Articles about School of music

Challenges traditional listening

2020-09-29 New research at Luleå University of Technology examines the role of listening in intercultural musical collaboration and in ecological sound art. The hope is that the study, which has been carried out...

Erik Westberg's vocal ensemble awarded prize

2020-06-10 The Swedish Composers Association awards Erik Westberg and his vocal ensemble this year's Interpretation Award. In addition to the honor, a prize sum of SEK 50,000 is also included.

Conference focusing on streamed music

2020-06-10 Next week, the Music in the Age of Streaming conference will be held at the School of Music at Luleå University of Technology. For two days, the event brings together Nordic and international research...

Live graduation concert

2020-06-07 On Friday, June 5, the orchestra academy's graduation concert was performed at the Concert Hall in Stockholm. The program, which is a collaboration between Luleå University of Technology and the Royal...

Debuting with superhuman single

2020-05-08 Elin Johansson, a student at the Higher Education Diploma Programme as recording/performing artist program, is releasing her debut single Human on Spotify. A song inspired by complicated relationships...

SMASK is ready

2020-03-10 Now on Friday it is time for this year's competition of the melaspex SMASK in Piteå. An evening filled with pitch rises, banter and high-octane shows. However, this year's event has an ominous theme.

Documentary film day with intrusive theme

2020-02-17 Some of Sweden's leading documentary filmmakers gathered at the School of Music at Luleå University of Technology during Friday's documentary film day. This year's event circled around the most person...

Performs new composition in Piteå

3 Feb. 2020 19:00 – 21:00 :

2020-01-28 Erik Westberg's Vocal Ensemble performs a new work by composer Carl Unander Scharin at Studio Acusticum in Piteå on February 3. As an extra spice, American mezzo soprano Katherine Osborne, now a teach...

Trump video becomes viral

2019-11-25 A speech by US President Donald Trump set to music has attracted hundreds of thousands of viewers on Youtube in just a few days. The author is Mathias Lundqvist, senior lecturer and teacher at the Sch...

Wrote song for new Swedish movie

2019-10-18 David Myhr, senior lecturer and teacher at Luleå University of Technology in Piteå, wrote the single Work of love which can be heard in the new Swedish big film Until Frank separates us.

Former student nominated for the Music Publishers award

2019-10-15 The composer and former student Johannes Pollak was nominated for the Music Publishers Award in the category of Art Music of the Year. The nominated work was a composition of William Shakespeare's poe...

Student created work on maternity ward-occupation

2019-10-10 Recently, the work "BB-occupation" was performed with Norrbotten's Youth Symphonics in Boden. The author is the composition student Alva Stern who wants to highlight the burning current issues of wome...

Open house attracted many

2019-10-01 The Luleå University School of Music opened its doors to the public and invited guests on Tuesday. More than 300 visitors from large parts of northern Sweden got to know everything from lectures to da...

Former student new chaplain in På spåret

2019-09-24 Last spring, Lada Egolaeva graduated from the bachelor's program in music at Luleå University of Technology. Now she becomes the new chaplain for the orchestra in the immensely popular television prog...

New students were welcomed in Piteå

2019-08-22 This year's new students at the School of Music were welcomed on Wednesday by university management and teachers.

Student won international music competition

2019-07-10 Student Fredrik Ekenvi has won the final in the international composition competition WASBE (World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles). The competition focuses on wind orchestra music and F...

Summer Academy of the highest class

2019-06-19 The summer academy at Framnäs Folk High School attracts promising musicians and renowned teachers every year to Piteå. Everything from students at advanced level to high school students and amateurs g...

Party atmosphere at the closing ceremony in Piteå

2019-06-10 The atmosphere was on top when the graduates at the School of Music at Luleå University of Technology was thanked at Studio Acusticum.

Teachers won international music competition

2019-05-10 In rock hard international competition, Mathias Lundqvist's song Hopp och Lek was named winner when the US-based songwriting competition International Songwriting Competition (ISC) announced this year...

Trial-course attracted dance enthusiasts

2019-04-10 This week, the dance teacher education at Luleå University of Technology was taken over by just over 50 curious visitors from all over the country. The prospective students participated in a two-day t...

