Nordic Higher Music Education: The Member Institutions of the Nordic Council of Conservatories Marja Heimonen Nordiska Konservatorierådet Nordic Council of Conservatories 2004 ii Acknowledgements This report is about higher music education offered by the member institutions of the Nordic Council of Conservatories (Nordiska Konservatorierådet). I would like to direct my special thanks to Dr Pekka Vapaavuori, the General Secretary of the Council, for his encouragement and invaluable comments on the work. I would also like to express my sincere thanks to all the members of the Working Committee for their support and the most important information they so kindly offered me. I am deeply indebted to all my contacts at the member institutions. I am also grateful for Professor Emeritus Anthony Kemp for revising the questionnaire, and I give special thanks to all those people who kindly answered the questions. Without them this work would not exist. I would like to express my gratitude to the personnel at the Sibelius Academy for helping me in many ways. Finally, I would like to thank Kari Kääriäinen for the layout and computing help. Helsinki, June 2004 Marja Heimonen iii CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................................1 BACKGROUND .....................................................................................................................................................1 PRINCIPAL QUESTIONS .........................................................................................................................................2 APPROACH OF THE STUDY....................................................................................................................................2 OBJECTIVES .........................................................................................................................................................2 SIGNIFICANCE......................................................................................................................................................3 DURATION ...........................................................................................................................................................3 EVALUATION AND DISSEMINATION ......................................................................................................................3 ABBREVIATIONS ..................................................................................................................................................3 PROFESSIONAL MUSIC TRAINING IN THE NORDIC COUNTRIES.............................................................5 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................................5 DANISH HIGHER EDUCATION................................................................................................................................7 Higher music education in Denmark..............................................................................................................8 Some general remarks.................................................................................................................................................8 The status of education and degrees offered ...............................................................................................................8 The main contents of study programmes.....................................................................................................................9 Nordic and international co-operation.......................................................................................................................10 Reforms.....................................................................................................................................................................10 Strengths and profiles (according to the answers to the questionnaire).....................................................................10 FINNISH HIGHER EDUCATION .............................................................................................................................11 Higher music education in Finland..............................................................................................................14 Some general remarks...............................................................................................................................................14 The status of education and degrees offered .............................................................................................................14 The main contents of the study programmes.............................................................................................................14 International co-operation .........................................................................................................................................15 Reforms.....................................................................................................................................................................16 Strengths and profiles (according to the answers to the questionnaire).....................................................................16 ICELANDIC HIGHER EDUCATION .........................................................................................................................17 Higher music education in Iceland...............................................................................................................17 Some general remarks...............................................................................................................................................17 The status of education and degrees awarded ...........................................................................................................18 The main contents of the study programmes.............................................................................................................18 Nordic and international co-operation.......................................................................................................................18 Reforms.....................................................................................................................................................................19 Strengths and profile (according to the answer to the questionnaire)........................................................................19 NORWEGIAN HIGHER EDUCATION ......................................................................................................................19 Higher music education in Norway..............................................................................................................20 Some general remarks...............................................................................................................................................20 The status of education and degrees awarded ...........................................................................................................21 The main contents of the study programmes.............................................................................................................21 International co-operation .........................................................................................................................................23 Forthcoming reforms.................................................................................................................................................24 Strengths and profiles (according to the answers to the questionnaire).....................................................................24 SWEDISH HIGHER EDUCATION............................................................................................................................25 Higher music education in Sweden ..............................................................................................................26 Some general remarks...............................................................................................................................................26 The status of education and degrees awarded ...........................................................................................................26 The main contents of the study programmes.............................................................................................................27 Nordic and international co-operation.......................................................................................................................28 Reforms.....................................................................................................................................................................29 Strengths and profiles (according to the answers to the questionnaire).....................................................................30 THE NORDIC INSTITUTIONS FOR HIGHER MUSIC EDUCATION.............................................................31 TABLE 1: AMOUNT OF STUDENTS.......................................................................................................................31 TABLE 2: DEGREES ............................................................................................................................................32 TABLE 3: STUDY