Two students from YST Conservatory participated in the GLOMUS (Global Network for Higher Music Education) Camp 2017, Bridging Cultures Through Collaboration and Co-creation, held in Natal, Brazil from 10-20 January 2017. GLOMUS was founded by the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki (Finland) – a partner of the YST Conservatory – and the Royal Academy of Music Aarhus/Aalborg (Denmark). It aims to develop intercultural communication, promote knowledge-sharing, and encourage and inspire international interaction between the arts. In its fifth year, this iteration was hosted by the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, and had its largest attendance on record with approximately 150 participants from 30 different institutions. 

Bagaskoro Byar Sumirat (BMus Year 4, Oboe) shared his experience:

“During my experience at GLOMUS, I was inspired by everyone’s energy and love for the arts, I have never seen such energy like that before in my life! And after sharing and receiving so many new experiences with such a diverse range of people, I feel I now have a new international family. During the sessions I got to experience and play music from all over the world, including African, Arabic, Brazilian, Japanese, and Chinese music and we even tried dance and theatre!

During the small group activities, I was involved with the free improvisation group and Arabic music group and for the larger ensemble activities, I participated in the GLOMUS orchestra. I also had the opportunity to present music from my home country (Indonesia) including Balinese, kecak and Malay music.