Extension studies in Music Performance


Study programme description for study year 2024-2025

Facts

Credits (ECTS)

60

Studyprogram code

V-UTØVMUS

Level

Further education, lower degree level

Leads to degree

Full-/Part-time

Full-time

Duration

2 Semesters

Undergraduate

No

Language of instruction

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The programme is aimed at applicants with a bachelor's degree in performing music or equivalent education.

The language of instruction is normally Norwegian. However, the working language can be changed if necessary to accommodate the participation of international students.

Learning environment, teaching and learning methods: The teaching method combines one-to-one and ensemble classes. Please refer to the individual courses for further descriptions. The learning environment is composed and is taken care of by teaching with a teacher, project-based ensemble, access to rehearsal rooms on campus and relevant collaborations with performers in Bjergstedparken. Access to their own department library gives students a unique listening and specialization opportunity in music archives. The faculty's large proportion of international students gives the programme an international feel.

The programme is composed of a combination of two courses of 30 credits. The teaching is given over two semesters, starting in the autumn and final exam in the spring. Teaching is normally given throughout the year, but may if needed be structured in concentrated periods of the year. It is possible to take the study part-time.

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of the programme, the candidate should be able to:

General competence

  • Reflect on their own performing practice at a higher level than at the end of the bachelor's degree in performing music

Knowledge

  • Have a high level of knowledge in the field and insight into his main instrument at a higher level than at the end of his/her bachelor's degree in performing music.

Skills

  • Demonstrate an advanced level as a performing musician
  • Demonstrate artistic dissemination on a professional level

Career prospects

You can work as a professional musician, and/or combine your studies with pedagogy and work as a music teacher.

Study plan and courses

Enrolment year: 2024

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  • Classical eller Jazz

    • Veivalg - Jazz

      • Instrument-/vokalemne og kammermusikk/ensemble

      • Instrument/vokal og arrangering/komponering og interpretasjon

        • VAR100: Arranging/composing and interpretation

          Year 1, semester 1

          Arranging/composing and interpretation (VAR100)

          Study points: 30

          Read full course description

      • Hovedinstrument/vokal og et biinstrumentemne

    • Veivalg - Klassisk

      • Instrument-/vokalemne og kammermusikk/ensemble

      • Hovedinstrument/vokal og et biinstrumentemne

      • Instrument/vokal og arrangering/komponering og interpretasjon

        • VAR100: Arranging/composing and interpretation

          Year 1, semester 1

          Arranging/composing and interpretation (VAR100)

          Study points: 30

          Read full course description

    • Veivalg - Dirigering

      • Instrument-/vokalemne og kammermusikk/ensemble

      • Hovedinstrument/vokal og et biinstrumentemne

      • Instrument/vokal og arrangering/komponering og interpretasjon

        • VAR100: Arranging/composing and interpretation

          Year 1, semester 1

          Arranging/composing and interpretation (VAR100)

          Study points: 30

          Read full course description

Student exchange

Exchange semester
All or part of the year.

Why a study abroad programme?
The faculty consciously strives for a high international level to reflect the professional reality that candidates will face after completing their studies. The international profile of the faculty is essential in order to function in harmony with European higher music education, music research, academic and artistic research. The primary aim of the student's stay abroad is to achieve personal development as a performing and co-creating artist. An international semester will give the student the opportunity for further specialisation in relation to the original study programme at UiS, but will also provide opportunities for individual specialisation.

The exchange scheme
Students may apply for an exchange place at one of the faculty's many partner institutions abroad. The student must ensure that the programme offered by the host institution is suitable for their own progression and planned course.

Requirements for travelling on exchange: The applicant must have been admitted to the extension studies programme at the Faculty of Performing Arts before the exchange semester.

Unfortunately, students on extension studies programmes are not eligible for Erasmus+ scholarships.

Application process
The deadline for application for exchange studies is 1 February for the upcoming academic year. The deadline is the same whether you are going on an exchange in the autumn or spring semester. Application through the Digital Student Expedition.

Each student can nominate two (2) institutions they wish to travel to and will be nominated to both of these. The different recipient universities have different application procedures, which you must familiarise yourself with. Many of UiS's partners in the performing arts use EASY as an online application tool.

In cases where we have received more applicants than there are available places, the partner universities abroad may ask UiS to rank the applicants. If UiS is asked to rank the applicants, this will be done on a professional basis. The number of applicants to the individual partner university will therefore have an impact on the chances of getting a place at the desired place of study.

