Date: 11 May
Location: The Music Conservatory (Krognessveien 33)

9.00 - 9.45
UArctic World Ensemble: Creating a contemporary circumpolar musical tradition based on arctic-ethnic musical expressions, western classical and jazz/improvised traditions
Keynote: Ragnar Rasmussen, Fred Glesnes, UiT

9.45 - 10.00
Break

10.00 - 10.45
How do institutions of higher music education position themselves in the field of traditional music?
Three short statements from institutions that offer traditional/folk music programs

10.45 - 11.30
Panel discussion: Do music conservatories have a responsibility with regard to regional traditional music?
Chair: Ylva Hofvander Trulsson, Malmö Academy of Music, Lund University

11.30 - 12.30
Lunch

A new look at vocal traditions - 4 examples

12.30 - 12.50
Anneli Drecker, UiT: Recreating and applying the ”ancient voice”
The Modern Ancient Voice

12.50 - 13.20
Berit Nordbakken Solset, UiT: Transcending vocal traditions
Borderland - Seeking the Extreme

13.20 - 13.30
Break

13.30 - 14.00
Andreas Fliflet, UiT: Jienat – a world music approach to Sami traditional music

14.00 - 14.30
Frode Fjellheim, Nord University: A composer’s approach to integrating Sami traditional vocal styles 

14.30 - 15.15
Questions and feedback session
Introduction: Ylva Hofvander Trulsson

19.00
Conference dinner at the Academy of Contemporary Art, Grønnegata 1