Sharing Is Caring

This is my second year teaching an introduction to music business and entrepreneurship class at the Framnäs Folk High School. When they approached me, I told them that what I could offer is a unique, broad perspective, based on my personal experiences. My career so far as a freelancer has been, shall we say, wide-ranging.… Continue reading Sharing Is Caring

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Closing Circles

Sometimes, I feel especially strongly connected to events or experiences in my past. Thinking ahead to next week’s trip puts me on that same mental road, reflecting on how and in what ways I have changed and grown in the years that have passed. Next week, I will be going back to MAGFest (short for… Continue reading Closing Circles

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The Newest News

September, this is not. In fact, September came and went, and while the blog remained on my mind, I opted to focus my time and energy on something else that came rather out of nowhere and took up most of both of those throughout the past four months: I got a job. If you know… Continue reading The Newest News

Ad Astra

I made it! Between Thursday June 22nd and Friday June 30th I composed over 12 minutes of brand-new music, in the form of submissions to the two composition competitions I stumbled over, two weeks ago. As I described in last week’s post, I initially focused on the brass band composition as it was the one… Continue reading Ad Astra

Down to Brass Tacks

Less than a week after my last post, I am proud to announce that I am almost done with one of the two competition entries I mentioned last week, and have come a fair way on the other as well! The band composition is the one I have spent the most time on. It was… Continue reading Down to Brass Tacks

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As Proud as One Can Be

Two days ago, the cathedral choir sang under my direction at this year’s second Ordination Service. As a choirmaster as well as a fellow musician, it was an incredibly rewarding experience to see and hear once again the development of the choir in these part months. As I mentioned a couple of posts ago, I… Continue reading As Proud as One Can Be

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New Short Stories

Last year around this time, I went to the Royal Opera House in Stockholm to see their recurring anthology project ”Short Stories”: three short operas by three composers, a project with the aim to inspire composers to write more full-length operas. This year’s triple threat consisted of Ada by Christofer Elgh and Sigrid Herrault, about… Continue reading New Short Stories

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The Big Payoff

Last weekend was one of the most intense ones I’ve had so far this year. Two days; two different concerts; two different roles – one incredibly tired, but also very happy, me. Throughout the 2022–2023 season, I have been working on a project for Föreningen Nymus – a local, Härnösand-based music association – arranging performances and/or… Continue reading The Big Payoff

Be Transformed

I have the great pleasure of getting to perform twice this summer (at least!), both times in late July. It is hard to rate the two concerts, as they are very different, but nevertheless I particularly look forward to premiering a brand new composition together with the lovely bassoonist extraordinaire, Sebastian Stevensson. Long-time readers of… Continue reading Be Transformed

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Different Kinds of Play

Two different events this past weekend caused a similar reaction in me, for similar reasons, but the situations themselves were quite different. What happened? This past Sunday, my good friend Per who works as an organist in Härnösand Cathedral performed two great 20th century organ works: L’Ascension by Olivier Messiaen and Prélude, Adagio et Choral… Continue reading Different Kinds of Play

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