Both applications through EASY and other application portals must include a number of attachments. There may be different requirements at different institutions, but the following are usually required:

Video of you playing your instrument

Letter of motivation

Letter of recommendation from your main instrument teacher

Artistic CV

Transcript of grades in English (order on StudentWeb well in advance)

Learning Agreement - IF they ask for it. A learning agreement must be written later anyway, if you are offered a place

Carefully familiarise yourself with the institutions' websites to see if they have their own regulations regarding the application process and application deadlines. As a student, you are responsible for following these.

Contact information

Contact the main instrument teacher for academic counselling.

Practically related questions about exchange: musikk-dans@uis.no

General questions about exchange: The exchange counsellor in the Digital Student Service

Student exchange

Tilbake
  • All countries

    'Erasmus' College, Brussels

    The Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel (KCB) is a School of Arts of Erasmus Brussels University of Applied Sciences and Arts (EhB).

    Academy of Music, Cracow

    The Academy of Music in Kraków was founded in 1888 by the eminent Polish composer Wladyslaw Zelenski.

    Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava

    I tillegg til dans og musikk tilbyr Academy of Performing Arts også utdanning innen teater og film/TV. Med sine over 1000 studenter er den Slovakia sin største kunstneriske utdanningsinstitusjon.

    Artesis Plantijn University College Antwerpen

    Antwerpen er en nydelig by, med historie tilbake til middelalderen. Nærmeste storby er Brussel.

    Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris

    This institution has nearly 1.400 students, located in the La Villette park in Paris.

    Conservatorio Statale di musica Gaetano Braga - Teramo

    ISSSMC “G. Braga” in Teramo is a small institution, and of the oldest music institutions in Italy, founded in 1895.

    Conservatorio di Musica "Santa Cecilia"

    The birth of the institution dates back to 1875 thanks to Giovanni Sgambati and Ettore Pinelli as part of the reorganization of education operated by the Savoy state.

    Conservatorio di Musica Arrigo Boito di Parma

    The history of the conservatory goes back to 19th century when giving singing lessons to orphans.

    Conservatorio di Musica Benedetto Marcello Venezia

    The Venice Conservatory is located in the monumental Palazzo Pisani, the largest patrician palace in Venice, which is located in the heart of the city, not far from St. Mark's Square.

    Conservatorio di Musica G. Martucci di Salerno

    The Salerno State Conservatoire 'Giuseppe Martucci' has descended from a music school founded during the Bourbon reign (1819).

    Conservatorio di Musica Nino Rota - Monopoli

    The Monopoli Conservatory was founded in 1971 by the will and merit of Italian composer Nino Rota, and in 2004 named after him.

    Conservatorio di Musica di Perugia

    The music conservatory in Perugia is the only public institution for Higher Musical Artistic Education in the region of Umbria, the neighbouring region of Tuscany.

    Conservatory of Music Antonio Vivaldi of Allessandria

    Established at the end of the 1800’s, in 1969 the “Vivaldi” Conservatory of Music became one of the first Italian State Conservatories. It is situated in the 18th Century “Cuttica di Cassine” building.

    Det Jyske Musikkonservatorium

    The Royal Academy of Music is a conservatoire and state institution that was established in 1927, located in both Aarhus and Aalborg.

    Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium

    The Royal Danish Academy of Music is the oldest professional institution of musical education in Denmark as well as the largest, with approximately 400 students. It was founded in 1825.

    Grazyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz' Academy of Music, Lódz

    Welcome to the University of Music in Łódź, an institution with an unique and exciting atmosphere in a monumental Neo-Renaissance palace as well as in two modern buildings with concert halls and plenty of lecture and practice rooms.

    Göteborgs universitet

    Göteborg er Sveriges nest største by. Her blir man aldri mett på inntrykk med supre shoppingmuligheter, koselige kafeer, flotte museer og ikke minst en skjærgård med mange flotte steder, severdigheter og øyer å besøke.

    Higher College of Music, Salamanca

    The full name of this institution is Conservatorio Superior de Música de Castilla y León, often abbreviated to COSCYL.

    Hochschule für Musik Detmold

    The Hochschule für Musik Detmold is one of Germany's leading university-level music school, situated in Detmold, Germany.

