Small School, Big Results
Why Barratt Due?
As a small institution we have the ability to focus on each individual student, creating the best framework for you to reach your full potential. Here you are part of a vibrant community where tradition and innovation come together.
Since 1927, Barratt Due has been a powerhouse in the Norwegian music field, educating musicians from the first notes on an instrument, to a life on the concert stage. The institute unites teaching and performance in a unique community, where children, young people, students and professional musicians meet through learning, inspiration and collaboration.
Higher Education at Barratt Due
As a student at Barratt Due, you are part of a vibrant learning environment –through personal support and exciting projects, we elevate and give you the opportunity to develop as a musician at the highest level.
Why Choose Higher Education at Barratt Due
At Barratt Due, students will receive dedicated mentoring and ongoing support in a unique and inspiring learning environment.
With us, the teaching is professional- and performance-oriented, with a focus on developing your own artistic voice and making you stage-ready for a career in music performance. From the first semester you will be on stage, either as a soloist, in chamber groups or in larger ensembles and opera productions.
The bachelor’s degree opens doors to a wide array of career paths: orchestral musician, opera singer, chamber musician, soloist or freelance performer. You can also choose to continue your studies with a master in Music Performance or extended studies with Practical Pedagogical Education (PPU).
The benefits of choosing higher education at Barratt Due
Dedicated teachers who give you personalized feedback
Our teachers are high-level performing musicians – providing personalized feedback and close mentorship to each individual student.
Our faculty
A unique student community
At Barratt Due you will be part of an inspiring and supportive student community.
Student Life at Barratt Due Academy
Career opportunities
Higher education at Barratt Due can be a stepping stone, or a leap onto the world's biggest concert stages. From star soloists to orchestral musicians in the Philharmonic, the Opera and KORK, as well as in world-renowned ensembles and chamber orchestras, read more about our alumni here.
AlumniWhy choose higher education at Barratt Due?
Talent development program at Barratt Due
We give young musicians what they need to grow, be challenged, and reach new heights.
Become part of Norway’s most inspiring learning environment for young musicians
At Barratt Due, we do not focus on age limits – only on musical quality. With us, you can develop at your own pace, with close mentorship, a strong professional community and unique opportunities for high-level interaction.
Here you will be met with the right challenges for where you are, right now in your own musical journey. You get to work purposefully with your principal instrument, while at the same time becoming part of a vibrant community where young talents play together with older students and learn from each other. Here you will meet peers in a safe and social community, while participating in collaborative and exciting projects across age groups and instrument sections.
Throughout the entire journey, we focus on the whole person, with support for musician health and personal development. You will have space to explore, challenge and strengthen your own artistic voice in a safe framework and inspiring surroundings.
Barratt Due is more than a school – it is a powerhouse for musical growth.
Here you will get the opportunities, the environment, and mastery that will shape you into the musician of tomorrow.
Why choose to attend a talent development program at Barratt Due?
Community
You will be challenged and be given the opportunity to develop at your own musical level. Here you will meet peers in a safe and social community, while participating in collaborative and exciting projects – across age groups and instrument sections.
Community at Barratt Due
The road ahead
Music education provides unity, mastery, musical enjoyment and many opportunities.
The road aheadMusic education for children at Barratt Due
At Barratt Due, we provide children with a warm and inspiring environment with the best educators. Here the child gets to experience play, mastery and collaboration building the foundation for lifelong appreciation for music.
Why Choose Music Education for Children at Barratt Due
At Barratt Due, children get to explore music in an environment that brings forth curiosity and gives opportunity for specialization. Our educators facilitate learning through play, singing, movement and collaboration – with room for both expression and development.
Here, children get to grow with music, from the first notes to the concert stage. Some continue as professional musicians, others take with them the experiences that strengthen joy, cooperation and self-confidence – values that last a lifetime.
But perhaps most importantly of all, the children finds learning music to be really fun.
Our Alumni
Barratt Due Music Institute has fostered some of Norway’s greatest talents in classical music, and our alumni are living proof – from star soloists to orchestral musicians in the Philharmonic, the Opera and KORK, as well as in world-renowned ensembles and chamber orchestras.
