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Upcoming events and news

European Association for Music in Schools‘ conference of 2026 is being arranged in Vienna, April 8th-11th. I’ll contribute with a paper presentation and the workshop  Amplifying Voices: Integrating Female Composers into Music Education Curriculum.

Sentiamoci a Parma 2026 takes place in Parma, Italy April 15th-18th 2026. I’ll contribute with two workshops.

Recent events

Tartu Ear Training Forum And Workshops was arranged in Tartu, Estonia, February 6th and 7th, 2026. I contributed with four workshops: Learning basic harmony through singing, improvising, and listening, Discovering and learning changing meters through song and movement, Stravinsky’s Histoire du soldat – accessing a repertoire through the aural training class, and Entering the music of the 20th century through the ear training class.

This year’s edition of The Ear Training Symposium in Catania/ Sicily is was held in November 2025. I contributed with a workshop about methods in basic harmony learning and a workshop about using Stravinsy’s Histoire du soldat in the ear training class.

Nov 7th:

Notenett – notekyndighet i forskning og undervisningspraksis – kmd

New publication Oct 2025: https://cdforskning.no/cdf/catalog/book/269

October 15th and 16th:

The Nordic countries’ conference for aural training teaching in higher education. Arvika, Sweden.

Me holding the workshop Stravinsky’s L’histoire du soldat – approching a repertoire through the aural training class.
Synnøve Sætre Hveem and I are holding the paper presentation Scandinavian entrance exams – a common standard?

In August 2025, I had the honour of being Celine Danielsen’s guest on the podcast Duets with Celine:

May 25th, 2025:

Concert with students from The Music Academy of Tromsø as soloists, accompanied by the City Orchestra of Tromsø.

May 5th-9th, 2025:

International Solfege Days and Competition, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Me holding the workshop «Norwegian female composers – artists and warriors»
The jury of the competition
My Norwegian master students and I

April 9th-12th, 2025:

Sentiamoci a Parma, Italy

My featured workshops at the 2025 edition:

Norwegian female composers, artists and warriors

Grieg and the Norwegian musical heritage

Carmina Burana in the ear training class

March 2025:

This year’s edition of Podium, the magazine I have the privilege of editing, has just been released. In Podium you can read about development projects and research at The Academy of Music, Tromsø.

January 31th, 2025:

Performance of Carmina Burana (Orff) with orchestra and soloists from The Academy of Music, Tromsø, mixed choir, children’s choir and extended percussion group from The National Talent Program for Percussion (Slagverkløftet).

Photos: Knut Åserud/ Nordlysfestivalen

Contact me at maria.m.tollefsen@uit.no