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FESTIVAL PROGRAM
VERSION: APRIL 11, 2012 CHECK FOR NEW VERSIONS AT www.therealacademy.se
Forever curious
We didnt know how to sing in a vocal group. So we started The Real Group. In 1984. We didnt know how to arrange a festival. So we did it. In 2008. We dont know what the second festival experience will be like. So lets nd out. See you in August. In Stockholm. Lets stay curious forever.
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CONTENTS
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Click a title to go to that page Also available: PDF with a workshop and seminars contents summary - click here to download.
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Practical information & Map Get your festival pass now! Before and after Concerts Festival pass workshops: Sing Meet Learn Discuss Add-on workshops Youth Pop Choir Online workshops Festival artists Festival teachers Festival Team
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Practical information
Venues, travel, accomodation, food.
Web links: Find us Travel info Hotels & hostels Food Concert and workshop locations: Musikaliska, Eric Ericsonhallen, Kulturfyren, Chinateatern. Musikaliska is the festival center. This is a very beautiful concert venue in the middle of Stockholm, at Nybrokajen. You nd Chinateatern one block away. Eric Ericsonhallen and Kulturfyren are located 500 meters from Musikaliska on the island of Skeppsholmen, one of Stockholms most popular sites. There are many hotels and hostels in the festival area. The lunch and dinner buffets served at Musikaliska focus on environmentally friendly, ecological food. The variety is wide enough to meet the needs of vegetarians and people with allergies and gluten intolerance.
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Map
Concert and workshop locations
FESTIVAL PASSES
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FESTIVAL PASSES
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FESTIVAL PASSES
Festival Pass
with workshops & all concerts
2650 SEK per person. The price includes a 50 SEK CO2 emission compensation. Click here to buy this festival pass in our web shop. This pass gives access to all concerts, workshops and seminars except Add-on Workshops. We keep individual track of all festival pass purchases. The earlier you buy this festival pass, the better concert seats you get. Workshop seat reservations for specic activities will be made online before the festival. The price for concerts included in this pass is 800 SEK. If you instead buy concert tickets separately, the price is 1570 SEK, plus ticket sales commission.
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FESTIVAL PASSES
Festival Pass
with workshops only
1850 SEK per person. The price includes a 50 SEK CO2 emission compensation. Click here to buy this festival pass in our web shop. This pass gives access to all workshops and seminars, except Add-on workshops. Sales to separate concerts will be available when we open concert ticket sales to the general public. If you buy the festival pass with concerts included, you are given priority to a good seat. Workshop seat reservations for specic workshop activities will be made online before the festival.
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CONCERTS
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CONCERTS
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Opening concert Open Stage Vocado Swingle Singers & Rajaton Perpetuum Jazzile Lone Larsen & Voces Nordicae Swedish A Cappella Day The Real Group & Friends
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CONCERTS
Opening concert
Postyr Project, Perpetuum Jazzile, Freeplay Duo, Vocado, Youth Pop Choir, Jens Johansen, The Real Group
Thursday, Aug 16 2012 19.00 Chinateatern Postyr Project an innovative hip Danish group. In Stockholm for the rst time. Perpetuum Jazzile one of the most popular choirs in the world. Over 25 million hits on YouTube. Freeplay Duo - a mix of sounds that connects India and America with... Sweden! Vocado an award winning Swedish group with a beautifully Nordic sound. Youth Pop Choir - a chance to hear the participants of this festival workshop. Jens Johansen - a short introductory talk by the luminary of rhythm a cappella choirs. The Real Group original line-up featuring Peder Karlsson and Margareta Bengtson will make a special appearance.
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CONCERTS
Open Stage
with participating festival groups
Send your application to:
openstage@therealgroupfestival.se
Every group coming to the festival can sing for the festival participants during breaks on the strategically located open stages. Its the ideal time and place to perform with your group, and there will be a loving happy audience supporting you in every way possible. Sounds interesting? You will never regret taking this opportunity! Slots are limited, so send your application today!
