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  • YOUTH CHOIR

  • YOUTH CHOIR is mainly for older youth and young adults with a lot of choir experience. The track suits those who wish to take their musical skills to the next level. You get to take great responsibility for your part and will sing both a cappella and accompanied by a full orchestra. You will sing together with Gothenburg Symphony Vocal Ensemble, sing at several concerts during camp, and perform together with Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.

    Participants

     

    Age: ca 16–23 years (from 14 years if tenor or bass)

    Choir experience: Very good

    Sheet music reading: Good

    Participation fee: 500 SEK/participant

    Track Info

     

    The track starts on Saturday June 15 and ends with Closing Concert on Wednesday June 19 in the evening.

     

    Participates in the following concerts:

    Festival Concert – Tuseday June 18, Scandinavium

    Choirs in Concert – Wednesday June 19, Concert Hall
    Closing Concert – Wednesday June 19, Concert Hall

     

    Preparations:

    Participants should be very well rehearsed on the sheet music at camp start.

     

    Parts:

    Soprano, alto, tenor, bass

    Time Frame

     

    15 Jun

    11:15-12:15 Registration open, Konserthuset

    12:45-17:30 Rehearsals, Hvitfeldtska Norra

    17:30-18:30 Dinner (only for accommodation), Hvitfeldtska matsal

     

    16 Jun 09:00-17:15

    17 Jun 09:00-18:50

    18 Jun 10:10-19:00 Including Festival Concert 15:00-16:30

    19 Jun 09:00-19:30 Including Choirs in Concert 12:30-13:30 and Closing Concert 18:00-19:30

     

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    13 years or older without adult

  • Read through our Application Info/FAQ before applying

    Late application is possible as long as there are slots left or no later than April 12

    If the application is open but you cannot find your instrument or part, that section is full

    NB! The application is the same for both remaining slots and the waiting list

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    Repertoire

    YOUTH CHOIR

     

    Caroline Shaw Her beacon-hand beckons from To the Hands

     

    Kate Miller-Heidke Our Song (arr: Dan Walker)

     

    Sven-David Sandström To see a World (lyrics: William Blake)

     

    John Williams Duel of the Fates from Star Wars Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace

     

    Lin-Manuel Miranda How Far I’ll Go from Moana (arr. Henrik Torolphi)

     

    Georg Riedel Vi är blommor (lyrics: Barbro Lindgren, arr. Tormod Tvete Vik)

     

    Karl Jenkins No. 3 ‘Adiemus’ from Adiemus: Songs of Sanctuary

     

    Coldplay Side by Side (Fix You) (Swedish lyrics: Malin Aghed, arr: Tormod Tvete Vik)

     

    Þorsteinsson: Raudi Riddarinn

    Alphaville: Forever Young (lyrics & music: Marian Gold, Bernhard Lloyd & Frank Mertens, arr: Henrik Dahlgren)

     

    More pieces may be added

     

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    Conductor

    Birgitta Mannerström-Molin

     

    Birgitta is a choir director and song teacher in Gothenburg and teaches at the Academy of Music and Drama as well as Hvitfeldtska music high school, She is also the project manager of SKUR – Sweden's church choir association's youth choir. In 2016 she was named Sweden's Children and Youth Choir Leader of the Year and today she is a well received guest conductor throughout the country. Birgitta helped establish El Sistema in Sweden and is one of Side by Side's artistic advisers.

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