On 25 January, the world premiere of a new concept called The Real Group Lab will take place in Umeå, at Folkets Hus and Bildmuseet. Through interactive workshops and new methods, participants will explore and develop the creativity that lies within each unique individual and constellation of people. Together with the participants, they explore the importance of culture in creating a just, sustainable and peaceful world. 

The Real Group Lab wants to change the way we sing as a group and at the same time inspire an awareness of individual responsibility, both musically and socially. There is a strong focus on playful and intuitive creation and collaboration around rhythm, harmony and melody. Rotated musical initiative is a concrete example of how new ways of singing can inspire new ways of looking at how the individual can take responsibility in their relationship with the group and with the environment. By singing together, individuals and groups can be inspired to contribute to a just, sustainable and peaceful world. With "inner growth" we have a long-term impact on the society we live in. 

Participants learn to sing so that it really swings, which gives increased self-confidence, security in the group and social training that also provides an intuitive experience of what a better world could look like, in small and large ways, says Peder Karlsson. We know that people who sing and move feel better, which can also have a big positive impact on society as a whole. For example, improving quality of life also improves people's health.

Peder Karlsson, one of the founders of the internationally active singing group The Real Group, has been a professional singer, performer and songwriter for more than 30 years. artistic director in various contexts. For the past five years, Peder has been Professor in innovative choral conducting in Denmark. Having travelled all over the world concerts and teaching, Peder is now focusing on educating choral conductors and singers in co-creative singing. Over the years, he has seen that in general an understanding within the European choral culture for individual the role of individual singers in creating both sound and rhythm as a whole. 

Experiencing singing and rhythm together in a group is empowering for every participant. You develop your self-confidence, gain tools to take musical initiatives and build an understanding of leadership. Above all, you get a direct experience of the power of doing something together in rhythm and harmony, a collaboration without words, says Peder Karlsson. We want to give participants an experience where they can feel how we are part of something bigger than ourselves; how we are getting closer to a better world. Choral singing becomes a microcosm of a world in balance.

The Real Group Lab is an initiative by Peder Karlsson Katarina Henryson and Morten Vinther

For more information
https://therealgroup.se/lab

Tickets for the world premiere
https://www.biljettcentrum.com/evenemang/the-real-group-lab-varldspremiar/