Programme for the semester start week on campus Bjergsted

11.00 - Fadder (buddy) meeting on Campus Bjergsted

All new students at the Faculty of Performing Arts (UK) are asked to meet in the Hetland hall at 11.00 am for a meeting with Fadder (buddy) leaders. There will be a joint departure to the Campus Ullandhaug later the same day, for the University's official opening ceremony and opening of the fadder village.
Location: Hetland Hall

12.00 - University's official opening ceremony on Campus Ullandhaug

The University of Stavanger opens the autumn semester 2025 with a solemn and informal opening ceremony for all students at 12.00 pm on Campus Ullandhaug.
Location: Campus Ullandhaug

After the ceremony - Opening of the Fadder (buddy) week

Read more about registration and programme for the buddy week.

12.00 - 13.00 - Opening ceremony on Campus Bjergsted

The faculty arranges a separate opening ceremony with artistic elements on campus. The opening ceremony is for both students and staff. No need for registration.
Location: Eikenes Hall

13.00 - Free lunch and ''meet and greet'' in the park or foyer

The event will take place outside in Bjergstedparken after the opening ceremony. The event is open to all staff and students at the Faculty of Performing Arts. No need for registration.
Location: Bjerstedparken/ Bjergsted foyer

11.00 - 12.00 - Orientation meeting for all new students, in ENGLISH

This is what you need to know to be a student here. What are our information channels, how do I book practice rooms, how do I find my timetable, what duties and rights do I have? The information meeting is in english and is for all new students at one year studies, Bachelor's, extention studies, PDM, MPO and incoming exchange students.
Location: Eikenes Hall

At 10.00 the same meeting will be held in Norwegian.

12.15 - 13.00 - Information from the department of: JAZZ

IMeet both your fellow students in the Jazz department and several of the teachers. Information about the academic year that you have in store. Compulsory for all jazz students.
Attendance registration.
Location: Hetlands Hall

12.15 - 13.00 - Information from the deptartment of: CLASSICAL and CHURCH MUSIC

Meet both your fellow students in the classical department and several of the teachers. Information about the academic year that you have in store. Compulsory for all classical and church music students.
Attendance registration.
Location: Eikenes Hall

12.15 - 13.00 - Information from the department of: CONDUCTING

Meet both your fellow students in the conducting department and several of the teachers. Information about the academic year that you have in store. Compulsory for all conducting students .
Attendance registration.
Location: Room 2109 in building 2

12.15 - 13.00 - Information from the department of: DANCE

Meet both your fellow students on the Bachelor in Dance and several of the teachers. Information about the academic year that you have in store. Compulsory for all students on the Bachelor in Dance.
Attendance registration.
Location: Dance studio 1302

12.15 - 13.00 - Information from the department of: MUSIC PRODUCTION

Meet both your fellow students in musicproduction studies and your teacher. Information about the academic year that you have in store. Compulsory for all MPO students.
Attendance registration.
Location: Ramsland

13.15 - 14.00 - Information about compulsory Folk music/dance course in Voss for all 1 year BA

Information about week 36 at Ole Bull Academy for 1st class BA music and dance. Attendance registration.
Location: Eikenes hall

Please Note! The teachers/subject department have the opportunity to set up their own activity after the information meetings, in which case information comes directly from the department / teacher.

13.15 - 14.00 - Information for all Masterstudents

Meet both your fellow students and your teachers in the master's program. This information meeting is for all years and all fields of study. It will provide information about the academic year that awaits you. Mandatory for all full-time and part-time students. Attendance registration.

Location: Hetland hall

19.00 - Free entrance on "Meditations on listening" in Stavanger Concert Hall

Welcome to a unique performance about new perspectives on the conductor's role and listening as an expanded concept!
PhD candidate in conducting at the Faculty of Performing Arts, Halldis Rønning, holds a magnificent concert that marks the end of her doctoral studies.

Can conducting be conceptual art? Can it be performance or dance? Through her art, she touches on themes such as mutual exchange, creative scope, agency and control. But also the conducting body as an expression and register of experience in interaction with nature or with an orchestra.

The concert is curated by Rønning and includes newly written works by Maja S. K. Ratkje, Hilmar Thordarson and Halldis Rønning, works by Arvo Pärt and Pauline Hall, as well as video art by Anne-Marthe Dyvi, Thorbjörg Jonsdottir and Halldis Rønning in collaboration with Eirik Aurlund Sæle.
Free admission, but reserve your ticket here on the concert hall's website: Meditations on listening - a creative exploration of the conductor's role - Stavanger Concert Hall

11:00-11:45 - New student?

As a new student, it can be overwhelming to know what you are getting into. We will share some tips and good advice to succeed in the first year of study and talk about our expectations of you and the difference between being a pupil and a student. Not least, there is room for your questions. Perhaps you are wondering how to change your GP or vacuum cleaner bag, or where you can find used curriculum litterature, gigs or the university's gym. Then you should come to this event! The meeting will be in English.
Location: Hetlandssalen

The same meeting in Norwegian will take place at 10.00.

11.00 - 11.45 - Information meeting about 'INDEPENDENT STUDY' Dance

Meeting and information about independent project for 3rd class BA dance and those who take this subject after completing the BA.
Location: Dance Hall 1302

12.00 - 14.00 - Meet musician and producer John Derek Bishop

John Derek Bishop (aka Tortusa) is a Norwegian-American electronic musician and producer from Stavanger. Bishop uses various forms of both hardware and software for composition and live performance, such as old tape machines, modular synthesizers, samplers and a number of other tools. A cornerstone of Bishop's production is the sound and structure of the soundscape. Bishop has composed and participated in modern dance and performance shows in Norway, England and France for several years. He has made music for several short films, including "Limerence", "Hyperspace" and "Across the dreams". In addition to making music, he works with photography and has created the cover art for his albums. Today he comes to us to tell and inspire from his freelance life, and his collaborations both within different music genres and dance/performance. Bishop did his master's degree here at the faculty.

Location: Eikenes Hall

Please Note! The teachers/subject department have the opportunity to set up their own activity after the information meetings, in which case information comes directly from the department / teacher.

Choose an activity you want to participate in. All these workshops are open to all students at the Faculty, the more we are the merrier!

12.00 - 14.00 - Workshop dance

Workshop with Hagit Yakira.
Location: Dance studio 1302

12.00 - 14.00 - Workshop choir

Workshop choir with dean and conductor Harald Eikaas:
Drop the vitamins and physiotherapy session! Sing a song instead. Several international studies show that singing has an effect on both our mental and physical health!
Location: Eikenes Hall

12.00 - 14.00 - Jam

Jam with teachers from the jazz department, bring your instrument and join in!
Location: Hetlands Hall