BEGINNERS' CHOIR
EXTRA INFO FOR TEACHERS/GROUP LEADERS
Apply for your participants as a group for a greater chance at getting everyone admitted during the selection process. Also, please help them prepare for camp by practicing the repertoire together.
BEGINNERS' CHOIR is mainly for kids in lower elementary school or the last year of preschool. The participants do not need to have sung in a choir before. The track suits those who like to sing and have fun together with others.
Schedules now available for all tracks. Click on the button below to download.
PARTICIPANTS
Age: ca 6–9 years
Choir experience: Little to none
Sheet music reading: No knowledge
Participation fee: 250 SEK/participant
TRACK INFO
The track starts as early as Friday June 16 and ends with Beginners in Concert on Sunday June 18 11:30-12:15.
Participates in the following concerts:
Beginners in Concert – Sunday June 18, 11:30-12:15.
Preparations:
No preparations required.
TIME FRAME OVERVIEW
24H CLOCK, CEST
Friday June 16
13:30-14:00, Registration open, Världskulturmuseet
14:00-17:00, Rehearsal, Världskulturmuseet
17:15-18:15, Dinner (only for accommodation), Hvitfeldtska matsal
Saturday June 17 09.00-12.00
Sunday June 18 09:00-13:00, Including Beginners in Concert 11:30-12:15
The BEGINNERS' tracks have a special camp, adapted for our very youngest participants. The track starts, among other things, a day earlier than the other tracks and starts as early as Friday 16 June.
ADULTS
Adults accompanying their children to a BEGINNERS' track do not need to book a Side by Side camp slot, only the children need to be booked in and paid for. NB! The exception to this is if you, as an adult, book accommodation with us, then you need to book a camp slot for yourself as well as accommodation.
If you are an adult with charges participating in the BEGINNERS' tracks you need to drop off and pick up the children every day and must at a minimum be there at the beginning of the first rehearsal and the end of the last rehearsal every day.
We wish you adults to leave the room when the rehearsals have started. Only if your child has special needs and therefore needs your presence can you remain in the classroom during the rehearsal. However, you need to remain nearby, a maximum of 20 minutes away, in case your children need you urgently.
MEALS AND MATERIALS
The BEGINNERS' tracks do not include lunch. Fruit is included in the breaks.
The child's booking includes teaching for 3 half days as well as a shirt and a welcome bag with a water bottle and stickers.
No sheet music is needed for BEGINNERS'.
Bring your own instrument in a case marked with your name.
CONCERTS
BEGINNERS' tracks will be performed at Side by Side: Beginners in Concert on June 18 at approximately 11:30-12:15.. More information about tickets will come later.
You have the opportunity to book free tickets to Side by Side: Festival Concert at Scandinavium on June 20 at about 15.00 via a link that you will receive later.
At Side by Side: Festival Concert, it is the other tracks from the camp that take center stage, but we would love to see the children from the BEGINNERS' tracks join in, be inspired, sing along in sing-alongs and be motivated to continue playing and singing in the future.
BEGINNERS' CHOIR is mainly for kids in lower elementary school or the last year of preschool. The participants do not need to have sung in a choir before. The track suits those who like to sing and have fun together with others.
PARTICIPANTS
Age: ca 6–9 years
Choir experience: Little to none
Sheet music reading: No knowledge
Participation fee: 250 SEK/participant
TRACK INFO
The track starts as early as Friday June 16 and ends with Beginners in Concert on Sunday June 18 11:30-12:15.
Participates in the following concerts:
Beginners in Concert – Sunday June 18, 11:30-12:15.
Preparations:
No preparations required.
PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE
24H CLOCK, CEST
Friday June 16
14:00-14:30, Registration open, Världskulturmuseet
14:00-17:00, Rehearsal, Världskulturmuseet
17:15-18:15, Dinner (only for accommodation), Hvitfeldtska matsal
Saturday June 17 09.00-12.00
Sunday June 18 09:00-13:00, Including Beginners in Concert 11:30-12:15
Full schedule (downloadable) will be available closer to camp.
APPLICATION PERIOD
Application period 1
9 November – 13 December 2022
Admission notice will be sent no later than January 24, 2023Application period 2
14 December – 8 February 2023
Admission notice will be sent no later than February 28, 2023Late application/Remaining slots
Late application is open 15 February – 13 April 2023Admission notice will be sent no later than April 21, 2023
APPLICATION INFO
It is important that you read through our APPLICATION INFO before submitting your application. There you can read about how the application process works, what applies in case of cancellation, accommodation, and more. You can also get a better track overview in our track pyramid.
The BEGINNERS' tracks have a special camp, adapted for our very youngest participants. The track starts, among other things, a day earlier than the other tracks and starts as early as Friday 16 June.
