Dear ROD2012 participants – many thanks for a fantastic ROD! Despite difficulties with the school and the cramped space, you showed everyone again why ROD is an event that is more than the sum of its parts. Thanks for that!
To keep contact alive ROD is represented on Facebook (at least) four locations:
- A page, where the working group communicates with the participants.
- A group, where all participants can talk with each other.
- A group for Århus.
- A group for Copenhagen.
Jamsessions and running events
- Every first Wednesday of the month there is a ROD-jam in Copenhagen, which is arranged in this group.
- If you like Irish, The Bloomsday Bar in Copenhagen (Niels Hemmingsen Gade 32) has a jam every Sunday at 3pm. (It appears that Bloomsday has been sold, and the jams up there are uncertain for now.)
- Second Friday of each month the Folkets Hus Spillefolk holds their monthly jam “Ramslag”. It changes slightly when it is held, but keep you updated at http://spillefolk.dk/.
- In Odensethere is a jam every other Thursday at Christian 4-tal (Vintapperstræde 31). Get more information at Folk Club Fyn.
- In Aarhus there is a an Irish jam at Waxies (Frederiksgade 16) each Sunday at 3pm.
- Each Monday there’s a Monday-dance at Århus Folkemusikhus.
FOD
RODs sister-event FOD is held every year in autumn holiday (week 42). Keep up to date at their site and Facebook group.
Education
In addition to conservatory education in folk music at Syddansk Musikkonservatorium og Skuespillerskole, you can take MGK with a focus on folk music in Kolding, Odense and Køge. It appears that an MGK and a conservatory in folk music is on it’s way to Århus, you can contact Julie Heebøll about that.
If you want to work with folk music at “højskole”, there are three good offers in Sweden: Skurup, Bollnäs and Gotland.
Festivals
Each year ROD gets invited to a myriad of festivals where we play concerts. Watch your email for more info. For invitations and otherwise, working group 2012s festival officers, Rune and Martin, can be contacted on festival@rodfolk.dk. You can also contact the whole working group 2012.
The first festival ROD hase been invited to this year is the Odense Folk Festival (Facebook group) – it takes place from 18th to 20th of May in Odense – you will get more info about it on email.
Concert recordings
The first Rough Cut version of the concert recording is now available. The recordings come from Rune Øster and Rune Colin, and they are edited by Kamil.
You can fetch the entire concert (292MB), or single tracks.
The entire concert was also recorded in a more professional manner. This “real” recording requires much more work, and come out “when it gets done.”
Thanks!
We are very proud and thankful for having contributed to the creation of this years ROD – see you out there!
With a lot of love,
Working Group 2012 ♥
