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Tag: Improvisation

Creating “Windfarm” – On a Wing and a Prayer, Shetland

The climax of Renzo Spiteri’s and my performance in Shetland will be a piece called Windfarm. I thought I’d to delve into it a little more deeply than we had time for in our podcast.

Birdsong, composition, Contemporary Music, Environment, Faroe Islands, Improvisation, Lesley Harrison, Nordic Culture, On a Wing and a Prayer, Renzo Spiteri, Shetland, Traditional music, Viola

On a Wing and a Prayer Project launches

On a Wing and a Prayer is a new two-year project from Nordic Viola taking place in small communities around … More

Anna Thorvaldsdóttir, Birds and Landscapes, Charles Ross, Climate change, composition, Contemporary Music, Environment, Faroe Islands, Improvisation, Joe Stollery, Kristian Blak, LIsa Robertson, Nordic Culture, On a Wing and a Prayer, Pete Stollery, Renzo Spiteri, Seabirds, Shetland, Shetland museum, Viola

Composing in Shetland and other news!

I’ve been a little quiet over here on the blog since our last performance in January but plenty has been … More

composition, Contemporary Music, Improvisation, Made In Scotland, Nordic Culture, On a Wing and a Prayer, Orla Stevens, Renzo Spiteri, Sagas and Seascapes, Shetland, Shoormal Conference, UHI, Viola

Nordic Viola at Sound Festival

Following Nordic Viola’s last appearance at Sound Festival in October 2018, I will be returning to Sound Festival next week … More

Aberdeen University, Alex South, Arctic, Clara-Jane Maunder, Contemporary Music, Gareth Brady, Improvisation, John de Simone, Karen Power, Lesley Harrison, Oliver Searle, Sound Festival, Svalbard, Whale song

Whale Song

Sunday 8th August, Fishmarket Arbroath 2020+1 12pm A new collaborative performance of music and poetry inspired by whale song, devised … More

Alex South, Arbroath 2020+1, clarinet, composition, Contemporary Music, Greenland, Iceland, Improvisation, Lesley Harrison, North Atlantic, Viola

CETACEA and New Collaborations

GIOFEST Online 26th-28th Nov 2020 It goes without saying that COVID-19 has had a massive impact on Nordic Viola, as … More

Alex South, CETACEA, Emily Doolittle, GIOFest, Humpback Whale, Improvisation, Lesley Harrison, RCS, Sound Festival, UHI, University of St. Andrews, Whale song, Zoömusicology

Histories and Herstories Composers Part 2

Anderson High School with Katherine Wren The next in my series of featured women composers from our Histories and Herstories … More

Anderson High School, Faroe Islands, Faroese Music, Histories and Herstories, Improvisation, Lerwick, Margaret Robertson, Norðurlandahusið, Nordic Music, Shetland, Skjaldur, Sumartónar, Women Composers

Egilsstaðir Concert

After a week in the capital, I was really excited to head north-east to Egilsstaðir to meet old friends from … More

Anna Appleby, Charles Ross, Contemporary Music, Egilsstaðir, Egilsstadir music school,, Improvisation, Slátarhusið, Throat Singing, Viola

2 Violas – Concert at Mengi, Reykjavik

Back in September 2016 I met Charles Ross at Seyðisfjörður in East Iceland. I confess to feeling a little nervous. … More

Charles Ross, Contemporary Music, Electronics, Emily Doolittle, Iceland, Improvisation, Kristian Blak, Mengi, Nordic Culture, North Atlantic, Reykjavik, Viola, Whales

Schools workshops and traditional music sessions in Orkney

I arrived in Orkney on Monday after a very calm crossing of the Pentland Firth. Tuesday morning I was straight … More

Accordion, composition, Fiddle, Improvisation, Music education, Nordic Culture, Orkney, Seabirds, Traditional music

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