Anika had the opportunity to visit a music appreciation class at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA and share the hardingfele with this group of college students. She's accompanied by Martha Levenson, her first violin instructor and director of the Seattle Lilla Spelmanslag. They also played some other Scandinavian tunes. Here is a video of their class discussion along with a little bit of playing.
Friday, October 21, 2011
Thursday, October 20, 2011
5th Friday Scandia Dance - September 2011
Peter Michaelsen and Anika post performance at the Skandia 5th Friday Dance in September 2011
Anika and her mentor Peter did a half hour set of hardingfele tunes for the Skandia 5th Friday Dance in September. Anika's now been playing this instrument for nine months. Pretty cool music.
Here she is warming up the Telespringar Agderhusen.
Hardanger Fiddle - Show and Tell at School
Anika performed the hardingfele for the all school assembly at West Woodland's K-5th grade elementary in September. She played while the 460+ students were being seated. She also had some time to share the hardingfele with her 4th / 5th grade class. The recording below is the show and tell session she had with her fellow classmates. It's a little long but it's interesting to hear the student's questions and Anika's impressions on hardingfele and her time at the HFAA workshop this past summer.
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