NORD MUSIKK
Music Experience
I have been playing the Norwegian hadanger fiddle since 1993. Member of the Hardanger Fiddle Association of America. Attend their annual workshop where I take classes taught by master Norwegian and American hardanger fiddle teachers. Help promote and organize concerts by master Norwegian fiddlers in the Madison area since 1999. Perform for Scandinavian events around Southern Wisconsin and have my husband, Jeff Larsen, occasionally accompany me on guitar. Participate in a monthly meeting of local fiddlers - Fykerudn's spelemannslag and the Scandinavian-American Jam.
Member of the Norwegian American Folk Music Portal, UW-Madison, Wisconsin Touring Artists and Arts in Education Directory, and WI Folks.
I have been playing classical violin/fiddle since 1980. Have been a member of various community orchestras, currently Madison Community Orchestra, Verona Area Community Orchestra, and UW Madison Med School Orchestra and play with the Dark of the Moon Contraband.
Member of the Norwegian American Folk Music Portal, UW-Madison, Wisconsin Touring Artists and Arts in Education Directory, and WI Folks.
I have been playing classical violin/fiddle since 1980. Have been a member of various community orchestras, currently Madison Community Orchestra, Verona Area Community Orchestra, and UW Madison Med School Orchestra and play with the Dark of the Moon Contraband.
Sample Soundclips of My Fiddle Tunes
Trasjem - Gangar from Telemark |
Sordalen - Gangar from Setesdal |
The Bells of St. Thomas - A tune from Valdres |
Recent Performances - Hardanger Fiddle and as part of Dark of the Moon
2023-2024 - Spring Green General Store, Bowery Dance at UW-Madison, Cedarhurst Senior Living Thanksgiving and Christmas events, Dane County Airport Holiday Music
2021-2022 - Make Music Madison (2), American Players Theatre pre-performance music, Private Wedding, Prairie Unitarian Celebration
2019-2020 - Common Ground Fish Fry, MacKenzie Sugar Maple Festival, Madison Garden Network Lunch, Stoughton Syttende Mai Celebration, Oakwood Village (2), Sons of Norway Midsummer Celebration, Mauston Library Summer Concert Series, American Players Theatre, Elver Park Farmers Market, Common Ground Brunch (2), Eplegaarden, Holiday Music at Bread Etc in Lodi, Dane County Airport, gigs are cancelled due to COVID19.
2017-2018 - MacKenzie Center Sugar Maple Festival (2), Stoughton Syttende Mai, Make Music Madison (2), Mt. Horeb Farmers Market (2), Eplegaarden, Chocolaterian, Middleton Cross Plains 6th Grade Strings Class, Common Ground, Cafe Cat Mad Benefit at Roast Public House, Spring Green General Store (2), Cherokee Middle School Strings Class; Pheasant Branch Conservancy, Fjallreven Store Midsummer Celebration, Dane County Humane Society Benefit, Madison Airport.
2015-16 - Spring Harbor Middle School Hardanger Fiddle classes for strings students, Mackenzie Center Sugar Maple Festival (2), Friends of Fred Smith Park Festival, Stratford Summer Festival, Make Music Madison, Scandinavian American Club of Madison Midsummer Festival, Oakwood Village, Mt. Horeb Farmers Market (2), Middleton Good Neighbor Festival, Eplegaarden(2), Monroe Street Festival, Pinney Library Book Festival, Malt House Classical Music Performance (2), Stoughton Syttende Mai, MS Walk, Madison Maker Faire, Mt. Horeb Farmers' Market, Sayner Barn Dance, Middleton Good Neighbor Festival, Spring Green General Store, Appleton Nordic Dinner, Decorah, IA Christmas Market
2013-14 - Doyle-Smith Wedding, MacKenzie Center Sugar Maple Festival (2), Monroe Sons of Norway, Private Wedding (2), Syttende Mai Celebration (2), Spring Harbor Middle School String Class Presentation (2), Olson Family Reunion, Elgin Vasafest, Birthday Party, Make Music Madison, Coventry Village, Gartman-Thompson Wedding, Janesville Strings Program, Eplegaarden(2), Wild Hog in the Woods (2), Beloit College English Country Dance, Reinholz-Aasheim Wedding, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Dinner, Road Scholar Norway Presentation, Lake Geneva; Frank-Plummer Wedding, birthday party, Mt. Horeb Farmers Market, Spring Green General Store.
