Lilla Spelmanslag
The Lilla spelmanslag is a youth fiddle/cello folkmusic group made up of young musicians ages 8 through 18. We learn traditional Swedish folkmusic, for example walzes, schottis, and polskas. We welcome new members. In 2022 we will travel to Sweden to connect with three youth folk music groups in three different parts of Sweden and attend a folk music festival and a fiddle camp. We learn by ear with the help of rehearsals and on-line recordings. Once the weather is warm enough, we will resume outdoor rehearsals. Please visit our website for upcoming events, and contact Ingela Haaland, with any questions: ingela_eilert@yahoo.com
Välkommen!
Lilla Lag Members: click here for the NEW Song Catalog page!
Upcoming Performance and Workshop Dates:
Midwinter Folk Festival (virtual)
February 27th & 28th
Please join us for virtual workshops with Swedish folk musicians Maria and Anders Larsson on Saturday, February 27th, and Sunday, February 28th. The youth workshop on the 27th will focus on technique when playing Swedish folk music, as will the adult workshop on the 28th. If you are a teenager and would like to join the adult workshop on the 28th, you are welcome to do so.
Välkommen!
Web site with registration links: https://www.asimn.org/programs-education/events/asis-virtual-midwinter-folk-festival
Saturday, Feb 27
9AM - Learning this Swedish Musical Language, as Americans with Paul Dahlin
10:30 AM - Youth Swedish Folk Music Workshop - for fiddle, cello, viola with Maria & Anders Larsson
12:30 PM - Scandinavian Dance for Covid Times with Roo Lester
2:00 PM - New Rhythms and Enhancements for Traditional Swedish Folk Music Tunes with Kristy Money
3:30 PM - Return to Snoose Boulevard - the Scandinavian Immigrant Heritage in Song with Anne-Charlotte Harvey
Sunday, Feb 28
10:30 AM - Adult Swedish Folk Music Workshop - for fiddle, cello, viola with Maria & Anders Larson
12:00 PM - Swedish Traditional Songs from Southern Sweden with Eva Tjörnebo
1:30 PM - Closing Concert
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Past Workshops
Join us at one (or all) of the four fiddle and stringed instruments workshops being taught and hosted at the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis, Minnesota. There will be a workshop taught on each of the four weekends in October 2018.
Swedish Folk Music workshops hosted at the American Swedish Institute on August 4 and 5, 2018.