Barratt Due Institute of Music

Barratt Due Institute of Music
Barratt Due musikkinstitutt

Barratt Dues premises in Lyder Sagens gate 2. (Photo by Helge Høifødt)
Type Private foundation
Music school and college with accredited courses
Established 1927
Rector Stephan Barratt-Due
Deputy rector
Alf Richard Kraggerud
Director Harald Hjort
Administrative staff
 125 (2015) (as a total for all departments)
Students 90 (1915) (in addition, 90 students at Unge Talenter, 100 students at Musikk på Majorstuen, 50 students at Musikkskoleavdelingen, and 200 students at Musikkbarnehagen)
Location Oslo, Norway
Website www.barrattdue.no

Barratt Due Institute of Music (initiated 1927 in Oslo, Norway) is a music education institute founded by the pianist Mary Barratt Due and the violinist Henrik Adam Due. It is a private foundation which receives government funding for parts of its activities. Located at Fagerborg in Oslo the institute offers music education from infant age through college levels.[1]

The institute's motto is "From music kindergarten to concert podium" and the students are educated through college level degrees and onto the professional arena. Due to this model Barratt Due has through three generations been an important institution in Norwegian music life. Stephan Barratt-Due is the school's artistic director and also leads the Institute's ensemble-in-residence, Oslo Camerata.

History

Barratt Due's Musikkinstitutt» was founded 18 September 1927 at 18 Vallegata, St. Hanshaugen, where the violinist Henrik Due and pianist Mary Barratt Due resided. Classes were held in their apartment.[2] The family Barratt-Due moved 26 October 1931 to 2 Lyder Sagens gate, and the music kindergarten started at the institute in January 1932, this was the first of its kind in Norway and as of 2015 is still going strong. In the mid 1930s the motto of the institute was, "from the musical kindergarten to concert podium," and since 1930 the Institute has had an annual Christmas concert.

During World War II the institute was a meeting place for those interested in culture and so-called Entartete Musikk, "degenerate music", which was banned during the war, who met behind the blackout curtains.

Stephan Barratt-Due Jr. took over as rector and artistic director of the institute in 1985.[1] In 1985, Barratt Dues Juniororkester and Barratt Dues Symfoniorkester was established, and in 1986 the Institute was transformed into a foundation.

Departments

Orchestras and ensembles fixed at the institute

Notable alumni and faculty

References

  1. 1 2 "Barratt Due Musikkinstitutt". Biography. Store Norske Leksikon. 2013-01-07. Retrieved 2015-05-08.
  2. ↑ "Tradisjon" (in Norwegian). BarrattDue.no. Retrieved 2015-05-08.
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Coordinates: 59°55′43.07″N 10°43′38.63″E / 59.9286306°N 10.7273972°E / 59.9286306; 10.7273972

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