Workshops and work for children and young people.

Workshops och föredrag
Workshops and lectures

  • Tour for kindergarten children by Norwegian Rikskonsertene '97.
  • Tours in Norway and Finland as actor, musician and composer with children's theatre group Eventyrteatret '95 - '04.
  • School concerts at Fylkingen, Stockholm '97.
  • Lectures and concerts at Kunsthøjskolen på Holbæk Slots Ladegård, Denmark '97 and '99.
    [The Drivhus workshop]

    Two collective instruments and collective music-making.
  • Workshop for 8-year old children building experimental musical instruments, composing for and performing on them, with Jon Halvor Bjørnseth (standing) and Harald Skullerud of Drivhuset, Ås Kulturskole, Norway '99.
    [The Veloncell, with children]

    The Veloncell Marcel played by a child at the Fylkingen exhibition Lydbilleder V at Museet for Samtidskunst, Roskilde, Denmark, '99.
  • Concert and workshop at a gymnasium in Copenhagen, with Martin Klapper, '00.
    [Bærum workshop.]

    A unique compact string- and noise instrument.
    [Bærum workshop.]

    The collective construction the Pen (Blyanten).
    [Bærum workshop.]

    A novel form of the mbira.
    [Bærum workshop.]

    Building a string instrument with tin can resonators.
    [Bærum workshop.]

    Busy building.
  • Workshop for 8-15 years old percussion students building experimental musical instruments, composing for and performing on them, with Jon Halvor Bjørnseth and Renate Alsing of Drivhuset, Bærum Kommunale Musikkskole, Norway '00.
    [The Kaleidochord, with children]

    The Kaleidochord, played by children at its second exhibition, the "Rainbow Realm" (a forerunner of the many "Fabulous Sound Machines" exhibits of which I participated in many) in the Liverpool Museum, February - May '00.
  • Workshop for 8-14 year old children at York City Art Gallery, UK '01.
    [KKK workshop.]

    Two participants explore some sounds of Herman Müntzing's instrument.
    [KKK workshop.]

    Preparing an installation of noise junk for concert and recordings.
    [KKK workshop.]

    At the concert with a unique hybrid string instrument.
  • "Experimental Musical Instrument Making and Creative Sound Research." A two weeks' workshop at K3 (Konst Kultur Kommunikation), Malmö Högskola, Sweden '01. Together with Herman Müntzing.
    [Croydon workshop.]

    Children exploring my tools and instruments together.
    [Croydon workshop.]

    Croydon workshop.
    [The Kaleidochord, with children]

    The Kaleidochord, played by children at its Croydon exhibit.
  • I also had hands-on workshops about playing and listening for school children at the "Fabulous Sound Machines" exhibition in Croydon Clocktower Gallery, UK, June '02.
    [Kalvøya workshop.]

    A string instrument constructed on a loudspeaker box.
    [Kalvøya workshop.]

    We got some fans that stayed a long time and made many instruments.
    [Kalvøya workshop.]

    A combined wind- string- and friction orchestra.
    [Kalvøya workshop.]

    A visitor trying out the easily made "ear gongs".
    [Kalvøya workshop.]

    A double-sided string instrument with yoghurt resonators.
    [Kalvøya workshop.]

    String- and wind instruments.
  • Open workshop for children building experimental musical instruments with Jon Halvor Bjørnseth of Drivhuset, Barnas Kulturfestival, Kalvøya, Norway '02.
  • Tour for school children in Aust-Agder by Norwegian Rikskonsertene '02.

    [Piezo Contact Mike soldering at a workshop in Haparanda, Sweden.]

    Piezo contact mike soldering.

    [Piezo Contact soldering in Haparanda, detail.]

    Soldering, detail.
    [Instrument made of a Pringles tube and a balloon.]

    Instrument made of a Pringles tube and a balloon.

    [Instrument made of a plastic tube and some wire.]

    Instrument made of a plastic tube and some wire.

    [Instrument made of a fan with a ball, a chair and some strings.]