    Hochschule für Musik und Theater München

    The origin of this institution in Munich dates back to 1846.

    Istituto Superiore di Studi Musicali G. Briccialdi di Terni

    The Higher Institute of Musical Studies "G. Briccialdi" of Terni is located on the three floors of a prestigious Renaissance building in the historic center of the city.

    Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz

    Mainz School of Music is part of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, a public research university and among the largest and most prestigious universities in Germany.

    Kungliga Musikhögskolan i Stockholm

    The Royal College of Music in Stockholm (KMH), established 1771, is one of the world's oldest music academies, founded by Gustav III.

    Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre

    The Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre in Vilnius, Lithuania, was founded by Composer Juozas Naujalis in 1933.

    MUSIKENE - Superior Music Conservatory of Basque Country

    Musikene is the Higher School of Music of the Basque Country situated in San Sebastián.

    Mannheim University of Music and Performing Arts

    During the eighteenth century, Mannheim was the home of the "Mannheim School" of classical music composers.

    Metropolitana, National Academy of Advanced Orchestral Studies

    The National Academy of Advanced Orchestral Studies (ANSO) in Lisbon places strongly emphasis on the musical practice as a whole, whether in chamber groups or in the Metropolitan Academic Orchestra.

    Music Conservatory "G. B. Pergolesi"

    The conservatory is situated on the Adriatic sea coastline.

    Music Conservatory "G.B.Martini" Bologna

    Conservatorio di Musica “Giovan Battista Martini” Bologna is a higher education institution located in Bologna, Italy.

    Musikhochschule Lübeck

    "Wir vermitteln Leidenschaft" is the slogan of Musikhochschule Lübeck. The institution is situated in the former Hanseatic City of Lübeck, in the north of Germany.

    Musikhögskolan Ingesund

    The Ingesund Academy of Music is a music academy in Arvika and part of Karlstad University.

    Nanjing Institute of Fine Arts

    The UiS has welcomed students from this university for several years, and from 2022 is it also possible for UiS students within the field of classical music to go abroad to this institution situated 3 hours from Shanghai.

    National Conservatory of Music Antonio Scontrino in Trapani

    This music conservatory is in the city of Trapani, known as the city between two seas, close to Palermo.

    Royal Irish Academy of Music

    Royal Irish Academy of Music is a higher education institution located in Dublin, Ireland.

    Syddansk Musikkonservatorium

    SDMK - Danish National Academy of Music has campuses in both Odense and Esbjerg, and not all their educations are offered both places.

    The "Nicola Sala" Benevento State Conservatory of Music

    The "Nicola Sala" Conservatory of Music in Benevento, Italy, has over 1.000 students and 100 teachers, and was founded in 1988.

    The Frescobaldi Conservatory of Ferrara

    Ferrara is a World Heritage Site, with a lot to offer for students, including several events, concerts and festivals.

    University Mozarteum Salzburg

    Mozarteum University Salzburg, in German Universität Mozarteum Salzburg, was founded by Mozart’s widow in 1814 and it got its present name in 1908.

    University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland

    Composer Hans Huber, director of the general music school Allgemeine Musikschule founded in 1867, founded a conservatory in 1905, the first of its kind in the German-speaking part of Switzerland. Basel Academy of Music is now part of University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland.

    University of Aveiro

    Er du på utkikk etter et annerledes utvekslingsopphold? Få faglig påfyll ved et av Portugals mest innovative og dynamiske universiteter som ligger i vakre Aveiro, Portugals Venezia.

    University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar

    The University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar in Germany was founded in 1872 by Carl Müllerhartung, the student of Franz Liszt.

    University of Music and Dramatic Arts Graz

    The University of Music and Performing Arts Graz was given its present name in 1970, but goes back to the founding of the Singschule in 1816.

    University of the Arts Helsinki

    The Sibelius Academy is part of the University of the Arts Helsinki and a university-level music school which operates in Helsinki and Kuopio, Finland. The university is among the biggest European music universities with roughly 1900 enrolled students.

    Utrecht School of the Arts, Institute for Postgraduate and Professional Higher Education

    The Utrechts Conservatorium for Music is part of the HKU University of the Arts Utreicht.

    pôle Aliénor

    Pole Aliénor is a higher education institution located in Poitiers, France.

    Örebro universitet

    Örebro Universitets visjon er å være "a university that leads towards a knowledge-driven society".