SMASK winner with a "kick"

2019-03-16 After great drama, it was clear that this year's winner of SMASK in Piteå was the contribution "A kick" with the artists Kjell-Ken and Bob. It was the second consecutive year that the students Kristof...

Even sound levels may require legislation

2019-03-14 Many have certainly noticed that the volume may be commuting on the radio or felt compelled to adjust the volume when the sound level suddenly changes during television broadcasts. Differences in perc...

SMASK aims at the stars

2019-03-13 On Friday, it is time for this year's SMASK in Piteå. The Mello-spex that involves all of the Swedish Music Schools is a loving tribute to Eurovision. The theme of the competition in Piteå is space.

Legend celebrated at documentary film day

2019-02-18 For the 11th consecutive year, the Documentary Film Day was organized at Luleå University of Technology during Saturday. The day was devoted to documentary films, with views, conversations and discuss...

Festival in midwinter

2019-02-11 This week, the annual Midwinter Festival will be arranged at Luleå University of Technology. For four days, the public is given the opportunity to enjoy high quality music, performed by the students t...

Performs work by Frost composer

2019-01-29 Erik Westberg, professor at Luleå University of Technology, and his vocal ensemble, premieres the work Bidám vuolle by composer Frode Fjellheim at two concerts in Luleå and Piteå. Frode Fjellheim is m...

Honored with a star on Piteå's walk of fame

2018-12-18 Erik Westberg, conductor and professor at Luleå University of Technology, was recently awarded a star on the pedestrian street in Piteå. Like the more famous Hollywood Walk of Fame, the stars in centr...

Promising singers awarded with scholarship

2018-12-17 Student Kristoffer Töyrä is awarded this year's Hähnel scholarship. He studies the final year of the Bachelor program in Music with vocals as the main instrument.

Royaly awarded for educational efforts

2018-12-07 Björn Hällis, teacher and university lecturer at Luleå University of Technology, is awarded Göran Lagervall's music scholarship in higher music education. The prize is awarded to teachers who have ma...

Awarded Piteå municipality's cultural award

2018-12-07 David Myhr, musician and university lecturer at Luleå University of Technology, is awarded the Piteå Municipality Culture Award 2018.

Symposium on Artistic Research in Piteå

2018-11-16 The School of Music at Luleå University of Technology hosted the Science Council's annual symposium on artistic research this week. The theme of the event was basic research aimed at initiating a disc...

Premiere for men's choir Arctic Male Voices

2018-11-06 Under the direction of Professor Erik Westberg, the newly formed men's choir Arctic Male Voices will give their premiere concert in Umeå city church on Sunday 18 November at 15.00.

Festival ended the anniversary celebration

2018-10-22 Acusticum was filled with cultural enthusiasts on Saturday when the School of Music at Luleå University of Technology invited the public to a anniversary festival. Students and employees stood for the...

Grand celebration of the School of Music

2018-10-20 The atmosphere was on top when the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the School of Music began on Friday night. Specially invited guests from the university, business, other universities and the ...

Celebrate 25 years of choir art in Studio Acusticum

2018-10-16 Erik Westberg's Vocal Ensemble has reached millions of listeners all over the world and is today considered one of the country's absolute top choirs. This autumn the ensemble turns 25 and that it is c...

The School of Music dominates industry gala

2018-10-11 Two of the university's teachers in composition were nominated in the category "This Year's Art Music - Ensemble / Opera" when the candidates for the Music Publishers Prize were presented. This means ...

The School of Music at Luleå University of Technology celebrates 40 years

2018-10-09 In the autumn of 1978, the School of Music at Luleå University of Technology opened the doors for the first time. 40 years have passed and a wealth of worthwhile partnerships, fantastic people and cul...

New professor hopes to create collaboration areas

2018-10-02 Stefan Östersjö has since this autumn been a new subject representative and professor of musical performance at Luleå University of Technology. The classically-educated guitarist is internationally ac...

New students were welcomed in Piteå

2018-08-22 With a new academic year, new students will also come. This year's students arrived at the School of Music at Luleå University of Technology during Wednesday morning and was welcomed by university man...

Acoustics research can affect the concert halls of the future

2018-07-24 A recently completed research project at Luleå University of Technology has investigated how different types of concert hall acoustics affect the performers' experiences of music performances. The res...

