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Norwegen Collegium Vocale Dirigent: Thomas Caplin Homepage: http://www.collegiumvocale.no/ email: thomas.caplin@luh.hihm.no The chamber choir Collegium Vocale was founded in 1971 and is based in Hamar, Norway. Its members, who come from the whole of the eastern region of Norway, have a common wish to perform music that demands something special of them. From the very beginning the choir has aimed to present music of the highest quality and to find works that reflect the enormous variety of choral music, which the three CD-productions clearly reflect. Today it therefore upholds a position in the front line amongst Norwegian choirs. A number of contemporary composers have written music especially for the choir, including Knut Nystedt, Johan Kvandal, Trygve Madsen, Daniel Helldén, Petter Dyndahl, Bjørn Sverre Kristensen and Henning Sommerro. The choir has participated in several Europa Cantat festivals and continental choral competitions. In addition to different concert tours (e.g. The Baltic countries and Poland [1991], Gorizia, Italy [1997]), Collegium Vocale has been especially invited to participate in different music festival, as festival choir and seminar choir in the following festivals: Music Festival Elverum, Norway (1992) Nordland Musikkfestuke, Bodø, Norway (1993) The Olympic Culture Festival, Winter Olympic Games, Lillehammer (1994) Midnight Sun International Choirfestival, Tromsø, Norway (1996) Bergen International Festival (1998) National contest for choir in Trondheim (2000) Thomas Caplin (b.1960), associate professor, has been the conductor for Collegium Vocale since 1990. His daily work includes responsibility for choral activities at the College of Education, Hamar, Norway, where he has been employed since 1989. He grew up in Sweden, received his education in Denmark and Sweden and now works in Norway. He studied as a singer, conductor and choral pedagogue from the Royal Academy of Music in Copenhagen and the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm. He is frequently engaged as guest conductor and clinician, and has been much in demand as an adjudicator in competitions, nationally and internationally. On several occasions he has given master classes at the Academy of Music in Tallinn, Estonia. His many publications include a book on choral conducting ( © Musikk-Husets Forlag A/S, Oslo) and a number of compositions and arrangements. This book has also been translated and published in Sweden in 2000 with the title «On the beat» (© SK-Gehrmans publisher). In Norway he has won his reputation through extensive workshop and master-class activities and guestconducting assignments.