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.
