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Flyer: 2013 Finnish American Heritage Society Events

Subject Saul Ahola

Subject Christine Anderson

Subject John Chambers

Date2013

MediumPaper

ClassificationsInformation Artifacts

Credit LineConnecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program collections

CopyrightIn Copyright

Object number2015.196.10.2

DescriptionEvent flyer for June 2013 events at the Finnish American Heritage Society.

One of these events was a required public presentation of the Year 15 Southern New England Apprenticeship Program team in Finnish fiddling. Teaching artists John Chambers and Christine Anderson with apprentice Saul Ahola. The other was an initiative in Finnish folk dance organized by apprentice Saul Ahola.

Apprentice Saul Ahola, a physician and long-time member of the Finnish American Heritage Society (FAHS) in Canterbury, Connecticut, worked with teacher Christine Anderson on Finnish fiddle repertoire, and John Chambers for fiddle technique (although both teachers are very familiar with Finnish folk music). Their concert presentation at FAHS included performance by all three artists as well as information on the fiddle tradition in Finland, and involved dancers and singers from the community.

NotesSubject Note: The Southern New England Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program is a CCHAP initiative since 1997 that fosters the sharing of community-based traditional (folk) artistic skills through the apprenticeship learning model of regular, intensive, one-on-one teaching by a skilled mentor artist to a student/apprentice. The program pairs master artists from RI, MA, or CT with apprentices from one of the other states, as a way to knit together members of the same community or group across state lines. Teaching and learning traditional arts help to sustain cultural expressions that are central to a community, while also strengthening festivals, arts activities and events when master/apprentice artists perform or demonstrate results of their cooperative learning to public audiences. The Connecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program at the Connecticut Historical Society manages the program in collaboration with the Folk Arts Program at the Massachusetts Cultural Council and independent folklorist Winifred Lambrecht who has a deep knowledge of the folk arts landscape of Rhode Island. Primary funding for the program comes from the National Endowment for the Arts, with support also from the Connecticut Commission on the Arts, the Institute for Community Research, and the Connecticut Historical Society.

Subject Note: Apprentice Saul Ahola, a physician and long-time member of the Finnish American Heritage Society (FAHS) in Canterbury, Connecticut, worked with teacher Christine Anderson on Finnish fiddle repertoire, and John Chambers for fiddle technique (although both teachers are very familiar with Finnish folk music). to increase his knowledge of both the music and the Finnish folk music network, as he wants to be able to host more concerts in the community in CT. In fact, after their public concert, Saul participated in a new folk dance activity held at the Finn Hall. Their Apprenticeship concert presentation at the Finnish American Heritage Society included a performance by all three artists as well as information on the fiddle tradition in Finland, and involved dancers and singers from the community.

Additional audio, video, and/or photographic materials exist in the archive relating to these artists.

Cataloging Note: This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services MA-245929-OMS-20.

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