Join us for an evening of music presented by West Claremont Center for Music and the Arts.

Tickets by Donation. Students FREE.

Advanced Ticket: Pay what feels good! (Sug. 20 – 60)
Suggested donation $5-20 (I’m a household on a budget), or $25-60 (I’ve got some money and I want to make a difference!) No one turned away for lack of ability to pay. Can’t pay online? Use the waitlist.

Waitlist: Pay at the event (Sug. 20 – 60)
Suggested donation $5-20 (I’m a household on a budget), or $25-60 (I’ve got some money and I want to make a difference!) No one turned away for lack of ability to pay. Use this option if you can’t pay online.

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. Each musician brings their own individual interpretation to these traditions, creating an extraordinary collaboration featuring 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.

Simon Alexandre (fiddle, nyckelharpa & vocals) is an accomplished chamber musician and orchestral violinist. He plays with the Ximenez String Quartet and is a member of the Orchestre Philharmonique du Québec. At age 17, he moved to Sweden to study nyckelharpa. He plays in the violin, nyckelharpa, and Hardanger fiddle in the folk duo La Traverse.

Emma Björling (lead voice, percussion & shruti box) is an award-winning Swedish singer, composer, and arranger, active in the renowned Scandinavian bands Kongero, Kongero/WÖR-Songbooks, and Lyy. She has toured the world with numerous bands and stays busy on the European folk/trad scene. Emma is a board member of NASC (North Atlantic Song Community), teaches at Framnäs Collage, and conducts workshops all over the world.

Seán Dagher (lead voice, Irish bouzouki & banjo) is an active performer, arranger, and composer of music from various folk and classical music traditions. He plays with The Swindlers, The Reese Witherspoons, and Gairloch, and is co-artistic director of La Nef. Seán has provided music for video games including the Assassin’s Creed series. You might have heard him singing on Black Flag and the others. Or maybe you saw him perform with ‘The Longest Johns’.

Amanda Keesmaat (cello & vocals) is a vibrant presence in the Montréal early music community. She has recorded and performed with many prominent singers, instrumental soloists, and renowned ensembles. She is the founder of Space Time Continuo and a regular collaborator with La Nef. She has toured extensively in North and South America and in Europe.

https://skyeconsort.org/