2010-12 - Dane County Friends of Ferals Pancake Breakfast, Green Lake Library Winter Concert Series, Merton School District, Stoughton Syttende Mai Festival, 2010, Elgin Vasa Festival, Sangerfest - Overture Center, Sognfjordlag Meeting, Stoughton; Milwaukee Domes Festival, Eplegaarden (2), Old World Wisconsin Swedish Midsommar Festival, Private Weddings June and July 2011, Dane County Friends of Ferals Tails from the Heart Fundraiser, Mt. Horeb Fall Festival, Heartland Farm Sanctuary Benefit, Oak Park Assisted Living, Walnut Grove Assisted Living (3), Thunder Valley Inn, WI Dells; Crestwood Elementary School Strings Class Presentation, Monroe Sons of Norway, Stoughton Syttende Mai Celebration, Delavan Sons of Norway, wedding summer of 2012.
2008-09 Karmenta Health Center, Nordic Council Scandinavian Fest, Milwaukee, WI, Shorewood Elementary School Presentation, First Unitarian Society Booksigning and Performance, Elgin Vasa Festival (2), Westside and Hilldale Farmers Markets, TuvaluCoffee House - Verona, Eplegaarden Fall Music (2), Idun Sons of Norway Lodge - Madison, Karen Johnson Memorial Service, Stoughton Syttende Mai Festivities (On Channel 3 News), Stoughton Boy Scout Fundraiser, Christine Barnes Memorial Service, The Jefferson - Assisted Living, Appleton Sons of Norway.
2007 Van Hise Elementary School International Day and Music and String Class Programs, Madison; Wild Hog in the Woods Coffee House, Madison; University of WI Bookstore Performance and Booksigning, Madison; Nordic Council Scandinavian Fest - Hales Corners, WI; Stoughton Syttende Mai Celebration, ZuZu Cafe, Madison; Vasa Park Midsommar Festival - Elgin, IL; Visitation/Memorial Service, Portage; Hanson Family Reunion, Janesville; Middleton Library Performance and Book Signing, Prairie Coffee House, Keyeser, WI; Eplegaarden Orchard, Fitchburg; Stoughton Sons of Norway; Black River Falls, WI Sons of Norway.
2006 University Avenue Discovery Center Music Day, Shorewood Elementary School Norway Day, First Unitarian Society, Oakwood Village Syttende Mai Celebration, Stoughton Syttende Mai Festival, Hauge Log Church Wedding, Risley-Larsen Wedding, Karmenta Health Center, Devil's Lake State Park Wedding, Eplegaarden Fall Festival, UW Children's Hospital, Willow Pointe Assisted Living.
2005 Vesterheim Genealogical Center Children's Day, East Side Business Women's Club, Norwegian Radio Broadcasting (NRK) interview with Leiv Solberg, Wisconsin Public Radio Higher Ground Show, First Unitarian Society Noon Musicale, Madison; Stoughton Syttende Mai Festivities, Janesville Sons of Norway, UW Memorial Union Sunset Celebration, Mt. Horeb Sons of Norway Kaffe Stue, Hauge Log Church Wedding, Perry; Waupun Church Anniversary, Eplegaarden Fall Festival, Barnes and Noble Eastowne performance and book signing, Milwaukee Sons of Norway, Scandinavian American Club Picnic, Madison; Neenah Public Library, Madison Sons of Norway Christmas Party.
2004 Smorgasbord, Oconomowoc Lutheran Church; Southern WI Fiddle Association Spring Jamboree, Stoughton; Hawthorne Park Benefit Folk Festival, Madison; Alliant Energy Center International Day, Madison; Stoughton Syttende Mai Festivities, Oakwood Village East Syttende Mai Luncheon, Madison; Midsummer Festival, McChesney Park Sons of Norway; Mt. Horeb Mustard Days; Eplegaarden Fall Festival, Madison; Appleton Sons of Norway, Helgesen Family Reunion; Mt. Horeb Fall Fest, Vesterheim Genealogical Center Christmas Open House
2003 Syttende Mai Celebration, Moscow, WI; Central Wisconsin Center, Skaalen Home, Waunakee Manor, Southern WI Old Time Fiddle Festival, Mt. Horeb; Four Winds Manor, Amerikappleik, Northfield, MN; Atwood Summerfest, Nordic Fest - Decorah, IA; Quizno's, The Pines/Sauk Prairie Manor, Stoughton Senior Center, Eplegaarden Fall Festival, Mt. Horeb Fall Festival, Mt. Horeb Sons of Norway Juletrefest; Sylvan Crossings Assisted Living, Fitchburg; Wisconsin Rapids Sons of Norway Julefest.
2002 Fruit of the Earth, Cafe Zoma, Speed Jump Jave Joint, A Room of One's Own, Monroe Sons of Norway Syttende Mai Celebration, Bailey's Harbor Sons of Norway Syttende Mai Celebration, Sister Bay Blossom Festival, Stoughton Syttende Mai Celebration, Skaalen Home, St. Mary's Care Center, Quizno's, Southern WI Old Time Fiddle Festival, Sons of Norway International Convention, Blue Mounds Norwegian Church Dedication, Sons of Norway Sept, Meeting, Mt. Horeb Fall Festival, Epplegaarden Fall Festival, St. Lucia Festival in Chicago.
