Are you ready for another Ethno adventure? Take a look a this year’s fabulous events and camps list! The registrations are already open for Ethno Sweden, Ethno Flanders, Ethno France and Ethno Croatia but hurry up as it looks like the places will be quickly filled in. Don’t forget about Estonia’s Spring Ethno which is round the corner and will give you a taster of what the camp is all about. We’re delighted to see Australia again on the list and also we’re keeping our fingers crossed so that India and Tanzania will be able to join the movement.

More details soon!

The quick facts: 25 artists from 11 European countries, 1 week full of workshops and rehearsals, recordings and 2 concerts in the outskirts of Paris. The initiative of AOLF proposed to gather - between 21 and 28 January - old and new, potential and future Ethno leaders in an attempt to sum and sublimate their common perception of what Ethno is and further develop its principles and methodology. A difficult task we may say but when you also add the music to the recipe, you know it’s going to be at least pleasant.

And so it was… a full on, hard working week with daily workshops in the first part, rehearsals in the second and then endless jam sessions to fill in the gaps. Day and night, everybody talked, taught, learned, sang and sweat music. Just like in an Ethno camp, all musicians came prepared to teach the rest a traditional tune from their country. It was more than that though, a meeting between old, new and forthcoming Ethno participants and leaders aiming to bridge the generation gap and open new Ethno horizons.

By the the end of the week, the repertoire had tunes from Sweden, Romania, Norway, Denmark, Austria, UK, Estonia, France, Spain, Bulgaria and France or over 1 hour of traditional live music with a modern twist. Just before the last day of the rehearsals the genius idea struck: why not wrap the songs around a story? But what story could fit better than a romance? And so the wonderful adventure of the musicians ended and the story of the Ethnofonik Orchestra began. It’s not something usual to hear in a concert so many traditional songs from so many different cultures performed with such a highly contagious, sheer enthusiasm. It was equally educative as it was entertaining for everyone exposed to it and a certain uplifting feeling was in the air both nights that weekend. Luckily everything was recorded and the rest of the world will hear the story soon enough. We’re pretty sure that saying goodbye the second day was hard for everyone involved after such an intense experience. It’s from these kind of moments you get the undeniable proof that music does make a difference.

Next up: Estonian Spring Ethno!

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Folkroddels.be is the biggest and most visited Belgian folk-site, representing a thriving local folk scene which has many things to be proud about. One of them it definitely is Ethno Flanders, which has been playing an important role in the scene and its artists development during the past 11 years. Each year, the Ethno Flanders ensemble performs at world renowned Dranouter Festival, a stalwart event for trad/folk/world music in the Benelux.

Ethno Flanders was nominated for “Best Live Group 2011″ and you can support them by submitting your vote on the forum.

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In case you need to be convinced, listen to the recording of the concert!

Ethno Flanders 2011 - Live at Dranouter by jminetwork

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.

The workshop organized by AOLF between 21 to 28 January in Paris (France) is centered around sharing European traditional music and focuses on the pedagogy for a large group of learners. It’s an introduction to the world of Ethno and borrows its core methodology: non-formal education, peer to peer learning.

Some 23 artists aged between 20 to 45 years old coming from 11 European countries will participate in this workshop which closes with 2 performances which will prove this is one of the most valuable approaches to intercultural cooperation, keeping and sharing traditions between generations.

Concerts

28 January: Conservatoire Evry - 9-11 cours Mgr Roméro - 91000 EVRY- 20h - Free admission
29 January: MJC Boby Lapointe - 8 rue des maraîchers - 91140 Villebon-sur-Yvette - 20h30 - 5€/3€

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The Vienna Folk Marathon is a semi-informal meeting of young-ish folk/trad-musicians from many countries and within the Ethno family. It’s a great opportunity to meet friends, jam, learn new tunes with and from the others or dance and spend some quality time in Austria’s capital.

Anyone can participate, there are already scheduled different sessions and workshops which close with a big party and performance on the New Year’s Eve.

The first Folk Marathon took place in 2010 and proved to be a great success so Vienna will thrive once more on 5 days and nights around the New Year along with a happy bunch of enthusiastic musicians.

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Only 2 weeks left until this year’s Ethno Australia, which we hope will be the first in a long and wonderful series that will join the dots between European folk, traditional indigenous and world music!

The first Ethno in the Southern hemisphere is ready to welcome participants from India, Thailand, Europe, Polynesia, Melanesia, Brazil, Chile, Israel and Australia, of course.

Connect with the Facebook page to stay up to date with the latest updates and event announcements as it looks like there will be several occasions to see them live. The cherry on top will be the performance during the “Woodford Folk Festival”, one of the biggest in the world with an attendance of up to 100.000 people!

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Between 21 to 28 January 2012 Paris becomes a pole for European traditional music and paves the way for the next generation of Ethno musical leaders.

The workshop organized by AOLF is centered around sharing European traditional music and focuses on the pedagogy for a large group of learners. It’s an introduction to the world of Ethno and borrows its core pedagogic method: non-formal education, peer to peer learning.

So, if you’re an amateur musician or music student and you’re at least 18 years old, we’re inviting you to apply as there are 25 participant positions to be filled in! It doesn’t matter where you come from as long as you’re from Europe. This project is funded by the European program GRUNDTVIG training which means all costs are covered, you don’t have to worry about a thing but how to get there!

Just in case the first 2 paragraphs didn’t ring any bell: don’t think it’s going to be a boring week where you’ll stay in a classroom all day long ’cause you won’t! As it’s something from the Ethno family, you’ll meet some fantastic folk artists which will become your best friends and your colleagues on stage as the workshop ends with a live performance. Keep an eye on this space for more info!

Deadline for submissions: 30 October 2011

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Ethno may be many things for many people but for a certain category of folk musicians it’s the magic summer camp where you learn other culture’s music  by playing it and where you teach your own traditional music to the other. All day and sometimes all night long… it’s a celebration of youth, understanding and sheer passion for music.

Here’s how the participants at Ethno Flanders and their musical mentor see and feel Ethno.

Thanks for the hospitality to Wim, Myriam and Leen, we’ll definitely come back one day!

If you’re already feeling blue you can also listen to the recording of their live performance at the Dranouter Festival:

It has already become a tradition that each year a selected group of Ethno Sweden participants are invited to come back after the camp to perform and participate in workshops in Sweden. In the first week of October, 6 musicians and 2 leaders are coming together for over 12 performances and workshops in schools and folk festivals.

Musicians:
Luna Cottis, France (ukulele, voice)

Ward de Jonghe, Belgium (accordeon)

Guro Nesheim, Norway (fiddle)

Jaber Jubran, Palestine (qanoon)

Julia Lönnqvist, Sweden (clarinet)

Axel Fagerberg, Sweden (percussion)

Leaders:

Jeanette Eriksson, Sweden (fiddle)

Peter Rousu, Sweden (guitar and bass)

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