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]
^Sidsel Karlsen; Heidi Westerlund; Heidi Partti; Solbu Einar (2013). "Community Music in the Nordic Countries: Politics, Research, Programs, and Educational Significance". In Veblen, Kari K.; Messenger, Stephen J.; Silverman, Marissa; Elliott, David J. (eds.). Community Music Today. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 47.