- event type:WOMEX 19 Conference Session
- date:25 Oct 2019
- time:11:00 - 11:45
- city/area:Tampere
- venue:Conference Room 3, Opus 3, Tampere Hall
- country:Finland
- event posted by:Piranha Arts
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Session 12
Chaired by Kristiina Ilmonen (Finland), Sibelius Academy Folk Music Department
with Joshua Dickson (USA/Scotland), Royal Conservatoire of Scotland;
Susanne Rosenberg (Sweden), Folk Music Department, Royal College of Music in Stockholm
This session offers insight into higher education in folk music performance in Finland, Sweden and Scotland, reflecting on educational models where historical styles meet creativity. While the old environments and modes of transmission for folk music have been rapidly vanishing in the West, a new platform for traditional music has been born: academia. A new generation of educated folk musicians has emerged.
Education has had a profound effect on the folk music scene. The emphasis on creativity has enabled the resulting music to be diverse, from traditional to experimental and everything in between. Research into traditional music has gained a new perspective as well – that of the highly skilled musician-composer. What works? How is it done? What are the challenges? Join us for a reflective session on higher education in folk music today and in the future.