Nordic Conference for Choral Conductors | 4–6 October, 2024 | Helsinki Music Centre
Dag Jansson (NO)
Dag Jansson is a professor of arts management at Oslo Metropolitan University. He has previously been a senior lecturer of choral leadership at the Academy of Music and Drama in Gothenburg. He holds a PhD-degree from the Norwegian Academy of Music and a master’s degree in musicology from the University of Oslo. His research interests include musical leadership – choral leadership in particular – and artist education, careers, and working conditions. He has published extensively in the field of choral singing and choral leadership, including the monograph Leading Musically on Routledge. Combining his previous business experience and career, Jansson has been passionate about using choral singing and conducting for team and leadership development, in a variety of organisations as well as in academic curricula. He is an active choral conductor, and his practice has included elite chamber choirs as well as all-inclusive choirs such as "Everyone Can Sing".