ADULTS
Adults accompanying their children to a BEGINNERS' track do not need to book a Side by Side camp slot, only the children need to be booked in and paid for. NB! The exception to this is if you, as an adult, book accommodation with us, then you need to book a camp slot for yourself as well as accommodation.
If you are an adult with charges participating in the BEGINNERS' tracks you need to drop off and pick up the children every day and must at a minimum be there at the beginning of the first rehearsal and the end of the last rehearsal every day.
We wish you adults to leave the room when the rehearsals have started. Only if your child has special needs and therefore needs your presence can you remain in the classroom during the rehearsal. However, you need to remain nearby, a maximum of 20 minutes away, in case your children need you urgently.
MEALS AND MATERIALS
The BEGINNERS' tracks do not include lunch. Fruit is included in the breaks.
The child's booking includes teaching for 3 half days as well as a shirt and a welcome bag with a water bottle and stickers.
No sheet music is needed for BEGINNERS'.
Bring your own instrument in a case marked with your name.
CONCERTS
BEGINNERS' tracks will be performed at Side by Side: Beginners in Concert on June 18 at approximately 11:30-12:15.. More information about tickets will come later.
You have the opportunity to book free tickets to Side by Side: Festival Concert at Scandinavium on June 20 at about 15.00 via a link that you will receive later.
At Side by Side: Festival Concert, it is the other tracks from the camp that take center stage, but we would love to see the children from the BEGINNERS' tracks join in, be inspired, sing along in sing-alongs and be motivated to continue playing and singing in the future.
Child under 13 years with adult
Adult non-playing/-singing
- Please read our APPLICATION INFO before you apply.
The last application period closed on April 13. Applications for the following year's camp normally open in the late fall.
Leaders
Måns Ottosson
Maria Caskie
Måns and Maria work at City School of the Arts in Gothenburg and are also experienced freelance musicians and / -singers. They specialize in teaching song and music to the youngest children and focus a lot on engaging the participants with fun and rhythmic exercises.
Leaders
Måns Carlsson & Elvira Wall
Måns och Elvira are both singers and musicians and work at the Gothenburg School of the Arts with singing and rhythmics for the youngest. They are also both active freelance musicians. Måns and Elvira have long experience in meeting young children with song, music and rhythmics.
For you who are 6-9 years old and want to try singing in a choir. There are no preparations needed for this track.
The Expression of Interest for BEGINNERS' CHOIR is open until March 31 and admission notices will be sent throughout April. The participation fee is 200 SEK.
For you who are 6-9 years old and want to try singing in a choir. There are no preparations needed for this track.
The sign-up period for Side by Side: Digital was open until June 3. You can make a late sign-up until June 18, but some content may not be available when camp starts.
- VI ÄR BEGINNERS (WE ARE BEGINNERS)TEXT & MUSIC TOBIAS EDVARDSON
Everyone in BEGINNERS’ ORCHESTRA & BEGINNERS’ CHOIR will sing this song together at Side by Side 2019. Now you can practice before hand if you want!
Vi är beginners
Vi är på gång!
Vi är beginners
Vi gillar spel och sång!
Vi är beginners
Musik, det är bäst!
Vi är beginners
Vi vill ha fest!
II: Beginners, det är vi, tillsammans!
Beginners, det är vi, det är vi! :II
II: Em7 /Cmaj7 /G /D :II
Leaders
Måns Carlsson
Elvira Wall
18:30 - 19:30
OPENING CONCERT/ INVIGNINGSKONSERT (Concert Hall)
9:00 - 9:15 Registration (Hvitfeldtska)9:15 - 12:00
Repetition (Hvitfeldtska)12:00 - 13:00
Lunch
9:00 - 12:00
Repetition (Hvitfeldtska)12:00 - 13:00
Lunch
IMPORTANT SPOTS AT THE CAMP
Do you feel unsure how to find?
In every orchestra and track are personal to help you, ask them anyhting!
1. KONSERTHUSET Götaplatsen 8
2. HSM Fågelsången 1
3. HVITFELDTSKA GYMNASIET (HV Södra) Rektorsgatan 2
4. HVITFELDTSKA GYMNASIET (HV Norra) Rektorsgatan 2
5. STUDENTERNAS HUS Götabergsgatan 17
6. VÄRLDSKULTURMUSEET Södra Vägen 54
7. TRÄDGÅRDSFÖRENINGEN
8. SCANDINAVIUM Valhallagatan 1
9. VASAAULAN Vasa kyrkogata 10
Time Frame
Registration: Sunday 16/6 08.30-09.00
First rehearsal: Sunday 16/6 09.00
Ending concert: Tuesday 18/6 Festival Concert
Preliminary finish time: Tuesday 18/6 16.30
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