Accent for vocal ensemble
We believe the artistic identity of each vocal ensemble originates from the interaction between one and the other singers, in other words, how a singer takes the musical initiative while also blending in with the rest. For singers to fulfil their shared musical visions, solid knowledge of basic musical factors such as rhythm, intonation and blending are crucial. Our exercises will be great fun, while also targeted at specific musical factors! Let’s make music together, one day with Jim, another with Peder and last two days with members of Accent.
Repertoire
Groups should choose up to 5 songs from their own repertoire which they wish to rehearse with their mentors.
Mentors
Accent
In the increasingly popular world of a cappella singing groups, Accent has carved out its own niche. Inspired by the wizardly jazz harmonies of TAKE 6 and, before them, The Hi-Lo’s, the six men of Accent, all of them accomplished arrangers and instrumentalists in their own right, are taking their love of close-harmony jazz singing – the denser and more intricate the better – as far as it can go. The improbable meeting of the six self-described “jazz vocal nerds” could have happened only in the age of social media. After becoming long-distance fans of each other’s multi-tracked videos on YouTube, they joined forces in 2011, collaborating online on songs and videos.
Jim Daus Hjernøe (DK)
Jim Daus Hjernøe, Professor of Rhythmic Choir Conducting at the Royal Academy of Music in Denmark (RAMA), is the head of RAMA Vocal Centre, which is recognized internationally as the leading European centre of rhythmic choir conducting education. He has focused on improvisational vocal art since 2002 and developed the innovative and revolutionary methodology “The Intelligent Choir” with Vocal Painting as one of the headliners. The Intelligent Choir refers to his musical philosophy and concept of training choir conductors to allow and inspire choristers to share responsibility for the musical process
Peder Karlsson (SE)
Peder Karlsson studied classical Composition, arranging and guitar at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm, Sweden, and graduated in 1989 with a degree in vocal group performance. As a member of the Swedish a cappella group The Real Group between in years 1984-2010, Karlsson made over 2000 concerts all over the world and appeared on 16 CDs. Between 2011 and 2014, Karlsson was the Musical Director of the XXL Slovene vocal group Perpetuum Jazzile.
Since January 2015, Karlsson teaches innovative choir leadership at the Royal Academy of Music in Aalborg, Denmark, which earned him the title Emeritus in 2016. Apart from activities within music, Peder is the chairman of the non-profit organization End Ecocide Sweden.
Since January 2015, Karlsson teaches innovative choir leadership at the Royal Academy of Music in Aalborg, Denmark, which earned him the title Emeritus in 2016. Apart from activities within music, Peder is the chairman of the non-profit organization End Ecocide Sweden.
