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<channel><title><![CDATA[Thomas Caplin - Activities]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.thomascaplin.com/activities]]></link><description><![CDATA[Activities]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 11:54:09 -0800</pubDate><generator>Weebly</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Conducting, clinician and adjudicating activies 2016-26:]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.thomascaplin.com/activities/masterclasses-in-iran]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.thomascaplin.com/activities/masterclasses-in-iran#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2015 09:22:51 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.thomascaplin.com/activities/masterclasses-in-iran</guid><description><![CDATA[In the course of 2025 a revised edition of my book will be published. The new title is:A holistic approach to choral leadership -&nbsp;becoming a learning conductorStay tuned for more info here - when and where you can download it!         Activities 2025:On-going mentor program for HKICF - Hong Kong Inter-School Choral FestivalYouth choir Workshop Moss, Norway, March 1stDefrost participating in choir competition, Tretten, Norway, March 22ndWCCN conference, Berlin, March 28-30Conducting Ellingto [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="paragraph">In the course of 2025 a revised edition of my book will be published. The new title is:<br /><strong>A holistic approach to choral leadership -&nbsp;<br />becoming a learning conductor</strong><br />Stay tuned for more info here - when and where you can download it!</div>  <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="https://www.thomascaplin.com/uploads/5/1/7/1/51718721/published/skjermbilde-2016-09-28-kl-14-24-22.png?1503334941" alt="Picture" style="width:230;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div>  <div class="paragraph" style="text-align:left;"><strong>Activities 2025:</strong><ul><li>On-going mentor program for HKICF - Hong Kong Inter-School Choral Festival</li><li>Youth choir Workshop Moss, Norway, March 1st</li><li>Defrost participating in choir competition, Tretten, Norway, March 22nd</li><li>WCCN conference, Berlin, March 28-30</li><li>Conducting Ellington Sacred Concert, Inland University Choir, big band, April 2nd</li><li>Defrost participating in Interkultur choir competition, Lucca, Italy , April 11-17</li><li>Hong Kong Inter-School Choral Festival, clinics and concerts, June 21st- 28th</li><li>Clinician/adjudicator World Peace Choral Festival, July 17th - 20th</li><li>Clinic with &Oslash;ystre Slidre choir, Norway, September 26th - 27th</li><li>Guest conducting Varasdinski Vokalni Ansambl, Croatia, October 22nd-26th</li><li>Defrost concert with Br&oslash;ttum Brass, November 16th</li><li>Defrost concert with Hedmarken Symphony Orchestra, November 30th</li><li>Defrost concert with Hedmarken Symphony Orchestra, December 13th</li></ul><strong><br /><br /><br />Activities 2024:</strong><ul><li>Invited lectures/guest conducting at Hongkong Inter-school choral festival, 17th of February - 2nd of March</li><li>Defrost invited international guest choir at&nbsp;<span style="font-weight:700">Hongkong Inter-school choral festival, 24th of February - 2nd of March</span></li><li>Clinician for local choir in Egersund, Norway, March 15-16</li><li><strong>Invited clinician for workshop in Gj&oslash;vik, Norway, Norwegian children's and youth choir association (UNGIKOR), April 5-7</strong></li><li><strong>Concert Nordic Blue with Alle Choir, London, Hamar April 20</strong></li><li><strong>Concert