2013, Workshop: “Der schwedische Komponist Mårten Jansson”, Dortmund, Germany.2011, Workshop “Literatur für gleichstimmigen Kinder- und Jugendchor” Dortmund, Germany.Kyrkomusiksymposiet 2010 (Symposium for Church music) Workshop “Music for Women’s Choir” Uppsala, Sweden.Symposiums where my music has been presented: Member of the international jury at the contest for vocal ensembles at the 26 th Latvian song festival 2018Atelier holder for girls choirs at the 12th International Youth Chamber Choir Meeting, Usedom, Germany 2018.Member of the international jury at the contest for vocal ensembles at the 25 th Latvian song festival 2013.Elected member of FST – Society of Swedish Composers 2012.Swedish representative as composer in Rikskonserters musical exchange with Latvia 1999.Musicology A-D (two years, no formal degree) Uppsala University 1986.Master of Fine Arts in Music Education (MFA), Royal College of Music in Stockholm 1996 Specializing in Dalcroze eurhythmics and voice.Music theory, voice, conducting and choir teacher at Bolandgymnasiet, Uppsala 1995-2014.Choir, music theory and voice teacher at Kulturskolan (Musikskolan), Uppsala since 1999.Music theory, voice, conducting and choir teacher at GUC, Uppsala since 2014.I work as a voice, music theory and conducting teacher and conductor in Uppsala were I was born -1965 and still live with my wife and five children. It is truly encouraging to know that my music now gets publicity throughout the world. Another great driving force started 2014 when Bärenreiter Verlag, Kassel, Germany began publishing my sacred choral works. This is of course the biggest reason why most of my earlier compositions are for female choirs – the knowledge that what I write during the night will be tested the next evening is a driving force that not so many are lucky enough to have. In 1994 I was lucky enough to start conducting the female choir Carmen and I conducted them until we decided to disunite 2010. This is to express my own faith but also my appreciation and respect for the timeless texts that have been used for centuries after centuries. I have also always preferred beautiful music to atonal music and that is surely the reason why the most part of my music is more on the sad side – but what a dream it would be to be able to create beautiful music that’s bubbling over with joy! My compositions consist of almost only sacral music. This has led people to describe my music as both ”so sad that it sounds like birds who have lost their wings” and ”the happiest classical music we ever heard”. That has always been my motto and I have only tried to use music to express all the feelings life consists of. My music is my own and I have never tried to be original.
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