Guitar Maestro T.E.A.R.S (Teaching Excellence And Revolutionary Synergy)
May 5 - 7 2025, Kristiansand, Norway

You are invited to the second session of Guitar Maestro T.E.A.R.S - a three-day conference Mastering (the space between) Function and Freedom for pop/jazz/rock guitar teachers in higher music education of the Nordic/Baltic region.

CONTENT
The participants are invited to SHARING, NETWORKING & LEARNING how they work with students and collectively rethink guitarist tutoring in higher music education programmes. All participants are asked to share their most burning topic.
Please find the INVITATION here.

PROGRAMME
The progamme of 2026 is under development, for inspiration, please check the 2025 Programme.

REGISTRATION
Registration is open here: https://nettskjema.no/a/gm2026#/page/1

Coordinator:
Martin Granum
magr@musikkons.dk
+45 6146 2144

Guitar Maestro T.E.A.R.S is a development project of the NordPuls network bringing together teachers with different backgrounds and from different types of departments (jazz, pop/jazz, folk or not genre-specific). The goal is to build sustainable personal relationships between the Nordic/Baltic teaching staff. The first session of the project took place 14 - 16 January 2025 at the Royal Academy of Music, Aalborg.