Music

July 22, 2003 2:53 PM

Hardanger fiddle enthusiasts flock to Northfield

The hardanger fiddle is Norway's national instrument. To the untrained eye, it looks much like the violin. But the nine-string fiddle produces its own distinctive sound. That sound and the instrument will be celebrated this week at St. Olaf College in Northfield.

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July 14, 2003 3:00 PM

Music by the lake

Young-Nam Kim is artistic director of the Northern Lights Chamber Music Institute, sponsored by the Chamber Music Society of Minnesota. The first institute was held at the YMCA's Camp du Nord near Ely in 2002.

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July 14, 2003 3:00 PM

Making music in the woods

For lots of young people, summer means time to go to camp. There are different kinds of camps - hockey camp, language camp, Girl Scout camp. An increasingly popular option for talented young instrumentalists is music camp. On Madeline Island just off the south shore of Lake Superior, young people from around the midwest spend four weeks playing classical music.

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June 23, 2003 11:00 AM

Grateful Dead drummer works to save world's music

Mickey Hart, longtime drummer for the Grateful Dead, has written a book in collaboration with National Geographic to focus attention on the need to save the world's indigenous music.

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June 20, 2003 3:38 PM

The art of bow making

Matt Wehling used to be a chemist. He spent his spare time playing violin in a Twin Cities Celtic band - The Clumsy Lovers. Then disaster struck. His violin broke. For Wehling the repair process was life changing. These days he can be found in the basement studio of his house in Northfield making prize-winning bows for violins, cellos, and violas.

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June 10, 2003 3:00 PM

South Dakota opera fans introduce art through local stars

Opera's rebirth continues. La Boheme is on Broadway. Opera tickets are selling well just about everywhere. Opera lovers in Sioux Falls are trying to light the flame in hopes of it catching on there. Two South Dakota natives who are now opera stars perform scenes from several operas as a way of introduction.

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June 10, 2003 11:20 AM

New directions for classical music

American classical composers broke from European traditions and created the foundation for music that continues to change and surprise. A music critic for the Village Voice describes the important moments in the life of 20th century American music.

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June 5, 2003 12:01 AM

Real hard rock

Each June in Mankato you can find great music in a strange location. It's a concert in a quarry. A working quarry. Each year it produces thousands of tons of crushed rock for the construction industry. But in June the quarry becomes a stage. Thousands of people show up to listen to a symphony orchestra and a blues rock band.

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May 29, 2003 8:45 PM

Dale Warland resigns; choir to disband after season

Internationally-acclaimed choral conductor Dale Warland is stepping down as artistic director of the chorus he created three decades ago. Under his baton, the Dale Warland Singers have become known as one of the best a capella choirs in the world. But now Warland says it's time to move on.

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May 23, 2003 3:00 PM

Marching to the sound of a different drum processer: Tiki Obmar

Tiki Obmar is an electronic music trio from Edina. You could say it's members, Brett Bullion, Chris Smalley and Graham Chapman, have have met the machine and become one. Tiki Obmar's members play live instruments over a bed of pre-programmed electronic music. Tiki Obmar's debut cd is called High School Confidential.

by Chris Roberts

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