The network will develop a system of student and teacher exchanges that gradually will form the base for an artistic research-based circumpolar co-partnered music ensemble which by blending arctic-ethnic musical expressions with western classical and jazz-/improvised tradition, will create a genuine arctic sound that can inspire higher music education institutions in the circumpolar region to nurture and develop music traditions in the region.

The AWEensemble will provide researchers, teachers and students in the participating institutions, with a vehicle for developing, studying and performing musical/artistic expressions from the circumpolar Arctic on the highest international artistic level.

• The network will aim to create one minor production each year comprising at least two of the network members. The long-term goal will be to create and put on stage one production per year.

Visit also the home page of Department of Music, Dance and Drama, located at the UiT The Arctic University of Norway.