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University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy

January 01, 1970

University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy (Estonian: Tartu Ülikooli Viljandi Kultuuriakadeemia) is an Estonian institution of higher education, situated in the provincial town of Viljandi, central Estonia. The UT Viljandi Culture Academy merged with the University of Tartu in 2005.[1] The UT VCA has been teaching professional higher education and performing applied research within information science, culture education and creative arts since 1952.[2] The academy has about 1000 students, half of whom are open university students.[3] The teaching and instruction are based on the continuity and sustainability of Estonian native culture enriched by new impulses which widen the notion of traditional culture. As of 2021, the Director of the institution is Juko-Mart Kõlar.[4]

University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy
Tartu Ülikooli Viljandi Kultuuriakadeemia
TypePublic
Established1952
Students800 (2015)
Location
Viljandi
,
Estonia

58°21′59″N 25°35′50″E / 58.36639°N 25.59722°E / 58.36639; 25.59722
Websitehttp://www.kultuur.edu.ee

Education edit

 
Viljandi Culture Academy students at Gaudeamus festival outside Daugavpils University.

The UT Viljandi Culture Academy offers undergraduate study programmes in such fields as theatre and dance arts, music, Estonian native crafts, youth work and culture management. Most programmes are 4-years (240 ECTS), professional higher education programmes (equal with BA studies). One programme (School Music) is a BA programme with 3 study years (180 ECTS).

The Academy also offers MA graduate study programmes with 2 study years (120 ECTS), in such fields as music education, traditional music.

Since 2011, UT VCA offers an International Master programme, where teaching takes place in English. MA in Sound Engineering Arts .

Departments and their specialities:

  • Department of Culture Education: Leisure Time- and Culture Management;
  • Department of Performing Arts: Theatre Arts, Dance Arts, Performing Arts Visual Technology;
  • Department of Music: Traditional Music, Jazz Music, Music Education, Sound Engineering;
  • Department of Estonian Native Crafts: Native Textile, Native Construction, Native Metalwork, Inherited Crafts.

Research and Creative studies edit

In the last decades, the UT VCA’s main area of research has been the humanities, but there is an increasing amount of cooperation with social, economic, technological and material sciences. The contemporary teaching methods within creative arts, non-formal education and education in arts and music are among the most covered applied research areas. The most remarkable development has taken place in the field of applied inherited crafts. In 2009 the Academy began publishing a series of academic publications, Studia Vernacula.[5]

International cooperation edit

There are also various international projects in which different departments from the academy are taking part. In addition, the academy also participates in the activities of several international university networks:[6]

  • AEC the European Association of Conservatoires.
  • IASJ the International Association of Schools of Jazz.
  • NORDTRAD a Nord Plus network of academies and universities in the Nordic and Baltic countries offering third level education in traditional music.
  • NORTEAS a Nord Plus network for Nordic and Baltic Theatre and Dance Institutions of Higher Education.
  • DAMA a Nord Plus network of Dance and Media Art Schools.
  • NNME a Nordic Network for Music Education.
  • NORDPULS a Nord Plus network of academies and universities in the Nordic and Baltic countries providing professional music training in the area of pop, jazz and related music genres.

UT VCA has signed bilateral co-operation agreement in the framework of the Erasmus+ programme with many universities[7] (selection):

History edit

In Tallinn in the year 1952, the Tallinn Culture School (est: Tallinna Kultuurharidusala Kool) – later the Tallinn School of Cultural Education (Tallinna Kultuurharidustöö Kool) was founded, where specialists are educated for libraries and community centres.[8] By 1960, the school building in Tallinn has become too small and the Tallinn School of Cultural Education is transferred to Viljandi. In 1978, the school takes its new name, Viljandi Culture School (Viljandi Kultuurikool). In the autumn of 1991, the educational institution is reorganised into Viljandi Culture College (Viljandi Kultuurikolledž), providing applied higher education within different areas of culture. In 2003, the Viljandi Culture College becomes the Viljandi Culture Academy and in 2005 it joins the University of Tartu.[9]

Buildings edit

Main Building

The oldest part of the building was built in 1860 as a town-palace by count Theodor von Helmersen, the owner of Karula manor house in the north of Viljandi and was registered as a protected architectural monument in 1998.[10]

