Strings Across the Ocean - Ross Sutter & Maria and Anders Larsson
Ross is joined by Anders and Maria Larsson in a U.S./Sweden cultural collaboration that tells the story of a couple traveling from Sweden to America. The program features a wide variety of instruments including string bass, accordion, limberjack, guitar, drum set, fiddle, nyckelharpa, recorder and lots of singing.
49 participated
Families will have a greater appreciation of the Swedish culture and its influence in America. Families will have a better understanding about Swedish immigration and the problems of immigrating to the U.S. Participants will experience a variety of unfamiliar musical instruments: the limberjack, nyckleharpa and recorder. Anecdotal responses will be collected.
Crowd participation was excellent during the program. Children were allowed to touch the instruments and ask questions about them. Comments collected included: Interesting program and we learned about various non traditional instruments. "Very talented individuals. I learned that language is definitely a barrier."
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