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Maria Grönlund

Maria Grönlund

Head of Music Department

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Composer, pianist and music producer

  • Education

    • Stockholm University

      2016 - 2016
      Film music - narrative functions in Hollywood film music

      15 hp

    • Påhlmans Handelsinstitut

      2019 - 2020
      Certifierad Ekonomiassistent med löneadministration och praktik Redovisning

    • Royal College of Music in Stockholm

      1985 - 1991
      Master’s Degree Classical Piano, Music Education Master of Fine Arts in Music Education

      Classical PianoPop and jazz pianoJazz singingConductingChoir and ensemble leadingTeaching tuitionPedagogicsMusic theoryEar trainingArrangingMusic historyGuitarRecorderCembaloBassDrumsTrumpetEnsemble playingChoir singing

  • Experience

    • Sollentuna Fria Gymnasium

      Jan 1993 - Dec 2012
      Head of Music Department

      Supervising the music department of the Aesthetic Program, Upper Secondary School, specialized in music production.Teaching: Music theoryEar trainingArrangement and compositionSongwritingMusic productionMusic historyPianoChoirAesthetic OrientationProducing:ConcertsToursSchool tripsMusic theatre performancesResponsible for:BudgetSchedulingAuditions

    • GroBe music

      Jan 2013 - Jan 2018
      Composer and Music Producer

      GroBe music was a music producer duo specializing in music for films and games.The two members were Maria Grönlund and Roger Bergström, former member of world-renown percussion ensemble Kroumata, with which he toured the world and made friends with the greatest composer names in the contemporary classical field.Music for Creators was the name of their collective library, which was offered to film, ad and game makers.In the seasons 2015 and 2016 they participated as live performing experimental sound designers in audience favourite and critically acclaimed 'Alexander Ekman's Midsommarnattsdröm', with music by Mikael Karlsson.2016-2018 they also relesed indie pop and indie dance tracks under the name Sounds like Friday, available on Spotify and Apple music. Show less

    • The Royal Swedish Opera

      Nov 2014 - Sept 2016
      Freelance Sound Designer/Laptop musician

      Sound design and live audio processing by Grobe music (Maria Grönlund and Roger Bergström) in the performance Midsommarnattsdröm by choreographer and scenographer Alexander Ekman, with music by Mikael Karlsson.Performed by 42 dancers from The Royal Ballet, Dahlqvist String Quartet, pianist Henrik Måwe, percussionist Niklas Brommare and singer Anna von Hausswolff.Sound technique by Lars-Göran Ehn and Andrea Rea.Light by Linus Fellbom and costumes by Bregje van Baalen.

    • Täby kommun

      Aug 2015 - Dec 2019
      Piano Teacher at Täby Kulturskola

    • Gullers Grupp

      Jan 2020 - Jan 2023

      Custom music for branding, and for corporate films, ads, podcasts, presentations and events. Leverantörsreskontra

      • Inhouse Composer and Music Producer

        Jan 2022 - Jan 2023

      • Economy Assistant

        Jan 2020 - Jan 2022

    • Gronlund Music Production

      Jan 2024 - now
      Composer, pianist and music producer

      Custom music for branding, and for corporate films, ads, podcasts, e-learning, presentations and events.Neoclassical Piano artist project - Maria Gronlund, Pianist and ComposerLive streamed concert series MEET ME AT THE PIANO.Record label All Week Recordings.GRO Music Publishing.String arrangements with recording.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Orchestration 1

      Berklee College of Music
      Jun 2009

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Maria Grönlund
      Composer in Residence at VICC Visby International Centre for Composers May 2018
    • Awarded to Maria Grönlund
      Grand Prize Winner International Music Licensing Contest May 2016 My song You Put Songs In My Head, recorded and released together with Roger Bergström as Sounds like Friday.
    • Awarded to Maria Grönlund
      Grand Prize Winner International Music Licensing Contest Nov 2014 Disted Me - a vocal instrumentation. A song I made with sounds only from my mouth and hands was chosen as Grand Prize Winner in this LA-based music production contest.
    • Awarded to Maria Grönlund
      Best Love Song garageband.com
    • Awarded to Maria Grönlund
      Winner Jazz Song of the Year Om flickan ifrån Ipanema
    • Awarded to Maria Grönlund
      Year finalist and February Winner Song of the Year Om flickan ifrån IpanemaJury: Dave Grohl, Steven Tyler, Alicia Keys, U2's The Edge, Gwen Stefani, Lenny Kravitz, Michelle Wells - EMI Publishing, Anthony Hayes - Sony Music, Richard Allen - Sony Music, Anna M Lopez - Universal Music, Kevin Banks - EMI Publishing, Jessica Cox-Smith - Warner Music and Aaron Connors - EMI Publishing.
    • Awarded to Maria Grönlund
      Year finalist and June Winner Song of the Year Cherry TreeJury: Dave Grohl, Steven Tyler, Alicia Keys, U2's The Edge, Gwen Stefani, Lenny Kravitz, Michelle Wells - EMI Publishing, Anthony Hayes - Sony Music, Richard Allen - Sony Music, Anna M Lopez - Universal Music, Kevin Banks - EMI Publishing, Jessica Cox-Smith - Warner Music and Aaron Connors - EMI Publishing.