Jenny Wilhelms (born 1974) is a Finnish musician. She studied classical and

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in many

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. She has been the lead singer of the innovative

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band

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from 1994. Later, according to her bio for her appearance at the 2011

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vocal music festival, she "specialises in vocal physiology for non-classical singers and teaches privately, gives masterclasses and works with choirs and ensembles". Wilhelms is focused on the vocal and

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tradition in Scandinavia and has studied various Nordic folk music styles. Wilhelms studied at the Malungs Folkhögskola ( Dalarna, Sweden), the Mellersta Österbottens Konservatorium, ( Karleby, Finland), The Sibelius Academy, (Helsinki, Finland), The Grieg Academy (

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, Norway), the World Academy of Music and Dance, Ireland, and the Conservatory of Keski-Pohjanmaa, Finland. Wilhelms has arranged and composed folk music for

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s and

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s. Her four pieces, ordered for the 55th anniversary of the Flora Female Choir at the

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, won the first prize in a Scandinavian Choir arranging competition in 1999. Wilhelms has studied and taught the medieval ballads of Scandinavia, Finnish runo-chanting, Icelandic

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chanting and Cow calling ('' kulning'') from Sweden and Norway. All these elements can be found in Gjallarhorn's music.

Sources

www.gjallarhorn.com/jenny

Tampere Vocal Music Festival 2011
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