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CONCERTS
Vocado
Friday, Aug 17 2012 13.00 Musikaliska When I rst heard Vocado in Leipzig 2008 they made me cry from happiness! There is such a sincerity and pure musicality in their performance that brings me right to the core of music, says Katarina Henryson from The Real Group. Vocado was formed in 2004 and has successfully moved into the professional cappella scene. Members: Amanda Sjberg, Malin Gavelin, Lukas Gavelin, Anton Leanderson - Andras, Joel Nilson.
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CONCERTS
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CONCERTS
Perpetuum Jazzile
Conductors: Peder Karlsson, Sandra Feketija, Luka Cerne
Friday, Aug 17 2012 23.00 Chinateatern After seeing a concert somebody once said: Perpetuum Jazzile is a vocal group in which music is actually the only thing the singers take seriously. Well, perhaps there is some truth to that. In any case, Perpetuum Jazzile loves to give powerful rhythms, rich harmonies and energetic sounds to their audiences all over the world. Since the beginning 29 years ago their repertoire has developed into a combination of vocal jazz and pop, Brazilian bossa nova, gospel and funk.
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CONCERTS
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CONCERTS
SING
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SING
33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 African inuences All ears Anything can happen Make up music - now! Raga and Tala: South Indian vocals Sing with Jens Johansen Sing with Lone Larsen & Voces Nordicae Sing with The Real Group Single Singers Warm-up
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African inuences
Lene Nrgaard (Zap Mama, VoxNorth)
Time: TBA Place: TBA How to develop co-ordination between body and voice through intense vocal rhythms and body percussion. This workshop is for individual singers as well as for groups. No advance preparation is needed. No sheet music will be used. In the workshop, Lene Nrgaard will use the Belgian vocal group Zap Mamas repertoire. This award-winning group is known for a fusion between African and Western European music traditions and vocal styles; a musical landscape located somewhere between forests in Congo and the streets of your favourite European city.
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SING
All ears
Anders Edenroth, Katarina Henryson (The Real Group)
Time: TBA Place: TBA How to improve your listening skills in order to rene your musical communication. This workshop is for individual singers as well as for groups. No advance preparation is needed. No sheet music will be used. With a simple melody as our tool we will gradually open up doors to deeper levels of musical interaction. We explore different parameters of music such as time, blend, dynamics and intonation.
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Single Singers
Contact persons: Annemarie Homan, Emily May t Hoen
Contact:
singlesingers@therealgroupfestival.se
Sing together with others who also come to The Real Group Festival on their own or with just a few members of their choir or vocal group. Maybe your group or choir cannot come to the festival and perform but you still want to? Join The Single Singers! Learn your parts at home, meet in Stockholm, have two rehearsals and one glorious performance. Join forces with new people and meet in the music! Vocal group singers often know some of the same songs - this is your chance to get to sing them in an improvised vocal group. Who knows, you might end up singing with your favorite beat-boxer or the tenor you want to impress.
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Warm-up
Katarina Henryson, Jens Johansen
Time: TBA Place: TBA The Friday and Saturday workshops are preceded by warm-up sessions. Katarinas warm up is a soft wake up call and an opportunity to focus on your own instrument before you become part of the Collective voice. Focus on the body. Jens Johansen makes groovy music rst thing opening his and your mouths in the morning! Focus on voice and groove.
MEET
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45 47 48 49 Meet Perpetuum Jazzile Meet Postyr Project Meet Rajaton Meet The Swingle Singers
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Meet Rajaton
Time: TBA Place: TBA Welcome to a session where you can share in some Rajaton-reality! With Essi Wuorela, Virpi Moskari, Soila Sariola, Hannu Lepola, Ahti Paunu and Jussi Chydenius. We will openly discuss some of the issues that occur with singing and working in the Rajaton vocal ensemble. There will also be opportunities to answer some of your questions.
