Meet our incredible Junior Voice teachers at the Voksenåsen Summer Academy 2025! Åshild Kyvik Bauge, Ståle Ytterli and Tuva Semmingsen bring their talent, passion, and expertise to guide the next generation of singers.
Åshild Kyvik Bauge completed her teacher education from the Music Department at Bergen Teacher Training College and vocal teacher education from the Norwegian Music Teachers’ National Association, before she obtained a master’s diploma in singing at the Norwegian Academy of Music. From 1996 until today, she has taught at Rud Upper Secondary School in Bærum. For 15 years she was affiliated with the Norwegian Academy of Music as a part-time teacher and college lecturer, until she was employed as Associate Professor of vocal didactics at the Barratt Due Institute of Music in 2005. In addition to her pedagogical practice, Åshild has had an extensive carreer as a mezzo-soprano.
Ståle Ytterli, was educated in Oslo, Copenhagen and New York. Ytterli is a singer with a wide repertoire that ranges from medieval music to modern musicals. In recent years he has worked mostly with theater, musicals, entertainment music such as early jazz / ragtime and tango. He is also a sought-after singing teacher and is associated with the Norwegian Academy of Music and the Norwegian Theater as a singing teacher.
Mezzo-soprano Tuva Semmingsen, studied at the Norwegian Academy of Music, and the Royal Opera Academy in Copenhagen. She has a master’s degree in elite singing pedagogy from the Royal Danish Academy of Music and is a certified Timani teacher from the Musicians’ Health and Movement Institute in Oslo. Tuva made her debut at the Royal Danish Theater in Copenhagen in 1999 as Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro, and sang the same part at the Teatro Fenice in Venice in 2000. As a permanent member of the soloist ensemble at the Royal Danish Theater 2000-2016, she has made a name for herself in Julius Cesar, The Barber of Seville, Cinderella, et al.
The Junior Voice course takes place 2 August – 5 August 2025.
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Apply by April 6th here.