Norwegian Folk Music II

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Content:

This one-year further study programme offers students the opportunity to study folk music in greater depth, and to learn how to mediate it. The programme has common and specialisation components, each counting for 30 ECTS. The common component examines folk music in terms of cultural policy and its historical context. In the specialisation component, students may choose between performance and general mediation or archive and compilation work.

Elective specialisation component
Folk Music Instruction
Archives and Collection Studies
Performance
Main subjects in common component:
Research and Development Methods (3 ECTS)
Composition and Arrangement (6 ECTS)
Folk Music Instruction (9 ECTS)
Norwegian Folk Music and Society (6 ECTS)
Traditional Music and Sources (6 ECTS)

Teaching and learning methods:

The teaching consists of lectures, group work, independent study and a supervised practice-project. Students will receive individual supervision in their specialisation subject and their written project work. The programme also includes an obligatory excursion abroad.

Careers / further study:

Several of the graduates from the Department of Folk Culture at Rauland are now employed in teaching positions in various kinds of schools, and some combine this with careers in the field of the Arts. Depending on which specialisation was chosen as part of their degree, graduates may find careers as mediators in the cultural sector, folk music curators or handicraft consultants etc. The programme gives access to the international network of folk musicians and folk artists and may open for future careers. This programme may be combined with other higher education programmes within the cultural sphere, or form a part of the 4-year General Teacher Education and a BA degree. The programme qualifies for admission to MA Traditional Norwegian Arts.