Nordic Music Profile
A co-operation between
• Huseby, Oslo – Norway
• Resurscenter, Stockholm – Sweden
• Arla Institute, Helsinki – Finland
• IBOS, Copenhagen – Denmark
About The Nordic Music Profile
The aim of the project is to create transnational education in the Nordic countries.
As a result of three years of project work between the four Nordic countries we have founded The Nordic Music Profile – Group, aiming to co-operate within all Nordic music education from children education to adult education.
Our current main targets are :
• Every visually impaired in the Nordic countries, no matter where they live, should be able to study music.
• Creating the necessary network groups to ensure quality, exchange of know-how and development – within Nordic Music Camps, Braille Music Notation, Music Technology, pedagogical aspects of teaching.
• Working towards the labour market to prove that visually impaired musicians are capable to work as professionals.
• Working towards the Nordic politicians to simplify the economical obsticles within exchange of Nordic students.
The coordinator of The Nordic Music Profile – Group is The Music department situated at The Institute of the Blind and Partially Sighted in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The NMP - Group has one representive from each of the four Nordic countries. The NMP - Group assembles once a year, planning for further actions.
For further information contact Lisbeth Nørregaard Wallgren
Members of The Nordic Music Profile
Instituttet for Blinde og Svagsynede
Denmark
The Institute for the Blind and Partially Sighted is a nationwide institute for young people and adults with visual disabilities. The declared objective is helping young people and adults with a visual disability function to the best of their abilities in a seeing world. We do this through counselling, teaching and education.
The Arla Institute
Finland
In Finland The Arla Institute offers a three year music education that is preparatory to the polytechnics and/or the academy of music.
For further information – www.arlainst.fi
The Resource Centre – Sight
Sweden
The Swedish Institute for Special Needs Education is the national authority who coordinates government support in respect of special needs education for children, young people and adults with special disabilities.
Rehabilitation Centre Sight is located in Stockholm. They offer special pedagogical support in co-operation with the regions, giving children, young people and adult the possibilities to obtain participation, education and interaction.
For further information - www.sit.se
Huseby Resource Centre
Norway
Huseby is located in Oslo and is a part of The National Support System for Special Education owned by the State.
The assessment and diagnostic work is aimed towards the individual or towards kindergartens and schools together with adjoining learning arenas as systems or organisations. Individually directed work is always evaluated in relation to the learning system.
The Huseby gives individual training to singular users.
For further information - www.statped.no
Music education for Nordic and European citizens
The target group is:
• You are more than 16 years old
• You have an interest for music and an ambition to study music
Nordic Music education in Denmark
In Denmark, Copenhagen The Institute for the Blind and Partially Sighted ( IBOS ) offers a four/five year music education divided in two/three years at IBOS and two years at The Music Academy of West Jutland.
The music education is stucturalised by the talent, resources and the kind of work the applicant wishes.
The Music Profile education qualifies the student to the labour Market.
For further information – www.ibos.dk
Nordic Music education in Finland
In Finland (Helsinki) The Arla Institute offers a three year music education that is preparatory to the polytechnics and/or the academy of music.
For further information – www.arlainst.fi
The Arla Institute ( fi ), The IBOS ( dk ), The Resource Centre ( se ) and The Resource Centre ( no ) are members of The Nordic Music Profile – Group. The newly founded NMP – Group is working for implementation of a professional music education for the visually impaired in the Nordic countries with bases in Denmark and Finland.
For further information on the NMP – Group –
www.ibos.dk/TheNordicMusicProfile
