Summary in English
The Chamber Choir of the School of Music in Piteå consists of about 30 singers, who come from different study programmes at the School of Music. The Chamber Choir has been under the direction of Erik Westberg since its founding in 1990. The repertoire of the choir is mainly modern a cappella music.
The choir has performed together with Umeå Symphony Orchestra, Norrbotten Big Band, Sami reverend Johan Märak as well as Chinese pop-star Wei Wei. The choir has also made countless productions together with different ensembles at the College of Music.
The choir has done numerous international tours in Europe, Russia, South America, China and South Africa. In May 2009 the choir made a tour to Spain.
Four albums have been recorded with the choir. The latest ? ?En ny himmel? (A New Heaven) ? has recieved very positive feedback.
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Erik Westberg - Artistic Director
Erik Westberg was born in Stockholm in 1956. He studied choir conducting with professor Eric Ericson at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. During the years 1976-87 he took degrees in music pedagogy, choir pedagogy as well as choir conducting.
Erik Westberg has had appointments as the Chorus Director of the YMCA choir in Stockholm and Oslo Philharmonic Choir. Furthermore, he has been a guest conductor for the Swedish Radio Choir, Pro Coro Canada, Coro Nacional de España and Coro Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil. In 1997 he was Artist-In-Residence at Wollongong University, Australia.
He was the founder of the project Choral Singing for Peace and Justice. During the millennium celebrations 8,000 choristers in 56 countries were involved in this project, which was seen and heard by the world?s greatest television audience ever.
In 2003 the Barents International Centre for Choral Music was founded with Erik Westberg as the Artistic Director.
Erik Westberg is also the conductor of the Erik Westberg Vocal Ensemble, which was founded in 1990 and has done some 15 tours to Europe, China, Russia and South Africa.
He was the first choir conductor to receive the Royal Swedish Academy of Music conductor?s award in 1992. He received the Norrby medal in 1993 and in 1999 was voted Choir Leader of the Year by KÖRSAM, the Swedish choir movement?s co-ordinating body. In 2005 he received the Norrbotten Academy?s artistic award as well as the Rosenborg-Gehrmans award for choral conductors. He was presented with the King´s medal in Serafimorder in 2006. In 2008 Erik Westberg became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.