Circumpolar Music Series Archives
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Norwegian Stev: The World in Four Lines
November 26, 2024
Discover stev, traditional Norwegian songs from Setesdal and Øvre Telemark, blending poetic wit, modal melodies, and cultural heritage dating back centuries.
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Modern ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Native Dance Festivals
October 28, 2024
ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Native people have long celebrated music and dance as deep spiritual practices, uniting diverse cultures and languages across the region.
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The Circumpolar Music Series Has Begun!
October 26, 2024
The Circumpolar Music Series launched with Fairbanks Flutists, Wildshore New Music, and Dr. Heidi Senungetuk in an intimate concert featuring unique indigenous-inspired works.
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Circumpolar Music Series 2024-2025 Season Announcement!
September 27, 2024
Join us for the 2024-2025 Circumpolar Music Series opener on Oct 18 at Davis Concert Hall, featuring Dr. Senungetuk and Wild Shore New Music.
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When Traditional Music Leaves Home
August 31, 2024
Ethnomusicology uncovers music's deep cultural roots, revealing how it evolves while preserving authenticity and reflecting enduring human experiences.
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May 01, 2024
Who would suppose, in this age of large-scale dairy farms and robotic milking machines, that the way to bring your cows home is to lure them with beauty? That's what traditional Scandinavian farm women did from time out of mind, in high-pitched melodic phrases known as kulning.
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March 30, 2024
Birds long predate us as musicians, and musicians in the North sometimes find themselves compelled to work with them.
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March 01, 2024
The Circumpolar Music Series goes into high gear in March with five live presentations, all of which will take place in Davis Concert Hall and are free and open to the public.
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Music that Comes from the Cold
February 01, 2024
Explore the commonalities and differences in music coming from all regions of the North.
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January 01, 2024
The human musical instinct is alert to all opportunities, impossible to discourage, and can do a lot with a little.
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November 29, 2023
Yoik is the singing style of the Sámi, the transnational indigenous people of northern Scandinavia, Finland, and a small area of Russia (the territory called Sápmi in their own culture).
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November 07, 2023
The kantele, variously classed as a kind of zither, psaltery or lap harp, is Finland's national instrument. Scholars debate whether its history reaches back a thousand years or perhaps as many as three thousand. Traditionally the kantele had five or six horsehair strings, was hollowed out from a single block of wood.