Live Electronics
KristiansandDevelop your own artistic expression and explore new possibilities with this one-year programme in Live Electronics.
Facts about the program
- ECTS credits:
- 60
- Duration:
- 1 year
- Mode of study:
- Full-time
- Semester:
- Autumn 2024
- Application opens:
- 1 November
- Application deadline:
- 15 December
- Student places:
- 15
This study has vacancies
About the programme
Live Electronics is relevant for both musicians trained with a main instrument as well as ‘laptop’ musicians that rely solely on electronic interfaces to make and perform their music. We also welcome composers, songwriters and producers that seek to develop and perform their artistic project in a concert setting.
What will you learn?
Through teaching and mentoring by international leading artists and professionals, we seek to educate students that hold international standards relating both to the nature of their artistic project and the manner of which this is conveyed in a concert setting.
- You develop your skills within music technology and performance under individual guidance
- You learn different strategies for using music technology creatively
- You acquire various techniques to process and treat your own main instrument
- You develop your competence to express your own musical ideas in interaction with others
- You become better at making aesthetic assessments related to the use of music technology
- You gain in-depth knowledge of various techniques for improvising and composing with your main instrument through music technology
- You learn to incorporate existing compositions into your improvisation
- You learn about how to configure a custom setup to process your main instrument
- You acquire knowledge about developing, planning, and carrying out concerts associated with your artist project, where the use of music technology and collaboration with other musicians are central
Teaching methods and facilities
Workshops are a central part of the program and introduce you to various aesthetic and creative possibilities. We offer industry standard facilities for both performance and production, all through an innovative pedagogical framework.
Student life
Read more about student life in Southern Norway and what to expect here.
Career prospects
The one-year programme in Live Electronics gives you necessary skills for choosing professions with various tasks related to the performance, production, and dissemination of music.
Further studies
The one year programme can be used in or as a supplement to other bachelor's education.
Exchange opportunities
Admissions
The application period for international students is 1 November to 15 December.
Admission requirements
a) The general basis for admission to universities and university colleges in Norway is called Higher Education Entrance Qualification. You may find what is considered university entrance qualifications from your country in the 'GSU' list. This list states the basic requirements for admission to higher education in Norway. Please download the latest version of the 'GSU' list from this website.
b) Successful completion of entrance examinations on your main instrument.
Overseas (non-Norwegian) applicants who are not able to attend in person for the entrance examinations can be offered digital assessments. The audition can be carried out by sending a verified audio-visual recording of a performance by the candidate (performing repertoire of their own choice), and interviews can be conducted on a digital platform.
c) 60 credits in performance-based (music) subjects. (Other relevant topics can, after special consideration, be approved as a basis for admission).
d) Entrance requirements are Higher Education Entrance Qualification for international applicants and certified language requirements in English
See information about admission.
Recommended prerequisites
Good knowledge and skills are required in the main areas of performance practise, production and composition to pass the entrance audition.
How to apply
How to apply to degree programmes
Contact the admission's office: admission@uia.no
Tuition fees
Tuition fees are applicable to international students with citizenship from outside the EU/EEA or Switzerland.
Contact
- charlotte.vartdal@uia.no
- Phone
- +47 38 14 15 68
- alessandra.bossa@uia.no
- pia.goul@uia.no
- Phone
- +47 38 14 24 12