Period: 24.9.2024 - 31.12.2026

Content: The North & South Songwriters - (NOSS) aims to explore new ways of teaching and collaboration in music
education. The project is a collaboration between the South African College of Music (SACM) of the University
of Cape Town (UCT) in South Africa (SA) and the Faculty of Arts and Culture at Novia University of Applied
Sciences (Novia UAS), Finland. Among the activities are: a course in crossover songwriting and production
divided in two parts, co-designed and delivered by SACM and Novia UAS, two mobility activities involving
students and staff from SACM to Novia UAS and vice versa and digital songwriting collaboration between
students from both institutions. The content of the activities are: modules in the African music heritage, South
African music culture and industry, the Finnish music heritage, contemporary music production, and crossover
songwriting workshops conducted on a hybrid model and executed as an intensive 1.5 year project

Focus area: Konst kultur och entreprenörskap

Campus: Jakobstad

Financers: Utbildningsstyrelsen_engelsk logo, Novia University of Applied Sciences

Project manager: Mats Granfors

Partners: The South African College of Music (University of Cape Town)