2001 Atwood Community Center Volunteer Dinner, Madison Sister Cities Fair, Stoughton Library Syttende Mai Celebration, Skaalen Home, Southern WI Old Time Fiddle Festival, Quizno's (2), Wild Hog in the Woods, Cambridge Antique Mall
2000 - American (non!)Birkebeiner Festivities, St. Mary's Care Center, Trinity Lutheran Church Syttende Mai Celebration, Skaalen Home, Racine Scandinavian Festival, Atwood Summerfest, Hansen-Welcher Wedding, Southern WI Old Time Fiddle Festival, Ghastin Family Reunion, Triangle Ethnic Fest, Epplegaarden Fall Festival, Oakwood Health Center, Lake Geneva Sons of Norway, Sytfestad Wedding, Border's Books, Lutherdale Juletrefest
2021-2022 - Make Music Madison (2), American Players Theatre pre-performance music, Private Wedding, Prairie Unitarian Celebration
2019-2020 - Common Ground Fish Fry, MacKenzie Sugar Maple Festival, Madison Garden Network Lunch, Stoughton Syttende Mai Celebration, Oakwood Village (2), Sons of Norway Midsummer Celebration, Mauston Library Summer Concert Series, American Players Theatre, Elver Park Farmers Market, Common Ground Brunch (2), Eplegaarden, Holiday Music at Bread Etc in Lodi, Dane County Airport, gigs are cancelled due to COVID19.
2017-2018 - MacKenzie Center Sugar Maple Festival (2), Stoughton Syttende Mai, Make Music Madison (2), Mt. Horeb Farmers Market (2), Eplegaarden, Chocolaterian, Middleton Cross Plains 6th Grade Strings Class, Common Ground, Cafe Cat Mad Benefit at Roast Public House, Spring Green General Store (2), Cherokee Middle School Strings Class; Pheasant Branch Conservancy, Fjallreven Store Midsummer Celebration, Dane County Humane Society Benefit, Madison Airport.
2015-16 - Spring Harbor Middle School Hardanger Fiddle classes for strings students, Mackenzie Center Sugar Maple Festival (2), Friends of Fred Smith Park Festival, Stratford Summer Festival, Make Music Madison, Scandinavian American Club of Madison Midsummer Festival, Oakwood Village, Mt. Horeb Farmers Market (2), Middleton Good Neighbor Festival, Eplegaarden(2), Monroe Street Festival, Pinney Library Book Festival, Malt House Classical Music Performance (2), Stoughton Syttende Mai, MS Walk, Madison Maker Faire, Mt. Horeb Farmers' Market, Sayner Barn Dance, Middleton Good Neighbor Festival, Spring Green General Store, Appleton Nordic Dinner, Decorah, IA Christmas Market
2013-14 - Doyle-Smith Wedding, MacKenzie Center Sugar Maple Festival (2), Monroe Sons of Norway, Private Wedding (2), Syttende Mai Celebration (2), Spring Harbor Middle School String Class Presentation (2), Olson Family Reunion, Elgin Vasafest, Birthday Party, Make Music Madison, Coventry Village, Gartman-Thompson Wedding, Janesville Strings Program, Eplegaarden(2), Wild Hog in the Woods (2), Beloit College English Country Dance, Reinholz-Aasheim Wedding, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Dinner, Road Scholar Norway Presentation, Lake Geneva; Frank-Plummer Wedding, birthday party, Mt. Horeb Farmers Market, Spring Green General Store.
2010-12 - Dane County Friends of Ferals Pancake Breakfast, Green Lake Library Winter Concert Series, Merton School District, Stoughton Syttende Mai Festival, 2010, Elgin Vasa Festival, Sangerfest - Overture Center, Sognfjordlag Meeting, Stoughton; Milwaukee Domes Festival, Eplegaarden (2), Old World Wisconsin Swedish Midsommar Festival, Private Weddings June and July 2011, Dane County Friends of Ferals Tails from the Heart Fundraiser, Mt. Horeb Fall Festival, Heartland Farm Sanctuary Benefit, Oak Park Assisted Living, Walnut Grove Assisted Living (3), Thunder Valley Inn, WI Dells; Crestwood Elementary School Strings Class Presentation, Monroe Sons of Norway, Stoughton Syttende Mai Celebration, Delavan Sons of Norway, wedding summer of 2012.
2008-09 Karmenta Health Center, Nordic Council Scandinavian Fest, Milwaukee, WI, Shorewood Elementary School Presentation, First Unitarian Society Booksigning and Performance, Elgin Vasa Festival (2), Westside and Hilldale Farmers Markets, TuvaluCoffee House - Verona, Eplegaarden Fall Music (2), Idun Sons of Norway Lodge - Madison, Karen Johnson Memorial Service, Stoughton Syttende Mai Festivities (On Channel 3 News), Stoughton Boy Scout Fundraiser, Christine Barnes Memorial Service, The Jefferson - Assisted Living, Appleton Sons of Norway.
