Festival of Small Halls is back in 2019 rekindling the time-old tradition of gathering in the local small hall for a special night of live music, storytelling and community connection.
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The 2019 Summer Tour, features master Scandinavian musicians Fru Skagerrak, who take the stage at Frederickton School of Arts Hall on January 31 from 6.30pm.
The music of Fru Skagerrak takes you on a journey through Scandinavia; from lowlands to mountains, from slow airs to lively polkas, in major and in minor, and everything in between.
Fru Skagerrak – “Lady Skagerrak” – are three master musicians, one from each Scandinavian country: Maja Kjær Jacobsen from Denmark, Elise Wessel Hildrum from Norway and Anna Lindblad from Sweden.
In 2011, these three globetrotting musicians met for the first time at Tønder Festival, Denmark’s biggest Folk Festival, in a roaring session that had engulfed the backstage bar.
Through the mayhem of tunes you could feel a certain Scandinavian groove, and in that moment the connection between these three fiddlers was clear. The trio brings together the diverse traditions from each of their homelands, which surround the Skagerrak strait.
Through a repertoire of traditional tunes, new compositions, and songs in their respective languages, they express their kinship and love of their shared heritage. The result is an explosion of the sounds that exist in Scandinavian music today.
Presented by Woodfordia, festival tickets are available online at smallhalls.iwannaticket.com.au and there is a special discount for MVAC members.
Who: Fru Skagerrak, Scandinavian musicians
What: Festival of Small Halls Tour
Where: Frederickton School of Arts Hall
When: January 31 from 6.30pm