Music House

The Music House of UT VCA was opened in December 2005. The building is home to the whole music department of the academy, including the chairs of traditional music, classical- and church-music, jazz music, and school music. The music house is of importance not only for the academy but for the whole city. The renovated building is situated in the heart of Viljandi city as well as the main building. Both buildings contribute to the idea of a culture district in the city centre. The Music house, Carl Robert Jakobson street 14, is located at the corner of Carl Robert Jakobson- and Lossi street, in the historical monument preservation zone of Viljandi's old town.[11] The house was built in 1888 in historicist style as a two-storey stone dwelling house, which belonged in the beginning to the Viljandi governor of the Russian tsar, baron von Wolff.[12] In 1917 the building hosted the Viljandi war-revolution committee. Later it was home to the staff of the Sakala partisan battalion and in soviet time it was used as a war-commissariat. After Estonia restored its independence in the beginning of the 1990s, the building was used as the Viljandi department of Estonia's state-defence. The building has been protected as an architectural monument since 1964.[13]

Traditions and main events edit

  • The Viljandi Guitar Festival this international guitar festival has taken place in the third week of September since 2008.[14]
  • The Student Theatre Festival TTP this international three-day festival started in 2003.[15]
  • School Jazz = Jazz School a three-day workshop seminar for young students of jazz music from all over Estonia.[16] Young people are instructed by the best professional jazz musicians and there is a joint open concert for all participants every evening.
  • Dance Week every year the world celebrates the International Dance Day on 29 April, and the academy is no exception. Since 2010 the celebration is organized as a week full of dance performances, workshops, films and open courses in Viljandi’s secondary schools and in the academy led by students, teachers and alumni.[17]
  • Weekly jazz nights the Jazz Club gatherings see performances by both aspiring and famous jazz musicians.[18]
  • Culture Wednesdays performance events organised monthly by students, alumni and guests of the Performing Arts Department.[19]
  • Public Lecture Series "Own Culture" is annually organised lecture series on Estonian heritage culture for the local community.[20]

Product development edit

Incubator of Creative Industries in Viljandi County - The academy also heads a project with the aim of developing an Incubator of Creative Industries. The Incubator has two different direction or centres: textile - handicraft and metal. The first compartment opened its doors in the academic year 2010-2011.[21]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ . Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  2. ^ . Archived from the original on 12 April 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  3. ^ . Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  4. ^ "Juko-Mart Kõlar". Tartu Ülikool. 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Puutööraamat".
  6. ^ "Kultuur". www.kultuur.edu.ee. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  7. ^ UT VCA's partner universities
  8. ^ . Archived from the original on 12 April 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  9. ^ . Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  10. ^ "14715 Elamu Viljandis Tallinna 16, 19.saj. I pool • Mälestiste otsing • Mälestised".
  11. ^ "27010 Viljandi vanalinna muinsuskaitseala • Mälestiste otsing • Mälestised".
  12. ^ "Sakala Ajaleht". www.sakala.ajaleht.ee.[dead link]
  13. ^ "Tourism Info". www.viljandimaa.ee.
  14. ^ . www.viljandiguitar.ee. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011.
  15. ^ . www.tudengiteater.ee. Archived from the original on 16 September 2009.
  16. ^ "Culture.ee | Eesti kultuur Eestis ja Maailmas".
  17. ^ "Tantsunädal pakub nii vaatamist kui liikumist". 24 April 2011.
  18. ^ "Jazz". kultuur.edu.ee.
  19. ^ . www.sakala.ajaleht.ee. Archived from the original on 24 July 2007.
  20. ^ "Eesti Pärimusmuusika Keskus".
  21. ^ . www.looveesti.ee. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012.

External links edit

  • University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy - website
  • University of Tartu - website
  • University of Tartu Study information system
  • Estonian Traditional Music Center
  • Viljandi Folk Music Festival - website
  • Estonian Creative Agency
  • 'Viljandi city' - Official website
  • Viljandi County - Official website 4 December 2018 at the Wayback Machine

