BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//360exp//Events//ES METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo-outlook/Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:19700329T010000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:19701025T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE TIMEZONE-ID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8a8954af-2f0c-473f-b609-65d95930ae61@360exp.net SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260815T204604 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270219T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270219T200000 SUMMARY:Skye Consort & Emma Bjorling LOCATION:Hepworth Village Hall DESCRIPTION:- "Trans-Atlantic Chamber Folk - unheard of!Skye Consort & Emm a Björling is a bunch of renowned musicians from Canada and Sweden who ma ke marvelous music together. They're mixing trad music from Scandinavia\, Ireland and the British Isles\, French-Canada\, and tunes of their own dev ising. They find enchanting stories and melodies\, then bring them into th e 21st century with worldly chamber-folk settings. "Lots of groups play th ose styles. None of them do it like Skye Consort." - David Noel EdwardsVoi ces\, fiddle\, nyckelharpa\, cello\, bouzouki\, banjo\, and percussion rif fing on whirling polskas\, groovy reels\, passionate love songs\, breathta king hymns\, and original compositions. Skye Consort and Emma met during a La Nef project in Montréal in October 2017. At the end of the project\, just as Emma was preparing to return to Sweden\, a HUGE storm in Iceland c ancelled all of the flights from North America to Europe. Emma and the mem bers of Skye consort spent the next several days listening to tunes\, jamm ing\, and joking about starting a band. By the time Emma went home\, the B AND had actually been STARTED!​Emma Björling (lead voice\, percussion & shruti box) is an award-winning Swedish singer\, composer\, and arranger\ , active in the renowned Scandinavian bands Kongero\, Kongero/WÖR-Songboo ks\, and Lyy. She has toured the world with numerous bands and stays busy on the European folk/trad scene. Emma is a board member of NASC (North Atl antic Song Community)\, teaches at Framnäs Collage\, and conducts worksho ps all over the world.​Seán Dagher (lead voice\, Irish bouzouki & banjo ) is an active performer\, arranger\, and composer of music from various f olk and classical music traditions. He plays with The Swindlers\, The Rees e Witherspoons\, and Gairloch\, and is co-artistic director of La Nef. Se án has provided music for video games including the Assassin's Creed seri es. You might have heard him singing on Black Flag and the others. Or mayb e you saw him perform with 'The Longest Johns'.Amanda Keesmaat (cello & vo cals) is a vibrant presence in the Montréal early music community. She ha s recorded and performed with many prominent singers\, instrumental solois ts\, and renowned ensembles. She is the founder of Space Time Continuo and a regular collaborator with La Nef. She has toured extensively in North a nd South America and in Europe.With:Alex Kehler (fiddle\, nyckelharpa & vo cals) is a member of Triton\, La Nef\, Soulwood\, Kehler-Williams duo\, an d Les Siffleurs de nuits. Alex is one of the leading nyckelharpa players i n Canada\, is a much-coveted teacher at camps and courses\, and is a ubiqu itous presence playing for dances around Québec and New England.or: Simon Alexandre (fiddle\, nyckelharpa & vocals) is an accomplished chamber musi cian and orchestral violinist. He plays with the Ximenez String Quartet an d is a member of the Orchestre Philharmonique du Québec. At age 17\, he m oved to Sweden to study nyckelharpa. He plays in the violin\, nyckelharpa\ , and Hardanger fiddle in the folk duo La Traverse.\n\nBoletos: https://we gottickets.com/event/705245 URL;VALUE=URI:https://360exp.net/events/8a8954af-2f0c-473f-b609-65d95930ae 61 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR