MWIS at Snöå Bruk December 28, 2023 – January 4, 2024

Welcome to Music Week at Snöå Bruk outside Dala Järna.

If you are a skilled choral singer, a good sight-reader and able to work at a fast tempo, you are welcome to participate. The week starts on Thursday December 28th at 5 pm with dinner. We will begin rehearsing that same evening. The week ends after breakfast on Jan 4.

Richard Cooke will be leading the choir as always.

The programme this year will be:

• Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols
• Johannes Eccard: Maria wallt zum Heiligthum
• Gibbons: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis 2nd Service
• Stanford: And I saw another Angel
• Richard Cooke: Gabriel’s Message
• Richard Cooke: Linden Tree carol
• Matthew Martin: Angelus ad Virginem

We will work with this music during the week with a concert in Dala Järna church on January 3rd. In addition to the singing, the activities also include soirées and night cafés where we socialize and entertain ourselves with different performances each night.

On New Year’s Eve we have a big celebration party.

The accommodation is still in rooms of varying sizes with two, three or four beds but also bigger than that. The two-bed rooms are limited and come with an extra cost of SEK 400 per person. You need to apply specifically for one of those in the registration form if you are interested. Students and youth, who this year pay a lower fee, may be placed in new large rooms, with 10 or 6 beds.

• Adults: SEK 6260
• Students/children/youth (3-24 years old): SEK 4260
• Sheet music: SEK 240 (If you bring any of the music, please indicate in the registration form and the cost will be reduced pro rata.)
• 0 – 2 years old: free

The fees cover lodging, including bed linen and towels, full board, the New Year party and after-concert dinner. Drinks are not included.

We will organise bus transport between Borlänge and Snöå. It will cost approximaterly SEK 450 return ticket. Departure Borlänge 16:15 Dec 28, arrival Borlänge 11:40 Jan 4. Please indicate your travel choice on the registration form!

Please register via the web form by November 15th. Please pay your fee by Dec 1. 
IBAN: SE52 9500 0099 6034 1834 8334
BIC: NDEASESS

Please help us avoid trouble by registering on time!

Subsidised registration fee

We want to welcome as many participant as possible to the choir week. A benevolent member donation has made it possible to apply for a subsidy on the registration fee, should you have trouble paying the full regular amount for the week. Applicants will share the donation amount and you may get a subsidy of up to SEK 1500. To apply you need to:

• be 25 years old or younger
• write a short motivation why you want to come to the week and why you are in need of the subsidy.
• apply before registration deadline Nov 15. You will get a message about your subsidy a few days later.

Send the the application along with your registration in the box ”Anything else we should know:” at the bottom of the form, or mail to anm@mwis.se Most welcome to apply for this if you need it!

Cancelling

If you have to cancel, please do so as early as possible via e-mail and make sure that you get an acknowledgement. We will need to pay Snöå SEK 2350 for late cancellations, and we will charge you this cancellation fee if you cancel later than Dec 1. The cancellation fee does not apply if you have a positive Covid test or get sick.

More info

More information will be sent in December to the e-mail address you have stated in the registration form.

Welcome to the Music Week!

The Board of Music Weeks in Sweden:
Lena, Lena, Eva, Catrin, Kajsa & Ulf