- Fredrik Påhlsson -

Monday the 13th of June, 2011, I defended my thesis.

I am very glad to have succeeded in my studies at the National Research School in Music Education. My subject of the thesis is “Equivalent assessment in music education in Swedish compulsory schools”.

My official title is now Ph.Lic. (licentiate of philosophy, pre-doctoral degree)… I still like to be called just Fredrik though

A big thanks to all who have supported me in work and prayers!

Sometimes you don’t know if someone is joking with you… This time it was true thou:) I am very honoured to have been invited to share my Salvation Army Gospel Music work with the United Nations International Council for Caring Communities. It will be a great privilege to contribute to their coming edition on Music in the Millennium Development Goals.

On Easter Saturday local newspaper, Östgötacorrespondenten, had a full page on Småskolan (Little school), the public school we, Jessica and I, are starting the coming fall. We are so glad for the attention. Unfortunately there where a number of errors of facts in the article (they printed a working text, not the proofread one). The “correct” text can be found on the Småskolan homepage: www.smaskolan.se (unfortunately only in Swedish).

Right now in Exeter, UK, presenting my research on Equivalent Assessment in Music.
Meeting old friends and getting to know new ones as well. Great fun and very interesting indeed.

To the conference participants:
If you… for any reason… are interested in the slides from my presentation;
Don’t hesitate to contact me. fredrik@pahlsson.info.

(Only in Swedish)

Hej kära studenter!

Här finns den utlovade PDF:en med mina enkla bilder.
Väl bekomme. Finns frågor eller funderingar så är ni varmt välkomna
att höra av er!

Med vänlig hälsning
Fredrik

Once again I have the great privillege to lecture at Linköping University.

This semester I will lecture on “Music of the Nordic Countries”, in the
Nordic Culture Course for exchange students. (Course homepage)

I have also the big privillege to lecture in a (for me) new course for all the students
in teacher training, year one, at Linköping Univerity. The lecture is titled “Music education
in the Swedish school system”. Great fun.

RESEARCH & ISSUES IN MUSIC EDUCATION (ISME) is one of the biggest societies for research connected to Music Education.

In mid April a big conference will be held in Exeter, UK (Last year held in Beijing, China). At this conference I will present my research work on Equal Assessment in Music Education in Swedish Secondary Schools. It is a great joy to have been chosen as one of the presenters. In addition to that I will be a part of a seminar/symposium entitled “The perils, possibilities and practices of assessment in music
education”, an European view on music assessment, where I have been asked to talk a little about “Equal assessment of musical knowledge in relation of creativity and holistic musical
learning”.

In the start of March Mercy Gospel Choir once again will return to the rads. This time a visit to Skillingaryd and Värnamo is planned.

The spring program for Mercy also contains:
Charity Concert for EFI – Work for orphans in Romania.
Outdoor Concert at the beautiful Trädgårdsföreningen, Linköping
Christian Conference on Gotland

(more events to come)
Yet another exiting

In the end of February I have the big privilege to once again return to the United Kingdom as guest conductor for the Territorial Youth Choir of the Salvation Army. The rehearsals will be held in the Bournemouth area, and a concert together with the territorial youth band, under the leadership of Stephen Cobb is announced on Friday 25.

The Salvation Army Music MInistries

Once again I have been given the privilege to lecture at the Swedish National Conference on Pedagogic Assessment. This time I will share my preliminary results from the big music teacher survey I have done. This will be the first time the results are shared and discussed with a bigger audience.