Upcoming events and news
Tartu Ear Training Forum And Workshops is arranged in Tartu, Estonia, February 6th and 7th, 2026. I’ll contribute with three workshops: Learning basic harmony through singing, improvising and listening, Discovering and learning changing meters through song and movement, and Carmina Burana – accessing a repertoire through the aural training class.
Recent events
This year’s edition of The Ear Training Symposium in Catania/ Sicily is was held in November 2025. I contributed with a workshop about methods in basic harmony learning and a workshop about using Stravinsy’s Histoire du soldat in the ear training class.
New publication Oct 2025: https://cdforskning.no/cdf/catalog/book/269
October 15th and 16th:
The Nordic countries’ conference for aural training teaching in higher education. Arvika, Sweden.
In August 2025, I had the honour of being Celine Danielsen’s guest on the podcast Duets with Celine:
May 25th, 2025:
Concert with students from The Music Academy of Tromsø as soloists, accompanied by the City Orchestra of Tromsø.
May 5th-9th, 2025:
International Solfege Days and Competition, Ljubljana, Slovenia
April 9th-12th, 2025:
Sentiamoci a Parma, Italy
My featured workshops at the 2025 edition:
Norwegian female composers, artists and warriors
Grieg and the Norwegian musical heritage
Carmina Burana in the ear training class
March 2025:
This year’s edition of Podium, the magazine I have the privilege of editing, has just been released. In Podium you can read about development projects and research at The Academy of Music, Tromsø.
January 31th, 2025:
Performance of Carmina Burana (Orff) with orchestra and soloists from The Academy of Music, Tromsø, mixed choir, children’s choir and extended percussion group from The National Talent Program for Percussion (Slagverkløftet).
Photos: Knut Åserud/ Nordlysfestivalen
Contact me at maria.m.tollefsen@uit.no
Maria Medby Tollefsen 