Ole Bull Academy

The Ole Bull Academy[1][2][3] (Norwegian: Ole Bull Akademiet, established 1977 in Voss, Norway) is a Norwegian music college that offers college-level courses on Norwegian folk music and folk dance. Today, the Academy educates about 700 students annually, and over 9000 students had taken a course at the Academy in 2003. Near the end of 2009 the figure was 12,000.[4]

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  2. ^ Grimley, Daniel M. (2006). Grieg: Music, Landscape and Norwegian Identity. Rochester, NY: Boydell Press. p. 163.
  3. ^ "Welcome to the Fiddle Making Workshop of the Ole Bull Academy". Ole Bull Akademiet. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  4. ^ "Ole Bull Academy (Ole Bull-Akademiet), Voss". ISME.org. Retrieved 2013-10-05.