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Academy Chamber Choir of Uppsala

The Academy Chamber Choir of Uppsala (UAK) was founded in 1957 and is a mixed choir with about 35 members that today is counted among the foremost choirs in Sweden. The choir started out as the first mixed student choir in an Uppsala that at the time was dominated by male choirs, and its first leader was the legendary conductor Eric Ericson. Since 1964, the choir has been independent and the character of a student choir is long gone, although the connection to the academic music scene in Uppsala remains.

UAK was led between 1983 and 2023 by the internationally active and well known conductor Stefan Parkman. As of the autumn season 2023, conductor Rebecka Gustafsson has taken over the artistic leadership of UAK.

Our extensive repertoire spans everything from early music to modern a cappella music, the latter being somewhat of a signature of UAK. In the recent years the choir has made first performances of music by composers Sven-David Sandström, Jaakko Mäntyjärvi, and Jan Sandström. UAK has made many recordings, of which can be noted productions for the antology Musica Sveciae and in the last few years several well received recordings for Footprint records, like 3 Psalms, Winter Sounds, and Rachmaninoff's All-night vigil. The choir gives performances in Sweden and abroad. The choir has toured USA and Germany at several occasions recently.

An anniversary book was written when the choir turned 25 years. It is available for download in pdf format here. The pages are scanned as pictures, but the texts are searchable in a pdf reader.

The choir archive (searchable) is kept at Carolina Rediviva.

UAK, photo Erik Zeitler

Rebecka Gustafsson, conductor

Rebecka Gustafsson. Photo: Marco Helles

Rebecka Gustafsson is a well-known name to the Uppsala audience as conductor of the Västgöta Nation Male Choir Korgossarna since 2015 and as guest conductor of the Uppsala-based Verano Vokalensemble.

Rebecka Gustafsson is a trained singing teacher at the Academy of Music in Örebro, has a bachelor's degree in choral conducting from the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, and has studied at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, where she received her master's degree in choral conducting in May 2019. Rebecka Gustafsson is based in Stockholm where she is employed as a choir leader at Immanuel Church.

Hire UAK

Hire UAK to add a golden touch to your dinner, conference or other event. We have a large repertoire and can perform with a full choir as well as in smaller ensembles!

Contact boka@uak.se and let us come up with an attractive proposal!

Sing with us!

Auditions for the choir usually take place at the start of the autumn term and you are welcome to register your interest if you want to join. Of course, you are also welcome to contact us via audit@uak.se if you want to know more about how to become a member of the choir.

UAK Supporter society

UAK has a supporter society, UAK Vänner ("Friends of UAK"), which provides both economical and hands-on support to the activities of the choir. The supporter society seeks to contribute to the musical, artistic, and social aspects of the choir.

UAKV's web site