Jan Sandström honorary doctorate at Umeå University

2018-06-20 Jan Sandström, Professor at Luleå University of Technology, is one of three new honorary doctorates at Umeå University.

Estimated summer academy in Piteå

2018-06-20 The annual recurring summer academy at Framnäs Folkhögskola attracts promising musicians and reputable teachers to Piteå every June. Everything from advanced-level students to high school students and...

Royal Award for Doctoral Project

2018-06-12 Daniel Stighäll, a PhD student at Luleå University of Technology, is awarded with the 2018 Bernadott scholarship for his doctoral project, parlar cantando - speaking in song. At a ceremony at the Bern...

Party mood at the closing ceremony in Piteå

2018-06-01 The atmosphere was top when the students at The School of Music at Luleå University of Technology were waved off in Studio Acusticum.

Motivated by the desire for music

2018-05-31 Student Lemar Jalili has made success in the spring with the song Chase That Gold. He went all the way to the final in the local P4 Next competition, and despite the fact that it did not go all the wa...

Appointed as new conductor for Sweden's youth choir

2018-05-21 Erik Westberg, professor at Luleå University of Technology, was recently appointed as the new conductor for Sweden's Youth Choir.

Biennal raises the importance of dance in school

2018-05-09 During the week, the national conference Dance in School-Biennial has been organized in Skellefteå and Piteå. The purpose of the biennial is to emphasize the importance of dance for children and young...

OrganicArt exceeds artistic limits

2018-04-23 OrganicArt takes place for the fourth time in 2018. The purpose is to present organ art together with other art forms and showcase the relationships between organ music, visual arts, literature, poetr...

Inspired by nature and the landscape

2018-04-16 The musician and the student Mirja Palo draw inspiration from nature and feel that she has found her artistic home in folk music. Her single Fjäril was recently promoted on P4 Norrbotten.

Record-high search pressure at The RSPO Orchestra Academy

2018-03-27 International Orchestra Academy have never had such a high search pressure as during this year's admission round. 228 hopeful people have reported their interest in the nine available places.

Uncritical attitude to music streaming

2018-03-05 Streamed music and companies like Spotify have today taken over the role as the premier music distributor. Never before, has music been as accessible as today, but it is at the same time a development...

Scholarship to student at master programme

2018-03-02 Mathias Lundkvist, fluteist and master student in music, is awarded this year's Hähnel Scholarship of the Scholarship Board at the Music School at Luleå University of Technology.

Test courses to strengthen interest in dance

2018-02-20 Dance teacher training invited prospective student for a test course earlier this week. During two days, the visitors became acquainted with the premises, teachers and students. Professor Cecilia Björ...

Students organize festival in Piteå

2018-02-19 On Wednesday, this year's edition of the Midwinter Festival will start. An arrangement that shows the best of what the university in Piteå has to offer. The festival is entirely organized by the stude...

Lifetime achievement praised

2018-02-09 Eric Forsgren's documentary film prize was awarded on the annual documentary film day in Piteå on Friday. This year's winner was Maud Nycander, who was praised for her extensive efforts in the documen...

The songwriter process is mapped in new album

2018-02-02 Where do musical ideas come from? And what is it that make up a great song? These are some of the issues that University Lecturer David Myhr is studying. Issues explored on the upcoming album Lucky Da...

New professor of dance education

2018-02-01 University lecturer Cecilia Björklund Dahlgren has been promoted to Professor of Dance Education for Artistic Studies at Luleå University of Technology. The first of its kind in Sweden.

The desire for music and life in new documentary

2018-01-15 Erik Westberg is described as a musical magician and is one of Sweden's absolute top choir conductors. This weekend, the radio program, the Conductor who survived, was premiered, in which his life was...

Music has its own creative power

2017-12-28 Does music have its own creative power? New research at Luleå University of Technology suggests that is the case.

Master's degree student is awarded scholarship

2017-12-18 Niclas Blixt, master student in conducting at Luleå University of Technology, is awarded the Royal Academy's scholarship in conducting.

Great contribution to the university's choir activity

2017-12-04 The professional choir activity at Luleå University of Technology is awarded over three million kronor from the Kempe Foundations, the Curt Boströms Foundation and the Norrbotten Region.

