Monday

Time

Activity

09:30

Opening Creative Synergies 2026

📍Hovedsalen, 1st floor

09:45

Talk: 'Arbeidsdogmer som kreativ motor' (in Norwegian) with Eirik Havnes, chaired by Jan Bang

📍Hovedsalen, 1st floor

11:15

Break

11:30

Talk: 'Intonation as Material: Collaborative Soundscapes' – with Ole-Henrik Moe and André Bratten

📍Hovedsalen, 1st floor

Workshop with Eirik Havnes

📍CreaTeME-lab, 3rd Floor

13:00

Lunch

📍FOYER, 1st floor

13:30

Talk: 'Computable Numbers' – with Robert Henke, chaired by SØS Gunver Ryberg

📍Hovedsalen, 1st floor

15:15

Break

15:30

Presentation: CreaTeME International – with Jan Bang and Ingolv Haaland w/ students + Performance by Even S. Røstad and Alessandra Bossa

📍Hovedsalen, 1st floor

16:00

Apparatjik (Artist-in-Residence): Presenting Their New Album 'Entropolis' – chaired by Bernt Rune Stray and Jan Bang

📍Hovedsalen, 1st floor

17:15

Break

17:30

Roundtable

'State of the art in music education' – led by Lars Andersson

📍Meeting room 1, 4th floor

18:45

Staff

Meet & greet with short informal presentation

📍meeting room 1, 4th floor

19:15

Dinner/Tapas

📍FOYER, 1st floor

20:00

Concert: 'Dust'

With Robert Henke

📍Hovedsalen, 1st floor

Tuesday

Time

Activity

09:00

Talk: 'Cross-Platform Aesthetics, Artistic Bildung (kunstnerisk dannelse), and the Search for a Unique Artistic Expression' – with Magne Furuholmen, chaired by Karl Olav Segrov Mortensen

📍Hovedsalen, 1st floor

10:30

Break

10:45

Talk: 'The Role of the Producer and Collaborative Decision-Making in the Studio' – with Martin Terefe, chaired by Kristine Hoff

📍Hovedsalen, 1st floor

Talk: 'Approaches to Scoring for Picture' – with Martin Walther, SØS Gunver Ryberg, André Bratten and Ole-Henrik Moe

📍galleriet, 1st floor

12:15

Lunch

📍FOYER, 1st floor

13:00

Talk: 'Building a Shared Sonic Space: From Studio to Live Performance' – with Carmen Villain and Johanna Scheie Orellana, chaired by Even Sarucco

📍Hovedsalen, 1st floor

14:30

Break

14:45

Talk: 'Using Animation as a Visual Expression in a Concert Format' – with Jonas Bjerre, chaired by Erik Ljunggren

📍Hovedsalen, 1st floor

16:15

Break

16:30

Track Launch

'Scoring for Picture'

📍Galleriet, 1st floor

Track Launch

'Performance'

📍Hovedsalen, 1st floor

Creative Synergies 2026 · Program

23–27 February 2026 · Kristiansand

Track Launch

'Songmaking'

📍Blackbox, basement

Track Launch

'Cross Aesthetics'

📍hovedsalen, 1st floor

17:00

Roundtable

'Reflections on the Relevance of Cross-Platform Aesthetics in Performing Arts Programs' – led by Andreas W. Røshol

📍Meeting Room 1, 4th floor

Roundtable

'Songmaking Collective' with students – led by Adam Martin and Askil Holm​

📍Meeting Room 2, 4th floor

Roundtable

'Entrepreneurship' with students – led by Keith Negus

📍CreaTeME-lab, 3rd floor

Wednesday

Students: Group work in all tracks all day (see separate track schedule) and group mentoring with invited artists, artistic in residence and staff.

Time

Activity

09:00

Staff Primer Talk: 'Pluralising Creativities to Broaden Music Performance in HE: How? Why?' – with Pamela Burnard

📍Hovedsalen, 1st floor

10:00

Roundtable

'Entrepreneurship in Music Education' – led by Keith Negus

📍Meeting Room 1, 4th floor

Roundtable

'Risk and Learning Within Music Education Programs' – led by Andreas Waaler Røshol

📍Meeting Room 2, 4th floor

12:30

Break (lunch for staff)

13:15

Roundtable

''AI and Creativity: Mishmash' – led by Ivar Grydeland

📍Meeting Room 1, 4th floor

15:45

Break

16:00

Roundtable + Network Meeting

''Songmaking Collective Roundtable: Teaching, Researching and Experiencing Songmaking' – led by Adam Martin and Askil Holm

📍Meeting Room 1, 4th floor

20:00

Dinner (for staff and guests)

Thursday

Students: Group work in all tracks all day (see separate track schedule) and group mentoring with invited artists, artistic in residence and staff.

