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]

References

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