Room Facilities and Audio Equipment at the Grieg Academy
At the Grieg Academy, you have access to concert halls, studios, ensemble rooms and practice rooms tailored to a wide range of academic and artistic needs. In addition, you can borrow professional audio and video equipment for recording, live streaming and production, and receive guidance from an audio technician.
Rooms and Studio facilites at Lars Hilles gate 3
Practice Rooms
At the Grieg Academy, you will find both large and small practice rooms for individual use. Many of the rooms are equipped with grand pianos. We also have dedicated facilities for percussion and organ students, as well as a collection of instruments used for, among other things, early music performance.
Throughout your studies, you will have access to a wide range of equipment and specialised facilities. As a student, you can access the premises from early morning until midnight, seven days a week. This provides considerable flexibility for practice, project work and collaboration with fellow students.
Ensemble Rooms
The Grieg Academy has several ensemble rooms equipped with permanent sound systems and backline equipment for band and ensemble teaching. All ensemble rooms are fitted with grand pianos.
Studios
Studio A is a combined project and recording studio used for teaching, practice and smaller concerts.
Studio B is tailored to the needs of jazz students and is used for ensemble teaching and jazz practice.
Venues
Gunnar Sævigs Hall serves as both an assembly hall and a chamber music venue.
Prøvesalen is a concert venue used for teaching, practice, performances and smaller concerts.
Audio and Recording Equipment
As a student at the Grieg Academy, you can borrow professional audio and video equipment for recording, documentation, live streaming and video production. The equipment supports both simple productions and more advanced multitrack recordings, and can be used at a variety of locations. Where needed, guidance from an audio technician and practical t
Equipment
The equipment inventory includes high-quality microphones from manufacturers such as Neumann, Microtech Gefell and AKG, including models such as the KM184, M300 and C414. In addition, students have access to professional preamps, converters, digital mixing consoles, recording systems, cameras and all necessary accessories. Students can assemble anything from a simple, portable high-quality recording setup to larger multi-channel systems.
Project Studio
We also have a fully equipped project studio featuring a high-quality stereo PA system, studio monitors and a digital mixing console, suitable for practice, production and multitrack recording. The same room houses a permanently installed 8.1 loudspeaker system with simple plug-and-play connectivity via USB and a digital mixer. The system is widely used for composition projects and immersive audio work.
Engineers at the Grieg Academy
Piano Technician: Jens Schumann
Audio Engineer: Davide Bertolini