The Grieg Academy is a music conservatory in Bergen, Norway and part of the University of Bergen. A university school of music or college of music, or academy of music or conservatoire ( French, but used in British English) &mdash is the second largest city in Norway. It is located on the south-western coast of Norway in the county of Hordaland in between a group of mountains known as De syv fjell Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional The University of Bergen ( Universitetet i Bergen) is located in Bergen, Norway. The Academy was founded in 1905 and offers 4-year undergraduate programs in Performance, Composition and Pedagogy/Music Education, and also 2-year Masters programs in Performance, Composition and Ethnomusicology. Events January 26 - Arnold Schoenberg 's symphonic poem Pelleas und Melisande is premiered in Vienna. A performance, in Performing arts, generally comprises an event in which one group of people (the performer or performers behave in a particular way for another group of people Musical composition is an original piece of Music the structure of a musical piece the process of creating a new Pedagogy (ˈpɛdəgɒdʒi or paedagogy is the Art or Science of being a Teacher. This article is about the concept For the society and academic journal see Society for Ethnomusicology. The Academy maintains a population of approximately 160 students, A permanent staff of 25 and numerous part-time faculty. The Grieg Academy has also partnered itself with two of the elite bands in the Hordaland area: the brass band Eikanger-Bjørsvik Musikklag and the wind band Dragefjellets Musikkorps (Bergen Symphonic Band). is a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland. A brass band is a Musical group generally consisting entirely of Brass instruments, most often with a percussion section The Eikanger-Bjørsvik band of Norway (also known as the Eikanger band is a brass and percussion ensemble located in the county of Lindås, Norway A concert band, also called wind band, symphonic band, symphonic winds, wind orchestra, wind symphony, or wind ensemble Dragefjellets Musikkorps, also known as the Bergen Symphonic Band is an elite division amateur Wind band in Bergen, Norway. Many faculty members are also members and principal players of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra is one of the world's oldest Orchestral institutions Notable faculty include professor Per Hannevold (bassoon and orchestral studies), professor (II) Gro Schibsted Sandvik (flute), and professor Harald Bjørkøy (voice). Per Hannevold is a member of the Bergen Woodwind Quintet and has been principal Bassoon of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra since 1979 The bassoon is a Woodwind instrument in the Double reed family that typically plays music written in the bass and Tenor registers and occasionally An orchestra is an instrumental ensemble, usually fairly large with string brass woodwind sections and possibly a percussion section as well Gro Schibsted Sandvik is a member of the Bergen Woodwind Quintet and served as solo Flutist in the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra from 1967 until 2005 The flute is a Musical instrument of the Woodwind family Unlike other woodwind instruments a flute is a Reedless wind instrument that produces its Harald Bjørkøy is a Norwegian Tenor from Trondheim, Norway. Alumni from the Academy include Leif Ove Andsnes, Harald Sæverud, and Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen. Leif Ove Andsnes is a Norwegian Pianist. He studied with Jiří Hlinka at the Grieg Academy of Music in Bergen Harald Sigurd Johan Sæverud ( April 17, 1897 &ndash March 27, 1992) was a Norwegian Composer. Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen (b Oslo, 11 January 1964) is a contemporary Norwegian Composer.