Project timeline

Prehistory

1981–1994: Daily morning singing throughout 13 years of school and high school.

2004: The idea of subjecting my dialogue with and approach to the musical dimension of the Højskolesangbogen songbook to public artistic exploration arises immediately after receiving a three-year working grant from the Danish Arts Foundation.

2006–2007: Recording and release of the album Jacob Anderskov in Danish, and Anderskov Accident’s version of “Se nu stiger solen” on the album Newspeak.

Project preludes

2019 

Brorson Church: improvised solo concert with community singing elements

2020 

Brorson Church: Four “seasonal communal singing” events (“årstidsfællessang,” improvised solo piano with community singing), of which two are conducted in-person, one is conducted online, and one is cancelled due to Covid

DR Koncerthuset, June: “Sankt Hans fællessang” (“Midsummer communal singing”), with DR Vokalensemblet, Jacob Anderskov, Kasper Tranberg, Jakob Høyer

2021

Brorson Church, July: concert with community singing material (due to Covid without permission for community singing), with Soffie Viemose, Jakob Munck, Jacob Anderskov, Kasper Tranberg, Jakob Høyer (hereinafter “the ensemble”).

Application to the Ministry of Culture’s Fund for Artistic Research (Kunstnerisk udviklingsvirksomhed)

The project

2022

Allocation of project funding from the Ministry of Culture’s Pool for Artistic Research 

Further fundraising

Project start-up, August

Musical reworkings

Reading

Recording (September) in The Village Studio with the ensemble, primarily around a summer repertoire: 

- album material without participating amateur choirs

- Video recordings with and without participating amateur choirs

Selection, editing, editing of recordings

Reflection and dialogue

2023

Mixing and mastering of recorded audio as well as video material

Finalising agreements with venues, organisations, institutions, primarily around activities in 2024

Concerts in smaller format: Jacob Anderskov duo with trumpet and vocals

Reading theoretical, philosophical, aesthetic texts

Continued reflection and dialogue with various partners

Negotiating and signing a record deal with April Records

Release of the first two singles from the album I sang (the title has multiple meanings in Danish: You sang, In singing, While singing, one song, etc., in addition to the less ambiguous English meaning)

Recordings (December) in The Village with the ensemble, primarily around a winter repertoire – oriented towards a second album.

Writing the majority of the project reflection texts

Work on the final digital dissemination of the project’s permanent dissemination

2024

Release of the third single from the album I sang

Concerts around the country, on a winter repertoire, with the ensemble and a participating audience (in January)

Album release, 2 February 2024: Jacob Anderskov “I sang”

Album release concert (February), Dronningesalen (Queen’s Hall), Den Sorte Diamant (The Black Diamond), Cph.

Editing and post-production of audio and video recordings from winter 2023–24, including vocal overdubs and mixes

Plans – for summer 2024 and beyond (i.e. after this exposition’s conclusion):

July–October: various concerts with the project, and with different ways of scaling up the format, such as a version that includes musicians from Århus Sinfonietta

Dialogue with venues, festivals, and Århus Sinfonietta about concerts in 2025

2025 or 2026: Probably release of the second album from the project (recordings from December 2023–February 2024), as album or as a video installation, or both.