C A D E N C E  –  Nyckelharpa EU project 2009-2011

Cultural ADult Education and Nyckelharpa Cooperation in Europe
– Teaching music to adults with special emphasis on the nyckelharpa (key fiddle)

This project was organized as a "Learning Partnership" and has been funded with support from the European Commission by the "Lifelong Learning Programme – Grundtvig".

The CADENCE-partnership was established by three educational institutions in Germany, Italy and Sweden, related by their offer of

• cultural and musical education for adults
• folk music and dance as a medium of cultural identity and
• teaching the medieval/Swedish musical instrument "nyckelharpa" (key fiddle).

The objectives of the partnership have been to search for subjects, didactic methods and management of cultural education for adult learners with an emphasis on musical education and specially on teaching the musical instrument "nyckelharpa". The project started August 2009 and will ended July 2011.

The cooperating partners are

• Eric Sahlström Institutet, Tobo (Sweden)
• Scuola di Musica Popolare di Forlimpopoli (Italy)
• Akademie Burg Fürsteneck, Eiterfeld (Germany)

Further details on the project can be found in the summary.

The CADENCE project was honoured as an example of "good praxis" of a Grundtvig learning partnership.

Some published outcomes of CADENCE

For more information see the pages "Publications" and "Articles & sheet music"
The final CADENCE-Nyckelharpa-Concert at Burg Fürsteneck, Germany, 9 October 2010 has been recorded and broadcasted January 23, 2011 by the National German radio "Deutschlandfunk".

CADENCE Brochure (80 pages)	CADENCE e-Book (420 pages)	CADENCE audio CD (66 min)	M. Ambrosini: Daily exercises	Jule Bauer: Playing Nyckelharpa

 

 

Shedule CADENCE Events

Date	Description	Remark	Link
01.06.-02.06.2011	Festival of the Scuola di Musica Popolare di Forlimpopoli	Presentation of the CADENCE results	Public presentation
21.02.- 25.02.2011	Editorial Meeting, Tobo, Sweden		Editorial meeting
09.10.2010	Public CADENCE concert at Burg Fürsteneck	Broadcasted by German radio 'Deutschlandfunk' 23 January 2011, 9 -11 pm
07.10.- 10.10.2010	International Days of the Nyckelharpa	(outside of the programme)	announcement
05.10.- 10.10.2010	Meeting at Burg Fürsteneck, Germany	multinational study group	Visit in Germany
22.06.2010	Public CADENCE concert in Forlimpopoli
20.06.-24.06.2010	Meeting in Forlimpopoli, Italy	multinational study group	Visit in Italy
11.01.-16.01.2010	Meeting in Tobo, Sweden	multinational study group	Visit in Sweden
24.11.-25.11.2009	Meeting of German CADENCE delegation at Burg Fürsteneck
23.11.-24.11.2009	Meeting of CADENCE teachers at Burg Fürsteneck
08.10.-11.10.2009	International Days of the Nyckelharpa	(meetings outside of the programme)
08.10.-11.10.2009	Management-Meeting	managers and teachers	Management Meeting
17.02.-19.02.2009	Meeting with the three mayors in Forlimpopoli, Italy	Signing the cooperation between the communes	Communal cooperation