Discover your musical future with our music programmes!
At the school of music in Piteå, you will get to be part of a creative environment. You are close to world-leading teachers, state-of-the-art equipment, and other like-minded music interested people in many different fields. Join us and take the first step towards a vibrant career in music!
Our programmes in music
The Bachelor of Music programme focuses on developing your skills and musicianship. You will also enjoy performance opportunities in our fine concert venues and high-quality studios, providing important experience for your professional life or further studies.
The Master Programme in Music Performance is suitable for those who want to deepen their knowledge in music. You get the chance to develop your own musical ability and identity. Though various collaborative projects and internships, you will get a close connection to your future professional life.
The one year Master Programme in Music Performance is for you who want to deepen your knowledge in music. You get the chance to develop your own musical ability and identity. Through various collaborative projects and internships, you will get a close connection to your future professional life.
Meet your teachers
Meet a teacher – Petter Sundkvist, Professor of Orchestral Conducting
Students of orchestral conducting at the School of Music at Luleå University of Technology meet Professor Petter Sundkvist – a modern conductor with a broad repertoire. During his career he has conducted more than 100 premiere performances of contemporary music and 30 opera productions.
Hello there, who are you?
– I am a conductor and has worked professionally since 1989 as such. I have worked with everything from opera to chamber opera, symphony orchestra to chamber orchestra, baroque to contemporary music. From and to, I have worked at the School of Music in Piteå since 2000 and as professor since 2003.
In what courses do students meet you?
– If you want to study orchestral conducting, there are four 7.5-point courses taught either over the semester or full year. These are Ensemble Leadership I and II, where you can also read Choral Conducting and Orchestral Conducting I and II. If you have a college degree, it is also possible to search in the master's program with conductions as your subject of choice. You meet me in some orchestral and ensemble productions.
What is your teaching philosophy like?
– I grew up in a teacher's family and an inclusive educational ideals permeated the home. I believe in putting the knowledge into a larger context. I believe in to meet each student on their own merits, which means that I adapt instruction individually, sometimes demanding but for the most inspiring.
What do you want the students to get from your courses?
– The syllabuses clearly express what objectives we should reach. Because musical skills can not be measured in the same way as, for example, math skills, will also be targets certain extent personalized. In general, I can say that I especially wish what you take with you after completed courses is a hunger to self continue to plunge into the ocean of earth-shattering experiences and opportunities that art music is, whether it occurs as performers or listeners.
Why study music at Luleå University of Technology?
– We have great facilities and a highly qualified teaching staff. When UKA evaluated the country's artistic training in 2014, both our master's and bachelor's programs in music got top rankings.
Is there something specific in your career that you are particularly proud of?
– I want to highlight two things that warms a little extra. Partly series of CD recordings of Joseph Martin Kraus and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra. A work that went on for years and where we got help to highlight a composer from history's oblivion. I also want to highlight the formation of Norrbotten NEO in 2007 where Sweden for the first time got a full-time ensemble for contemporary art music.
State-of-the-art equipment
One of the most modern organs in the world
The University Organ is based on previous results in research and artistic development, but also stakes out new paths for the future. The instrument makes it possible to play both classical and contemporary works as well as music that has not yet been created.
Organ Acusticum at Luleå University of Technology is 10 meters wide and 9.5 meters high. The organ has 9,000 pipes distributed over 140 voices (plus 13 effect registers). The total number of voices is 206.
The organ can be played from anywhere in the world via the internet and reaches a global audience in cinemas, concert halls or people's homes, both nationally and internationally.
Benny Andersson, from the world famous band ABBA, performed for the first time his work En skrift i snön with text by Kristina Lugn. The work is specially composed for the new giant organ at Luleå University of Technology.
For three years you can study composition with a focus on composition and arrangement. The composition studies are based on projects, individual tutoring and seminars.
You study, among other things, arrangement, instrumentation, harmony theory, counterpoint, practice by ear, form/analysis, music history, industry knowledge and stage production. The projects contain practical work with different ensemble constellations as well as film/music drama. We have a large number of partners for whom you will have the opportunity to compose music, for example Norrlandsoperans Symphony Orchestra, Norrbotten NEO, Norrbotten Big Band, The Opera Studio at Kapellsberg, the courses in film and game programming at Luleå University of Technology in Skellefteå to name just a few. In our regular composition forums, you also have the opportunity to meet international composers and musicians who visit our school. You can also supplement your education profile by freely choosing courses from the other course offerings at the School of Music.
- Musical profile (composition, arrangement and harmony)
- The musical craft (music theory, ear training, practical piano, form analysis, related arts, ensemble management, recording technique, presentation technique)
- Artistic knowledge (artistic knowledge, music history)
With us, you get the opportunity to collaborate with students from other specialisations as well as with students from the audio technology programme.
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