CreaTeME International: Live Electronics combines an open seminar and workshop, on stage, rooted in professor and artistic director Jan Bangs (UiA) pioneer work in Live sampling and Improvisation. The project is executed together with artists and students from UiA and the visiting institutions. The project…
On September 18–19, 2025, the University of Agder (UiA) and CreaTeME hosted a dedicated drum symposium in Kristiansand. The event brought together leading educators, performers, and students to discuss the purpose and relevance of drum education in today’s evolving music industry. The symposium addressed questions…
From Thursday September 4th to Saturday 6th 2025, Kristiansand hosted a series of concerts and seminars as part of this year’s PUNKT Festival. Events took place across the venues Kunstsilo and Teateret, with afterparties held at Foajeen. The festival drew significant attention thanks to its…
The inaugural issue of Journal of Music Production Research, published on 29 October 2025, features six articles – one of which is written by CreaTeME researcher Ingvild Koksvik. In her article ‘Metaphors and multimodal mental imagery in immersive and stereo record production’ Koksvik examines how…
After two days of Live Electronic workshops the Norwegian ambient jazz duo consisting of Svein Rikard Mathisen (guitar, electronics) and John Derek Bishop (live-sampling, electronics) will conclude the event with a concert at Kraftverk (Kristiansand) November 20th at 19.30. The duo released their critically acclaimed…
From October 20–24, CreaTeME hosted the interdisciplinary project week D4: Designing Sound, Body, Place and Narrative, bringing together over 150 students from two universities and eight different programs—ranging from one-year studies to PhD research—alongside international artists and researchers. Initiated by Andreas Waaler Røshol, SØS Gunver…
On October 10th, during CreaTeME Friday’s event “Backstage,” Gramart announced the recipients of this year’s grants from the Talent Development Fund. The fund aims to support emerging artists by reducing financial barriers and enabling professionally oriented music projects. As a talent development initiative, Gramart together…
The sixth Conference on AI Music Creativity, held in Brussels from 10–12 September 2025, brought together an interdisciplinary community of researchers, musicians, and technologists. Hosted by the Computational Creativity Lab of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in collaboration with the Creation Lab of the Royal Conservatory…
From 7 to 11 July 2025, CreaTeME participated in the 23rd International Conference of IASPM (International Association for the Study of Popular Music), held at Sorbonne Nouvelle University in Paris and organised by IASPM–branche francophone d’Europe. With more than 450 participants from across the globe,…
The Music Student Conference is an annual event organized by and for music students from across Norway. For the second time, the conference will be held in Kristiansand, hosted by CreaTeME, on October 16th and 17th. This year’s theme is “Emerging Voices: The Future Ahead.” The conference…