GRIEGAKADEMIET

(Redirected from Grieg Academy of Music)
The 'Grieg Academy' is a music conservatory in Bergen, Norway and part of the University of Bergen. The Academy was founded in 1905 and offers 4-year undergraduate programs in Performance, Composition and Pedagogy/Music Education, and also 2-year Masters programs in Performance, Composition and Ethnomusicology. The Academy maintains a population of approximately 160 students, A permanent staff of 25 and numerous part-time faculty. The Grieg Academy has also partnered itself with two of the ''elite'' bands in the Hordaland area: the brass band Eikanger-Bjørsvik Musikklag and the wind band ''Dragefjellets Musikkorps'' (Bergen Symphonic Band). Many faculty members are also members and principal players of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Alumni from the Academy include Leif Ove Andsnes, Harald Sæverud, and Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen.

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Faculty Listing

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Faculty Listing

Consort/Church music

★ Ines Maidre Aarvik; organ, accompanying

★ Karstein Askeland; organ

★ Stig Wernø Holter (associate professor); organ, liturgical theory/practice, counterpoint/arranging

★ Stein-Erik Olsen (associate professor); guitar

★ Hans Knut Sveen (associate professor); harpsichord, baroque interpretation

★ Frode Thorsen (associate professor); recorder, transverse flute, baroque interpretation

★ Jostein Gundersen; recorder, baroque interpretation

★ Kristen Øgaard; organ theory

Orchestral Instruments

★ Ilene Chanon; french horn

★ Per Hannevold (professor); bassoon, orchestral studies

★ Steinar Hannevold (associate professor) ; oboe, chamber music

★ Helge Haukås; ensemble leadership

★ Peter Kates (associate professor); percussion

★ Ilze Klava; viola

★ Håkon Nilsen; Eb clarinet

★ Ricardo Odriozola (associate professor); violin, contemporary music, orchestra

★ Gary Peterson; trumpet

★ Knut Riser; tuba, chamber music

★ Gro Schibsted Sandvik; (professor II); flute

★ John-Arild Suther (associate professor); trombone, orchestral studies

★ Grethe Tonheim; euphonium

★ Tom Vissgren (associate professor); timpani

★ Bjørg Værnes; cello, chamber music

★ Rene Wiik; saxophone

★ Andrzej Woznikowski; Contrabass

★ Oddmund Økland; Contrabassoon
Piano and Voice

★ Signe Bakke (associate professor); piano, accompaniment

★ Harald Bjørkøy (professor); voice

★ Turid Bakke Braut; accompaniment

★ Jan Hovden; piano, accompaniment

★ Audun Kayser (associate professor); piano

★ Turid Moberg Kirkbride; voice

★ Tone Lise Moberg; jazz voice

★ Jarle Rotevatn; accompaniment

★ Einar Røttingen (professor); piano

★ Anne Nitter Sandvik; accompaniment

★ Hilde Haraldsen Sveen (associate professor); voice

★ Torleif Torgersen (associate professor); piano, accompaniment
Pedogogy and Theory

★ Ingrid Geuens; music theory

★ Tom Eide Osa; fagdidaktikk, pedagogy

★ Morten Eide Pedersen; composition

★ Petter Stigar (associate professor); music history, satslære

★ Magni Orheim Stoveland; praksisveiledning, pedagogy

★ Steinar Sætre; fagdidaktikk, pedagogy, ear training
A complete faculty and staff listing can be found here.

External links

★ Grieg Academy Website