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I am glad to hear this. I guess that her teacher is or was Hanne Quist who has been very active in making children play the violin at the little music school in Nuuk, the capital. Is it indiscrete to ask for the players name? I just like to know what is going on in the tiny world of classical music in Greenland. Emily, will you come judge my highschool talent competition???? ;) I 100% gaurentee that I will be the only violinist there and on top of that you might be able to differentiate between guitar solos becuase some people actually have a drummer, or a bass player to help them with their 3 chords of strumming. ;)
The only thing is, you'd have to come and sit through a week of that.... Soren, her name was Ivy Brandt, but I wouldn't be surprised if she was self-taught. Her ability appeared to be purely natural. She was a guitarist/vocalist.

I didn't know Greenlanders spoke Inuit and Dutch.

Kelsey, you have a week-long talent show? Goodness, I thought three hours was long enough! Every lunch break, for 45 minutes for a minimum of 5 days running! There's nearly 2,000 students at my school though. Thank you for the response. From her name I would guess that she is from the Disko Bay, but of course, people are moving.

The two languages spoken in Greenland are inuit and danish, not dutch, although there were some dutch whalers a few hundred years ago. You can see it on the names of some islands in just the Disko Bay area where island is called 'ejland' instead of the danish 'ø' (as in my name).

Emily, can you tell me the name of the Greenland song? I'd like to learn about the musical traditions of Greenland. All I know is Da Greenlandman's Tune, which is from Shetland. Can anyone can give me some good advice on learning about Greenland traditional music? Ah, Soren, my mistake Dutch and Danish are definitely two different things.

I'm not intentionally leaving the slashes out of my O's. I don't know how to get them there. I've looked all over my keyboard. S@ren? S%ren? S*ren? Hm.

Pauline, I was rash and threw out the program, so I don't remember the name of the tune. I'm going to have to introduce myself to that girl before she leaves here. I'll let you know if I find anything out.