Utøvende rytmisk musikk

Rolf Kristensen (2022). Invitation [CD] Losen Records, LOS 270-2

http://www.losenrecords.no/release/invitation

Bernt Moen Trio (2021). The Storm [CD] Losen Records, LOS 263-2

http://www.losenrecords.no/release/the-storm

Bernt Moen/Fredrik Sahlander/Tobias Solbakk (2019). Dualistic [CD] Losen Records, LOS 214

http://www.losenrecords.no/release/dualistic

Øyvind Nypan (2018) Big City [CD/LP] Losen Records, LOS 198-2

http://www.losenrecords.no/release/big-city

Øyvind Nypan (2017) Stereotomic [CD] Losen Records, LOS 168-2

http://www.losenrecords.no/release/stereotomic

Rolf Kristensen (2018) Timelines [CD] Losen Records, LOS 200-2

http://www.losenrecords.no/release/tba-4

Jan Gunnar Hoff Group (2018) Featuring Mike Stern [CD/LP] Losen Records, LOS 196-2

http://www.losenrecords.no/release/tba-2

Maj Brit Andersen/Krinkastningsorkesteret/Geir Holmsen/Lars Saabye Christensen (2018) Et stille sted [CD/LP] Grappa, GRCD 4596

https://www.grappa.no/no/albums/grappa/et-stille-sted/

Torun Berg Eriksen (2018) Luxury and Waste [CD] Jazzland Recordings, 377903 1

https://jazzlandrec.com/luxury-and-waste-torun-eriksen

Bernt Moen. (2014). Solopiano Vol. 3. [CD] Norway: BAM Records. 4714BAM01

https://open.spotify.com/album/6RRlXILzEAtpEdKViUfWhl?si=g_ugPbyXSre75pT5qyEyxw

Fredrik Sahlander - SAH! (2015) Present Future [CD]. BAM Records, BAMR007

https://open.spotify.com/album/5rVy1cnrJL9WZ7O4YeRcaL?si=d-cHAuFdShi8E-GIjnhKgg

Synthetix

Project Leader: Bernt Moen, Associate Professor 

"Synthetix" is a trio based on freely improvised music where none of the music is discussed or arranged before the concerts and we really enjoy the feeling of not knowing the musical outcome of our performances. 

The trio consists of Eirik Ask on synth, Tobias Øymo Solbakk og drums and modular synth and Bernt Moen on piano and synths. 

We recorded our first concert at Teateret and this recording will be released in 2021.

SAH!

Project Leader: Boo Fredrik Sahlander, Associate Professor (PhD)

SAH! was formed as a part of Sahlanders PhD research in popular music performance at UiA. The trio consists of Fredrik Sahlander (bass), Bernt Moen (keyboards) and Kirk Covington (drums). The style of music is based around the 90s fusion era and postbop based jazz. Sahlander studied under Gary Willis (Tribal Tech) while completing his PhD and Willis` teachings and musical influences inspired Sahlander to compose the music featured on the album Present:Future (2015). This release is also a testament to Sahlanders development as an improvising musician during his two years of studies with Gary Willis. SAH! also recorded the album Past:Present (2012), the intention with this release was to mark the start of Sahlanders research into field of developing and improving his improvisational skills.

"Et stille sted" / "A Quiet Place"

Project Leader: Geir Holmsen, Professor 

New lyrics from Lars Saabye Christensen, with music composed and arranged for orchestra by Geir Holmsen, performed by Maj Britt Andersen, The Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Truls Mørk – solocello, Daniela Reyes Holmsen – akkordeon, Ivar Anton Waagaard – piano, and conducted by Peter Szilvay. Performed in a live TV production for NRK, and released on Grappa Musikkforlag. The album is nominated to 2 Norwegian Grammys for best composer and best lyricist.