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This article contains content that is written like an advertisement Please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view October 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy Estonian Tartu Ulikooli Viljandi Kultuuriakadeemia is an Estonian institution of higher education situated in the provincial town of Viljandi central Estonia The UT Viljandi Culture Academy merged with the University of Tartu in 2005 1 The UT VCA has been teaching professional higher education and performing applied research within information science culture education and creative arts since 1952 2 The academy has about 1000 students half of whom are open university students 3 The teaching and instruction are based on the continuity and sustainability of Estonian native culture enriched by new impulses which widen the notion of traditional culture As of 2021 the Director of the institution is Juko Mart Kolar 4 University of Tartu Viljandi Culture AcademyTartu Ulikooli Viljandi KultuuriakadeemiaTypePublicEstablished1952Students800 2015 LocationViljandi Estonia58 21 59 N 25 35 50 E 58 36639 N 25 59722 E 58 36639 25 59722Websitehttp www kultuur edu ee Contents 1 Education 2 Research and Creative studies 3 International cooperation 4 History 5 Buildings 6 Traditions and main events 7 Product development 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksEducation edit nbsp Viljandi Culture Academy students at Gaudeamus festival outside Daugavpils University The UT Viljandi Culture Academy offers undergraduate study programmes in such fields as theatre and dance arts music Estonian native crafts youth work and culture management Most programmes are 4 years 240 ECTS professional higher education programmes equal with BA studies One programme School Music is a BA programme with 3 study years 180 ECTS The Academy also offers MA graduate study programmes with 2 study years 120 ECTS in such fields as music education traditional music Since 2011 UT VCA offers an International Master programme where teaching takes place in English MA in Sound Engineering Arts Departments and their specialities Department of Culture Education Leisure Time and Culture Management Department of Performing Arts Theatre Arts Dance Arts Performing Arts Visual Technology Department of Music Traditional Music Jazz Music Music Education Sound Engineering Department of Estonian Native Crafts Native Textile Native Construction Native Metalwork Inherited Crafts Research and Creative studies editIn the last decades the UT VCA s main area of research has been the humanities but there is an increasing amount of cooperation with social economic technological and material sciences The contemporary teaching methods within creative arts non formal education and education in arts and music are among the most covered applied research areas The most remarkable development has taken place in the field of applied inherited crafts In 2009 the Academy began publishing a series of academic publications Studia Vernacula 5 International cooperation editThere are also various international projects in which different departments from the academy are taking part In addition the academy also participates in the activities of several international university networks 6 AEC the European Association of Conservatoires IASJ the International Association of Schools of Jazz NORDTRAD a Nord Plus network of academies and universities in the Nordic and Baltic countries offering third level education in traditional music NORTEAS a Nord Plus network for Nordic and Baltic Theatre and Dance Institutions of Higher Education DAMA a Nord Plus network of Dance and Media Art Schools NNME a Nordic Network for Music Education NORDPULS a Nord Plus network of academies and universities in the Nordic and Baltic countries providing professional music training in the area of pop jazz and related music genres UT VCA has signed bilateral co operation agreement in the framework of the Erasmus programme with many universities 7 selection nbsp Konservatorium Wien University nbsp University of Music and Performing Arts Graz nbsp Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences nbsp HUMAK University of Applied Sciences nbsp Jyvaskyla University of Applied Sciences nbsp Kuopio Academy of Music and Dance nbsp Mikkeli University of Applied Sciences nbsp North Karelia University of Applied Sciences nbsp Seinajoki University of Applied Sciences nbsp Sibelius Academy nbsp Theatre Academy of Finland nbsp Turku University of Applied Sciences Arts Academy nbsp Palucca School of Dance nbsp Iceland Academy of Arts nbsp Vilniaus kolegija University of Applied Sciences nbsp Klaipeda University nbsp Art Academy of Latvia nbsp Norwegian Academy of Music nbsp Telemark University College nbsp Instituto Politecnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Danca nbsp Academy of Music and Drama Goteborg University nbsp Karlstad University Ingesund College of Music nbsp Malmo Academy of Music Lund University nbsp Royal College of Music in Stockholm nbsp Cumhuriyet University nbsp University of ChesterHistory editIn Tallinn in the year 1952 the Tallinn Culture School est Tallinna Kultuurharidusala Kool later the Tallinn School of Cultural Education Tallinna Kultuurharidustoo Kool was founded where specialists are educated for libraries and community centres 8 By 1960 the school building in Tallinn has become too small and the Tallinn School of Cultural