PERFORMING MUSICIAN
The line for those who:
- Want to invest time in becoming a better musician
- Go to a lot of concerts and play a lot yourself
- Want knowledge that counts in the industry
- Will provide you with networks and contacts for the future
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On this line, you really get to try everything you want! We test out many different genres and ensembles, and we get to try our hand at more instruments if we feel like it! We also have great freedom of choice when it comes to concerts, both the ones we put up ourselves and the ones we are going to see. It's really nice that we get to help influence the content of the line in this way.
Content on the line
As a student, you get to influence the content of the line. But while the content varies from year to year, it will be something that is similar.
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You can choose a specialization that gives you deeper expertise in one of two fields, Studio or Artist Development. Depending on the type of specialization you choose, you will get certain topics tailored to your interests and goals. You will therefore have relevant classes together with Music Production and Music Business, and otherwise there will be several collaborative projects between the different courses of the section.
Are you one of those who are particularly interested in working in the studio? This specialization shows you how to record various instruments and vocals, Mixing, plugins and strategies on how to promote yourself on digital platforms. This is a good immersion for the musician who wants complete control over his own product. Learn how to record your own songs, create videos and learn how to build a digital presence in today's market. You will gain a good knowledge of sound and mixing, which you can take with you on to the stage and out on the road.
Are you particularly interested in working on branding, marketing and development of yourself as an artist/band? Then this is the right recess for you. Here you will learn how to build your own brand, how to write contracts, rights and copyrights, playlisting, book tours, write applications, create logos and visual expressions that suit you and your product. Through a lot of project work, you will learn good strategies on how to promote yourself as an artist and make money from your music.
The main focus of the line is to play live. And we're going to play many concerts, both at school and elsewhere in the city. You won't believe all the things we can do! You will learn how to plan a concert, both in terms of content and technical, and adapt it to the audience and venue in which you will be playing. With so much practice, you can eventually do this in your sleep. Some concerts will be at the school for the other students, while others will be at disparate stages in the city. Mosjøen offers many opportunities to play.
A good result requires good interaction, and this can be achieved through a lot of training, listening and a common understanding of the music to be performed. We get to know each other well, which is a nice perk for creating great music. We play several genres and the students will influence the song selection. You will become a good musical partner, and get practice in both adapting and leading others in interaction situations.
What is required of an artist, and what does it take to break through? What does the industry look like and what needs to be paid attention to? Rights, TONO, fees, contract writing, support arrangements, etc. You should keep track of this, whether you are investing professionally or thinking of doing music for fun.
And how are you going to be able to develop your style, be in on the right things and make good choices? We adapt to your need, try to guide you to the right place and get you some contacts in the industry.
In addition to the fact that we have a studio at the school, there are several professional studios in Mosjøen. Among other Studio North. You will experience how to record in different ways, how a technician and producer thinks and what to expect from a studio situation.
You will also learn about the process, how the industry works and what you should consider when making a recording.
If you haven't written your own music before, you will still be able to do it. It can be customized to your level. We create music and write lyrics with different angles, and you get to bring your own songs to our concerts.
There will be several inspirers visiting us during the year, but Øystein Herkedal will make time for a songwriting course together with us. He debuted as an 18-year-old winning IDOL, and has since climbed rapidly upwards with his music. The music of Herkedal can best be described as storytelling and near. His tunes are conveyed with a distinctive, powerful, but at the same time vulnerable voice.
We're going to be working a lot on stage performance and band communication, which will make you a safer and more confident musician on stage and in a band. We work with your style and approach, so that you become confident in yourself as a musician.
As a student, you are involved in planning and playing many concerts. You will learn great tricks from experienced musicians and tour/concert planners. Everything from how to book venues, PR, finance, support arrangements, transport, accommodation, writing technical rides, making appointments etc.
