Ever turning dance of life

The follow-and-lead dance is ever turning, changing positions and roles. Giving and recieveng. I hear. I listen. I take it in, transform and get an impulse to send out.

Eva

Dynamic work, love my work

Last week was a over dose of administrative work, wich is normal from time to time. Reports, applications, making half year book-work of economy, buying a printer, restoring my broken Sibelius-program.

For the broken Sibelius-program (writing music scores on the computer) successful restoring I owe my thanks to computer wizard Pär Johansson! Feels great to have Sibelius again! I made all music notations for my book Bröllopssånger och Kärleksvisor in Sibelius, and soon after giving away all my material for the making of the book, this Sibelius-program broke down completely. Exhausted program maybe?

So this week starts totally different. To balance up I've made yoga, been singing, prepared for my lovely choir Lei-La tonight. I go out in the sun light and sing for myself, the birds, insects, plants and trees around me.

Yesterday I spend the afternoon walking 3 hours in the forest, in sunshine on magic path systems leading up to a small remote lake. Two women and three dogs having the most lovely time in the fresh air. And this is for free! It's there for us to enjoy.

Today started just great as well. In the morning I had a good time making music with Sara, preparing some ideas of music for Myst.
I also got a phone call wich was very inspiring, on the subject "The mysteries of human voice".

Rolling deep into music

This week has been full of creativity with writing new songs.
It was about picking up small seeds of melody and lyrics that came some years ago when I was visiting the Faroe Islands. By that time the seeds was not ready to flower.

Now, I feel I have traveled some distance, discovered new sides of you and me and everything. It's now that the time has come to fulfil the song that was started long ago.

One notice, when I find my flow in writing music, I totally loose the fantasy in cooking. Anyone experiences the same? It's like I have to put other things aside when I want to focus on music. I don't like to spend too much time with the cooking then.
Rich in spirit, but not so much with the ideas of what to put on the dinner table :-)

More inspirational was my dreams at night. Truly set the sparkle for some new material. One remarkable dream after the other. I write down some of the most significant pictures coming to me in dreams.

Vill du sjunga i min kör?

Kören Lei-La på nya äventyr!

Nu äntligen har jag höstens alla datum på plats, och det är med största glädje jag hälsar välkomna till en ny termin med kören Lei-La! Vi har ny lokal och den är jättefin!

Är du intresserad att komma med? Det går bra att testa ett par gånger innan man bestämmer sig.

Klockslag: 19-20.45 med en kvarts paus.
Plats: Hammarkullen Folkets Hus. Hammarsalen en trappa upp.

Medtag: vattenflaska och frukt/egen smörgås.

Terminsavgift: 1000 kr inkl moms på faktura.
Ungdomspris 200 kr på faktura.
Arbetssökande: 500 kr på faktura.

Anmälan görs via mail till Eva, på info@evarune.se

Sånger och idé:
Blandad kör, både tjejer och killar, inga inträdesprov. Vi jobbar utan noter, kör på gehör. Det mesta av repertoaren baseras på folkliga sånger. Det kan bli nya influenser från olika håll, mycket utifrån mina olika resor och möten. Vi kommer att sjunga enstämmigt, tvåstämmigt, flerstämmigt, svängigt, roligt, frirytmiskt, experimentiellt. Jag vill gärna dela med mig av några av Gunnar Erikssons tekniker för kör på gehör.

Varje körövning startar med en skön röstuppvärmning. Hela hösten gör vi ett och samma uppvärmningsprogram för att fördjupa oss i vår egen rösthälsa och röst-botten. Känna välbefinnande med vår egen röst, förankrad i kroppen. Samma uppvärmningsprogram hela hösten gör att vi kommer till stadiet då man bara känner och gör, utan att behöva tänka så mycket med huvudet.
Den röst-yogakurs jag nyss gått har gett mig inspiration och jag kommer att ta några väl valda övningar från denna kurs och förmedla vidare till er. Det är kunskap som bygger på sådant jag haft med mig länge så det känns helt ok att införliva detta, trots att jag inte är expert på just röst-yoga.


Ny termin, ny lokal och flera nya medlemmar. Det här ska verkligen bli roligt!

Augusti-hälsningar, Eva

Bengt Hallberg in memory

The piano where we prepared for last summers concert.

Last summer I had the great honour to work with the jazz pianist, late Bengt Hallberg. We did the opening concert of Ljungskile Sommarjazz, doing songs in the borderlands of jazz and folkmusic.

Blogpost: after-singing-with-bengt-hallberg

Rehearsal at Bengts home, June 2012. 

Overwhelmed by this chance to be in the presense of such a great musician and soul filled with music, in the beginning I was a bit shy. Our first rehearsal was at his home in Uppsala some weeks before the concert. So I soon learned how compleetely grounded this remarkable gentleman was in himself without the slightest need to show off, and possessing a fine combination of being grand and humble at the same time.

My last memory of him was after the concert in the middle of the warm summer night. He and his sweet love Mariana came down the stairs from the back room on second floor, a steep stair case, and they were laughing-smiling-talking, being true age-less lovers.

Café Tant Grön, Ljungskile.

On the 28th of June this summer, two weeks ago, I came back to the little café Tant Grön in Ljungskile where Bengt and I prepared and rehearsed for our concert last summer. A strong sense of memories came to me and I sat down at the table where we at that time had coffé between the songs we played.
I didn't know then that it was just a few days before he passed away, on the 2nd of July at the age of 80.


With deepest gratitude I say: Thank you, Bengt. For all the inspiration and great music you have flowingly given to me and everyone.




I would like to borrow this song from Patti Smith, thinking of how Bengt and Marina went out in the summer night the last time I saw them.

Because the night belongs to lovers.....

Interactive art with Miranda July

Miranda July's new project: We think alone. You can sign up and take part.


wethinkalone.com

I saw the posters while walking out on the grass fields of Gärdet in Stockholm. Nice to walk and see Miranda July with a napkin on her head.

I signed up and I'm very curious to see what this will be all about....


Eva

Mid summer digging into songs

Today I woke up happy. Had this dream where colours turned even more deep and unique I have ever seen them before. Someone entering the room in my dream was the reason for my new ability of sight. Thank you my muse!

Between two journeys, leaving the beauty and silence of Enviken and heading for summer tour in busy Stockholm. I've seldom slept so deeply and sweet. It's a rest and short break on the road. Resting in the knowledge that I'm floating on all things in constant change. No struggle against that fact. Everything is changing. Inner and outer landscapes are shifting.


Nordic Wedding Music has performed in Mälarhöjdens church on past wednesday. It was a celebration of improvised music and love.

Irmelin doing three performances in the Stockholm area. We had an intense meeting with the church musician Mary, who gave us words on our road. "Your songs will get new light in this church (Riddarholmschurch) because it's a special place full of history. Your light will take you out in the world, because you have a pure wish to just share what is good and no hidden agenda to it. You will go to USA, Canada, Japan."
Yes, we wish!

And tonight we sing here:
23 june Ingarö kyrka at 17.

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