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Free Events

Many events at Nordic Music Days are free and many are also participatory and suitable for children and families.

Get an overview  below.

Join in children and families

Sound LinesWorkshops Saturday 2 November

  • Sound LinesDrop-in workshop for children age 6+ . During this interactive drop-in session with sound artist Robert Rizzi (Denmark),  participants will explore their immediate environment to discover unique lines, patterns, or shapes. More info
     
  • SynthBirds: Workshop for 18 – 25 year olds. Make your own SynthBird instrument with Swedish Sound artist, Håkan Lidbo. DIY electronics, sound and bird biology! More info

Interactive installations - throughout the festival

  • Art+Sound: Art+Sound by Håkan Lidbo (Sweden) is a set of three sonic posters that allow the user to select and manipulate drum, bass and melody lines to create their own pieces.
     
  • Music for Silk & Strings: Rosali Grankull’s Music for Silk and Strings is an experimental collective improvisation, where resonant stringed instruments are placed throughout and across a space, extended by silk threads that connect their strings to a single point. The room becomes a gigantic harp, with participants finding themselves inside it, and able to create a sonic dialogue by pulling on the silk threads.

    More info about free sound routes and installations
     

Word of Mouth: phōnḗ - mass participation concert

  • Tytti Arola’s new work phōnḗ is a piece for voices and tin can telephones. The piece reflects on how we can connect with sound. More info

 

 

Join in debates and discussion

Human Library

  • The Human Library - Saturday 2 November: 
    Human beings take on the role of open books, allowing ‘readers’ to borrow them for conversations that they would not normally have access to. More info

 

  • NordEX Public - Thursday 31 October: Intersecting policy ambitions: Culture, Sustainability, and Wellbeing. More info
     
  • NordEX Public - Friday 1 November: Developing New Audiences for Contemporary Works. More info


Sound routes in Company - Sunday 3 November

  • Join a member of the Curator Team to experience a sound route or installation in company. More info

 

Free concerts

Clare Johnston

  • New Words, New Instruments, New Duos - Thursday 31 October: 
    Song has played a central role to the development of music and language. With today’s continuing evolution of technology, the song tradition has an opportunity to evolve in new and exciting ways.
    To celebrate this history and potential future, Drake Music Scotland and the Disabled Artist Network have commissioned seven composers from Scotland and the Nordics to compose new works for voice and digital instruments. More info
     
  • Word of Mouth: phōnḗ, Saturday 2 November:
    Tytti Arola’s new work phōnḗ is a piece for voices and tin can telephones. The piece reflects on how we can connect with sound. More info