Education is transferred to Viljandi In 1978 the school takes its new name Viljandi Culture School Viljandi Kultuurikool In the autumn of 1991 the educational institution is reorganised into Viljandi Culture College Viljandi Kultuurikolledz providing applied higher education within different areas of culture In 2003 the Viljandi Culture College becomes the Viljandi Culture Academy and in 2005 it joins the University of Tartu 9 Buildings editMain BuildingThe oldest part of the building was built in 1860 as a town palace by count Theodor von Helmersen the owner of Karula manor house in the north of Viljandi and was registered as a protected architectural monument in 1998 10 Music HouseThe Music House of UT VCA was opened in December 2005 The building is home to the whole music department of the academy including the chairs of traditional music classical and church music jazz music and school music The music house is of importance not only for the academy but for the whole city The renovated building is situated in the heart of Viljandi city as well as the main building Both buildings contribute to the idea of a culture district in the city centre The Music house Carl Robert Jakobson street 14 is located at the corner of Carl Robert Jakobson and Lossi street in the historical monument preservation zone of Viljandi s old town 11 The house was built in 1888 in historicist style as a two storey stone dwelling house which belonged in the beginning to the Viljandi governor of the Russian tsar baron von Wolff 12 In 1917 the building hosted the Viljandi war revolution committee Later it was home to the staff of the Sakala partisan battalion and in soviet time it was used as a war commissariat After Estonia restored its independence in the beginning of the 1990s the building was used as the Viljandi department of Estonia s state defence The building has been protected as an architectural monument since 1964 13 Traditions and main events editThe Viljandi Guitar Festival this international guitar festival has taken place in the third week of September since 2008 14 The Student Theatre Festival TTP this international three day festival started in 2003 15 School Jazz Jazz School a three day workshop seminar for young students of jazz music from all over Estonia 16 Young people are instructed by the best professional jazz musicians and there is a joint open concert for all participants every evening Dance Week every year the world celebrates the International Dance Day on 29 April and the academy is no exception Since 2010 the celebration is organized as a week full of dance performances workshops films and open courses in Viljandi s secondary schools and in the academy led by students teachers and alumni 17 Weekly jazz nights the Jazz Club gatherings see performances by both aspiring and famous jazz musicians 18 Culture Wednesdays performance events organised monthly by students alumni and guests of the Performing Arts Department 19 Public Lecture Series Own Culture is annually organised lecture series on Estonian heritage culture for the local community 20 Product development editIncubator of Creative Industries in Viljandi County The academy also heads a project with the aim of developing an Incubator of Creative Industries The Incubator has two different direction or centres textile handicraft and metal The first compartment opened its doors in the academic year 2010 2011 21 See also editNarva College of the University of Tartu Viljandi Folk Music FestivalReferences edit Postimees Viljandi kultuuriakadeemia uhineb Tartu ulikooliga Archived from the original on 1 December 2008 Retrieved 11 May 2011 Tartu Ulikooli Viljandi Kultuuriakadeemia Archived from the original on 12 April 2011 Retrieved 11 May 2011 Tartu Ulikooli Viljandi Kultuuriakadeemia Archived from the original on 17 May 2011 Retrieved 11 May 2011 Juko Mart Kolar Tartu Ulikool 2021 Retrieved 25 November 2021 Puutooraamat Kultuur www kultuur edu ee Retrieved 16 February 2024 UT VCA s partner universities Tartu Ulikooli Viljandi Kultuuriakadeemia Archived from the original on 12 April 2011 Retrieved 11 May 2011 Postimees Viljandi kultuuriakadeemia uhineb Tartu ulikooliga Archived from the original on 1 December 2008 Retrieved 11 May 2011 14715 Elamu Viljandis Tallinna 16 19 saj I pool Malestiste otsing Malestised 27010 Viljandi vanalinna muinsuskaitseala Malestiste otsing Malestised Sakala Ajaleht www sakala ajaleht ee dead link Tourism Info www viljandimaa ee Viljandi Guitar Festival www viljandiguitar ee Archived from the original on 20 July 2011 Tudengite Teatripaevad In English www tudengiteater ee Archived from the original on 16 September 2009 Culture ee Eesti kultuur Eestis ja Maailmas Tantsunadal pakub nii vaatamist kui liikumist 24 April 2011 Jazz kultuur edu ee Sakala Akadeemia alustas kultuurikolmapaevadega www sakala ajaleht ee Archived from the original on 24 July 2007 Eesti Parimusmuusika Keskus Viljandi Loomeinkubaator avati roomuga www looveesti ee Archived from the original on 23 March 2012 External links editUniversity of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy website University of Tartu website University of Tartu Study information system Estonian Traditional Music Center Viljandi Folk Music Festival website Estonian Creative Agency Viljandi city Official website Viljandi County Official website Archived 4 December 2018 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from 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