Marit Tøndel Bodsberg Weyde (NO)

CONDUCTING AN EQUAL VOICES CHOIR

Marit Tøndel Bodsberg Weyde talks about her experience in leading both female and male choirs at the Oslo university: The Women’s Choral Society (SA) and The Norwegian Student Choral Society (TB). In the workshop, the participants are given ideas about how to improve the sound of an equal voices choir through warm-ups and repertoire choices. There is also going to be a discussion about the overall impression that a choir gives on stage and how the singers can best express themselves during a performance.


MARIT TØNDEL BODSBERG WEYDE has worked with several of Norway’s most prominent choirs and orchestras. With her energetic personality and musical dedication, she is not only an acclaimed conductor, but also an inspiring and popular teacher and speaker, being frequently invited to sit on panels or asked to adjudicate. She has received several prestigious honours and awards in international choir competitions, and in addition to nine first prizes, Kvindelige Studenters Sangforening was ranked number one in INTERKULTUR’s world ranking of competing female choirs from 2015–2020. Marit has also received several awards for conducting, both in Europe and in Norway.

Marit has participated in numerous highly acclaimed recordings, both as a conductor and a musical director. Her most recent recordings include Magnificat (Ellen Andrea Wang, LAWO Classics, 2023) and I signet juletid (LAWO Classics, 2023).

Photo by: Lars Gunnar Liestøl