Peder Karlsson

On Friday, May 17th, 2024, The Royal Academy of Music (RAMA) hosts a 4-hour symposium from 10AM to 2PM at Godsbanen. The symposium will encompass a masterclass on improvisation with the world famous singer Rhiannon (US), a Vocal Painting masterclass conducted by prof. Jim Daus Hjernge (DK), and a LAB experience delving into the convergence of Rhiannon's musical realm and the VOPA world of Jim Daus Hjernge. The symposium is also an opportunity to meet the other teachers at RAMA Vocal Centre: Malene Rigtrup Madsen (DK), Jesper Holm (DK) and Peder Karlsson (SE). The masterclass ensemble is Musta Lammas (FI) and RAMA Voices. The participants at the symposium will be invited to observe and partly participate. The symposium is aimed at RAMA students, but has a few limited seats open to AAVF festival participants. Tickets for the symposium are only available as an add- on to a festival-pass. Get your tickets now: https://event.it/aavf

How can we combine Fun, Feeling and Focus when we sing together? Play It By Voice is an online e-book written by Peder Karlsson, that contains exercise tutorials, scores and audio examples, exercise videos, methodology presentation videos… plus various topics relevant for whole cycles of activity in vocal groups and choirs. Play It By Voice provides singers with an overview of the purpose of collective practice, along with concrete guides for how to practise individually to develop your skills as an ensemble singer – at home, between rehearsals. Play It By Voice is also written for choir leaders to get new inspiration and various perspectives on how to lead rehearsals, how to do long-term and short-term planning, and how to involve choir singers in planning and repertoire development. Experience has shown that when you put the individual singer at the center of learning activities in vocal groups and choirs, then everything changes. Perhaps most importantly: how to combine Fun and Focus. If what we are doing isn't fun to do, then we are doing it wrong. About this workshop In this seminar and workshop, we will sing together different exercise examples from the book, mixed with presentations of e-book chapters. In cooperation with The Royal Academy of Music Aarhus/Aalborg (RAMA)

This workshop is about how to make a transition from by heart to “kick-ass” in the expression of a song in your repertoire; a collective process where each singer turns the whole song into a natural part of oneself. Peder will first lead a few example exercises with the workshop participants, followed by coaching of two or three vocal groups / choirs (selected by AAVF). The purpose of the coaching is to give examples of how to bring out the potential of the song and of the group. When singers hold a score in their hands, then a lot of their attention will go to the paper in front of them. And therefore, less attention will be directed towards the actual music. It is not until all the singers of a vocal group or choir has learned to sing their part of an arrangement by heart that you may feel the essence of the music. In cooperation with The Royal Academy of Music Aarhus/Aalborg (RAMA)