.
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