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MEET
LEARN
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LEARN
52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 Arranging for beginners Basic vocal percussion Computer, machines and vocals Drum and Bass Inspiring rehearsals choirs Inspiring rehearsals vocal groups Introduction to live looping Rhythm & Groove Stage performance The Real Group history Vocal percussion presentation Vocal technique seminar (CVT) Vocal technique seminar (SLS)
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Stage performance
Teachers: TBA
Time: TBA Place: TBA Vocal groups perform and get feedback on stage presentation from artists with many years of experience. What in a performance touches your heart, makes you laugh, makes you listen, makes you angry or happy? The online course Basic stage positions is recommended as an introduction.
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DISCUSS
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67 Conductors group discussion 68 Creative leadership 69 European Voices Association - founding meeting 70 Music business panel discussion 71 Passion as a platform for success 72 Recording seminar 73 Video seminar
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Creative leadership
Peder Karlsson
Time: TBA Place: TBA A seminar presentation of how to lead artistic development in a group/choir. This seminar will include practical advice, such as: - how to lead brainstorming sessions with choir singers - how to include all group members in the repertoire development - how to use creative language - rehearsal methods that encourage new initiatives from singers
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DISCUSS
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Music business
Panel discussion. Moderator: TBA
Time: TBA Place: TBA No matter if you are thinking of going pro or just become a little bit more serious with your group, there are business aspects to consider as well as artistic. In this seminar we will discuss different aspects of the business side of things, coping the harsh reality where money makes the world go round without losing the heart and soul of the music. How do you stand out as a group? What can be done in social media? How do you get in contact with promoters, and what makes them tick?
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Recording seminar
Bill Hare, Erik Bosio
Time: TBA Place: TBA A basic presentation of the two producers work and different philosophies about working with a cappella music. Topics raised by participants will also be discussed. We are so proud to feature renowned producers Bill Hare and Erik Bosio in our festival in this particular session you will have world-class knowledge and experience of the recording process right in front of you. The seminar can include all kind of topics - from microphones and pre-amps to recordings planning and studio psychology.
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Video seminar
Moderators: TBA
Time: TBA Place: TBA The groups in the pre-festival workshop Making your own video will present the fruits of their labors. Then we will have a discussion about how to present your group in a video, including tips from the lm teachers.
ADD-ON WORKSHOPS
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ADD-ON WORKSHOPS
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Advanced vocal percussion Group coaching Individual voice coaching Making your own video Record a song in TRGs studio
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ADD-ON WORKSHOPS
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ADD-ON WORKSHOPS
Group coaching
Price: 1500 SEK per group. 2 groups in each 90 minute session; 1-2 teachers. Festival pass required. Time: TBA Place: TBA Workshops where complete groups and choirs have a chance to meet with and receive instruction from an a cappella celebrity. These sessions are essential to our festival. Teachers: Morten Vinther, Kerstin Ryhed Lundin, Katarina Henryson, Anders Edenroth, Peder Karlsson, Anders Jalkus, Essi Wuorela, Soila Sariola, Hannu Lepola, Ahti Paunu, Jussi Chydenius, Line Groth Riis, Jens Johansen, Lone Larsen, Joanna Goldsmith-Eteson, Sara Brimer, Kevin Fox, Clare Wheeler, Christopher Jay, Oliver Grifths, Tobias Hug, Anton Leanderson-Andras, Amanda Sjberg, Jim Daus Hjerne.
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ADD-ON WORKSHOPS
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ONLINE WORKSHOPS
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ONLINE WORKSHOPS
86 Basic stage positions 87 Get feedback on arrangements 88 Get feedback on studio recordings
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ONLINE WORKSHOPS
Basic staging
Teachers: Peder Karlsson and others
See website for latest updates: www.therealacademy.se How to present an a cappella song on stage. In this course you will learn how to make a simple plan with positions on the stage for each part of a song. Such plans will come in very handy when you prepare for a performance. Sample position plans are available in the virtual classroom at the Real Academy. Based on the positions plan, record a video of a performance or a rehearsal and upload to the classroom. Then one of our teachers will take a look at the plan and the video and give feedback to the group, followed by evaluation.
