Adult Student Hardingfele Loan

Adult Student Hardingfele Loan Program Poast hardingfele front Poast hardingfele back The HFAA is offering the loan of ten Hardanger fiddles, the "Iversen", the "Poast", the "1904", the "Lion" Wulffenstejn Student Model, the "Wulffenstejn", the "Nielsen XX", and four Lerud fiddles ("Ada", "Anna", "Aaste", and "Guri") for a one-year period to promising adult or teen/older child students of Norwegian traditional fiddling who are residents of the United States. The Adult Student Hardingfele Loan Committee is now accepting applications for the loan period (NOTE NEW EARLIER DATES) beginning  July 1 and ending June 15. Applicants should have previous bowed stringed instrument playing experience, and are required as a condition of the loan to take regularly scheduled lessons with a hardingfele teacher, either in person or via videoconference (Skype, Facetime or similar).   Rules and Application Form, Adult Student Hardingfele Loan Program (PDF, 61KB) NOTE NEW EARLIER DEADLINE: The application deadline is midnight, June 1 (if emailed) or postmarked by June 1 (if sent postal mail). For more information please contact adultstudent@hfaa.org or president@hfaa.org. Iversen hardingfele front and back 1904 hardingfele front and detail of scroll "Lion" hardingfele front, back and scroll "Wulffenstejn" hardingfele front and back  "Aaste", "Ada", "Anna", "Guri"    "Nielsen XX"