Breakfast Seminar with NTNU

In collaboration with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Moldejazz will host daily brekfast seminars at Kafé Kurt, just before the morning parades begin at 11:00. This offers the perfect start to your festival day – with inspiration for both mind and soul.

Set aside time from 10:30 to 11:00, Monday through Friday, and enjoy five uplifting talks on music and society:

• Monday – What is Music?
  Why and how is music such a crucial part of being human?
  Speaker: Nora B. Kulset, music researcher and Head of Department at NTNU Music
  
  

• Tuesday –Music as Community, Public Health, and Preparedness
  Speaker: Nora B. Kulset, music researcher and Head of Department at NTNU Music
  
  

• Wednesday – News on Imitation Learning (NTNU Jazz Program)
  Launch of instructional video and academic anthology: “Listening with the Body: Musical Imitation Learning in Practice and Theory”, in collaboration with The National Centre for Arts and Culture in Education
  Speakers: Erling Aksdal (former academic leader at NTNU Jazz Program),
  Mattias Solli, philosopher and Associate Professor in University Pedagogy at NTNU, and Associate Professor II at the National Centre for Arts and Culture in Education
  
  

• Thursday – Jazz, Branding, and Beyond
  “The Global Impact of Local Culture”
  Speaker: Mark Pasquine, Head of Department at the Department of International Business, NTNU Ålesund
  
  

• Friday – What is Musicality?
  What does it mean to be musical? Who is musical? Why are we musical?
  Speaker: Nora B. Kulset, music researcher and Head of Department at NTNU Music

“Drive, energy, reflection, improvisation, and a keen ear for the surroundings are common to both jazz and the university. Here, we create synergy through knowledge – with music as the driving force,” says Nora Bilalovic Kulset, Head of the Department of Music at NTNU.

Moldejazz takes great pride in its close partnership with NTNU – a collaboration that also encompasses education at the national jazz program at Molde Upper Secondary School.

In both research and education, much is happening in the field of music. These five days of popular science are fresh, engaging, and delivered by Moldejazz’s long-standing partner, NTNU.