2025-03-09 — Lost and Found: Norwegian-American Fiddle Tunes - Making Traditional Tunes Your Own (Online)

Schedule: 

March 9 (1:30-3:00 pm CT)

Instructor: 

Beth Hoven Rotto

Location: 

This is an online class hosted on Zoom. 

Join Beth Hoven Rotto, guest curator for Vesterheim's Hand Me Down the Fiddle exhibit, for the fourth in a series of four online classes to learn forgotten Norwegian-American fiddle tunes! In this session, titled "Making Traditional Tunes Your Own," participants will learn about how to begin tunes, finding fingerings that works for you, and how to end tunes.

Each workshop in this series stands alone, but attending all is encouraged. Each session includes learning two tunes and access to a recording of the workshop.

Skill Level: 

Intermediate – All tunes will be in first position and taught by ear.

Supplies:

Students will need to provide their own instrument as well as a computer, laptop, or tablet with a camera and mic as well as a fast, reliable internet connection.

Special Instructions:  

When registering for the class, please make sure to use the email address you'd like the Zoom meeting invitations sent to. You will receive links to the Zoom sessions by email sometime during the week prior to the class. If this class is a gift, please sign up with the recipient's email address or be prepared to forward all communications.

Enrollment Deadline: 

February 23, 2025

Click here to learn more about instructor Beth Hoven Rotto.