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ONLINE WORKSHOPS
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ONLINE WORKSHOPS
FESTIVAL ARTISTS
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The Real Group Swingle Singers Rajaton Perpetuum Jazzile Postyr Project Voces Nordicae Vocado FreePlay Duo
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Rajaton
Essi Wuorela, Virpi Moskari, Soila Sariola, Hannu Lepola, Ahti Paunu, Jussi Chydenius.
www.rajaton.net The Finnish group Rajaton contributes with sisu and passion to the world of vocal music. Their song Buttery put them on the international music map early in their career. In 2012 Rajaton celebrates 15 years of music-making with one double platinum, three platinum and eight gold records in Finland to their credit. Rajaton may be a pop group, or a world music group, or a small classical choir or maybe just as boundless as their name suggests.
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Perpetuum Jazzile
en.perpetuumjazzile.si Friendship is what connects us; music is what we live for. This XXL vocal group is one of Slovenias most popular artists in any genre. In recent years, word of mouth has spread their name all over the world. Their YouTube version of Africa is an international hit, with over 12 million views. In 2011, Perpetuum Jazzile successfully toured in the USA, and in 2012 they will make another extensive tour to Germany.
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Postyr Project
Tine Fris, Line Groth Riis, Andreas Bech, Anders Hornshj, Kristoffer Thorning.
www.postyrproject.com Postyrs members met through the musical environment that has emerged around the world famous choir Vocal Line, and the award-winning vocal group Vox 11. In October 2009 the ve singers decided to take their passion for the delicacy of American singer-songwriters, the edge of electronic music and the evocative soundscapes of avantgarde pop to the next level by founding Postyr Project. The group released their debut album in May 2011, on which they explore the borderland between the softness and vitality of the human voice and the uncompromising roughness of electronic music.
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Voces Nordicae
www.vocesnordicae.se Voces Nordicae is a ground-breaking classical choir who combine contemporary compositions with group improvisation. Voces Nordicaes performance style is very exible and communicative, due to Lone Larsens visions of a choir performance with maximum openness to expression that occurs in the moment.
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Vocado
Amanda Sjberg, Malin Gavelin, Lukas Gavelin, Anton Leanderson - Andras, Joel Nilson
www.vocado.se In 2011, Vocado released their rst CD Northern Lights, won the Choir of the year award from the Swedish Choral society and toured in Europe and Asia. They combine Swedish choral and folk sounds with a jazzy swing feel in cover songs as well as in their own music.
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FreePlay Duo
Suba Sankaran, Dylan Bell
www.freeplayduo.com Described as inspired eclecticism, Dylan and Suba will take you from Bach to Bird to the Beatles, continually combining and recombining sounds to create a concert with the intimate delivery of two people. FreePlay Duo has performed across Canada and around the world, with stops in Germany, Holland, Switzerland, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Sweden and India. Their self-titled debut album was released in May 2009.
FESTIVAL TEACHERS
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Jim Daus Hjerne Anders Edenroth Tine Fris Line Groth Katarina Henryson Anders Jalkus Morten Vinther Jens Johansen Peder Karlsson Lone Larsen Jake Moulton Mattias Norgren Lene Nrgaard Kristian Skrhj Sao Vrabic Suba Sankaran Dylan Bell ...to be continued...
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Anders Edenroth
www.realgroup.se Anders Edenroth is one of the most inuential composers in the world of a cappella music. With titles like Chili Con Carne, A Cappella In Acapulco, Words, A Life For Me, and I Sing You Sing, for example, his music is sung all over the world. Few arrangers, if any, have like Anders a portfolio that covers such a broad range of musical styles from bebop to jazz ballads; from country and rock n roll to symphonic classical music. As a singer, his palette covers a wide spectrum of sounds from mellow falsetto solos to screaming guitars. He has also developed his own vocal percussion style.