with Defrost, University choir and Hedmarken symphony orchestra, June 1-2, Elverum and Hamar, Rutter Gloria +++</strong></li><li><strong>Invited head of Jury, Festival in Serbia "Sparkling Voices", July 4-7,&nbsp;https://www.nkc.rs/manifestacije/javne-gradske-manifestacije/internacionalne-horske-svecanosti</strong></li><li><strong>Invited clinician "Sommer song week", Bergen, Norway,&nbsp;<span>Norwegian children's and youth choir association (UNGIKOR), August 6-10</span></strong></li><li><strong><span>Invited member of Jury at Bangkok International Choral Festival, Septemer 1 - 7</span></strong>&#8203;<br /><br /></li></ul><strong>Activities 2023:</strong><ul><li>Local choir competition with Defrost, March</li><li>Concert London with Nordic Blue with Alle Choir (London), 29th of April<br />http://www.jazzcafeposk.org/event/alle-choir-london-nodic-blue-norway/?fbclid=IwAR1IV2KxLBXC5T6at_8t_jsNDu7bvG_dZSjPn9U1uaV6Li5EfS6E_MC7km4&nbsp;</li><li>Adjudicator/clinician at Peterborough International Women's Choral FestivalJune 16th-18th (England)</li><li>Invited lecture at Choral Space "Quo Vadis Choral Music 2023", Peja/Kosovo, 14th - 17th of September</li><li>Invited workshop at Norwegian Choir Conductor's convention, Oslo 22nd - 24th of September</li><li>Defrost participating at Norwegian Choir Championship, Trondheim, 5th - 8th of October</li><li>Concert with Nordic Blue together with Geirr Lystrup, Hamar/Norway 4th-5th of November</li><li>Concert with Defrost and Br&oslash;ttum Brass 19th of November, Hamar.</li></ul><br /><strong>Activities 2022:</strong><ul><li>Choral Space Symposium - "Re-thinking choral leadership", February 3 - 6, Landesmusikademie, Rheinland-Pfalz, Neuwied, Germany (Artistic Director) - cancelled due to Covid<br />https://choralspace.org/portfolio/re-thinking-choir-leadership/</li><li>Jury member, Silver Bells festival, Daugavpils, Lithuania, January</li><li>Jauna Muzika, Pedagogical Project, March 21-27, Vilnius, Lithuania (Masterclasses/guest conducting)</li><li>Male choir clinic, Egersund, Norway, April 1-3</li><li>Clinic for choirs, Haugesund, Norway, 6th of May</li><li>Clinic for choirs, R&oslash;ros, Norway, 10th- 12th of June</li><li>Defrost Concert Tour Europe, 18th - 30th of June&nbsp;</li><li>Workshop clinics "In the same boat", Norwegian Choir Association Summer camp, Toneheim (Hamar) July 24 - 30&nbsp;</li><li>Clinic with Defrost Youth choir at Norwegian Choral Conductor's national symposium, Hamar, Norway 16th - 18th September</li><li>Invited lecture for Association of British Choral Directors (ABCD), Manchester, 30th of September - 2nd of October</li><li>Guest conducting Formosa Singers 14th - 24th of October</li><li>Guest conducting/Masteclasses Northwest Festival, Minot State University (USA), 2nd - 6th November</li><li>Conducting Classes at Malaysian Choral Eisteddfod, Kuala Lumpur, 1st -&nbsp;4th of December</li></ul>Activities 2020:<ul><li>Guest lecturing choral conducting at Frederic Chopin University of Music, Warsaw, 24th-28th of February</li><li>Male choir clinic, Flekkefjord, Norway, 31st of January - 1st of February</li><li>Adjudicating choral competition, Kokkola, Finland 13th - 15th of March</li><li>Masterclasses choir conducting, China, 2nd - 8th of April</li><li><span>"Ars Choralis", international symposium on choral and artistic research. Invited </span>Presentation at the International Chorosology conference, Zagreb, 17th - 19th of April</li><li>Choir assesment clinic, R&oslash;ros, Norway, 5th -6th of June</li><li>Clinic for youth choir conductors, Troms&oslash;, Norway, 19th - 21st of June</li><li>Concert Tour with