Welcome to our pre-conference: Art and Resonance
The main purpose of the pre-conference is to bring the network together and get to know one another better, which is important for future collaborations and network activities. We are NERA’s second-largest network, with over 50 members. In 2025, there were 31 papers, three posters, one symposium, one roundtable, and one workshop in the network. The same year, about 35 members attended the pre-conference in Helsinki. This year’s topic is closely aligned with the NERA conference and aims to explore how art and the concept of resonance are related. By focusing on music, we hope to attract more researchers in the field of music education to the network.
Program – Tuesday 3 March
13.00 Short welcome by convenors Eva Lutnæs, Stina Westerlund, Lisbet Skregelid and Mette Tjagvad Madsen from VIA
13.15 Talk Art and resonance by professor Øivind Varkøy, Norwegian Academy of Music
14.15 Talk and workshop Small composers – to sense togetherness by Peter Bruun, Royal Danish Academy of Music and Mette Tjagvad Madsen, VIA University College.
15.00 Snack and mingle
15.30 Workshop by the Nordic research network BLÆK (Children, Play, Aesthetics and Art).
16.15 Sum up
19.00 Dinner at restaurant Komfur (optional and at own cost) As a wrap-up to the pre-conference, we invite participants to join us for a meal at Restaurant Komfur.
Please sign up for the pre-conference by emailing Eva Lutnæs at evalu@oslomet.no no later than 15 February. Please indicate in your email whether you will join us for dinner.