Click here for an updated list of workshops, lectures, storytelling, and performing musicians 2014
The website has been updated with following workshop descriptions:
– Niss Stricker (Denmark): Danish ballads and dance tunes
– Andy Lowings (England): Lyre music, African style
– Minna Raskinen (Finland): Damping style in small kantele playing
– Erik Ask-Upmark (Sweden): Swedish folk tunes
– Yrjänä and Helka Ermala (Finland): Finnish folk songs
– Václava van der Meijs (Czech Republic): Bohemian songs and Moravian songs
– Bára Grímsdóttir (Iceland) & Chris Foster (England/Iceland): Icelandic songs (focus on tvísöng) and instruments (Langspil and fiðla)
– Stefan Battige (Germany): Harp for beginners
– Nancy Thym (California/Germany): Strung out on metal, gut and nylon – pros and cons of different string materials (lecture)
– Nancy Thym (California/Germany): Blues and Rock ‘n Roll Riffs for harps (workshop)
– Tim Rohrmann (Germany): How to make harp music out of a simple melody
– Patrik Weckman (Finland): jouhikko, the Finnish bowed lyre: History and tunes