  • Belgia

    'Erasmus' College, Brussels

    The Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel (KCB) is a School of Arts of Erasmus Brussels University of Applied Sciences and Arts (EhB).

    Artesis Plantijn University College Antwerpen

    Antwerpen er en nydelig by, med historie tilbake til middelalderen. Nærmeste storby er Brussel.

  • Danmark

    Det Jyske Musikkonservatorium

    The Royal Academy of Music is a conservatoire and state institution that was established in 1927, located in both Aarhus and Aalborg.

    Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium

    The Royal Danish Academy of Music is the oldest professional institution of musical education in Denmark as well as the largest, with approximately 400 students. It was founded in 1825.

    Syddansk Musikkonservatorium

    SDMK - Danish National Academy of Music has campuses in both Odense and Esbjerg, and not all their educations are offered both places.

  • Finland

    University of the Arts Helsinki

    The Sibelius Academy is part of the University of the Arts Helsinki and a university-level music school which operates in Helsinki and Kuopio, Finland. The university is among the biggest European music universities with roughly 1900 enrolled students.

  • Frankrike

    Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris

    This institution has nearly 1.400 students, located in the La Villette park in Paris.

    pôle Aliénor

    Pole Aliénor is a higher education institution located in Poitiers, France.

  • Ireland

    Royal Irish Academy of Music

    Royal Irish Academy of Music is a higher education institution located in Dublin, Ireland.

  • Italia

    Conservatorio Statale di musica Gaetano Braga - Teramo

    ISSSMC “G. Braga” in Teramo is a small institution, and of the oldest music institutions in Italy, founded in 1895.

    Conservatorio di Musica "Santa Cecilia"

    The birth of the institution dates back to 1875 thanks to Giovanni Sgambati and Ettore Pinelli as part of the reorganization of education operated by the Savoy state.

    Conservatorio di Musica Arrigo Boito di Parma

    The history of the conservatory goes back to 19th century when giving singing lessons to orphans.

    Conservatorio di Musica Benedetto Marcello Venezia

    The Venice Conservatory is located in the monumental Palazzo Pisani, the largest patrician palace in Venice, which is located in the heart of the city, not far from St. Mark's Square.

    Conservatorio di Musica G. Martucci di Salerno

    The Salerno State Conservatoire 'Giuseppe Martucci' has descended from a music school founded during the Bourbon reign (1819).

    Conservatorio di Musica Nino Rota - Monopoli

    The Monopoli Conservatory was founded in 1971 by the will and merit of Italian composer Nino Rota, and in 2004 named after him.

    Conservatorio di Musica di Perugia

    The music conservatory in Perugia is the only public institution for Higher Musical Artistic Education in the region of Umbria, the neighbouring region of Tuscany.

    Conservatory of Music Antonio Vivaldi of Allessandria

    Established at the end of the 1800’s, in 1969 the “Vivaldi” Conservatory of Music became one of the first Italian State Conservatories. It is situated in the 18th Century “Cuttica di Cassine” building.

    Istituto Superiore di Studi Musicali G. Briccialdi di Terni

    The Higher Institute of Musical Studies "G. Briccialdi" of Terni is located on the three floors of a prestigious Renaissance building in the historic center of the city.

    Music Conservatory "G. B. Pergolesi"

    The conservatory is situated on the Adriatic sea coastline.

    Music Conservatory "G.B.Martini" Bologna

    Conservatorio di Musica “Giovan Battista Martini” Bologna is a higher education institution located in Bologna, Italy.

    National Conservatory of Music Antonio Scontrino in Trapani

    This music conservatory is in the city of Trapani, known as the city between two seas, close to Palermo.

    The "Nicola Sala" Benevento State Conservatory of Music

    The "Nicola Sala" Conservatory of Music in Benevento, Italy, has over 1.000 students and 100 teachers, and was founded in 1988.

    The Frescobaldi Conservatory of Ferrara

    Ferrara is a World Heritage Site, with a lot to offer for students, including several events, concerts and festivals.

  • Kina

    Nanjing Institute of Fine Arts

    The UiS has welcomed students from this university for several years, and from 2022 is it also possible for UiS students within the field of classical music to go abroad to this institution situated 3 hours from Shanghai.

  • Litauen

    Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre

    The Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre in Vilnius, Lithuania, was founded by Composer Juozas Naujalis in 1933.

