Professor dr.med. Per Høglend: trumpet, vocal

Senior psychiatrist Knut Onstad: vocal, guitar

Chief psychiatrist Øivind Bergersen: trombone

Resident psychiatrist Patric Westin: altsax, baritonesax, clarinet

Director Morten Oulie: piano

Engineer Stig Hvalryg: bass

Teacher Ola Grønseth: drums



Many people have asked what the connections between psychiatry and jazz music are. We don't know, except that both are complex matters and speak to emotions as well as intellect. To be an adequate performer takes many years in both psychiatry and jazz. What we agree about, however, is that playing jazz is stimulating to our professional as well as personal lives. The members of this orchestra have worked together for more than ten years. The band plays modern jazz; happy jazz; swing; ballads; ballroom music; South-American music (latin, bossa nova); and Scandinavian folk tunes. The broad repertoire makes the band excellent for every arrangement to which live music would mean something special.

Per Høglend septet has performed at Kongsberg International Jazz Festival in 1992, 1993, and 2001; at jazz clubs in the Oslo area; at many international and national scientific congresses; art exhibitions; weddings; anniversaries etc. In 1996 the orchestra played at Modumseminaret. In 1997 the orchestra gave concerts in Beijing, China, invited by the Beijing tourist office and Beijing International Hotels. The orchestra also played for the American Embassy in Beijing.