SIDE BY SIDE
INTERNATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA AND CHOIR CAMP
GOTHENBURG 15–19 JUNE 2024
WELCOME TO SIDE BY SIDE!
Welcome to Side by Side, a music camp for you who are about 6–23 years old and who love to sing in a choir or play in an orchestra. The camp is organized by Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and divided into different choir, orchestra, and speciality tracks that you can participate in depending on your interests and circumstances. There is something for everyone!
The website was updated June 29.
CLOSING CONCERT 2023
This year's camp had seven regular concerts, a pop-up concert and a sing-along. At the Closing Concert, our most advanced participants perform together with Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and Gothenburg Symphony Vocal Ensemble. The concert is always streamed on GSOplay.se, where you can also watch it afterwards.
WELCOME TO SIDE BY SIDE!
NB! All dates and times at Side by Side are based on the 24-hour clock and CEST (Central European Summer Time).
The website was updated June 14.
SIDE BY SIDE: PRE-REHEARSAL
PRE-REHEARSAL AT THE CONCERT HALL (KONSERTHUSET) 4 & 13 JUNE
How do you prepare for Side by Side? Come do a pre-rehearsal with us! It gives you a fantastic opportunity to meet other participants as well as the conductors Ron Davis Alvarez, Ida Rosén-Hamrå and Birgitta Mannerström Molin before camp.
This year's pre-rehearsal is split over two days – one day for choirs and one for orchestras. Both rehearsals are at Konserthuset here in Gothenburg. Enter via the reception/stage entrance from Viktor Rydbergsgatan 4. You don't need to register - just show up! Bring your sheet music and please arrive well in advance before we start.
PRE-REHEARSAL SCHEDULE
(time is 24h clock and CEST)
Orchestra | Sunday, June 4
with Ron Davis Alvarez
14.00-ca 14.50 BASIC ORCHESTRA
15.00-ca 15.50 INTERMEDIATE ORCHESTRA
16.00-ca 16.50 UPPER INTERMEDIATE ORCHESTRA
Choir | Tuesday, June 13
with Birgitta Mannerström-Molin and Ida Rosén-Hamrå
16.00-ca 16.50 CHILDREN'S CHOIR
17.00-ca 17.50 PRE-UPPER VOICES CHOIR
18.00-ca 19.15 UPPER VOICES CHOIR
19.30-ca 20.30 YOUTH CHOIR
BECOME A SUPERHERO!
Want to make the summer a little bit better for music loving kids? For Side by Side to be the experience of a lifetime for our young participants, many adults are needed who contribute with their commitment, their time, their hearts, and their hands. Therefore, we welcome volunteers who want to pick up some work shifts and create wonderful summer memories during the music camp together with children and young people from near and far!
NEWS
Participant info has been updated!
Please visit INFORMATION FOR PARTICIPANTS.
Schedules have been published—all tracks
The schedules have been published - apply to all tracks
Download your schedule on the track page.
NEW Laleh music for tracks AO, PAO, YC, UVC, PUVC, CC
Go to the sheet music archive and download. YC has also received a new Jenkins arr.
NB! No matter what track you're on, visit the sheet music archive regularly to make sure you're on top of all the updates. You get login information when you subscribe to the newsletter.
The 2023 application is closed (all tracks)
The last application period closed on April 13. For questions about your application, contact the producer for your track.
NB! Check your spam folder and inbox regularly so you don't miss your admission notice if you're on the waiting list.
Side by Side offers seven concerts, and one sing-along concert.
The concert program includes the powerful Festival Concert in Scandinavium. Here you are welcome to celebrate Side by Side's 10-years anniversary and Gothenburg's 400-year anniversary together with 2000 young singers and musicians, Gothenburg Symphony and Vocal Ensemble.
Side by Side by El Sistema is one of Gothenburg's jubilee projects, and fittingly enough, we celebrate our 10th camp at the same time as the city has its big 400th anniversary. This year's color is a rainbow of all past camp colors. Join us on a nostalgia trip of videos and memories through the 10 years of Side by Side!
WELCOME TO SIDE BY SIDE!
Make a late application to the 2023 anniversary camp today!
The preliminary track schedules have been published.
The Concert Program is available!
Remember to confirm your participation and do your Final booking when you get your admission email.
On the Contact page you will find the producer responsible for your track. Website updated April 11.
NB! All dates and times at Side by Side are based on the 24-hour clock and CEST (Central European Summer Time).
Welcome to Side by Side, a music camp for you who are about 6–23 years old and who love to sing in a choir or play in an orchestra. The camp is divided into different tracks that you are welcome to participate in depending on your interests and circumstances.
There is something for everyone!
