Nordic Roots Festival 2000 -- Workshops
General Information
420 15th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55454,
Located just 2 blocks from the Cedar Cultural Centre.
Directions: Click here
for a Yahoo! map.
(Note: the intersection of Cedar & Riverside is also the intersection of Cedar & 4th Street-
the street name changes at Cedar Avenue!)
Admission will be collected inside each room, after
everyone is seated.
Time is limited, please have exact change ready as you take your seat.
The Community Center can not make change and is not involved in the collection of fees.
Fiddle workshop with Mikael Marin
Friday morning 10-12 at the Brian Coyle Community Center, in the Multipurpose Room
Väsen's spirited rikspelman (national fiddler), Mikael, has offered to teach a traditional
fiddle workshop. Come for an inspiring class with Mikael. Bring your
instrument or attend as a silent auditor. We presume that you know what a
fiddle is!! The first half
of the session will go at a slower pace. The second half will be more
advanced.
Cost: $20 for musicians with instruments, $10 for silent auditors.
(Auditors are welcome to ask questions after the workshop has concluded.)
Hardanger fiddle/hardingfele workshop with Annbjørg Lien
Saturday morning 9:15-11:30 at the Brian Coyle Community Center, in the Community Room.
A golden opportunity to have a group lesson with one of Norway's renowned
players. Come and learn a tune, or be a silent auditor and watch the lesson.
The first half
of the session will go at a slower pace. The second half will be more
advanced.
Violins with their G-string tuned up may be used.
Annbjørg gave a workshop in New York City and got rave reviews!
Note: The
hardingfele is often referred to as Norway's national folk instrument. It
has a shorter neck than a regular fiddle, 4 or 5 sympathetic strings, a
flatter bridge and usually 2 strings are played at one time. Visit the
Hardanger Fiddle Association of America website
www.hfaa.org for more
information.
Cost: $25 for musicians with instruments, $10 for silent auditors.
(Auditors are welcome to ask questions after the workshop has concluded.)
Nyckelharpa workshop with Olov Johansson
Saturday morning 9:30-12:30 at the Brian Coyle Community Center, in the Multipurpose Room.
Väsen's world champion nyckelharpa player will teach traditional tunes.
Everyone who has had a course with Olov looks forward to the opportunity to
do so again. The first half of the session will go at a slower pace. The
second half will be more advanced.
Note: "Nyckel" means key and the instrument is
sometimes called the key fiddle. Today's chromatic nyckelharpa has 3 melody
strings, one drone string, 12 sympathetic (or resonance) strings and 37 keys
that function to make a particular note. Come with your 'harpa ready to
play, or attend as a silent auditor and watch the lesson. Visit the American
Nyckelharpa Association website
www.nyckelharpa.org for more
information.
Cost: $35 for musicians with instruments, $10 for silent auditors.
(Auditors are welcome to ask questions after the workshop has concluded.
