Folk music

As a student, you get great development opportunities through generous individual lessons and many pure folk music topics.

Here is a unique opportunity to study for five of the absolute foremost Swedish folk musicians on their respective instruments; Emma Ahlberg Ek – violin, Ulrika Bodén – vocals/flute, Daniel Ek – guitar/strings, Emma Härdelin – vocals and Niklas Roswall – key harp. If you play another instrument and want to apply, contact us, there is a wide range of skills in Härnösand/Sundsvall, including the Nordic Chamber Orchestra.

Folk music teachers

Daniel Ek – guitar/strings
You advance your abilities to play Swedish folk music for guitar or string instrument in individual lessons with accompaniment, harmonization, technique, with playing tunes and playing in different voices. Tuition is provided for guitar, mandola, cittern, and mandolin. Your teacher is Daniel Ek. He is a musician, a teacher, and he is known from groups like Ranarim, Sofia Karlsson Band, and Ahlberg, Ek & Roswall.

Emma Ahlberg Ek – fiddle
You advance your abilities to play in the Swedish folk music tradition in individual lessons and in group lessons. Tuition is provided for fiddle, flutes, song, keyed fiddle and different string instruments. Your teacher is Emma Ahlberg Ek. She is a riksspelman for Medelpad tunes and an award-winning musician known from groups like Ahlberg, Ek & Roswall, Hilleviensemblen and Folk All-in Band. 

Emma Härdelin – song
Grew up in Kluk in Jämtland and Delsbo in Hälsingland. Born into a folk music family and the Härdelin tradition, Emma started early with singing and violin playing. Emma has studied folk singing for Maria Röjås at Malung Folkhögskola and now belongs to one of our most appreciated folk singers. She has been active and toured around the world in the groups Garmarna and Triakel since the early nineties.

Niklas Roswall – nyckelharpa
You advance your abilities to play the nyckelharpa in individual lessons where we work with both repertoire and technique, as well as expression. You may also learn to play older types of nyckeharpa. Your teacher is Niklas Roswall, riksspelman and nyckelharpa world champion. He is known from groups like Nyckelharporkestern, Ranarim, Carr & Roswall, Marine & Roswall, Ralsgård & Tullberg kvartett and Ahlberg, Ek & Roswall. 

Ulrika Bodén folk – song/flute
You advance your abilities to sing Swedish folk music in individual lessons where we work with folk sound and style in your voice, learning traditional songs, blue notes, herding calls and lilting. Your teacher is Ulrika Bodén, a versatile musician who with her delicate and powerful voice is among the foremost folk singers in the country.