The ensemble
The Trondheim ensemble Schola Sanctae Sunnivae is one of the few ensembles that takes care of Gregorian chant linked to Nidaros and Norwegian medieval history. The ensemble has so far initiated restoration and documented large parts of the Gregorian material which has been preserved from Nidaros and which is now located at the Royal Library in Copenhagen.
The ensemble consists of 12-14 trained female singers at a high level. Since the start in 1992, Anne Kleivset has been conductor and artistic director. In 2009, the ensemble was appointed as a pilgrim choir associated with Nidaros Pilgrimsgård.
Scholaen's activities for almost 30 years have resulted in five CD productions, as well as participation in a number of smaller and larger releases.
The conductor
Anne Kleivset from Nordmøre (1960) studied church music and pedagogy at Trøndelag Conservatory of Music and has a master's in performing music (Gregorian chant) from NTNU. She has taken private studies in Gregorian chant in Solesmes (Benedictine monastery in France), at the Paris Conservatoire, with Father Cornelius Pouderoijen (Austria) and Eugeen Liven d'Abelardo in the Netherlands. She also has singing training from the Complete Vocal Institute, Copenhagen.
Anne Kleivset has been the artistic director of Schola Sanctae Sunnivae since 1992. In addition to the choir's five CDs, she is behind a number of concert performances and productions such as "Rex Olavus", "Johannesdøger", "Som en rose, som en lije" and "Mistero Buffo ”.
Publications
Fingergullofficiet (KKV 1997)
Rex Olavus (KKV 2000)
St. Johannes officium (KKV 2006)
In Nativitate Beatae Mariae Virginis (2L 2010)
Fingergull (2L 2015)
