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Sunday is Sund-day!
On October 26, 2008 come & join singers from all over the Lower Mainland in an afternoon of joyful music-making with Swedish singer, pianist, arranger, composer and conductor ROBERT SUND.
Following the final concert in a tour by the renowned Swedish male-voice choir, Orphei Drängar - OD (Saturday 25 October at the Chan Centre, UBC) Mr Sund will lead a workshop for all interested singers at St Mary's Kerrisdale Anglican Church (37th & Larch, Vancouver) 2:30-5:30pm.
Registration fee of $30 includes music packet.
To be sure of your music, please pre-register below or call the BCCF Project Manager: 604-272-4216.
Robert Sund
OD's conductor Robert Sund sings, plays, arranges, composes and conducts.His multi-faceted gift has given him a prominent position both on the Swedish and the international music scene. Most importantly, Robert Sund has been a principal driving force behind OD's development, and has contributed greatly to the broadening of the choir's repertoire.
In 1993, Robert Sund was named Conductor of the Year by the Föreningen Sveriges Körledare [Association of Swedish Choirmasters]. For 17 years he has been teaching conducting and ensemble leadership at the Musikhögskolan [Academy of Music] in Stockholm. He is in great demand to lead courses for both choral singers and conductors in Scandinavia, Europe, the USA, South America and New Zealand. He has been guest conductor everywhere from the Radio Choir in Vienna to the Coro Nacional in Cuba. He is a guest lecturer and a diligent jury member at choral competitions, and a conductor at choral festivals all over the world.
Robert Sund began his time at OD as second bass in 1965. Just three years later he became assistant conductor. In the early 1970s, he studied choral conducting under Eric Ericson at the Musikhögskolan.
In 1991, Robert took over full responsibility as OD's conductor.
In 2003 Robert Sund was awarded, among other distinctions, an honorary stipend from the Municipality of Uppsala, the Peter Cornelius Plaque in Mainz, and the King's Medal of the 8th Magnitude with a bright blue ribbon "for valuable service as director of the male-voice choir Orphei Drängar - OD."