The performer in focus
Music performance is at centre stage. The emphasis is on enabling the individual student to gain the broadest possible experience as a musician, focusing on developing his or her genuine "voice". The student therefore has a wide and varied range of opportunities to give recitals and to perform as a chamber musician in ensembles. The Institute has its own vocal ensemble, a chamber orchestra and various wind ensembles, as well as the Barratt Due Symphony Orchester and Oslo Camerata.
Concerts
The Barratt Due Symphony Orchestra holds concerts twice a year in the Oslo Concert Hall, or the Assembly Hall at the University of Oslo. Chamber concerts and recitals are organised throughout the year. All students on the four-year BA degree programme are required to give a recital in their final year.
In addition, Barratt Due frequently collaborates with keynote, professional actors in the world of arts and culture. In recent years, this has included the National Touring Concert Institute (Rikskonsertene), the Bergen Music Festival, the Norwegian Radio Orchestra and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.
Chamber Music
We consider chamber music as a core activity in a performing programme, thus we do our best to give each and every student a chance to experience the joy of playing in an ensemble. The Chamber music is fulfilled through the everyday work as as well as in bigger, thematic projects like Scandal - Paris 1920, Passion and Phantasie and Entartete Musik. Features from other branches of art, guest lectures and social arrangements is also a part of this picture.
Master Classes
Prominent national and international performers and teachers are a source of valuable inspiration. The musicians that have held master classes at the Institute in the past few years include: Mauricio Fuks, Truls Mørk, Almita and Roland Vamos, Susanna Eken, Christian Lindberg, Hans Pålsson and Dora Schwartsberg.
Productions
Facing an audience is a universally important part of training, which is why giving the students practical experience of concert production plays a significant role; producing concerts for children and the elderly is a compulsory part of the education programme.
Furthermore, Barratt Due considers reaching out to new audiences and exploring new arenas for classical music as an important task for the classically trained musician.
