Edmonds Author Series presents "Alpine Vibes"

“Alpine Vibes” – Callings and Echoes of the Alps
A Performance-Book-Talk on Swiss Alphorn Music with Author and Translator
A simple musical instrument of the Alpine shepherds, the alphorn became a source of fascination for travelers in the 19th century. As a result, it became a symbol of musical tradition in Switzerland. Thanks to its soothing sound and the unique visual appearance of the instrument, alphorn music is enjoying growing popularity, interestingly also in the Seattle region. We demonstrate historical and new alphorn music and get to the bottom of questions such as: What music can be played on a wind instrument that has no valves, finger holes or keys? What function does the alphorn have in the rituals, customs and traditions of the Alpine region? How is its musical history connected to the natural environment of the Alpine region and to the purely vocal call of the Swiss yodel? The themes will be richly illustrated with live music from four centuries.
Presented by:
Co-Author Yannick Wey, Luzern, Switzerland
Alpenstimmung: Musikalische Beziehung zwischen Alphorn und Jodel – Fakt oder Ideologie?
Raymond Ammann, Andrea Kammermann, Yannick Wey (Chronos: 2019)
Translator Gary Martin, Edmonds, WA
Alpine Vibes: The Musical Connection between the Alphorn and Yodeling – Fact or Ideology?
(Chronos: 2023)

Yannick Wey is a Senior Research Associate at the Competence Center for Music Education Research at Lucerne School of Music, Switzerland. He received a BA and an MA in Trumpet Performance from Zurich University of the Arts and a PhD in Musicology from the University of Innsbruck. In his PhD thesis, he analyzed the musical transcription of the Alpine yodel and related wordless song and the interactions between their oral and written traditions. His current projects inhabit the spaces between ethnography, music analysis, and performance. He plays the traditional wind instruments of the Alpine region, the Alphorn and Büchel. His research has appeared in Analytical Approaches to World Music, Music & Science, The Galpin Society Journal, Musicologist, and the Swiss Yearbook for Musicology.

Subtitles and Closed Captioning will be provided for our guests who are deaf and hard of hearing. The EWC also offers Assistive Listening devices available to check out or connect with your smart phone.

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