The Estonian Traditional Music Center in Viljandi organizes between 21 and 24 March a camp for young people (ages 14 - 35) interested in playing a musical instrument and to learn more about Estonian and Scottish traditional music and different styles of European traditional music.
 
The workshops will have as main musical leaders/mentors a selected string of traditional musicians like Kate Young, Merike Paberits and Jaan Jaago.

The process of learning is carried out through workshops where the participants learn the songs and techniques from the supervisors by listening and repeating. The participants are divided into two groups for the instrument workshops. In addition to the main workshops, joint workshops will also be held by Silver Sepp, Sofia Joons, Juhan Suits and Margit Kuhi. The camp will close with a concert during the Traditional Music Center birthday celebrations.

Registration
There’s 30 places to be filled in. The participation fee is 60 euros (workshops, food and accommodation).
If you want to participate - write an email to Sofia Joons sofia.joons@folk.ee.
Deadline for international participants: 1 March.

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Please note that all participants are expected to have previous experience in playing an instrument.

ETHNO ESTONIA 2010 takes place on July 16-25 in Kõpu village not far from Viljandi in South-Estonia and in Viljandi during the Viljandi Folk Music Festival.

ETHNO ESTONIA is a musical gathering and traditional music course for young musicians between 16 and 30, who love to play traditional music on any instruments and would like to learn/exchange tunes and make music with young musicians from Estonia and other foreign countries.

ETHNO ESTONIA takes place every summer one week before the Viljandi Folk Music Festival (http://www.folk.ee/festival). During the workshops, all music is taught by listening. There will be 70 participants, 10 mentors and a couple of guest musicians and teachers at ETHNO ESTONIA. The ethno week includes:

* Estonian traditional music workshops

* Foreign participants’ workshops

*  Dance workshops

*  Singing workshops

*  Participants’ concerts both during the ethno week in Kõpu and at the Viljandi Folk Music Festival

Viljandi Folk Music Festival
Kõpu is a village with 800 inhabitants and is not far from Viljandi. Lodging and workshops all take place at Kõpu school, which is a recently reconstructed manor house in classicistic style from 1847 surrounded by a big park. Not far from the manor house, there is a river for refreshing baths.

Participant fee: 100 €
The fee includes food, transport between Viljandi and Kõpu, ethno T-shirt, festival ticket and lodging both in Kõpu and in Viljandi during the festival. Food during the festival is not included.

Registration and information: sofia.joons@folk.ee, +372-56-642510

16 traditional/ethnic musicians are invited to participate at ETHNO ESTONIA 2009!

During the ETHNO week, traditional music mostly from Estonia will be taught and introduced through music sessions both in smaller workshops and major dance, singing and instrumental workshops with all Ethno Estonia participants.

Ethno Estonia is a traditional music camp for 60-70 young musicians in the age of 16-30. Ethno Estonia is held every year in mid-July just before the Viljandi Folk Music Festival and the Ethno week ends with the grand festival with more than 20.000 visitors. The Estonian traditional music workshop participants will be asked to perform together with the other Ethno Estonia participants both on major and smaller stages at the festival. The Ethno concert programs consist of tunes and songs that have been taught during the week and invites the audience to enjoy the music, to dance and feel the true spirit of traditional music.

For more information about Ethno Estonia, visit:  http://www.etno.folk.ee/

The participation fee and travel costs are supported by the participants’ local Rotary clubs (when applying to Ethno Estonia, the organisers of Ethno Estonia will help to get in contact with Rotary clubs all around the world) and will for non-Estonian participants be 150 €. The fee includes workshops, excursions, lodging and all meals during Ethno Estonia from the 17th to the 23rd of July and lodging during the Viljandi Folk Music Festival from the 23rd to the 26th of July.

If you are interested in participating at the Ethno Estonia, please:

1.    Send us a DEMO-recording (mp3 or CD)  with three tunes. It doesn’t have to be of high quality – it is only needed to give a picture of your musical skills. One of the pieces must be a solo performance though.
Deadline: 24th of April (all applications will be responded to by the 4th of May).
Postal address:
Att. Sofia Joons
August Pulst school
Tasuja pst.6
Viljandi 71011
Estonia

E-mail: sofia.joons@folk.ee

From her you’ll also get  additional information by phone +372 5664 2510 or by e-mail sofia.joons@folk.ee

2.    Your personal information:
-    (all) Your name (-s)
-    Your age
-    Your nationality
-    Your postal address
-    Your e-mail
-    Your language skills
-    Instruments you play/instruments you intend to bring to Ethno Estonia
-    Information on how long you have been playing your instrument(s)
-    Information on how familiar you are with your own country’s traditional music
-    Information on how familiar you are with learning music by ear, without notes

The aforementioned information must be sent a.s.a.p. by e-mail to Sofia Joons (sofia@folk.ee) before the 24th of April 2009.

Arrival: At Tallinn Airport or Tallinn Harbour on Thursday 16th of July.
Departure: From Tallinn Airport or Harbour on Sunday, 26th of July. If you are interested, the Viljandi Rotary club offers you to stay a week with a nice Estonian family after Ethno Estonia.
Accommodation: Kõpu school (near Viljandi)    and lodging at a school in central Viljandi during the Viljandi Folk Music Festival on the 23rd to the 26th of July.

Ethno Estonia concert at Viljandi Folk Music Festival 2008!

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This year’s edition of Ethno Estonia will take place from July 18 to 24 2008,
both in the little town Suure-Jaani and in Viljandi - the beautiful Estonian
capital of traditional music.

Among the artistic leaders you can find the fantastic Finnish double bass
player Antti Järvelä (member of the group Frigg), the multi-instrumentalist Ian
Stephenson from England, the bagpiper and flute player Sandra Sillamaa (member
of Ro:toro) and the guitar player Arno Tamm (member of Paber) - and many other.

More information (in Estonian): www.etno.folk.ee