Lind, Nilsen, Fuentes & Holm

Project Leader: Askil Holm, Senior Lecturer

Lind, Nilsen, Fuentes, Holm is the musical collaboration between the Norwegian Grammy Awards winners Espen Lind, Kurt Nilsen, Alejandro Fuentes and Askil Holm. Their two first albums “Hallelujah Live Vol. 1” and “Hallelujah Live Vol. 2” is one of the bestselling album all time.  Askil Holm is Senior Lecteur and teacher at the songwriter and artist study at UiA Rytmisk. This year they are playing 50 concerts and events all across Norway for almost 150 000 people, and they start their tour with two sold out shows in Oslo Spectrum. Askil Holm is contributing as songwriter, artist, vocalist and he is focusing on vocalarrangements and band-production in the production process.

Physical approach to music performance. PhD Project

Gunn-Hilde Erstad Haugen, PhD Research Fellow

I am studying a new approach to music performance called Timani. Timani is a method that teaches knowledge about the body in a relevant way for musicians. By learning anatomy, musicians can find the most efficient way to use muscles and joints while playing and singing. This may improve sound and technique and also prevent injury and pain. How will this new performance method affect me as a professional musician on tour, on stage and in the rehearsal room?

Groove Based Music Subdivided in Quintuplets. PhD Project.  

Jan Inge Nilsen, PhD Research Fellow

Groove Based Music Subdivided in Quintuplets, is based on my Master- project where I explored the possibilities composing and playing popular music subdivided in five. I ́m currently working on these subjects in rhythmically sophisticated music and investigating the opportunities that these subdivisions provide in terms of polyrhythms and rhythmic lines crossing the main pulse. Also regarding to improvisation. The aim is achieving more extensive knowledge, know-how and practical knowledge in terms of skills and expertise in this subject.

Competencies for the future in higher electronic music education. PhD Project.  

Eirik Sørbø, PhD Research Fellow

Today we see changes that are suggested to have vast impacts on which competencies will be valued in the future, and education needs to prepare students for jobs that have not yet been created, for technologies that have not yet been invented, and to solve problems that have not yet been anticipated. How should we align the education of electronic musicians in higher education with 21^st century competencies? This thesis aims to discuss the advantages, pitfalls, potentials and quagmires electronic music pedagogy meets when facing this question.

This research group is the largest group of academic staff at the unit where the focus is artistic research and performance practice at highest international level. This activity is an important prerequisite for the offer popular music education we give the department characterized by a through study program in popular music from Bachelor to PhD with emphasis on artistic performance. Several of the staff both have been and still are active professional musicians nationally and internationally with several albums, tours, media appearances etc. behind them. Research on artistic creative processes and the dissemination of such knowledge to our students at all levels of study is an important area for this group. Two of our research fellows are linked to this group.

Popular music education (education of musicians and educators) is an important academic field at the University of Agder, where we are well ahead both nationally and internationally.

• PhD programme at Faculty of Fine Arts, Specialization in Popular Music Performance 

Den rytmiske stemmen – konferanse

Teateret, Kristiansand 22.9.21

Forskningsgruppen for utøvende musikk arrangerte konferansen «Den rytmiske stemmen» i tilknytning forskningsdagene 2021. Forskningsgruppens arrangementer under forskningsdagene går over to dager, og omfatter i tillegg til konferansen også konserter. Konferansen var delt opp i 3 sesjoner, og den røde tråden er den rytmiske stemmen. Hvordan vi prater om-, og bruker den. Hver sesjon ble innledet av en keynote-speaker i samtale med en representant fra forskningsgruppen. Deretter ble det gjennomført panelsamtaler, hvor paneldeltakerne representerer ulike aspekter ved den rytmiske stemmen – sett fra ulike ståsted representert ved undervisere, stipendiater, masterstudenter, produsenter, artister og sangere.

Konferanse var delt inn i 3 sesjoner:

Den utøvende stemmen -Vurdering og fremføring

Stemmen i produksjon – som tekstur og signatur

Stemmen som kompositorisk verktøy - topliner og singer/songwriter

Keynote speakers: Knut Anders Sørum, Javed Kurd, Anneli Drecker.