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Tine Fris
www.postyr.nu Tine holds a BA in contemporary singing and SDS from the Royal Academy of Music in Denmark and is currently writing her master thesis in contemporary singing and voice teaching at the same school. Tine is the soprano of Postyr Project, as well as one of the groups song writers and arrangers. As a teacher, Tine has more than ten years of experience in teaching Complete Vocal Technique, performance, interpretation skills, and group dynamics.
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Line Groth
www.postyr.nu Line Groth is the alto in the award-winning vocal group Postyr Project. She is also known for an inspiring and dedicated workshop instruction attitude. Line is a co-conductor, arranger and singer in the world famous Danish choir, Vocal Line. For 20 years Vocal Line has been a front-runner in the development of rhythmic choir singing, receiving a wide range of international prizes and working together with Bobby McFerrin, among others. This summer Line nishes her studies at the Royal Academy of Music (DK), specializing in singing and choir conducting.
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Katarina Henryson
www.realgroup.se Katarina Henryson is a singer and song writer from Stockholm who has provided a wide range of vocal sounds to The Real Group for more than 27 years; from deep and mellow alto parts to the highest soprano melodies. She is a very appreciated seminars and workshops leader, and has been a part of the competition jury in Aarhus Vocal Festival and in the international vocal festival in Leipzig. Katarina Henryson has written and composed several classic Real Group songs; The Eyes Of A Child, Commonly Unique, A Little Kindness, Given, to name a few.
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Anders Jalkus
www.realgroup.se Anders Jalkus is a multi-instrumentalist who can sing all vocal parts from tenor to bass. In The Real Group, his main function is to provide the bass fundament, obviously, but given the opportunity he will gladly play some folk riffs on his accordion or burst out into a tenor aria. He has written several jazz arrangements that constitute an important part of The Real Groups repertoire. Anders frequently adjudicates competitions around the world. He has three masters degrees; one in classical voice, one in music education, and one in vocal group performance. He is also a board member of The Swedish Choral Society.
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Morten Vinther
www.realgroup.se Morten Vinther from Denmark is the latest addition to the swedish a cappella institution The Real Group. Morten is originally from Denmark. He graduated from The Royal Academy of Music in Aalborg with a masters degree in contemporary a cappella music. Being a part of the synergetic a cappella environment in Denmark he has worked with both larger ensembles and regular vocal groups, such as Postyr Project, VOX11, Songs Of The Moment, VoxNorth. Now Morten uses his know-how and experience to perform and teach with The Real Group all over the world.
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Jens Johansen
www.vocalline.dk In 1991, Jens Johansen formed Vocal Line, with the goal of establishing rhythmic choir music as a concert genre on its own terms. The starting point was Nordic choir music mixed with pop, rock and jazz. Since then Vocal Line has become one of the most successful XXL vocal groups in the world. Jens Johansen is one of the most requested teachers within his eld. He is associate professor in musicology at the University of Aarhus, teaches at the Royal Academy of Music in Denmark, and is one of the founders of the Aarhus Vocal Festival.
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Peder Karlsson
www.therealacademy.se en.perpetuumjazzile.si Peder Karlsson studied classical and jazz composition at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm before graduating with a masters degree in vocal group performance. After 26 years of singing with The Real Group, Peder now devotes his time to spreading inspiration to the world of vocal music, with The Real Group Academy, through his work with Perpetuum Jazzile from Slovenia, and through workshops and seminars all over the world. As a solo singer, guitar player and composer, Peder currently collects material for his upcoming album.
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Lone Larsen
www.vocesnordicae.se Lone Larsen has studied choral conducting at The Academy of Music in Aalborg, Denmark, The Royal College of Music in Stockholmand Juilliard School of Music in New York. 2008 Lone Larsen was appointed choir conductor of the year in Sweden and she has been chorusmaster for The Eric Ericson Chamber choir . Lone teaches at the Royal College of Music, The Music Gymnasium, and at Ersta-Skndal music academy. As a freelance conductor she is often engaged for workshops and concert productions and has worked with many ne ensembles in Europe.
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Jake Moulton
www.jakemoulton.com Jake Moulton has performed professionally for more than 20 years. Mimicking the sounds of a drum kit, as well as utilizing the more organic sounds inherent in beatboxing, Jake has created his own powerful and successful style. As a member of the a cappella bands Kickshaw, mpact, the House Jacks and today MO5AIC, Jake has shared the stage with many of the music industrys greatest talents, including Beyonce Knowles, Herbie Hancock, Sheryl Crow, Boys II Men, Kenny G, and the New York Voices, to name a few.
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Mattias Norgren
www.facebook.com/mattias. norgren Mattias Norgren is a drummer and beatboxer from Stockholm, who has developed his own personal style. He plays drums with the hardcore metal band SufX and sings beatbox with the mainstream pop a cappella group Cogent.
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Lene Nrgaard
voxnorth.dk Lene Nrgaard is a singer from Denmark where she graduated from The Conservatory in 1998. She teaches at The School of Act at the Theater of Aarhus, The Royal Academy of Music in Aalborg/ Aarhus and Moven Act. Besides teaching, she sings in the groups Zap Mama, Manou Gallo, The New Vox North, Powersolo, SKRL, and Song of the Moment.
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Kristian Skrhj
kristianskarhoj.dk Kristian Skrhj graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus in 2012, with a Soloist Diploma in Vocal Ensemble Improvisation. Kristian is the leader of several projects involving vocal improvisation, including the vocal group Songs of the Moment, for which he acts as a composer, and the vocal quartet SKRL!, who specializes in school concerts.
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Sao Vrabic
www.vrabic.si Painter, photographer, saxophone player, beatboxer - several titles apply to Sao Vrabic. Artistic expression comes easily to Sao. Talking about himself, however, does not. Sao is probably the most humble professional beatboxer in the world. And a very encouraging teacher.
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Suba Sankaran
www.freeplayduo.com www.subasankaran.com Suba Sankaran graduated from York University in 1997, where she studied jazz, early music, world music and contemporary improvisation. Suba is artistic director of the award-winning Indo-jazz fusion ensemble Autorickshaw. She also performs with world music groups: Trichys Trio and vocal percussion ensemble NEXUS. Highlights include performing for Nelson Mandela, Bishop Desmond Tutu and Peter Gabriel. She has composed, recorded and produced music for theatre, lm, radio, and for south Indian and modern dance.
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Dylan Bell
www.freeplayduo.com www.dylanbell.ca Dylan Bell has sung with many of Canadas premiere vocal ensembles: Cadence, Hampton Avenue, the Nathaniel Dett Chorale, and Retrocity. Dylan has produced or engineered several awardwinning albums, including the Cadence album Twenty For One, and Ferris Wheels by The Swingle Singers. Dylans work as a composer and arranger has garnered international recognition, such as when he won a Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award (Best Original Song, 2006).
FESTIVAL TEAM
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Inspiration: The Real Group Project leader: Peder Karlsson Project controller: Claes De Geer Budget: Anders Edenroth, Anders Jalkus Schedule: Morten Vinther Program book & web site content: Peder Karlsson Language consultants: Jeff Meshel, Paul Jay Marketing: Katarina Henryson, Joakim Skog, Claes Nyberg Customer contacts: Karin Svinhufvud-Sremark Artists and teachers logistics: Caroline Berg Web site tech support: Johan Bjurling Swedish A Cappella Day program: Anton Leandersson-Andras Production at Musikaliska: Jan Hellgren Production at Eric Ericson Hall: Anna Larsdotter Persson, Kella Naeslund Production at Kulturfyren: Charlotte Rider Norlander Festival food: Leif Sigertun Graphic design: John Jacobson, JVD plus volunteers from Stockholm choirs and vocal groups.
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