| During the last six years, Anna has been invited to give master classes, coach singers, vocal ensembles and choirs in Europe and North America. In July last year Anna was working with ensemble singers at Norges Korforbunds sommerkorskole på Toneheim, and in the first week of August she organised a mini-summer school in York, where she together with John Potter coached three ensembles, the Australian Eve Vocal Trio, the North American Uncloistered and the English Cantorelli at the University of York. This year she has had the pleasure of working with the Bergen based Norwegian vocal ensemble ‘Vokalgruppen YR’. In 2001, 03, 05 and 07 Anna has been a jury member of the Vocal Ensemble Competition at Tampere Vocal Music Festival, Finland. During last year's Festival she gave a workshop: 'Communication for ensemble singers' with her jury colleague John Potter. Over the last six years Anna has been coaching vocal ensembles at the University of York. Last academic year Anna coached the MA vocal ensembles (MA in Vocal Studies course). She also worked with undergraduate students during their Ensemble Performance Projects, and in 2002 she was coaching the 'practical project' performance of Pierrot Lunaire by Roger Marsh. In 2002 she gave vocal workshops during the Anáil dé: The Breath of God Festival of World Sacred Music, University of Limerick, Ireland. In June 2004 she was in Riga, Latvia for a week, giving ensemble workshops and vocal master classes for the Latvian Radio Choir and at the Riga Music Academy.
In USA she has done workshops at the Naperville North High School (Illinois), Darthmouth College (Connecticut), and at Pomona College (California). In May 03 she coached and recorded with the Girl Choristers of Washington National Cathedral. Next year the trio mediaeval will give master classes, in connection to their US Spring tour. |
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