Side by Side is an international music camp for you who are about 6–23 years old and who love to sing in a choir or play in an orchestra. The camp is divided into different tracks that you are welcome to participate in depending on your interests and circumstances. Side by Side is one of the world's largest music camps and from June 17–21, 2023, we gather around 2,000 participants in Gothenburg. There will be lots of rehearsals, concerts and other fun for the tenth year in a row!
Side by Side offers seven concerts, and one sing-along concert.
The concert program includes the powerful Festival Concert in Scandinavium. Here you are welcome to celebrate Side by Side's 10-years anniversary and Gothenburg's 400-year anniversary together with 2000 young singers and musicians, Gothenburg Symphony and Vocal Ensemble.
Side by Side by El Sistema is one of Gothenburg's jubilee projects, and fittingly enough, we celebrate our 10th camp at the same time as the city has its big 400th anniversary. This year's color is a rainbow of all past camp colors. Join us on a nostalgia trip of videos and memories through the 10 years of Side by Side!
Apply for a slot at this summer's Side by Side!
All music-interested young people 6–23 years old are welcome to the camp.
Application period 1
9 November – 13 December 2022
Application period 2
14 December – 8 February 2023
Late application/Remaining slots
15 February – 13 April 2023
Read more about each track on the respective track page.
This year's camp has seven orchestral tracks, five choral tracks, two function tracks (OPEN) and two specialty tracks (EARLY & FOLK). Learn more about the track layout and how to choose a track in our application info. Here you will also find info about prices, accommodation, how it works with camp counselor groups and other useful things.
WELCOME TO SIDE BY SIDE!
Late application to the 2023 anniversary camp is now open.
Remember to confirm your participation and do your Final booking when you get your admission email.
On the Contact page you will find the producer responsible for your track. The web has been updated February 15.
NB! All dates and times at Side by Side are based on the 24-hour clock and CEST (Central European Summer Time).
Apply for a place at this summer's Side by Side!
All music-interested young people 6–23 years old are welcome to the camp.
Application period 1
9 November – 13 December 2022
Application period 2
14 December – 8 February 2023
Late application/Remaining slots
15 February – 13 April 2023
Read more about each track on the respective track page.
This year's camp has seven orchestral tracks, five choral tracks, two function tracks (OPEN) and two specialty tracks (EARLY & FOLK). Learn more about the track layout and how to choose a track in our application info. Here you will also find info about prices, accommodation, how it works with camp counselor groups and other useful things.
Side by Side by El Sistema is one of Gothenburg's jubilee projects, and fittingly enough, we celebrate our 10th camp at the same time as the city has its big 400th anniversary. This year's color is a rainbow of all past camp colors. Join us on a nostalgia trip of videos and memories through the 10 years of Side by Side!
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Schedule
At Side by Side, all tracks have different schedules. Here you can see on which days each track participates.
A more detailed, track specific, schedule is available on your track page.
MINNET AV ETT HAV / THE MEMORY OF AN OCEAN
One of the big songs during the 2022 camp was the lovely Minnet av ett hav (The Memory of an Ocean) by Laleh.
Of course, we couldn't resist making a cover music video out of it. Listen and enjoy!
RUM SUPPORT SIDE BY SIDE
Riksförbundet Unga Musikanter - RUM - support Side by Side and offer their members a 200 SEK discount on the participation for the 2022 camp. In order to get the discount, you must be written in Gothenburg or Halland and a member of RUM there. Learn more and apply for your discount after camp on RUM's Side by Side page.
COVID-19
We keep appraised of the the updates from Folkhälsomyndigheten (the Swedish Public Health Agency) and the camp will be adapted to conform to any restrictions and recommendations needed at the time. More detailed information will be made available closer to the camp dates. Follow our digital channels to get the latest updates.
ALL CAMP TRACKS
The tracks at Side by Side are divided up based on the experience you have with your instrument.
You can only participate in one track at the camp.
SIDE BY SIDE 2018—THE MOVIE
Clean Bandit - Symphony feat. Zara Larsson cover by Side by Side by El Sistema
WELCOME TO SIDE BY SIDE!
Due to popular demand, we have released one song per orchestra track before our scheduled Camp Release. For access to the sheet music archive, please sign up to our newsletter. Remember that you/your group must still apply to your tracks after Camp Release to secure your slot(s) at camp.
BASIC ORCHESTRA
Medrano - Merengue del Primero
INTERMEDIATE ORCHESTRA
Simonsson - Nordic Wolf (arr Tvete Vik)
UPPER INTERMEDIATE ORCHESTRA
Isaac – Gipsy Overture
WIND & STRING ORCHESTRA
String:
Sibelius - Andante Festivo
Wind:
Tjajkovskij - 1812 Overture (arr Williams)
PRE ADVANCED ORCHESTRA
Holst – Jupiter (arr Leidig)
ADVANCED ORCHESTRA
Sjostakovitj - Symfoni nr 5, sats 4
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