LSROK

OPEN STAGE

ABOUT THE OPEN STAGE PROJECT

Test your performance skills and start developing your career! All these Open Stage activities are free of change, all at the Kulturhuset in Halden.

Open Mic at the Kulturhuset Halden. Here you can play your songs, together or alone. The house band is ready to accompany you, if you like

Masterclasses and career development. Start today on your tomorrows

“Keep what you create!” seminar. Protect your work!

Concert event and Masterclass in the autumn

Free attendance at HIMF 2025 (Halden International Music Film Festival)

Thanks to Sparebanken1stiftelsen Halden and Halden Municipality for their valuable support which allow all events to be totally free of charge for participants.

SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES

All events are free. Click here to see our scrapbook from earlier Open MIc events!

ÅPEN SCENE

September 24, 19:00

Open Mic Kulturhus Halden

MASTER CLASSES

Together with Halden videregående and other local schools and organizations, LSROK is developing a curriculum designed to help young student learn more about developing a career within music and culture.

SEPTEMBER 12

PER OLE HAGEN: THE MUSIC INDUSTRY

Ownership and rights, songwriting and performance

Music education, cultural education and career opportunities in Norway.

SEPTEMBER 24

PROMOTION AND MARKETING: TELL THE WORLD WHO YOU ARE!

David John Smith/Interview with Little Steven Van Zandt

To develop a sustainable career, young people must be prepared to communicate their value - their strengths, talents – in a clear, simple and understandable way.

David John Smith is an American author, filmmaker, event organizer on 6 continents including 3 Olympics. . In addition, the collaboration with Little Steven Van Zandt from 2011 has resulted in projects in film, music and education in Lillehammer, as well as in Telemark and Østfold counties.

OCTOBER 29

THE ART OF THE PERFORMANCE

Dyveke Kuløy, in collaboration with Østfold Music Council.

A successful performance is more than just playing an instrument or singing. It is the ability to have a presence on stage that inspires, entertains and leaves the audience wanting more. Dyveke Kuløy is one such performer. She will present a masterclass that will give students a better understanding of what it takes to deliver a good performance.

Dyveke is a trained singer from the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) where she completed a bachelor's degree in Performing Arts in 2007. In 2023 she completed a master's degree in rhythmic choral conducting from the Royal Academy of Music in Aalborg (RAMA) where she focused on choirs and technology in her master's thesis. Dyveke is educated in, and holds courses in, songwriting, rhythmic choral conducting and Vocal Painting.

For more information, contact Espen Holtan, telephone: 90503601/ espen@polare.no to learn more.

HIMF 2025

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday

29 – 31 October 2025

LSROK student will be invited to the third edition of the Halden International Music Film Festival. Bigger and better every year. Where music and film meet.

Learn more here

Click on any one of the activities above to learn more.

LITTLE STEVEN SAYS...

Little Stevens School of Rock and Career Development. (LSROK) is based in Halden and works with young people across borders to create a foundation for learning and career development within the creative arts.

We are fortunate to be working with “Little Steven” Van Zandt, a true renaissance man of film, music, theatre, radio and television. Hear Little Steven talk to us in New York about what it takes to prepare yourself for your career: