Jenny Wilhelms

Jenny Wilhelms (born 1974) is a Finnish musician. She is lead singer in folk band Gjallarhorn. Wilhelms has studied classical and folk music in many Nordic countries.

Wilhelms is focused on the vocal and fiddling tradition in Scandinavia and has studied various Nordic folk music styles. She is working professionally with folk music but also studies at the Sibelius Academy folk music department in Helsinki.

Wilhelms has studied in music high school of Vaasa, Malungs Folkhögskola, (Dalarna, Sweden), The Conservatory of Keski-Pohjanmaa, (Kokkola, Finland), The Sibelius Academy, (Helsinki, Finland) and The Grieg Academy: Ole Bull Academy, (Voss, Norway)

Wilhelms arranges and composes folk music for choirs and vocal ensembles. Her four pieces, ordered for the 55th anniversary of the Flora Female Choir at the Åbo Academy, won the first price in a Scandinavian Choir arranging competition in 1999.

Wilhelms has studied and taught the medieval ballads of Scandinavia, Finnish runo-chanting, Icelandic rímur chanting and Cow calling (kulning) from Sweden and Norway. All these elements can be found in Gjallarhorn's music.