Welcome!
Welcome to the Ear Training Pedagogic Conference in Stavanger!
Link to registration
At the conference, we have two days of individual presentations and discussions on the following themes:
- Entrance exams in different countries/regions/institutions
- The role of music theory in higher music education in general
Many countries such as Norway use a national music theory and ear training test as a part of the entrance examination process. The content and level of this test has strong implications toward various levels of music education: What the students are expected to know when they enter the university, largely dictates the level of education we can give them during the often limited time reserved to music theory and ear training. The content of the entrance exam also largely dictates the content of teaching in lower educational levels. We also want to address the question as to what role music theory and ear training play in (higher) music education in general.
The confirmed presenters and participants come from different music institutions in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Italy, and Spain. Conference languages are Scandinavian and English.
Registration and payment by 9th of February
Link to registration
The conference fee is 750 NOK, including lunch and refreshments for both conference days and conference materials.
Practical information
The first conference day starts with coffee and registration at 10:00.
The address for the conference venue is Bjergsted 1 (Fakultet for utøvende kunstfag, Universitetet i Stavanger).
From Stavanger Airport to the conference venue, we recommend taking the Airport Shuttle Bus (see, flybussen.no for details), to Stavanger bus terminal.
Here's a link to the route from Stavanger bus terminal to Bjergsted, which is about 30 minutes’ walk: Stavanger bussterminal, Stavanger til Bjergsted 1, Stavanger - Google Maps.
Tentative program
Thursday 23.2.2023
10:00 Coffee and registration
10:30 Opening words - Esa Lilja
10:45 Maria Medby Tollefsen- Digitalt grunnkurs i gehør og musikkteori
11:15 Fabio Ferrucci - Entrance Exams, skills and curriculum renewal: the Parma experience
11:45 Anne Katrine Bergby - Digitale opptaksprøver anno 2017 – hva kan vi lære av historien?
12:15 Lunch
13:15 Hilde S. Blix - Erfaringer med opptaksprøvene i gehør og teori – studentperspektiver
13:45 Christian Primberg- Musikklinjene i videregående skole – sett fra Tromsø
14:15 Coffee
14:45 Maria Medby Tollefsen, Esa Lilja, Laura Gorbe-Ferrer - Entrance exams for higher music education: A cross-institutional development project in four stages
15:15 Common debate - Moderated by Esa/Maria
16:15 End
ca. 19:00 Conference dinner, details TBA
Friday 24.2.2023
09:45 Opening words - Esa Lilja
9:45 Grete Vargeid - Flerstemte Prima Vista-øvelser
10:15 Inge Bjarke - Intervaller - fænomen og læring
10:45 Coffee
11:15 Mari Skogly -“What´s in it for me?” Gehør/Hørelære - Relevans for studentenes praksis
11:45 Maura Capuzzo - Why music theory is essential in higher music education?
12:15 Lunch
13:15 Laura Gorbe-Ferrer - “Ear training” at the entrance exams in Spain: Description of the content and skills implicitly addressed
13:45 Esa Lilja - Music theory as a regulative system: A case of harmony analysis in entrance exams
14:15 Coffee
14:45 General discussion
15:45 Closing words
16:00 End of the conference
Conference dinner
Conference dinner takes place on Thursday evening at own cost (venue TBA).
More information
Esa Lilja
Tel. +47 482 16 493
esa.lilja@uis.no
