Children and youth workshop & all-ages jam

Bring your instrument to turkis for a morning of folk music and playing together. The workshop is for children and young people aged 10 to 20, led by Bodil Frimodt Rønnow and Pia Nygaard. You are also welcome to come and listen.

At 13.00 we continue with an all-ages jam, bringing children, young people and adults together through music. Join in and play across generations, or enjoy listening.

Get ready for the jam

You need to be able to play an instrument to join in. It is a good idea to learn one or more tunes beforehand, and you are welcome to suggest other tunes or start one yourself. We mostly play from memory at the jam, but sheet music is welcome. Bring your own music stand if you need one. You are also welcome to listen and sing along if a song comes up.

Suggested repertoire

We will play some of these tunes: Juniorvals, Tutskovin polska, The Drunken acrobat, The Kerry, Minisnoa, Femskaft and ABC polka. You can download sheet music using the link below.

Meet the teachers

Bodil Frimodt Rønnow teaches violin, Suzuki violin and folk ensembles at Aarhus Musikskole, where she also leads the folk orchestra. She has previously led the festival's children and youth workshop.

Pia Nygaard is a fiddler and composer who trained on the folk music programme at the Academy of Music in Odense. She teaches folk music and ensemble playing at all levels and has many years of experience with children and adults.