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Musical Migration
- Songs and piano music by Norwegian-American immigrants, or about them
- A collaboration with pianist Steven Luksan offered in conjunction with Crossings 200 in the US and Norway, the bicentennial of the arrival of the first Norwegian-American immigrant to America
- Concerts of varying lengths, educational lecture-recitals, and workshops available
- Works by
- Edvard Grieg
- Ole Bull
- John Paulsen
- Edmund & Hilda Neupert
- Harry Ruby
- Theodora Cormonton
- Nehemiah Tjernagel
- Signe Lund
- Alf Hurum
- Magda Bugge
- Inga Lærum Liebich
- Gerard Tonning
- Bjarne Rolseth
- Rudolph Møller
- F. Melius Christiansen
- … and more
- For more details, information about the composers and the songs presented, visit Steven’s Musical Migration page.

- Performances include
- 2024
- Scandinavian Cultural Center, Pacific Lutheran University, WA
- 2025
- Nordic Lodge, Whidbey Island, WA
- Tordenskjold Lodge & Harald Hårfager Lodge Sons of Norway, Spokane, WA/Coeur D’Alene, ID
- Cascadia Art Museum, Edmonds, WA
- Oslo Lodge Sons of Norway & Nina Grieg Lodge Daughters of Norway, Poulsbo/Bremerton, WA
- Nordic Chamber Music: Norway, with Julia Adams on violin, Seattle, WA
- KING FM Northwest Focus Live, Seattle, WA – live on-air on 98.1
- Nordic Chamber Music: Norway #2, Lakewold Gardens, Tacoma, WA
- Skyline Living Retirement Community, Seattle, WA
- Ester Moe Daughters of Norway Lodge, Clinton, WA
- Vesterdalen Sons of Norway, Auburn, WA
- Horizon House, Seattle, WA
- Opening Concert, NORTANA & NAHA Crossings and Connections Conference at St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN
- Listen Live at Lunch, First Lutheran Church, Tacoma, WA
- Valdres Folkemuseum, Fagernes, Norway
- Sollia kirke, Stor-Elvdal, Innlandet, Norway
- Kirsten Flagstad Museum/Utvandrer Museum, Hamar, Norway
- Workshop at Tuddal Montessori School, Telemark, Norway
- With Notodden Damekor, Tuddal Bygdedagen Festival, Tuddal, Telemark, Norway
- Concerts & Workshops, Norskedalen, Coon Valley, WI
- Concert & Workshop, Winona State University, Winona, MN
- Concert & Workshop, Vesterheim Museum/Luther College, Decorah, IA
- Community Sing-Along & Concert, Giants in the Earth Center, Spring Grove, MN
- Christ Presbyterian Church, Madison, WI
- Edvard Grieg Society of Minnesota, Mindekirken, Minneapolis, MN
- Sangerfest, Everett, WA
- Leif Erikson Lodge Sons of Norway, Seattle, WA
- Nordia House, Nordic Northwest, Portland, OR
- Saltwater Music Series, Des Moines, WA
- Masterclass at the University of Tromsø (The Arctic University of Norway), Tromsø, Norway
- Concert at Festsalen, Rødbanken, Tromsø, Norway (Facebook Event)
- Workshop & Masterclass, Griegakademiet, University of Bergen, Norway
- Featured Concert for the International Edvard Grieg Society Convention, Bergen, Norway
- Concert at Undheim kirke, Rogaland, Norway, Sponsored by the Time Historielag (Facebook Event)
- Concert at University of Stavanger Conservatory of Music, Stavanger, Norway (Facebook Event)
- Masterclass at University of Stavanger Conservatory of Music, Stavanger, Norway
- Concert at Dølen Hotel, Evje, Setesdal (Facebook Event)
- 2026
- June 14, 2 pm – Dillon Concert Association, Beaverhead High School Auditorium, Dillon, MT
- Recording at Jack Straw Cultural Center, Seattle, WA
- Recipients of the 2026 Jack Straw Artist Support Program, Laura & Steven will be recording the songs from their Musical Migration program, with an anticipated album release by the end of the year.
- 2024

The Musical Migration project is supported, in part, by the Sons of Norway Foundation.

Concerts in Innlandet, Norway, are supported, in part, by Innlandet fylkeskommunen.

Recording & production made possible through the Artist Residency Programs at Jack
Straw Cultural Center.
Der Skreg en Fugl
Unsung Songs by Norwegian Women
- Music from our upcoming album, Der Skreg en Fugl (A Bird Cried Out), comprised of world-premiere recordings of songs by Norwegian women
- A collaboration with pianist Angela Draghicescu
- Concerts of varying lengths, educational lecture-recitals, and workshops available
- Songs by
- Hanna Marie Hansen
- Mon Schjederup
- Anne-Marie Ørbeck
- Inga Lærum-Liebich
- Inger Bang Lund
- Magda Bugge
- Pauline Hall
- Anna Lindeman
- Hilda Neupert
- Theodora Cormontan
- Performances and Presentations
- 2024
- Nordic Chamber Music: Norway
- KING FM 98.1 Northwest Focus Live
- SASS Convention, Seattle
- 2025
- Cascade Song Festival, Eugene, OR
- Crossings & Connections, NORTANA/NAHA Convention, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN
- International Edvard Grieg Conference, Bergen, Norway
- 2024

Norwegian Gems
- Songs and piano music by Norwegian composers, specially curated & guided with information about the music
- A collaboration with Steven Luksan.
- Works by
- Edvard Grieg
- Halfdan Kjerulf
- Agathe Backer-Grøndahl
- Christian Sinding
- Eivind Alnæs
- Magda Bugge
- Anna Lindeman
- Mon Schjelderup
- Signe Lund
- Alf Hurum
- Johan Kvandal
- Anne-Marie Ørbeck
- Steven Luksan
- Gisle Kverndokk.
- Performances & Presentations
- 2026
- An Introduction to the Golden Age of Norwegian Song – Cascade Song Festival, U. of Washington, Seattle, WA
- Richmond Beach Recital Series
- 2026

Nordic Nightingales
- Songs by Norwegian & Swedish women in an informative concert presentation.
- A collaboration with Jonathan Spatola-Knoll.
- Songs by
- Elfrida Andrée
- Laura Netzel
- Helena Munktell
- Agatha Backer-Grøndahl
- Mon Schjelderup
- Hanna Marie Hansen
- Anna Lindeman
- Anne-Marie Ørbeck
- Magda Bugge
- Theodora Cormontan
- Hilde Neupert
- Inga Lærum-Liebich
- Performances & Presentations
- 2025
- Nordic Nightingales: Songs by Norwegian and Swedish Women – Lecture recital with Jonathan Spatola-Knoll featuring songs by Norwegian and Swedish women at Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA – with Amy Dodds, violin
- 2026
- Saint Martin’s University, Lacey, WA
- 2025
