Jazeps Vitols Latvian Academy of Music

Contact person for Nordtrad: 
Ieva Tihovska
E-mail: ieva.tihovska@gmail.com

General profile of the folk music department:
Ethnomusicological research and performance, emphasis on Latvian and Baltic traditional and contemporary folk music

Education profiles offered:
Ethnomusicology, 4 years, Bachelor in ethnomusicology and traditional music pedagogics
Ethnomusicology, 2 years, Master in ethnomusicology
Ethnomusicology, 3 years, Doctor 
Subjects studied (summary):
Latvian and Baltic traditional music, Latvian musical instruments and instrumental music, 
World music cultures, Jazz and popular music, Western art music history, Ethnomusicolgy, 
Folklore, Social and culture anthropology
Ear training, Transcription and analysis
Singing and main instrument (kokle, pipes and bagpipes, violin, diatonic accordion, mandoline, zither, percussion), side-instruments, ensembles
Fieldwork, archive work, bachelor thesis