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Music On Top

The main goal for Music On Top is to link the music life in the nordic area of Norway, Sweden and Finland together. In 2011-2014 the project will focus on four main activites to achive the goal:

1. a) YOUNG – Big Band

Three nordic youth jazz orchestras meet and learn from the professionals. Rehearsals, workshops, artistic development and public concerts.

Participants:

AYJO (Artic Youth Jazz Orchestra)

Nordnorskt ungdomsstorband

Oulu Youth Big Band

Instructors & mentors:

Norrbotten Big Band

1 b). YOUNG – Women in Jazz

Young female jazzmusicians from Norrbotten, North Norway and Oulu will be picked out. They forms one or two small ensembles together.

Rehearsals, workshops, artistic development with a international well known female jazzmusician as educator and inspiration source. The camp ends up with public concerts.

Participants:

10 young female jazzmusicians (16-23 years) from Norrbotten, North Norway and Oulu.

2. Ensemble Collaboration

To build a north nordic music identity to be proud of, we have to show the audience our world class ensembles that works in the region. The Ensemble Collaboration-activity gives our professional orchestras good conditions to build longlasting relations with the audience in the neighbour countries.

The ensembles that participates are:

Norrbotten Big Band

Oulu Sinfonia – Oulu Symphony Orchestra

Ensembles from Kultur i Troms

MIN-ensemble from Musikk i Nordland

LINKS and ensembles from Scene Finnmark

3. Producers Network

The goal is to produce more music exchange between the nordic area of our three countries. A boost of creative solutions for common tours and music exchange between the north part of our countries will occur when our professional producers, combined with highly qualified music producers from the ”third sector” forms a network together.

Music On Top builds the network and organize so our producers starts to meet each other.

4. Barents Forum

Once a year musicians and ensembles from all the three countries will come together, give concerts at the same place. Good marketing and high quality live performances will open up the eyes and the ears of the audience.

Barents Forum have the ambition to collaborate with excisting festivals and big events in every country, instead of building new ones. This concept gives us better economy, a more efficient use of resources and a broader spread of our musicians.