2007 Van Hise Elementary School International Day and Music and String Class Programs, Madison; Wild Hog in the Woods Coffee House, Madison; University of WI Bookstore Performance and Booksigning, Madison; Nordic Council Scandinavian Fest - Hales Corners, WI; Stoughton Syttende Mai Celebration, ZuZu Cafe, Madison; Vasa Park Midsommar Festival - Elgin, IL; Visitation/Memorial Service, Portage; Hanson Family Reunion, Janesville; Middleton Library Performance and Book Signing, Prairie Coffee House, Keyeser, WI; Eplegaarden Orchard, Fitchburg; Stoughton Sons of Norway; Black River Falls, WI Sons of Norway.
2006 University Avenue Discovery Center Music Day, Shorewood Elementary School Norway Day, First Unitarian Society, Oakwood Village Syttende Mai Celebration, Stoughton Syttende Mai Festival, Hauge Log Church Wedding, Risley-Larsen Wedding, Karmenta Health Center, Devil's Lake State Park Wedding, Eplegaarden Fall Festival, UW Children's Hospital, Willow Pointe Assisted Living.
2005 Vesterheim Genealogical Center Children's Day, East Side Business Women's Club, Norwegian Radio Broadcasting (NRK) interview with Leiv Solberg, Wisconsin Public Radio Higher Ground Show, First Unitarian Society Noon Musicale, Madison; Stoughton Syttende Mai Festivities, Janesville Sons of Norway, UW Memorial Union Sunset Celebration, Mt. Horeb Sons of Norway Kaffe Stue, Hauge Log Church Wedding, Perry; Waupun Church Anniversary, Eplegaarden Fall Festival, Barnes and Noble Eastowne performance and book signing, Milwaukee Sons of Norway, Scandinavian American Club Picnic, Madison; Neenah Public Library, Madison Sons of Norway Christmas Party.
2004 Smorgasbord, Oconomowoc Lutheran Church; Southern WI Fiddle Association Spring Jamboree, Stoughton; Hawthorne Park Benefit Folk Festival, Madison; Alliant Energy Center International Day, Madison; Stoughton Syttende Mai Festivities, Oakwood Village East Syttende Mai Luncheon, Madison; Midsummer Festival, McChesney Park Sons of Norway; Mt. Horeb Mustard Days; Eplegaarden Fall Festival, Madison; Appleton Sons of Norway, Helgesen Family Reunion; Mt. Horeb Fall Fest, Vesterheim Genealogical Center Christmas Open House
2003 Syttende Mai Celebration, Moscow, WI; Central Wisconsin Center, Skaalen Home, Waunakee Manor, Southern WI Old Time Fiddle Festival, Mt. Horeb; Four Winds Manor, Amerikappleik, Northfield, MN; Atwood Summerfest, Nordic Fest - Decorah, IA; Quizno's, The Pines/Sauk Prairie Manor, Stoughton Senior Center, Eplegaarden Fall Festival, Mt. Horeb Fall Festival, Mt. Horeb Sons of Norway Juletrefest; Sylvan Crossings Assisted Living, Fitchburg; Wisconsin Rapids Sons of Norway Julefest.
2002 Fruit of the Earth, Cafe Zoma, Speed Jump Jave Joint, A Room of One's Own, Monroe Sons of Norway Syttende Mai Celebration, Bailey's Harbor Sons of Norway Syttende Mai Celebration, Sister Bay Blossom Festival, Stoughton Syttende Mai Celebration, Skaalen Home, St. Mary's Care Center, Quizno's, Southern WI Old Time Fiddle Festival, Sons of Norway International Convention, Blue Mounds Norwegian Church Dedication, Sons of Norway Sept, Meeting, Mt. Horeb Fall Festival, Epplegaarden Fall Festival, St. Lucia Festival in Chicago.
2001 Atwood Community Center Volunteer Dinner, Madison Sister Cities Fair, Stoughton Library Syttende Mai Celebration, Skaalen Home, Southern WI Old Time Fiddle Festival, Quizno's (2), Wild Hog in the Woods, Cambridge Antique Mall
2000 - American (non!)Birkebeiner Festivities, St. Mary's Care Center, Trinity Lutheran Church Syttende Mai Celebration, Skaalen Home, Racine Scandinavian Festival, Atwood Summerfest, Hansen-Welcher Wedding, Southern WI Old Time Fiddle Festival, Ghastin Family Reunion, Triangle Ethnic Fest, Epplegaarden Fall Festival, Oakwood Health Center, Lake Geneva Sons of Norway, Sytfestad Wedding, Border's Books, Lutherdale Juletrefest