Editing Uppsala University (section)

===Music===
[[File:Student singers march down the stairs in Carolina Rediviva 1877.jpg|thumb|Student singers march down the staircase in Carolina Rediviva, on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the university in 1877. The "staircase march" (''trappmarschen'') when the singers led the audience in a march out of the hall where the concert was held, is an annual tradition that was later moved to the new main university building completed in 1887. (The monumental staircase of Carolina was later sacrificed to create more storage space for books.)]]
The University's [[Royal Academic Orchestra]] was founded in 1627. Its main purpose is to play at academic ceremonies but holds concerts on other occasions as well. Its leader has the title of ''director musices''. The position has been held by composers such as [[Wilhelm Stenhammar]], [[Hugo Alfvén]] and [[Lars-Erik Larsson]]. Affiliated with the university are three choirs, the mixed [[Uppsala University Choir]] (''Allmänna Sången''), founded in 1830, the male choir [[Orphei Drängar]], founded in 1853, and the Academy Chamber Choir of Uppsala, founded in 1957. A number of other choirs and orchestras are affiliated with the nations.

An important name in the recent history of the choirs is [[Eric Ericson]], who was the conductor of both Orphei Drängar and the Chamber Choir. In honour of Ericson, the [[Swedbank|FöreningsSparbanken]] endowed the Eric Ericson Chair in Choral Directing, and the Uppsala University Choral Centre was inaugurated in 2000. The centre arranges courses in choral directing. Uppsala universitets Körcentrum