Folk and World Music

The Bachelor of Music programme in Folk and World Music is a three-year full-time university programme. It is aimed at students who want to deepen their technical and artistic skills in folk and world music and non-Western art music. The programme includes individual lessons, ensemble playing and theoretical courses where you will have the opportunity to develop your own and other cultures' musical traditions.
 

The programme includes:

Instrumental studies
You will have the opportunity to immerse yourself in your main instrument under the guidance of experienced teachers. Through regular individual lessons, masterclasses and joint lessons, you develop both technical skills and your artistic expression.

Ensemble
A central part of the programme is ensemble playing, where you play together with other students in smaller and larger ensembles in order to develop your musical sensitivity and your communication skills.

Individual course
In the first year of the programme, the individual course focuses predominantly on studies in accompaniment instruments. From year 2 onwards, it adapts to what you as a student feel you need; it can be more hours in your main instrument, secondary instruments or, for example, arranging and composition.

Projects
Regular weeks are alternated with project weeks which focus on a particular theme. Each academic year, the programme is visited by several guest teachers from near and far, as well as an Artist in Residence. Once a year Nordtrad takes place, the folk music meeting of the Nordic and Baltic music schools, where you will have the opportunity to meet other students and teachers.

Music theory
Music theory allows you to develop your skills in identifying and analysing musical structures, which is fundamental to understanding and interpreting music in depth. 

Music and Society
The courses in 'Music and Society' explore the role and impact of music in various social and cultural contexts.

Music as a Profession
The course 'Music as a Profession' will give you a thorough insight into the professional aspects of the music industry while preparing you for a career as a musician.

Degree project (performance and reflective part)
The performance part (exam concert) constitutes 75% of your degree project. In the exam concert, your artistic and technical expressiveness is made visible. The reflective part makes up 25% of your thesis. The work is based on your own artistic practice and presented in a format of your choice: written, live or pre-recorded.