Along these lines, we also emphasize improvisation. We have courses in improvisation with Lives Andrea Hauge, musician and composer from Mosjøen, living in Oslo. In 2020, she finished her degree in jazz and improvised music from Norwegian Academy of Music, and has since then been an active musician on the Norwegian scene. Liv has had many projects of her own, and was Nordnorsk Jazzsenter's profile in the spring of 2023. She composed music for the opening concert at Bodø2024, and with her band Liv Andrea Hauge Trio she was awarded European Jazz Network's Zenith Award in 2024. Liv knows all about improvisation, so here's where you get to learn from the best.
Every month, countless musicians will stop by Mosjøen to play concerts, and a lot of them will come and share their knowledge with us. It's too early now to say who it will be in 2026-27, so details will come later.
Bakgården kultur is Mosjøen's new great cultural scene, and there are several concerts a week. The concert hall seats about 190 people in a cinema setup and up to 300 standing audience members. The house is well technically equipped both in terms of sound, light and image, and has a stage of 60 m2 where we have concerts, stand-up, smaller theatre performances, revues, lectures and other types of event. The concert hall is equipped with a separate acoustic reverberation system (of the Yamaha AFC4 type), which makes the hall, in addition to amplified music, very suitable for all types of acoustic concerts.
We have a good working relationship with the people who run the Backyard. We get great prices for concert tickets, meet musicians, use the hall and be part of the vibrant cultural life there. It is also possible to get training on the technical equipment they have.
We try to create a repertoire during the year that we can take out on the road in the spring. It will be nice at the end to put everything we have learned into practice and feel life as a musician on tour. Which direction we go, we decide together.
Lasse Weeden has worked with a record label Wingman Music since 2016, and has had a number of listings with artists & bands on radio and good results on streaming platforms. Since 2020, he has also worked as a manager for a small but fine selection of artists/ bands, e.g. Ingrid Jasmin and the band Klondike.
Lasse knows the industry in and out, and has a lot of experience with application writing in connection with support for tours, recording albums, music videos etc. Just look forward to him sharing his knowledge with you.
We are so lucky to have lots of equipment and great opportunities at the school. The school has backline and rehearsal rooms available, both during teaching hours and in your free time. Stage, blackboks and PA for concerts. Guitar and Bass Amps. Piano, keyboard, bass and drum kit for common use on the line.
We have several rehearsal rooms, one of which is directly connected to the studio of the Music Production line. Common teaching often occurs here. Those who attend Performing Musician will therefore also acquire knowledge about sound. EQ, effects, timbre, playing style, recording techniques, microphones are all things that are okay to know. All the rehearsal rooms are rigged with the necessary equipment, but students often use their own equipment and leaves its personal mark on the room. We have software and access to recording and studio every day of the week, here you just have to book the room, borrow a key and lock yourself in!
We facilitate for you as best we can and make adjustments in consultation with you, but our classrooms are located on different levels with stairs between. Please contact us well in advance if you need customizations, or if you are wondering if we can make arrangements for you.
Registration fee: NOK 2,700, -
Living costs: NOK 95.922, - Covers food and living expenses for the full school year.
Common costs: NOK 10,300, - Includes community excursions/cinema/performances/concerts, laundry, internet and administration costs. In the price you also get a school jacket, a yearbook and various trips locally.
Line costs cover all costs on the individual line, including material and study trip. The price varies somewhat between the courses.
Total cost:
Full Year 2026-27
kr 157.822, -*
Half-year Fall 2026
DKK 74,261, -
Half-year Spring 2027
kr. 86.261, -*
* Including line trip and possible participation in tournaments. Subject to changes.
Miscellaneous additions:
- Those who choose to live in the newer boarding houses payNOK 5000, - more
- Special diet
- Equipment insurance
- Some electives and voluntery trips
If you have Norwegian citizenship, Lånekassen has excellent scholarship schemes and loan opportunities. If you quit schoolduring the school year, you must pay tuition for 6 weeks from the end date.Thisalso applies if you were to be expelled for violating school rules.
We don't have too many criteria for who can apply, but youhave to be 18 years old or become so during the first semester. You canapply from October 1 to next year's courses and we are admitting students on anongoing basis from November 15. Then you will receive an email from uswith a response to the application. We will continue to admit students untilthe school are filled. In some cases, the composition of the line willdetermine whether you can fit or have to be put on a waiting list. For example,the composition of instruments may be of importance. If there are moreapplicants for a line than there is room for, your applicant number willdetermine whether or not you get an offer. In some cases, gender balance willhave an impact.