Time

Activity

09:00

Staff Primer Talk: 'AI in Music Education: Creative Synergies or Critical Choices?' – with Heidi Partti

📍Galleriet, 1st floor

10:00

Roundtable

'Implementing Artistic Research in BA/MA Programmes' – led by Jacob Anderskov

📍Meeting Room 1, 4th floor

12:30

Break (lunch for staff)

📍FOYER, 1st floor

13:15

Roundtable

'Assessing Artistic Growth in Performance-centered Programs' – led by Heidi Partti

📍Meeting Room 1, 4th floor

15:15

Break

📍FOYER, 1st floor

15:30

Showcase

Students from the 'Scoring for Picture track' presents their projects

📍Galleriet, 1st floor

17:00

Showcase

Students from the 'Songmaking track' presents their projects

📍Sal 2, k-building at University of Agder

18:00

Roundtable

'Vocal Identity and Embodied Subjectivity in the Processed Voice' – led by Kari Iveland

📍Meeting Room 1, 4th floor

Friday

Students: See track schedule for sound check and get in. No planned program for the songmaking track on Friday.

Time

Activity

09:00

Staff Primer Talk: 'Toward Locally Responsive Approaches to Diversity in Music Education – with adam patrick bell and Eirik Sørbø

📍Galleriet, 1st floor

09:45

Break

10:00

Showcase

Students from the 'Cross Aesthetics track' presents their projects

📍hovedsalen, 1st floor

11:00

Roundtable

'Electronic Music History and Theory' – led by Keith Negus

📍Galleriet, 1st floor

12:00

Lunch

📍FOYER, 1st floor

14:30

Showcase

Students from the 'Performance track' presents their projects

📍hovedsalen, 1st floor

Creative Synergies 2026 · Program

23–27 February 2026 · Kristiansand

Monday

Time

Activity

09:30

Opening Creative Synergies 2026

📍Hovedsalen, 1st floor

09:45

Talk: 'Arbeidsdogmer som kreativ motor' (in Norwegian) with Eirik Havnes, chaired by Jan Bang

📍Hovedsalen, 1st floor

11:15

Break

11:30

Talk: 'Intonation as Material: Collaborative Soundscapes' – with Ole-Henrik Moe and André Bratten

📍Hovedsalen, 1st floor

Workshop with Eirik Havnes

📍CreaTeME-lab, 3rd Floor

13:00

Lunch

📍FOYER, 1st floor

13:30

Talk: 'Computable Numbers' – with Robert Henke, chaired by SØS Gunver Ryberg

📍Hovedsalen, 1st floor

15:15

Break

15:30

Presentation: CreaTeME International – with Jan Bang and Ingolv Haaland w/ students + Performance by Even S. Røstad and Alessandra Bossa

📍Hovedsalen, 1st floor

16:00

Apparatjik (Artist-in-Residence): Presenting Their New Album 'Entropolis' – chaired by Bernt Rune Stray and Jan Bang

📍Hovedsalen, 1st floor

17:15

Break

17:30

Roundtable

'State of the art in music education' – led by Lars Andersson

📍Meeting room 1, 4th floor

18:45

Staff

Meet & greet with short informal presentation

📍meeting room 1, 4th floor

19:15

Dinner/Tapas

📍FOYER, 1st floor

20:00

Concert: 'Dust'

With Robert Henke

📍Hovedsalen, 1st floor

Tuesday

Time

Activity

09:00

Talk: 'Cross-Platform Aesthetics, Artistic Bildung (kunstnerisk dannelse), and the Search for a Unique Artistic Expression' – with Magne Furuholmen, chaired by Karl Olav Segrov Mortensen

📍Hovedsalen, 1st floor

10:30

Break

10:45

Talk: 'The Role of the Producer and Collaborative Decision-Making in the Studio' – with Martin Terefe, chaired by Kristine Hoff

