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Broaden your choral minds

Explore other choral genres at the workshop concert “Helsingborg Sings”

Helsingborgs Körfestival

You’re a gospel lover but would like to explore classical choral music? You sing in a church choir, but would love to try out jazz or pop songs? You will have the chance in Helsingborg!

On May 10, 2018 – as a part of the “Helsingborgs Körfestival” event schedule – the Swedish conductor, composer and gospel pioneer Jonas Engström invites all international participants as well as Swedish choirs and individual singers to a unique concert experience: “Helsingborg Sings”.

Jonas Engström is a famous expert for Gospel Music in Sweden and Europe. One of his main interests is to build a bridge between Gospel music and other choral genres by working out their common elements and make them benefit from each other.

“Helsingborg Sings” also follows this intention of connecting different styles of choral music: “For me it’s important to let people experience a choral genre that they’re not used to sing, because each style has so much to give to other styles. You don’t have to change the style of your choir, but working with different genres will add up to the performances you will be doing with your own choir,” explains Jonas Engström. Participants will have the chance to choose among three different workshops with excellent Swedish choral groups representing very different styles of choral music: Konserthuskör with director Mats Paulson, the famous a cappella group Vocal Six, and One Nation Gospel Choir with conductor Jonas Engström.

On May 10, 2018 (13:00 h) all participants will check-in and then have a 60 minutes workshop with their respective choral group. At 15:00h they will all meet again in Helsingborg Concert House for a joint concert. The leading groups will then perform a short program on their own to give an idea of their individual sound. Then they will be joined by their workshop group for a final song, before the next group will go on stage to present their singing style and workshop song. All participants will be performers and listeners at the same time – a fantastic, rare concert experience!

 

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