4-year Bachelor of Music Performance
This programme is offered to students aiming for a professional career as performers.
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Introduction
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.
The objective of the Bachelor programme is to educate musicians who have:
- A high level of instrumental competence and ability to formulate and communicate artistic expression
- The ability to reflect and understand the place and role of music in society
- Adaptability and willingness to change in response to the different tasks and situations musicians may face when working as performers or teachers.
The performer in focus
- 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.
Application deadline 4-year Bachelor of Music performance
Application deadline 15th of December for entrance the following academic year.
Apply for admission here
Admission requirements
The Norwegian Language Test
The undergraduate studies offered at Barratt Due Insitute of music are taught in Norwegian, and applicants must therefore document proficiency in this language. This can be done in one of the following ways:
Norwegian (as a second language) in upper secondary school, 3rd year with the mark 2 or better. For information about how to qualify this way, please see vilbli.no
The Norwegian Language Test – Advanced Level (Bergenstesten), written examination with the mark “bestått” (passed) from the autumn 2009 or a score of minimum 450 points (tests taken spring 2009 and earlier).
Level 3 examination in Norwegian for foreign students at Norwegian universities.
This test is not required if you wish to apply for an exchange program.
Norwegian upper secondary education or equivalent international education.
The minimum entrance requirements for admission to higher education in Norway is set by NOKUT and can be found in the GSU List. This list states the basic requirements for admission to higher education in Norway.
Tuition fees, visa requirements and financing
Audition fees
The following fees apply:
Application fee: NOK 500 this applies to all applicants, for any course.
Tuition fee
The tuition fee at Barratt Due Institute of Music is for the academic year 2023/2024 NOK 24 200 year. An estimated monthly cost for students living in Oslo is approx. NOK 12.000.
Unfortunately, we do not offer any scholarships. As a general rule, international students cannot expect loans or subsidies from The Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund.
All students who plan to stay in Norway for more than three months, will need a student residence permit.
Visa requirements are regulated by the Norwegian Immigration Authorities and details are to be found in the GSU-list
For students who need to document sufficient funding in order to obtain a student visa, The Barratt Due Institute of Music has a deposit account where the funds can be deposited until a Norwegian bank account has been opened. Please contact us for further details.
For more information, please see:
https://www.udi.no/en/want-to-apply/studies/
http://www.studyinnorway.no/
Exchange studies
Would you like to spend up to one year at Barratt Due Instiute of Music?
We welcome applicants from our partner institutions in Europe at Bachelor level.
Housing and student welfare services
Applications regarding housing students during the study period are made through the Student Union in Oslo (SiO). To find an overview of student accommodation that SiO offers, please follow the link below: https://bolig.sio.no/find-housing
Furthermore, you can also look at the location of the student accommodation SiO offers by clicking the link below:
https://bolig.sio.no/en/areas-with-student-housing.
The homes are of different sizes and you can apply as one person, a couple or a family with children.
For more information or help with looking for housing, please contact SiO here.
Questions?
Questions? Please contact our student consultant.