  • Nederland

    Utrecht School of the Arts, Institute for Postgraduate and Professional Higher Education

    The Utrechts Conservatorium for Music is part of the HKU University of the Arts Utreicht.

  • Polen

    Academy of Music, Cracow

    The Academy of Music in Kraków was founded in 1888 by the eminent Polish composer Wladyslaw Zelenski.

    Grazyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz' Academy of Music, Lódz

    Welcome to the University of Music in Łódź, an institution with an unique and exciting atmosphere in a monumental Neo-Renaissance palace as well as in two modern buildings with concert halls and plenty of lecture and practice rooms.

  • Portugal

    Metropolitana, National Academy of Advanced Orchestral Studies

    The National Academy of Advanced Orchestral Studies (ANSO) in Lisbon places strongly emphasis on the musical practice as a whole, whether in chamber groups or in the Metropolitan Academic Orchestra.

    University of Aveiro

    Er du på utkikk etter et annerledes utvekslingsopphold? Få faglig påfyll ved et av Portugals mest innovative og dynamiske universiteter som ligger i vakre Aveiro, Portugals Venezia.

  • Slovakia

    Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava

    I tillegg til dans og musikk tilbyr Academy of Performing Arts også utdanning innen teater og film/TV. Med sine over 1000 studenter er den Slovakia sin største kunstneriske utdanningsinstitusjon.

  • Spania

    Higher College of Music, Salamanca

    The full name of this institution is Conservatorio Superior de Música de Castilla y León, often abbreviated to COSCYL.

    MUSIKENE - Superior Music Conservatory of Basque Country

    Musikene is the Higher School of Music of the Basque Country situated in San Sebastián.

  • Sveits

    University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland

    Composer Hans Huber, director of the general music school Allgemeine Musikschule founded in 1867, founded a conservatory in 1905, the first of its kind in the German-speaking part of Switzerland. Basel Academy of Music is now part of University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland.

  • Sverige

    Göteborgs universitet

    Göteborg er Sveriges nest største by. Her blir man aldri mett på inntrykk med supre shoppingmuligheter, koselige kafeer, flotte museer og ikke minst en skjærgård med mange flotte steder, severdigheter og øyer å besøke.

    Kungliga Musikhögskolan i Stockholm

    The Royal College of Music in Stockholm (KMH), established 1771, is one of the world's oldest music academies, founded by Gustav III.

    Musikhögskolan Ingesund

    The Ingesund Academy of Music is a music academy in Arvika and part of Karlstad University.

    Örebro universitet

    Örebro Universitets visjon er å være "a university that leads towards a knowledge-driven society".

  • Tyskland

    Hochschule für Musik Detmold

    The Hochschule für Musik Detmold is one of Germany's leading university-level music school, situated in Detmold, Germany.

    Hochschule für Musik und Theater München

    The origin of this institution in Munich dates back to 1846.

    Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz

    Mainz School of Music is part of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, a public research university and among the largest and most prestigious universities in Germany.

    Mannheim University of Music and Performing Arts

    During the eighteenth century, Mannheim was the home of the "Mannheim School" of classical music composers.

    Musikhochschule Lübeck

    "Wir vermitteln Leidenschaft" is the slogan of Musikhochschule Lübeck. The institution is situated in the former Hanseatic City of Lübeck, in the north of Germany.

    University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar

    The University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar in Germany was founded in 1872 by Carl Müllerhartung, the student of Franz Liszt.

  • Østerrike

    University Mozarteum Salzburg

    Mozarteum University Salzburg, in German Universität Mozarteum Salzburg, was founded by Mozart’s widow in 1814 and it got its present name in 1908.

    University of Music and Dramatic Arts Graz

    The University of Music and Performing Arts Graz was given its present name in 1970, but goes back to the founding of the Singschule in 1816.

Admission requirements

In order to be admitted to Extension Studies in Music Performance Programme a completed Bachelor Degree in Music Performance (minimum 180 ECTS) is required. At least 90 ECTS of the Bachelor programme must consist of music performance subjects.

In addition, you must pass 2 rounds of entrance exams and an interview.

Language requirement

As a general requirement for admission to Extension Studies in Music Performance, all applicants must document proficiency in English on advanced level through an international test, recognized by the University of Stavanger. UiS does not offer any preparatory courses in English. Please see English language requirements for detailed information regarding required score.

Application: Local Admission

Application Deadline: 15 December