📍Hovedsalen, 1st floor

Talk: 'Approaches to Scoring for Picture' – with Martin Walther, SØS Gunver Ryberg, André Bratten and Ole-Henrik Moe

📍galleriet, 1st floor

12:15

Lunch

📍FOYER, 1st floor

13:00

Talk: 'Building a Shared Sonic Space: From Studio to Live Performance' – with Carmen Villain and Johanna Scheie Orellana, chaired by Even Sarucco

📍Hovedsalen, 1st floor

14:30

Break

14:45

Talk: 'Using Animation as a Visual Expression in a Concert Format' – with Jonas Bjerre, chaired by Erik Ljunggren

📍Hovedsalen, 1st floor

16:15

Break

16:30

Track Launch

'Scoring for Picture'

📍Galleriet, 1st floor

Track Launch

'Performance'

📍Hovedsalen, 1st floor

Track Launch

'Songmaking'

📍Blackbox, basement

Track Launch

'Cross Aesthetics'

📍hovedsalen, 1st floor

17:00

Roundtable

'Reflections on the Relevance of Cross-Platform Aesthetics in Performing Arts Programs' – led by Andreas W. Røshol

📍Meeting Room 1, 4th floor

Roundtable

'Songmaking Collective' with students – led by Adam Martin and Askil Holm​

📍Meeting Room 1, 4th floor

Roundtable

'Entrepreneurship' with students – led by Keith Negus

📍CreaTeME-lab, 3rd floor

Wednesday

Students: Group work in all tracks all day (see separate track schedule) and group mentoring with invited artists, artistic in residence and staff.

Time

Activity

09:00

Staff Primer Talk: 'Pluralising Creativities to Broaden Music Performance in HE: How? Why?' – with Pamela Burnard

📍Hovedsalen, 1st floor

10:00

Roundtable

'Entrepreneurship in Music Education' – led by Keith Negus

📍Meeting Room 1, 4th floor

Roundtable

'Risk and Learning Within Music Education Programs' – led by Andreas Waaler Røshol

📍Meeting Room 2, 4th floor

12:30

Break (lunch for staff)

13:15

Roundtable

''AI and Creativity: Mishmash' – led by Ivar Grydeland

📍Meeting Room 1, 4th floor

15:45

Break

16:00

Roundtable + Network Meeting

''Songmaking Collective Roundtable: Teaching, Researching and Experiencing Songmaking' – led by Adam Martin and Askil Holm

📍Meeting Room 1, 4th floor

20:00

Dinner (for staff and guests)

Thursday

Students: Group work in all tracks all day (see separate track schedule) and group mentoring with invited artists, artistic in residence and staff.

Time

Activity

09:00

Staff Primer Talk: 'AI in Music Education: Creative Synergies or Critical Choices?' – with Heidi Partti

📍Galleriet, 1st floor

10:00

Roundtable

'Implementing Artistic Research in BA/MA Programmes' – led by Jacob Anderskov

📍Meeting Room 1, 4th floor

12:30

Break (lunch for staff)

📍FOYER, 1st floor

13:15

Roundtable

'Assessing Artistic Growth in Performance-centered Programs' – led by Heidi Partti

📍Meeting Room 1, 4th floor

15:15

Break

📍FOYER, 1st floor

15:30

Showcase

Students from the 'Scoring for Picture track' presents their projects

📍Galleriet, 1st floor

17:00

Showcase

Students from the 'Songmaking track' presents their projects

📍Sal 2, k-building at University of Agder

18:00

Roundtable

'Vocal Identity and Embodied Subjectivity in the Processed Voice' – led by Kari Iveland

📍Meeting Room 1, 4th floor

Friday

Students: See track schedule for sound check and get in. No planned program for the songmaking track on Friday.

Time

Activity

09:00

Staff Primer Talk: 'Toward Locally Responsive Approaches to Diversity in Music Education – with adam patrick bell and Eirik Sørbø

📍Galleriet, 1st floor

09:45

Break

10:00

Showcase

Students from the 'Cross Aesthetics track' presents their projects

📍hovedsalen, 1st floor

11:00

Roundtable

'Electronic Music History and Theory' – led by Keith Negus

📍Galleriet, 1st floor

12:00

Lunch

📍FOYER, 1st floor

14:30

Showcase

Students from the 'Performance track' presents their projects

📍hovedsalen, 1st floor