Norwegian Academy of Music
P.O.Box 5190 Majorstua
NO- 0302 Oslo
NORWAY

Telephone: + 47 23 36 70 00
Fax: + 47 23 36 70 01
Email: mh@nmh.no

Research and Development focus areas

A: The Co-Creative Musician
Published: 10. September 2009

This research area focuses on the processes involved in musical interpretation. Within this context, artistic development work and research will contribute to increased understanding of the performer’s creative processes from a musical text towards the final artistic expression.

B: Research in and for Higher Education
Published: 10. September 2009

Research and professional development in this area are centred on teaching and learning of music in higher education. The focus area also encompasses research into the Academy’s own institutional framework and social contexts, and not least its relationship to associated arenas such as education in schools, the amateur music scene and other higher education institutions.

C: Musical Creation and Renewal
Published: 10. September 2009

This area focuses on musical creativity and renewal, and encompasses creative activity in all genres. The aim of this focus area is to encourage artistic development in which the composer’s and performer’s sound is placed in new frameworks of interaction and collaboration.