All years within the Bachelor\u2019s and Master\u2019s programs have had their own kick-off meetings, and the free courses have had separate meetings as well. Overall, attendance has matched late-summer prognosis \u2014which is always gratifying. Since January 1st, M\u00e4lardalen University (MDU)<\/a> has undergone a major reorganization; this was noticeable at the start of the semester through certain technical issues such as incorrect registration options for Bachelor\u2019s students, misinformation given to new Bachelor\u2019s students stating that classes takes place only during the day (rather than the planned and intended mix of day and evening classes), and various issues related to the university\u2019s digital learning platform, Canvas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Despite this, the academic year is now in full swing, and most activities are already underway. Regarding general events, MOMDU students gave a kick-off concert on Wednesday, September 2nd\u2014an event largely intended to give new students a live demonstration of what a concert at V\u00e4ster\u00e5s Castle is like. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Prior to the concert, new students also attended a seminar on concert practice, where key aspects of concert preparation were covered. MOMDU performs not only in V\u00e4ster\u00e5s; a “Singers’ Festival” was held on Sunday, September 20th, and today a chamber music cavalcade took place at Stockholm Cathedral\u2014events made possible by a collaboration agreement between the Swedish Cathedral Congregation in Stockholm and MOMDU. The high regard in which MOMDU students are held was evident, for instance, in the fact that over 200 Stockholmers attended the Singers’ Festival concert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On Thursday, September 3rd, licensed audiologist Nevenka Rojas from Hear2Unite visited the castle to hold a seminar on how hearing works and what musicians can do to protect their hearing. A benefit available to all MOMDU teachers and students is full reimbursement for custom-molded hearing protection from Bellman<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the field of music theory, MOMDU was delighted to welcome newly recruited lecturer Erik Bergwall<\/a> as of September 1st; he joins us from Uppsala University, where he had been working as a doctoral candidate. Erik defended his doctoral thesis in Uppsala on Friday, September 11th; the work focuses on the 16th-century English singer and composer John Baldwin and is titled “‘A store housse of treasure’. Learned and recreational music in John Baldwin’s manuscript miscellany\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, on Friday, September 18, MOMDU is hosting a seminar on the art of Practicing and Rehearsing, featuring trombonist H\u00e5kan Bj\u00f6rkman<\/a>, who is also MOMDU\u2019s trombone instructor. H\u00e5kan is one of Sweden\u2019s foremost trombonists and serves as principal trombone for the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Keywords: higher music education, start of the semester, MOMDU<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n S\u00f6ndag 27 september 2026<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Terminsstart MOMDU<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Idag \u00e4r det knappt en m\u00e5nad sedan terminsstarten vid Musik- och operah\u00f6gskolan, M\u00e4lardalens universitet (MOMDU)<\/a> p\u00e5 V\u00e4ster\u00e5s slott; h\u00e4r kommer en resum\u00e9 p\u00e5 vad som har hunnits med sedan dess.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Samtliga \u00e5rskurser vid kandidat- och masterprogrammen har haft enskilda upptaktstr\u00e4ffar, \u00e4ven de frist\u00e5ende kurserna har haft sina separata m\u00f6ten. Generellt sett har uppslutningen varit enligt sensommarens prognos vilket alltid \u00e4r gl\u00e4djande. M\u00e4lardalens Universitet (MDU)<\/a> har sedan 1:a januari genomg\u00e5tt en mycket stor omorganisation, n\u00e5got som m\u00e4rktes vid terminsstarten med vissa barnsjukdomar som tex felaktiga registreringsalternativ f\u00f6r kandidatstudenter, felaktig information till nya kandidatstudenter om att undervisningen enbart bedrivs p\u00e5 dagtid ist\u00e4llet f\u00f6r dagtid och kv\u00e4llstid som det \u00e4r planerat f\u00f6r och ska vara, samt flera problem kopplade till universitets digitala l\u00e4rplattform Canvas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Men trots detta s\u00e5 \u00e4r nu l\u00e4s\u00e5ret i full g\u00e5ng och de flesta moment har redan startat. G\u00e4llandes \u00f6vergripande aktiviteter s\u00e5 har MOMDUs studenter gett en Upptaktskonsert onsdagen den 2:a september, som till stor del \u00e4r till f\u00f6r att nya studenter ska f\u00e5 ett levande exempel p\u00e5 hur en konsert p\u00e5 V\u00e4ster\u00e5s slott kan te sig. Innan konserten fick ocks\u00e5 nya studenter ett Konsertpraxis-seminarium d\u00e4r viktiga konsertf\u00f6rberedande moment gicks igenom. MOMDU ger konserter inte bara i V\u00e4ster\u00e5s; S\u00f6ndag den 20:e september bj\u00f6ds p\u00e5 S\u00e5ngarfest och idag Kammarmusikkavalkad i Storkyrkan i Stockholm, n\u00e5got som \u00e4r m\u00f6jligt tack vare ett samverkansavtal mellan Svenska domkyrkof\u00f6rsamlingen i Stockholm och MOMDU. Ett tecken p\u00e5 att MOMDUs studenter \u00e4r mycket uppskattade visades till exempel att drygt 200 stockholmare lyssnade p\u00e5 S\u00e5ngarfestskonserten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Torsdagen den 3:e september bes\u00f6kte legitimerad audionom Nevenka Rojas fr\u00e5n Hear2Unite slottet f\u00f6r ett seminarium och hur h\u00f6rseln fungerar samt vad man som musiker kan t\u00e4nka p\u00e5 f\u00f6r att skydda sig i f\u00f6rberedande syfte. En f\u00f6rm\u00e5n som samtliga l\u00e4rare och studenter vid MOMDU har \u00e4r att f\u00e5 full kostnadsers\u00e4ttning f\u00f6r formgjutna h\u00f6rselskydd fr\u00e5n Bellman<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Inom \u00e4mnet musikteori har MOMDU haft den stora gl\u00e4djen att fr\u00e5n den 1:a september f\u00e5 v\u00e4lkomna nyrekryterade adjunkten Erik Bergwall<\/a> som kommer n\u00e4rmast fr\u00e5n Uppsala Universitet d\u00e4r han arbetat som doktorand. Erik disputerade i Uppsala fredagen den 11:e september p\u00e5 en avhandling om den engelske 1500-talss\u00e5ngaren och komposit\u00f6ren John Baldwin. Titeln p\u00e5 avhandlingen \u00e4r “‘A store housse of treasure’. Learned and recreational music in John Baldwin’s manuscript<\/em> miscellany<\/em>“.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vidare har MOMDU fredagen den 18.e september bjudit in till seminarium i Konsten att \u00f6va och repetera med trombonist H\u00e5kan Bj\u00f6rkman<\/a> som ocks\u00e5 \u00e4r MOMDUs trombonl\u00e4rare. H\u00e5kan \u00e4r en av Sveriges fr\u00e4msta trombonister och arbetar som f\u00f6rstetrombonisti Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester samt \u00a0i Chamber Orchestra of Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nyckelord: h\u00f6gre musikutbildning, terminsstart, MOMDU<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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