Who are we?
Kongl. Teknologkören (KTK) is a student choir at The Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, belonging to the Student union, THS. We are a mixed choir with about 40–45 members.
Our repertoire spans all music made for choir; from sacred music to world music and music from student culture. The choir has been part several larger projects, besides our own concerts and recordings.
Kongl. Teknologkören is an active choir both musically and socially. In the choir you will find both a joy of singing as well as friends for life! We do lots of fun things during the year, including:
- Rehearsal on Thursdays at 18:30–21:30.
- Several rehearsals a year with a vocal coach.
- Perform four concerts.
- We go to Åland for a yearly rehearsal weekend in October.
- Sing for the new students at KTH's welcoming ceremonies in the City Hall in August.
- Sing at KTH's diploma ceremonies in the City Hall in May and December.
- Sing at KTH's own Christmas concert together with KTH:s Akademiska Kapell KTH Academic Orchestra).
- Many Lucia processions at companies and organisations all over Stockholm in December.
- Sing and socialise at the choir's own parties.
Conductor
Hanna Ohlson Nordh has a masters degree in orchestra conducting from the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, and has also studied at HMDK in Stuttgart. In 2018 Hanna won 2nd place in London Classical Soloists International Conducting Competition and has since worked with several professional orchestras, Wermland Opera and Arméns Musikkår. In June 2023 Hanna won the prize for Best Conductor at the international Anton Bruckner Choral Competition (Soundwaves Linz) in Austria.
Outside of conducting Teknologkören Hanna also conducts Värmlands Nations Kör and teaches conducting at Lilla Akademiens Musikgymnasium.
A few of our previous conductors are Rikard Lindberg Karlsson (2010-2021), David Lundblad (2008–2010), Fredrik Winberg (2003–2007), and Helene Stureborg (1994–2002).
Trips
Every other summer (sometimes more often!) we go on a longer trip to meet other choirs or compete at international choir competitions. The last trips were:
- Cork & Dublin, Ireland, 2024
- We revisited St. Fin Barre's Cathedral in Cork (last time was 1997!) before continuing to Dublin past rolling hills and an azure coastline.
- Tallinn, Estonia, 2023
- Together with Segakoor Noorus we held a concert in historic Vanalinn (Old town) and we visited the Arvo Pärt Centre in Laulasmaa with an opportunity for music-making of our own.
- Lisbon, Portugal, 2022
- Teknologkören flew to Lisbon during the summer heat, and had concerts with two local choirs: Nova Era Vocal Ensemble and Coro da Universidade de Lisboa.
- Edinburgh, Scotland, 2019
- Amongst the beautiful hills of Scotland, we met up with another choir, had a concert in St Giles's Cathedral, played the bagpipes, danced traditional Scottish dances, and saw the Aberdeen Highland Games.
- Vienna & Ljubljana, 2017
- We were able to stay for a short time in Vienna before continuing to Ljubljana where we performed in the beautiful S:t Nicolas' Cathedral.
- Bulgaria, 2015
- We participated in workshops about bulgarian folk music and kept concerts at the university in Sofia and at a biomathematics conference in Blagoevgrad.
Hire us
We often and gladly perform at parties and celebrations at companies, and sometimes on behalf of individuals. See Hire us or contact us for more information.
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