I am writing a new book! It will be published in Norwegian this autumn: The title is «Å dirigere med en fugl på hånden» – musikalsk ledelse og kontakt. In English: «Conducting with a bird on the hand» – musical leadership and contact. This is a book about how to train yourself as conductor to …

Schola Cantorum attended the 17th International Choir festival in Tallinn, April 2023, where they won first prize in both the category for chamber choirs and for contemporary music, and earned the highest score in the festival of all choirs. We really appreciated the festival, the people, the beautiful surroundings and concert halls. Thank you, Tallinn! …

 Schola Cantorum under Tone Bianca Sparre Dahl sound impressive and know how to work the atmospheric sound.» — GRAMOPHONE NOVEMBER 2019 Most notably in the title-track by Martin Ødegaard, a wordless, vibrating Rothko of a piece for the multiple windpipes of double choir and four rasping horns, in which the spatial sound emphasises Ødegaard’s ability to momentarily hold something …

TRACHEAthe windpipe. A source of transformation where the breath of a human being can be refined into the most beautiful, powerful, tender art. The voice is humankind’s primeval instrument, plumbing the greatest depths of our emotional register. Schola Cantorum takes us through six unique musical landscapes that share something fundamental: This is music that celebrates the …

Så er det tid for påske og Mozart. Dette skriver jeg i programmet for konsertene, som er 5.4 i Fredrikstad, 74. i Aulaen i Oslo, 10.4 i Moss kirke Det du får høre i kveld, er virkeliggjøringen av en drøm. Mozarts store messe i c moll er ressurskrevende å framføre, med sin besetning stort orkester, …

In november, the famous choir competition in Tolosa is 50 years. I have been invited to participate with my choir, Schola Cantorum. This years´ contest is different: all the choirs participating are specially invited. This is probably the competition with the highest standard in history, we are honoured to be part of it and look …