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 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.

Yes, it’s that time of year again, another hot Ethno summer with camps, workshops and concerts has begun! No matter where you’re going, you’ll be meeting old friends and making new ones, learn and play with them traditional songs and local customs, to mention just a handful of things that define Ethno.

Read all about it in the newsletter, follow Ethno on Facebook for instant updates and check out these wonderful videos from the first sessions of Ethno Sweden and Ethno Histria!

If you’re somewhere near Slovenia, you must pack your stuff and get to HistEria Festival which is taking place this weekend (8-9 July)!

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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