    Instrument made of a fan with a ball, a chair and some strings.

    [A version of the nail violin.]

    A version of the nail violin.

    [Instrument made of a metal frame and some strings.]

    Instrument made of a metal frame and some strings.

    [Instrument made of a telephone, strings etc.]

    Instrument made of a telephone, strings etc.

    [Instrument made of a toilet paper roll and a balloon.]

    Instrument made of a toilet paper roll and a balloon.
    [Sound walk in Haparanda.]

    Sound walk in Haparanda.

    [Bergmark in the center of the world: Haparanda!]

    Bergmark in the center of the world: Haparanda!

    [Sound walk in Haparanda.]

    Sound walk in Haparanda.
  • Tour financed by Framtidens Kultur and organized by SEAMS together with Guds Söner to, among others, Sverigefinska Folkhögskolan in Haparanda, where I had a workshop about experimental instrument design, contact mike making and a sound walk '02.
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    A "string" made of an electrician's tube!
    [An instrument with a loose string.]

    An instrument with a loose string.
    [Paal Asle Pettersen with a two-string construction.]

    Paal Asle Pettersen with a two-string construction.
    [Participants trying a contact mike's possibility as a voice amplifier.]

    Participant trying a contact mike's possibility as a voice amplifier.
    [A monochord.]

    A monochord.
    [A

    A "fiddle" with a thin resonance box.
    [Participants making contact mikes.]

    Participants making contact mikes.
  • Workshop at Ny Musikk, Stavanger, NO, about instrument making, contact mike construction and musical concepts, '02.
  • Workshop for 16-year old school children building experimental musical instruments, composing for and performing on them, in relation to the art project by Kunstnersenteret i Oppland / Oppland Arts Centre, Steder / Places: "Flere Steder for Alltid / More Places for Ever", with Jon Halvor Bjørnseth of Drivhuset at Smedstad Ungdomsskole, Lillehammer, Norway '03.
  • Improvisation and discussion workshop at ImprovGarage, Oakland, CA, USA, '05.
    [Concert with Trondheim Improvisasjonsensemble after the workshop. Also Brown Sierra participate (the two to the right).]

    Concert with Trondheim Improvisasjonsensemble after the workshop. Also Brown Sierra (Pia Gambardella, Paddy Collins) participate (right).

  • Workshop at Klubb Kanin: Sommer '05 festival, Trondheim, NO, leading Trondheim Improvisasjonsensemble in games, discussions and performance.
    [The Kaleidochord, with three children]

    The Kaleidochord, played by three children at once in the "Fabulous Sound Machines" exhibition in Carlisle, UK '05.
    [Workshop in Nordtrøndelag]

    Some variations of
    [Workshop in Nordtrøndelag]

    ...oops...
    [Workshop in Nordtrøndelag]

    miniature string- and nail instruments.
    [Workshop in Nordtrøndelag]

    The new instruments
    [Workshop in Nordtrøndelag]

    are played
    [Workshop in Nordtrøndelag]

    along with
    [Workshop in Nordtrøndelag]

    the Drivhuset collection of junk.
    [Workshop in Nordtrøndelag]

    Designed as ... but they don't sound like ...!
    [Workshop in Nordtrøndelag]

    Later on the same tour, the unique
    [Workshop in Nordtrøndelag]

    instruments made were heard
    [Workshop in Nordtrøndelag]

    together with the electronic sounds
    [Workshop in Nordtrøndelag]

    of the electronic workshop.
    [Workshop in Nordtrøndelag]

    Individual pieces of the students
    [Workshop in Nordtrøndelag]

    were performed along with
    [Workshop in Nordtrøndelag]

    collective compositions and improvisations
    [Workshop in Nordtrøndelag]

    of me and Jon Halvor
    [Workshop in Nordtrøndelag]

    together with the students.
  • Workshops for school children building experimental musical instruments, composing for and performing on them, in combination with a computer music workshop in Nordtrøndelag, with Jon Halvor Bjørnseth of Drivhuset, NO '05.

    See larger pictures here and here

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