The School of Music in Piteå is a

music school A music school is an educational institution specialized in the study, training, and research of music. Such an institution can also be known as a school of music, music academy, music faculty, college of music, music department (of a larger ins ...

located in Piteå in northern

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

. It is a part of the

Department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

of Music and Media at

Luleå University of Technology Luleå University of Technology is a Public Research University in Norrbotten County, Sweden. The university has four campuses located in the Arctic Region in the cities of Luleå, Kiruna, Skellefteå, and Piteå. With more than 19,000 students a ...

. The school was founded in 1978. Well known

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s at the school include composer Jan Sandström and organist

Hans-Ola Ericsson Hans-Ola Ericsson (born 1958 in Stockholm) is a Swedish organist and composer. Career Ericsson studied church music at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, and continued his organ and composition studies at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg ...

External links

The School of Music in Piteå - Official siteLuleå University of Technology - Official site

References

Music schools in Sweden Piteå Luleå University of Technology {{Sweden-org-stub