Folk Music Academy in Siglufjord, Iceland
1st - 6th of July 2008
Schedule
Tuesday the 1st of July
20.00-22.00 Reception at the Folk Music Center in
Siglufjord. Folk music collector Bjarni
Þorsteinsson and his work introduced:
Gunnsteinn Ólafsson
Wednesday 2nd of July
09.00-10.00 Oral tradition in Iceland: Rósa
Þorsteinsdóttir
10.00-11.00 Rímur songs: Gunnsteinn Ólafsson, Rósa
Þorsteinsdóttir
11.00-12.00 Rendezvous with a rimur singer: Steindór
Andersen
13.00-14.00 Ballads: Rósa Þorsteinsdóttir
14.00-15.00 Folk Dances: Sigríður Valgeirsdóttir
15.00 Visit at the Herring Era Museum: Örlygur
Kristfinnsson museum director
20.00-24.00 Concerts at the Folk Music Festival
Thursday 3rd og July
09.00-10.00 Improvisation with the voice: Sibyl Urbancic
10.00-12.00 Organum (Tvísöngur): Gunnsteinn Olafsson
13.00-14.00 Oriental music: Hanan EL-Shemouty, Egypt
14.00-15.00 Nursery rhymes and lullabies: Rósa
Þorsteinsdóttir
15.00-16.00 Melodies to the Psalms of passion by
Hallgrímur Pétursson: Gunnsteinn Ólafsson
20.00-24.00 Concerts at the Folk Music Festival
Friday 4th of July
10.00-12.00 From traditional music to new compositions.
Work shop with Susanne Lundeng, Norway
13.00-14.00 Discussion: Folk music versus modern
composition. Susanne Lundeng and Rolf
Wallin composer, Norway
14.00-15.00 Instrumental music in Iceland: Gunnsteinn
Ólafsson and Rósa Þorsteinsdóttir
15.00-17.00 Work on Icelandic folk music in groups.
Susanne Lundeng, Norway, Gunnsteinn
Ólafsson.
20.00-24.00 Concerts at the Folk Music Festival
Saturday 5th of July
10.00-12.00 Vikivaki dancing. Kolfinna Sigurvinsdóttir
Flatfoot dances from Appalaichan
Mountains: Phil Jamison, Hans-Hinrich
Thedens and Elizabeth Gaver
13.00-17.00 Work on Icelandic folk music in groups.
Susanne Lundeng, Norway, Gunnsteinn
Ólafsson.
20.00 Participation at the “harvest evening”.
Sunday 6th of June Concert and departure
Course on Icelandic Folk Music
www.siglo.is/festival
Organizer: Folk Music Center in Siglufjord, University of Iceland and The Árni Magnússon Institute in Iceland.
The course is sponsored by the Scandinavian Culture Fond.
Date: 1st – 6th of July 2008
Language: English.
Fee: No fees are required.
Free admission to all concerts at the festival.
Free sleeping bag accommodation in Siglufjord.
10 travel grants.
Arrival in Reykjavik on June 30th, arrival in Siglufjord on July 1st
Departure from Siglufjord July 6th to Reykjavik, dep. from Reykjavik July 7th.
