Vågakallen is a graphic score made in the project “Graphic Notation and Composition” initiated by Marianne Beate Kielland and Lumine Stemmefestival autumn 2018.
In collaboration with DKS Vågan, funded by Arts Council Norway and Furestiftelsen, all 5th graders in the municipality of Vågan in Lofoten were offered to participate. First, they were introduced to different forms of graphic notation, workshopping vocal sounds, and how to notate them with vocal pedagog Hege Steenhoff Hov, and then they were workshopping how to compose using the sounds and graphic notation with composer Tine Surel Lange.
As a final stage, Tine Surel Lange composed a final work based on the compositions by the students, and there was a concert where 100+ 5th graders performed the work.
Vågakallen is a 943-meter high mountain in Vågan Municipality in Lofoten, Nordland, and a famous landmark. Vågakallen is also a troll known from many tales, where he was sitting in his high chair, almost 1000 meters over the ocean at Henningsvær. Both the mountain and the troll have been an inspiration for the composition – with the result being a fictive and sonic mountain hike in ten chapters.
Presented:
2019 spring – Svolvær, Norway
Credits:
Project Initiator: Marianne Beate Kielland
Workshop initiator: Hege Steenhoff Hov
Vocal pedagog: Hege Steenhoff Hov
Funded by: Arts Council Norway + Furestiftelsen
Premiere: 2019 spring – Svolvær, Norway
Graphic score
For unlimited amount of performers
10 min
Created for and performed by: 100+ 5th graders
Concept: Tine Surel Lange
Composition: Tine Surel Lange
Graphic score: Tine Surel Lange