Defrost, Barnsley, Peterborough and London, England, 31st of July - 7th of August</li><li>Conducting Mozart Requiem, Defrost and Hamar Cathedral Choir, 23rd - 25th of October</li></ul><br /><span>Activities 2019:</span><ul><li>Clinic, rhythmic leadership, Bergen (Norway), 1st - 2nd of November</li><li>Guest conducting, Formosa Singers, Taiwan, 1st - 16th of October</li><li>Guest lecturing/presentation at World Choral Expo Exchange, Lisbon, 27th of July-1st of August</li><li><span>Sweden, Malm&ouml;: 7th&nbsp;- 9th&nbsp;of June: Husie Youth choir reunion, conducting</span></li><li>Adjudicating at Ave Verum international choir competition, Baden (Austria), 30th of May - 2nd of June</li><li>Guest lecturing at International symposium, Warszawa, 26th - 28th of April</li><li>Clinic with Helsingborg Vocal Ensemble, 13th of April</li><li>Defrost in national competition for Eurovision Choir of the year, 7th of April</li><li>Nordic Blue visiting The Real Group studio for a day's clinic with Anders Edenroth, 23rd of March</li><li>Visit from Defrost guest conductor Yuval Ben Ozer, Israel, 17th - 21st of March</li><li>Conductor&nbsp;clinic and voice clinic, 15th - 16th of March</li><li><span>Clinic with Sola Fide, Bergen, 8th - 9th of March</span><br /><br /><span>Activities 2018:</span></li><br /><li><span>Guest conducting The Israeli Vocal Ensemble, Scandinavian program, 19th - 25th of February</span></li><li><span>Vocal group Nordic Blue to Salzburg, workshop and concert 20th - 22nd of April</span></li><li><span>Guest conducting Formosa Singers (Taiwan), 1st - 15th of May</span></li><li><span>Vocal group Nordic Blue to Klaipeda Jazz Festival (Lithuania), 7th - 10th of June</span></li><li><span>Participating in World Choir Games with Defrost Youth Choir, 4th - 20th of July</span></li><li><span>Adjudicating in Meeting Music international choir competition, Beira, Portugal&nbsp; 4th- 6th of September</span></li></ul><br /><span>Activities 2017:</span><ul><li>Sweden, Malm&ouml;: 2&nbsp;- 3rd of June: Husie Youth choir reunion, conducting</li><li>Lithuania, Klaipeda University:&nbsp;April - invited workshop for conductors/music teachers</li><li>Taiwan:&nbsp;Taiwan Youth Festival Choir, guest conducting, 7 - 17th of July</li><li>US, San Fransisco:&nbsp;Chrystal Choir, workshop/guest conducting, 11th - 13th of August</li><li>Adjudicating at Asian Choir Games 21st - 29th of October</li></ul><br />Activities 2016:<ul><li>Croatia, Zagreb 31.3 - 2.4: "Ars Choralis", international symposium on choral and artistic research. Invited lecture&nbsp;on&nbsp;my e-book on choral leadership "The Learning Conductor"</li><li>Sochi, Russia 4.7 - 10.7: Adjudicating World Choir Games</li><li>St Gerold, Austria 10.7 - 17.7: "Chorwoche", leading the choir workshop</li><li>Taiwan and South Korea, 28.7 - 13.8: Concert tour Asia with my choir Defrost Youth Choir</li><li>Lithuania, 20. - 25.7: Conducting workshop for Lithuanian choral conductors, Vasarij Akademija</li><li>Globally: Launch of my e-book "The Learning Conductor", publisher: Musikk-Husets forlag, Oslo</li><li>Norway, 2. - 4.9: Concert tour with my vocal group Nordic Blue</li><li>Pretoria, South Africa, 5. - 12.9: Adjudicating in the Gauteng Arts Festival, masterclasses and clinics with Tucs Camerata, University of Pretoria.</li><li>Norway, 30.9 - 2.10:&nbsp;<span>Concert tour with my vocal group Nordic Blue</span></li><li><span>&Aring;lesund, Norway, 3. - 5.11: Adjudicating choral competition</span></li><li>Austria, Graz 18. - 20.11: Masterclass conducting, "Voices of spirit! Internationales Chorfestival"</li></ul><br /><br /></div>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>