Allmänna Sången & Anders Wall Composition Award is a composition competition for choir music aimed at women composers. The competition is international and targets women composers irrespective of profession or nationality. All entries will be reviewed by a reputable international jury.

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History

Allmänna Sången & Anders Wall Composition Award was announced for the first time in 2013, when Allmänna Sången celebrated fifty years as a mixed choir. In connection to the anniversary, the choir announced a competition for women composers, together with Anders Wall, aiming to highlight them and their work, and inspire the creation of new choir music. Since then, the competition has been arranged four more times.

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Previous winners

• 2014​ – Sandskrift, Maria Löfberg

• 2016 – Speeches, Anna-Karin Klockar

• 2019 – The Black Monkey, Eva Holm Fosnæs

• 2021 – When Breathing Like a Bird, Gittan Glans

• 2024 – En sådan kväll, Erika Hammarberg

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Upcoming competitions

The next Allmänna Sången Anders Wall Composition Award (ASAWCA) will be awarded in spring 2027, with applications opening in March 2026. Here you can find info about ASAWCA 2027.

 

The winning composition will be published by Gehrmans Musikförlag AB, and the winner will receive a prize sum along with a diploma. 

All entries must meet the following criteria:
• Unpublished and not previously performed
• Written for a mixed-voice a cappella choir with 4 to12 parts
• Duration: between 6 and 7 minutes
• Language: lyrics may be in any language
• Eligibility: open to any woman composer, regardless of nationality, age, or professional background
 
For the most up-to-date information on application terms and deadlines, follow Allmänna Sången and Allmänna Sången and Anders Wall Composition Award on social media.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at info@allmannasangen.se or
award@allmannasangen.se.

 

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About the choir

Allmänna Sången was established in the year 1830 as a choir for male students in Uppsala, Sweden. Since then, it has become a mixed choir and gained wide acclaim as one of the best choirs in the country. It is also the oldest university choir in Scandinavia. Today, no formal connection between All- männa Sången and the university remains, but the choir still preserves some of the university traditions it helped create and is firmly anchored in the city’s student life.

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You can watch Allmänna Sången's first performance of the 2024 ASAWCA winner as well as a presentation of the 2016 ASAWCA winner here below.

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