Specialized Programs

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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

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

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

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