Explorative Perspectives in Music and Education

Ola Buan Øien (PhD) is a musician and postdoctoral researcher in music education at the Faculty of Education and Arts at Nord University. His research focuses on arts-based research, music education, and music technology. Further information: https://www.nord.no/en/about/employees/ola-buan-oien.

Solveig Salthammer Kolaas (PhD) is a musician and associate professor at the Faculty of Education and Arts at Nord University. Her research focuses on arts education, co-arts, musical theatre and arts-based research. Further information: https://www.nord.no/om/ansatte/solveig-salthammer-kolaas

Michael Francis Duch (PhD) is a professor of double bass, jazz and experimental music at NTNU Department of Music, where he currently holds the position as Deputy Head of Research. Duch is a member of the steering committee of VIS - Nordic Journal for Artistic Research, and alumni member of the The Young Academy of Norway. He has been involved in around 80 recordings released in various formats. Further information: https://www.ntnu.edu/employees/michael.duch

Elin Angelo (PhD) is a professor in music education at NTNU (Department of Teacher Education / Department of Music), and professor II at the Faculty of Education and Arts at Nord University. Her research focuses music education on different levels, and collaboration in music/teacher educations. Further information: https://www.ntnu.edu/employees/elin.angelo

Tore Kristian Aune (PhD) is an associate professor in sport and human movement science at the Faculty of Education and Arts at Nord University. His main research focus is performance and skill development from an interdisciplinary approach (motor control and learning, physiology, psychology). Further information: https://www.nord.no/om/ansatte/tore-kristian-aune

Bjørn-Terje Bandlien is associate professor of music at NTNU, Department of Teacher Education. His research concerns music-related learning and teaching and kulturskole-related research with the main focus on collaboration between kulturskole and compulsory schools. For more information: https://www.ntnu.edu/employees/bjorn.t.bandlien

Hilde Synnøve Blix is a professor in aural skills and music education at UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Music Conservatory. Her research interests include aural skills didactics, music literacy, music education, music and gender, and artistic research. Further information: https://uit.no/ansatte/hilde.blix

Hanne Bæverfjord is an assistant professor in music at Queen Maud’s University College for Early Childhood Education. She is a choral conductor. She has composed and arranged choral music commissioned and performed both nationally and internationally. Hannes research focus is on how to facilitate more singing in both early childhood education and kindergarten. https://dmmh.no/om-dmmh/ansatte/hanne-baverfjord-2

Andreas van Dijk is a freelance soundengineer, video editor/creator and musician. He has completed a bachelordegree in music education at Nord University, and is currently working as a technician and teacher at the Faculty of Education and Arts at Nord University. 

Petter Frost Fadnesis Professor of improvised music at the Faculty of Performing Arts, University of Stavanger. He has published on a wide range of performance related topics, such as jazz collectives, jazz places, film scoring, jazz for young people, and improvisational practices. His book, Jazz on the Line – Improvisation in Practice, was published at Routledge in 2020.https://www.uis.no/nb/profile/petter-frost-fadnes

B. Solveig Fretheim is an Associate professor in music at Nord University, Faculty of Education and Arts. Her fields of teaching and research interests involve philosophy of music and arts education, the complexities of creativity, arts-based research methods, autoethnography, voice and gender.

Sondre Gran is a master's student. Sondre has a bachelor's degree in music, and is now in the final year of the master's program "Master in music with ensemble conducting" at Nord University. The research Sondre uses in his master's project is artistic research.

Laila Grendahl is a university lecturer and PhD fellow researcher at the Faculty of Education and Arts at Nord University with leadership in ensemble and music pedagogics as main topics. She is a conductor, and her research focuses on ensemble leadership, diversity in music education and community music, queer theories, and feminist post-human philosophy. https://www.nord.no/om/ansatte/laila-grendahl

Ronald Kibirige (PhD) is a music and dance educator, practitioner, instrumentalist, and instruments-craftsman from Uganda – East Africa. He is an Associate Professor of Arts Education at the Department of Teacher Education of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). He obtained his PhD in Humanities and the Arts at NTNU with focus on dance and music. He holds an International Master in Dance Knowledge, Heritage, and Practice (Choreomundus) from a consortium of four Universities (NTNU - Norway, University of Clermont Auvergne - France, University of Szeged-Hungary, and University of Roehampton – UK).

Ørjan Breivik Kines is a music teacher and PhD researcher in music education at the Faculty of Education and Arts at Nord University. The research for his PhD focuses on music practices in early childhood education, and investigates music materials and environments. More info: https://www.nord.no/en/about/employees/orjan-breivik-kines

Luca Nielsen Jenssen is a musician and a bachelor’s student in music pedagogy at Nord University. His research focuses on stretching the rules in music genres, as well as push the limits of gender norms in today’s music education.

Professor Rose Martin (PhD) is the Dean of the Faculty of Education, Arts and Culture at Nord University. Rose’s research and teaching focuses on community arts and dance, inclusion, diversity and multiculturalism, and issues of politics and policy in arts education. Further information: https://www.nord.no/en/about/employees/rosemary-kate-martin

Lise Karin Meling is associate professor of music at the Faculty of Performing Arts at the University of Stavanger. Her research focuses on music history, performance practice, music and gender and music education. Further information: https://www.uis.no/nb/profile/lise-karin-meling

Lilli Mittner is associate professor at the Centre for Women’s and Gender Research at UiT The Arctic University of Norway. She is specifically interested in feminist theories and how they connect to sound and music, cultural transfer, education, gender equality, sustainability, connectivity, co-creativity, dementia, environmental issues, and other planetary concerns. Further information: https://uit.no/ansatte/lilli.mittner

Tone Rove Nilsen is a PhD student in Science of Professions at Nord University. Currently she is working at the Norwegian Centre for Learning Environment and Behavioural Research in Education at University of Stavanger. Her research focuses on quality in ECEC, children`s play, physical environments and play materials. Further information: https://www.uis.no/nb/profile/tone-rove-nilsen

Alexander Nynes, PhD. Student at the Faculty of Education and Arts at Nord University. His research focuses on motor behavior and neurophysiological constraints for human movements. Further information: Alexander Victor Toresen Nynes (nord.no)

Sveinung Næss is an associate professor of drama in the Faculty of Education and Arts at Nord University. His research primarily focuses on the use of improvisational theatre in communication.

Ninni Rotmo Olsen is a visual artist and researcher in Arts and Crafts  education at the Faculty of Education and Arts at Nord University. Her research is centered around the intersections between art-based research, art education and the integration between art and technology. Further information: https://app.cristin.no/persons/show.jsf?id=514906 

Morten Sæther is professor (docent) of music education at Queen Mauds University College of Early Childhood Education. (DMMH). His research interests include music in early childhood education, children’s musical development and preschool teacher professionalism. Further information: https://dmmh.no/om-dmmh/ansatte/morten-sather

Roy Waade is professor of music education at Nord University. He is also a musician, bandleader and composer. Waade has released records in different music-styles as jazz, pop, funk, rock and free impro. He established Midtnorsk Soundpaintings Ensemble in 2012 and  he has also published articles about Soundpainting and improvisation. He regards himself as an A/r/tographer, since he often operates in the «in between-area» of being an Artist, Researcher and Teacher.