Improbasen

Improbasen is a center in Oslo, where children can learn about jazz and improvised music. Improbasen have developed teaching methods based on combining handcraft with creativity, ear training, and comunication, aiming to make children enjoying music. Students are between 7 og 14 years old. They all get weekly training in harmony, chord progressions ear training and various approaches to improvisation.

The students benefit a lot from always being able to practise what they learn during individual lessons in a band context, thus turning their training into a social experience. The students also do several monthly performances on some of the best venues for jazz in Norway, including Nasjonal Jazzscene.

Many of the foremost jazz musicians in Scandinavia and Europe have visited Improbasen to share their knowledge. They have cooperation partners all over Europe, in Japan and in South America. Improbasen has also established the international festival "Kids in Jazz" that takes place in Oslo every August, gathering young talents from around 12 countries including Japan and South America.