Academy of Music and Music Communication (Esbjerg)

Academy of Music and Music Communication in Esbjerg
Konservatoriet for musik og formidling
Established 1946
Type Public
Rector Axel Momme
Location Esbjerg, Denmark
Website http://vmk.dk/

The Academy of Music and Music Communication is located in Esbjerg, Denmark. It was founded in 1946 as a local private initiatve as Vestjysk Musikkonservatorium and was in 1972 taken over by the Danish State.

From 1998 it has been located in the refurbished and modernized premises of a former power plant.[1] As per Jan 1, 2010, it will merge with some of Denmark's other Academies of Music[2]

Sources

  1. ^ "Vestjysk Musikkonservatorium". Den store danske Encyclopædi. http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Kunst_og_kultur/Musik/Musiklivets_institutioner/Vestjysk_Musikkonservatorium. Retrieved 3 November 2009.  (in Danish)
  2. ^ "Pressemeddelelse. Aftale om fusion af konservatorier, skuespillerskole, arkitekt- og designskole". Kulturministeriet. 12 May 2009. http://www.kum.dk/sw85878.asp. Retrieved 3 November 2009.  (in Danish)