Great interest in open house

2017-11-17 The School of Music at Luleå University of Technology opened its doors to the public and invited guests during Wednesday. Several hundred got to experience everything from rock music to dance and radi...

Industry people in new music collaboration

2017-10-23 The studio musician has started a collaboration with the music producer and songwriter education Advanced Music Production (AMP), which is run in collaboration with Fryshuset Folkhögskola, Anders Bagg...

Awarded for outstanding educational activity

2017-10-13 Jan-Olof Eriksson, Professor at Luleå University of Technology, is awarded the Future Music Prize for Outstanding Educational Deed.

Master's thesis is presented with a concert

2017-10-09 Mikael Bäckman, university lecturer at Luleå University of Technology, presents his master's thesis with a lecture and concert at Studio Acusticum tonight. In the master's thesis, he has investigated ...

Unique initiative by the vocal ensemble

2017-09-28 Erik Westberg's Vocal Ensemble is widely regarded as one of the country's most outstanding in its genre. At the beginning of October, the ensemble releases its new record Chorus Gloriosus, which focus...

New student room opened in Piteå

2017-09-20 Since the Kårhusföreningen in Piteå went bankrupt, Piteå student section (PIST) stood without its own local. A fact that of course influenced both the student section and student life for almost two y...

Premiere night for research effort

2017-09-11 Luleå University of Technology's commitment to visualizing the artistic research to a broad public had a grand premiere on Friday night. The venture under the name The University presents offered ever...

Cultural festival initiates research effort

2017-09-04 The artistic research environment at Luleå University of Technology will be made visible to a broad public through a series of events under the name The University presents. The initiative begins with...

Closing ceremony in Piteå

2017-06-29 On June 2, the graduation ceremony was held for the students at the Music School at Luleå University of Technology.

New member of the Royal Academy of Music

2017-06-22 Sverker Jullander, Professor of Musical Instrumentation, was recently elected as a new member of the Royal Academy of Music.

Honored professor awarded exclusive scholarship

2017-05-02 Professor Erik Westberg, teacher at Luleå University of Technology, is honored with Landshövding Kari Marklund's scholarship. A prize awarded by the Längmanska företagarfonden to people who market No...

Mini Course arouses interest in dance

2017-04-04 Sweden's first dance teacher education is given in the School of Music at Luleå University of Technology. Recently, two days of mini-courses targeted at high school students and others who have shown ...

Music education with close ties to the industry

2017-03-22 A new hearing based music education at Luleå University of Technology caters to musicians and bands who want to find their creative core through a mix of garage thinking and academic training. The pro...

Legendary SMASK winner

2017-03-13 After a thrilling vote and an evening of humorous ESC tributes, the contribution Legend of snowmobile-Bängt was chosen to be the winner of 2017 SMASK in Piteå.

Former student behind ESC contribution

2017-03-09 Jon Henrik Fjällgren feat. Aninia took one of the direct places to the Eurovision Song Contest final on Saturday. Behind the song A world full of battles (Eatneme gusnie jeenh dåaroeh) is the composer...

Macchiarini documentary praised

2017-02-06 Eric Forsgren's documentary prize was awarded to the journalist Bosse Lindquist for his trilogy The experiments dealing with surgeon Paolo Macchiarini, then working at the Karolinska Institute in Stoc...

Students awarded scholarship

2017-01-31 Emma Stjernberg student in conducting at the master's program in music, was recently awarded a grant of 40 000 SEK from the Royal Academy of Music.

Guldbagge to Jan Sandström

2017-01-24 Jan Sandström, composer and professor at the School of Music at Luleå University of Technology, took home Guldbaggen for best original music at the annual Guldbaggegalan Monday evening.

Open Day attracted hundreds

2016-11-10 This article is only available in swedish.

Alumnus awarded prestigious scholarship

2016-10-31 Mikael Fall, musician and former student at the university, was recently awarded the prestigious Gunnar Hoffstens scholarship. According to the explanatory memorandum, Mikael Case has"demonstrated tha...

Idol Success for student Jesper Pettersson

2016-10-04 This article is only available in swedish.

Hear the students cover of Frans winning song

2016-03-14

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Updated: 11 October 2019
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