Line teachers usually contact those who apply. Then you canget to know each other a little better and find out if you have found thecourse that suits you best. Maybe you have some questions, are unsecure or havesomething you want to tell us about yourself.
The line trip goes to...
JAPAN OG BERLIN
Hvert år reiser vi på studietur for å utvide horisonten vår.
Berlin: Musikk, teknologi og historie i Europas kreative smeltedigel
Berlin er en by som aldri står stille – et av Europas viktigste sentre for musikk, teknologi og kreativ nyvinning. På studieturen får du oppleve et unikt møte mellom faglig påfyll og byens pulserende kulturliv.
Gjennom vårt samarbeid med Ableton, er vi selvfølgelig hjertelig velkommen til hovedkontoret. Her får vi en eksklusiv omvisning og innsikt i hvordan programvaren som har revolusjonert moderne musikkproduksjon utvikles. Bekjentskapene vi stifter her, er et nettverk du kan yte godt av fremover i karrieren din.
På Schneidersladen Har vi workshops i modulær og analog synthesis – en opplevelse som gir praktisk erfaring og inspirasjon til egne produksjoner og musikk. I tillegg drar vi på konserter og klubbkvelder, fra techno og elektronika til indieband og klassiske ensembler – alt som gjør Berlin til en verdensmetropol for musikk. Noen ganger hender det at vi har masterclasses med forskjellige artister og produsenter også.
For å forstå hvorfor Berlin er blitt et flaggskip for kreativ teknologi, er det viktig at vi også forstår historien. Gjennom guidet sykkeltur, museumsbesøk og byvandringer får vi oppleve byens dramatiske og mangfoldige historie på nært hold.
Samlet gir dette en studietur som både styrker den faglige utviklingen og gir en dypere forståelse for hvordan kultur, historie og teknologi former musikken vi lager i dag.
Japan: et dypdykk i kultur, kreativitet og personlig utvikling.
Der Berlin gir oss puls, teknologi, storbyliv og faglig inspirasjon - ønsker vi å skape en kontrast med reisen vår til Japan.
Dette er et land som inviterer oss til å roe ned tempoet og utforske personlig utvikling, en sjanse til å senke skuldrene i mange kulturelle møter og minnerike opplevelser.
Japan gir oss en unik kombinasjon av kultur, natur og tradisjon. Velger vi å reise til Kyoto, får vi oppleve zen-hager, eldgamle templer og tradisjonelle kunstformer i et rolig og historisk miljø. Reiser vi til Okinawa, møter vi tropiske øyer, et helt eget levesett og karate som både kulturarv og livsfilosofi. Uansett reisemål blir vi invitert inn i en kultur som setter balanse, disiplin og tilstedeværelse i sentrum.
Gjennom opplevelser som mindfulness, meditasjon, kampsport, kunst, tradisjonell musikk og kulinariske møter får du som elev sjansen til å utforske ikke bare nye omgivelser – men også deg selv.
Her handler det om å åpne opp kreativiteten, finne ro, og la deg inspirere av en kultur som i hundrevis av år har kombinert det estetiske med det spirituelle.
Japan blir et høydepunkt på skoleåret, og en opplevelse du vil ta med deg videre – både som menneske og som kreativ utøver.
On the line you will get to know better:
Lasse Weeden
Bransjelære
Liv Andrea Hauge
Improvisasjon
Øystein Herkedal Hegvik
Songwriting
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Line teacher
Alf Marius Valan
Teacher Music Production, Music Business and Performing Musician
Alf Marius is a trained musician at the Tromsø Conservatory, where he studied performing music. Elbass is the main instrument, but he also handles piano, drums and guitar well. Alf Marius has many releases over several projects and aliases. At work, he is energetic, bubbly and motivating. On the home front, he is a dedicated family man with a keen interest in MMA, mindfullness and gaming.