Improbasen

Improbasen is a nationwide center in Norway, where children learn to play jazz.

Children from Improbasen in Norway making radio documentary in February 2014

Children playing experimental jazz during nationwide workshop in Denmark in February 2014

Children performing at the international festival Kids in Jazz, in Oslo, August 2014

Founder of Improbasen receives the award Ella-prisen 2014, for his work with children and jazz.

Biography

Improbasens methods for teaching even small children to play complex music, has attracted attention all over Norway and abroad. Since 2008, some of the most progressive jazz musicians in Norway, including Thomas Strønen, Ole Morten Vågan, Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen, Mats Eilertsen, Hanna Paulsberg and Tore Brunborg, have conducted workshops at the center.^[1][2]

Projects

Improbasen has engaged in comprehensive educational projects in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Austria and Japan. ^{[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]}

The center also helped develop the jazz club Barnas Jazzhus, and the international festival Kids in Jazz. In August 2014, the founder of Improbasen, Odd André Elveland, received the award Ella-prisen for his work with children and jazz.^[12][13][14]

External links

• Improbasen

References

1. Improbasen – Jazzinorge.no (Øistein Lorange Meyer, 2012)
2. Improbasen in concert – Oblad.no (Una Oksavik Oltedal, 2010) 2014-09-07 at the Wayback Machine
3. Improbasen, Cultural Exchange project – Vestnorsk.Jazzinorge.no
4. Improbasen, Cultural Exchange project – StavangerJazzforum.no 2014-09-07 at the Wayback Machine
5. Improbasen at Europe Jazz Network General Assembly 2013 – SvenskJazz.se
6. Jazzcamp for girls – JazzDanmark.dk 2014-09-07 at the Wayback Machine
7. (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-11. Retrieved 2014-10-14.
8. Barnas Jazzhus, Cultural Exchange with Swiss kids – Swingkids.ch 2014-09-11 at the Wayback Machine
9. Barnas Jazzhus, Cultural Exchange, interview with Swiss trombone kid – Tagblatt.ch
10. Barnas Jazzhus, Cultural Exchange, interview with Swiss trumpet kid – Tagblatt.ch
11. Sapporo Junior Jazzschool Official Report 2012, about Improbasen on page 57-59, 81, 86–89 – SJF.com
12. Barnas Jazzhus awarded Jazz Club Of The Year in Norway – Jazzinorge.no (Camilla Slaattun Brauer, 2013)
13. Kids in Jazz 2012 – Jazzinorge.no
14. The award Ella-prisen 2014 – Jazzinorge.no

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