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…
CreaTeME is pleased to present a four-part video series featuring Joel Hamilton – multi-platinum-selling, multi-Grammy-nominated record producer, mixer, recording engineer, and songwriter whose credits include Paul McCartney, Rick Rubin, Highly Suspect, The Black Keys, Pretty Lights, Norah Jones, Danny Elfman, Sparklehorse, and more. Joel lives…
No fewer than 11 students from the University of Agder and CreaTeME traveled to Bergen and the Ekko festival on the last weekend of October 2025. The group of students enjoyed a weekend filled with sound, light, and movement when Ekko invited them to three…
I slutten av oktober 2025 reiste fire representanter fra UiA og CreaTeME til Nederland og Konservatoriet i Haarlem på en internasjonal låtskriver camp. De fire deltagerne som var med på International Writers Camp 2025 fra Universitetet i Agder var studentene Elena Eriksen Radulov, Kim Adrian…
Registration open for Creative Synergies 2026 Creative Synergies returns to UiA in week 9 (23–27 February 2026), bringing together artists, educators, researchers, and students for an intensive week of seminars, group work, and performances in Kristiansand, Norway. The week opens with two shared seminar…
The group of students from the University of Agder expanded their knowledge about their own instrument when they visited the Norwegian Guitar Museum on October 30th 2025. The guitars circulated among the students when the Norwegian Guitar Museum was filled to the brim with guitarists…
Welcome to Love Your Latency 13th of November at 19:00 in Multisalen at Kilden, Kristiansand. Book your free ticket at Kilden.com Love your Latency is a unique and thought-provoking concert experience. The concert takes place simultaneously in Kilden and at the Norwegian Academy of Music…
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…
Are you ready to take your music to the next level? TURBO (ages 20–25) and TURBO UNG (ages 15–19) offer a unique opportunity to work closely with experienced mentors, focus fully on your music, and gain the momentum needed to advance your professional journey…
Today, Jonas Sjøvaag, currently a PhD fellow here at UiA, have released his latest album “III”. It is a recording made together with guitarist Juhani Silvola, and is the third release from this duo. It also features Andreas Ulvo on piano and minimoog, an improvised…
During Fragment 2025, poet and musician Terje Dragseth teamed up with multidisciplinary artist and producer Tobias Wam Grønborg, also known as Doglover95 to host an open, process-oriented music and poetry workshop at the new CreaTeME lab at Kraftverk, Kristiansand. The workshop served as a living laboratory…
GramArt og CreaTeME inviterer til CreaTeME-fredagen «Backstage» 10. oktober på Bare Studenthus. Denne dagen kan du få råd og tips fra noen av de fremste ekspertene i bransjen. Her blir det praktiske råd om kontraktsinngåelse, du vil lære om hvordan du kan navigering i sync-markedet,…
Artificial Intelligence in music raises fundamental questions about creativity, authorship, and human-machine collaboration. Among creatives there is a mixture of enthusiasm, skepticism, and uncertainty about AI’s potential and risks. In this symposium, we invite artistic responses to this mixture, to see what happens when artists collaborate…