Canada 2024 Midweek Concert

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Midweek Concert
Wednesday July 24, 2024

Andreas RALSGÅRD & Markus TULLBERG – Andreas Ralsgård and Markus Tullberg are breathing new life into the Swedish wooden flute tradition. Together they have rediscovered the tunes of the old flute masters as well as made interpretations of fiddle tunes. Ralsgård & Tullberg play wooden transverse flutes, an instrument that was an integral part of the southern Swedish folk music scene in the 19th and 20th centuries. Similar instruments are still widely used in Ireland, France and England. By the dedicated efforts of these two visionary flute players, ties are being made to the musical worlds of these countries and Swedish flute music is undergoing a revival.

Nic GAREISS – Nic Gareiss is recognized world-wide for his singular voice in the realm of dance, music, and the traditional arts. Informed by 25 years of ethnographic study and performance, Gareiss’ work draws from many percussive dance practices to weave together a technique facilitating his love of improvisation; clog, flatfoot, and step dance vocabulary; and musical collaboration. He has concertized in sixteen countries with many of the luminaries of roots music and folk dance.