Moderatorer: Hilde Norbakken, Kari Iveland, Torun Eriksen

Paneldeltakere: Javed Kurd, Geirmund Hansen, Sampda «Samsaya» Sharma, Mari Klingen Sørheim, Carina Frantzen, Andreas Røshol.

Konferansen ble live-streamet.

«Arven etter Preus» 
The Legacy of the Norwegian singer-songwriter Anne Grete Preus

Project Leaders: Hilde Norbakken, Lecturer. Askil Holm, Senior Lecturer  

«Arven etter Preus» is a research-project initiated by the vocal-and songwriter-section at “UiArytmisk” the Department of Popular Music at the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Agder. It was started by lecturer Hilde Norbakken, Senior lecturer Askil Holm, Associate Professor Torun Berg Eriksen, Associate Professor Anneli Drecker and Doctoral Research Fellow Kari Iveland. 

This signature-project was started to honor and continue their Professor 2 and songwriter and artist colleague Anne Grete Preus as a creating and performing artist.

In this research-project the members will focus on methodology in the writing-,performing- and releaseprocess in the Songwriting and artist domain. Their main goal is to gain more professional weight and create good scientific material and visible performing-projects over the next years. Their first concert was arranged at “Forskningsdagene 2020” on the 22nd of September at “Teateret” in Kristiansand.

Music Theory 2.0

Project Leaders: Erik Gunvaldsen, Professor. Tore Bråthen, Associate Professor

Participants: Eirik Sørbø, PhD Researc Fellow

The development of modern music goes fast. Much due to technological solutions in various stages of music production such as composing and arranging. Earlier, working as a composer or arranger ment that you also had knowledge about the instruments, different harmonic solutions, and were able to communicate your music to other musicians through sheets. Technology has now taken over several of these features. One can skip some introduction and speed up to the creative work working with music.

More people therefor ask questions about the music theory curriculum used today. What is needed from the previous syllabus in the subject. What can be removed and in what order should it be presented. What didactic thoughts should one do and which methodological solutions one should choose to best utilize the many possibilities that exist. Much of the music played now also has other harmonic focus areas than the traditional music theory uses. Here too, one must rethink the subject.

The Music Theory 2.0 project looks at the needs of the new musicians in relation to this and how to adapt the curriculum, didactics and methodology of the musictheoretical subjects in order to provide a relevant and timely music theory teaching.

UKM – Ung Kultur Møtes / The Norwegian Youth Festivals of Art

Project Leaders: Askil Holm, Senior Lecturer 

UKM / The Norwegian Youth Festivals of Art, is a cultural initiative for children and youngsters from the age of 10 to 20. The objective of the initiative is to stimulate young people to be creative and active, and to develop and make their cultural activity visible.

Senior Lecteur and teacher Askil Holm at UiARytmisk are working as mentor and bandplay-teacher, and the students are co-writers, mentors and backing band for the young artists and songwriters.

The UKM is one of the Government’s most important priority area on the field of youth culture and the festivals has been an annual event since 1987. There has been a tremendous growth in participation over these years and in 2002, more than 26 000 young people took part in all the local Youth Festivals of Art. As from the autumn of 2002, the young may register online. The UKM has an ambition to form a part of the development of the cultural expressions of young people.

Jan Inge Nilsen 1-2-3-4-5

På sporet av grooven

 PhD Thesis Jango Nilsen 1-2-3-4-5 På sporet av grooven-med ISSN og ISBN

Drabløs, P.E. The Quest for the Melodic Electric Bass: From Jamerson to Spenner. Farnham: Ashgate Publishing, 2015. 252 pp. ISBN 978-1-4724-3482-1

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/popular-music/article/the-quest-for-the-melodic-electric-bass-from-jamerson-to-spenner-by-per-elias-drabloes-farnham-ashgate-publishing-2015-252-pp-isbn-978-1-4724-3482-1/C2928A457224A6ECDC8A4CAC8AE313AA

Sahlander, F. Dissertation

"Från grundton till B2" («From Root to B2»)

https://uia.brage.unit.no/uia-xmlui/handle/11250/2446642