Welcome to enjoyments

No other phenomenon is so closely connected to the senses and human feelings as sound. You cannot directly die from sounds, but you can be extremely irritated by a noisy neighbour or his lawnmower. The sounds from Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra are not very different from those of any other Nordic symphony orchestra, yet you may get entranced by one and grieve about another. In daily life we sense music and other background sounds several hours each day whether we like it or not. And all this is related to acoustics, from instruments as sound sources, through different sound systems and rooms to our own perception.

This is the reason why we have planned a number of cultural activities with an emphasis on music for the hundreds of interested participants at this congress. All the concert events are free of charge for ICA participants, except the Nidaros Cathedral Organ concert on Wednesday night.

Already at the Opening ceremony we will meet the internationally well known jazz sextet The Brazz Brothers, the highly praised chamber orchestra Trondheim Soloists with excerpts from their famous Grieg CD and finally one of Trondheim's own outstanding musicians, fiddler Torill Aasegg.

ICA Club

And afterwards, the music goes on in a variety of styles, with 20 minutes mini concerts during the lunch breaks, small pieces during coffee breaks and 45 minutes evening concerts in our ICA Club in the Student Union Building, a circular, red and odd building that has been the major social spot for students and academics, a creative centre for music, theatre performances, stage productions and political discussions for more than 65 years.

Here the last part of the lunch hour will be a perfect frame for a music-technology performance with Rolf Wallin's "Yo", a chamber concert with the Cicignonkvintetten, improvisations with church-musician Henning Sommerro and jazz-musician John Pål Inderberg and finally, Schola Sanctae Sunnivae, a Gregorian chamber choir inspired by the French tradition.

Evening concerts

In the ICA Club you will also be able to hear more from The Brazz Brothers one of the nights. After a Round Table discussion relax with friends and enjoy the exiting ensemble and the atmosphere in this building. Another night, meet the excellent group Farmers Market that combines jazz and Slavonic music at a tremendous pace.

A concert on the newly restored unique baroc Wagnerorgan (worth a convention by itself) in the Nidaros Cathedral will be in contrast to the music program mentioned so far and illustrates some of the span of living music in Trondheim.

At the banquet on Friday night we are looking forward to a visit from Cantus, the "Choir of the World" at Llangollen, Wales 1993. The 34 young women aged 20-34 have a broad repertoire from chorals to swing and cabaret. We know you will like them.

MusICA : The ICA'95 Music Concept

In order to make the ICA'95 time signals and some of the music performances directly connected to the ICA abbreviation itself, a couple of musical phrases - exclusively composed and produced for this Trondheim Congress - are based on the musical notes C and A, interpreting the letters ICA as "lots of C's and A's". This "CA"-based musical brickstone may even be performed in different musical styles during the ICA'95 week as a part of the MusICA sound design.

More than music

Ringve Museum with its excellent display of ancient musical instruments, expands the opening hours to fit with the program of the Congress. We do recommend guided tours at the museum. You will find a Ringve Museum folder in your Congress Info.

A Special ICA'95 postmark with the Congress logo will be used at the post office situated at the North East wing of the NTH Main building. Deliver your postcards there, and the receiver will get a collector's item in addition to your greetings from Trondheim.