This class is not currently being offered in our catalog.
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This class is not currently being offered in our catalog.
Visit our Fiddle & Cello Program page for other related options.
Have chops, will travel... fiddlers looking to expand their tune repertoire to seemingly unfamiliar lands, this workshop is for you. Learn the old time fiddling of Norway: the variety of tunes, rhythms and compelling grooves. At it's roots, Norwegian fiddling has a lot in common with American Old Time fiddling. Cross tuning, double-stops, double stringed bowing and tonalities are shared techniques from one genre to the next. And because Scandinavian countries share the same origin for their fiddle traditions, learning this style is a great way to start exploring this culture's music. The workshop will introduce you to the older tune types, such as springar and halling, and to some newer types, such as waltz, schottische, polka and mazurka. You'll leave a few tunes richer with the skills to perform them.
Vidar Skrede is a freelance Nordic folk musician from Norway who has recently transplanted to Chicago, playing fiddle, harding fiddle, guitar and Greek bouzouki. He has a background in the traditional music of Rogaland, his home area in the South West region of Norway, and has a masters degree in Nordic folk music at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm, Sweden. He is known from several bands such as Geitungen, Vidar Skrede DYNAMO BAND, AAMOS and Secret Carpet Club. Many of his CD's have been nominated for best folk music album in Norway and Finland. His band Geitungen's CD, "Bra Kast", was awarded at the Norwegian Folk Music Awards in 2005. Vidar has been sharing his music in the US since 2010 with various touring groups from Scandinavia, most notably Geitungen (N0). Most recently he has collaborated with Bruce Molsky (USA) this summer, and Liz Carroll (USA) in 2015. In addition to performing, he teaches music around the Midwest and at his home studio in Chicago.
