Eva Björkner
Ph D

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Fields of interest:

• The singing voice
• The influence of subglottal pressure on the voice source
  
• Differences between singing styles in terms of  - the acoustics, voice source  conditions, muscular- & aerodynamical forces, posture, etc.

KTH - Royal Institute of Technology
TMH - Dept of Speech, Music and Hearing

Contact information:

Lindstedtsv. 24
100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
Work phone: +46 706 204720
Email:bjorkner@kth.se

2006                   Friday 8th of December - Dissertation at KTH, Stockholm, Sweden

2003                   PhD student at the Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Speech, Music                                   and Hearing, Stockholm, Sweden. Funded by the European Community’s Human                                   Potential Programme [HOARSE], under contract HPRN-CT-2002-00276 and situated                               at TKK, Helsinki, Finland between March 2003 - March 2006.  And by  STINT, situated                           at York University, England.

1995-1998          Singing teacher education, SMI - Stockholms Musikpedagogiska Institut (University                             College of Music Education in Stockholm) (120 credits), specialisation in non-classical                           (afro) repertoire.

1994-1997          Afro ensemble pedagogue education SMI - Stockholms Musikpedagogiska                                          Institut (University College of Music Education in Stockholm) (80 credits).

1993/1994          One year course in Jazz and Pop singing, Kulturama, Stockholm

1987-1990          Three year education in Economics, Rekarne School, Eskilstuna

1979-1987          Elementary school, Djurgårdsskolan, Eskilstuna

Sept– Nov 2002: Doing voice analysis for MD Stellan Hertegård at the Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Stockholm

Aug 2001 – June 2002: Singing teacher, Tälje gymnasium/high school, Södertälje.

April – Aug 2001: Voice/ singing coach and stand-in singer, Musical Theatre “Kapten Guldkrok”, Guldkrok AB,

March – May 2001:  Assistant to MD Lena Bergqvist at the academic neonatal research unit at the Astrid Lindgren Children's hospital, doing analysis for the NEOPAIN study.

Jan – March 2001: Doing voice analysis for MD Stellan Hertegård at the Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Stockholm.

Aug 2000 – Feb 2001: Voice/ singing teacher for Musikklasserna, Upplands Väsby, Stockholm.

1998 – 2002: Singing and afro ensemble teacher, Kulturskolan i Södertälje,

1998 – 2001: Assistant to Professor Johan Sundberg, Dept of Speech Music Hearing, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden.

1994 - 1998 summers: Voice/ singing and afro ensemble teacher in the ELECTRA project at Fryshuset, Stockholm. ELECTRA is a project to encourage girls/women to play in pop/rock/soul bands.

1994 - 1998: Voice/ singing and afro ensemble teacher at Fryshuset, evening courses.