Skye Consort & Emma Björling: Trans-Atlantic Chamber Folk
Schedule
Sun, 01 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
10 Mayo St, Portland, ME, United States, Maine 04101 | Portland, ME
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Sunday, March 1 at 7:00 PM (doors 6:30 PM), 90-minutes, with intermissionTickets are available for $20 in advance, $25 at the door, and $30 for preferred seating (pay-what-you-can available)
All ages
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Skye Consort & Emma Björling perform trans-Atlantic arrangements of songs and tunes from Sweden, Norway, Ireland, Scotland, England, Québec, Acadia, the USA, as well as original compositions. The band was formed in 1999, has performed and toured extensively, and has 8 full-length albums. The touring configuration of the band presents four musicians from the Ode & Ballade recording.
Each musician brings their own individual interpretation to these traditions to create this extraordinary collaboration, consisting of voices, fiddle, nyckelharpa, cello, bouzouki, banjo, and percussion. Collectively, the band presents an assortment of whirling polskas, groovy reels, passionate love songs, breathtaking hymns, and original compositions.
The genre, dubbed "trans-Atlantic Chamber Folk" by Lyra Magazine (Sweden), creates a sound that is unique among folk artists and classical chamber ensembles. Through the group’s love of different folk traditions and baroque styles, they uncover and present many haunting texts and sonic elements from different worlds that take audiences on an unforgettable journey.
Emma Björling (lead voice, shruti box, percussion) is an award-winning Swedish singer, composer, arranger, active in the renowned Scandinavian bands Kongero and Lyy. Both bands have toured the world, and are busy in the European folk-trad scene. Emma regularly teaches and conducts workshops all over the world.
Simon Alexandre (fiddle, nyckelharpa, vocals) is a member of the Orchestre symphonique du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean and plays regularly with the Orchestre symphonique de Québec, Ensemble Galileo, the Orchestre symphonique de Sherbrooke, and folk ensemble, Andrew Wells-Oberegger.
Amanda Keesmaat (cello, vocals) Principal cellist of Arion Baroque orchestra and Space Time Continuo, Amanda Keesmaat, has also performed with Les Charbonniers de L'Enfer, OktoEcho, Jean-François Bélanger and Projet ClaireObscur.
Seán Dagher (cittern/bouzouki, banjo & vocals) is the artistic director of La Nef and an active performer, arranger, and composer of music from various folk and classical music traditions. He won the OPUS "Creation of the Year" award in 2014 for Sea Songs and has been nominated for numerous Adisq awards.
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