Marius Skjølaas completed a degree in church music with a major in choral conducting at the Norwegian Academy of Music. He studied with Grete Pedersen, Jesper Grove Jørgensen (Copenhagen), Harald Herresthal and Kåre Nordstoga. Skjølaas serves as organist and Director of Music of the Church of the Holy Trinity in Oslo and is artistic director of the chamber choir Oslo Chorale Selskap.