Singing on the road

Participate to our singing adventure using music as a tool for investigating musical traditions and meeting people

Project visual Singing on the road
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04/06/2019
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€3,600
Out of €2,500
144 %

Singing on the road

<h2>Next goal : <strong>5000 &euro; !</strong></h2> <h3><strong>We have just reached our first goal of 2500 &euro; !!!</strong></h3> <h3><strong>Thank you to all 27 contributors, to your support and encouragements, we are blissed ! :)</strong></h3> <p><em>4 days left until the end of the collect, an opportunity to continue helping </em><em>us !</em><em> If everyone shares the link of our crowdfunding page and donates 1&euro;, it will enable us to finance other aspects of the travel. Next </em><em>goal :</em><em> <strong>5000 &euro;</strong> (the use of this goal is detailed at the bottom of the page).</em></p> <p><img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/574637/DSC08487-1551437901.jpg" width="100%" /><br /> We are two young <strong>music-therapists</strong> who have set ourselves a challenge - to use music as an <strong>exchange tool</strong> to meet populations from the <strong>Baltic and Scandinavian countries</strong>.</p> <p>Through a repertoire of traditional songs, we hope to partake in the <strong>Nordic traditional and musical culture</strong>, and also to investigate and put into effect music-therapy, our discipline.</p> <p>For centuries now, the Baltic and Scandinavian countries have been bestowed with the periodical singing and dancing traditions which enhance their calendars. In 2008, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were in effect added to the &laquo; <strong>Representative List of the Intangible Heritage of Humanity</strong> &raquo; by UNESCO for their musical traditions.</p> <p><img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/572899/UNESCO-Intangible_Cultural_Heritage_Logo3-1550914306.png" width="100%" /></p> <p>In these countries, music is known to be at its apogee during great events such as the &laquo; Laulupidu Song festival &raquo; which happens every fifth year in Estonia, and the &laquo; Skamba Skamba Kankliai &raquo; in Lithuania, where we will be participating.</p> <p><strong>During the travel, we will :</strong></p> <ul> <li>Sing in the streets and in people&rsquo;s homes in exchange for board and lodging&nbsp;</li> <li>go to festivals to investigate the musical traditions of each country</li> <li>do work-awaying to take part in the local life&nbsp;</li> <li>do musical residencies ; to work on our repertoire, compose and organize concerts</li> </ul> <p>Thus we will be using <strong>videos</strong>, <strong>podcasts</strong>, and <strong>articles</strong> to promote our discoveries, encounters and cultural events that may cross our route.</p> <p><img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/572892/Map-1550912403.jpg" width="100%" /></p> <p>We will begin our musical trip at the end of April 2019 by starting our travels from Montpellier, and then cross Italy, Austria and the Czech Republic, before arriving in Poland for the &laquo; Wszystkie mazurki swiata &raquo; festival (all Mazurkas in the world) where we will participate as volunteers.</p> <p>We will then make a couple of stops in the Baltic countries to assist different musical moments which punctuate the life of its inhabitants. One of the highlights of our travel will be in Tallinn with the 150th anniversary of the &laquo; Laulupidu Song Festival &raquo; where we hope to participate as chorists.</p> <p>We will continue our musical adventure by stopping off at the &laquo; Arts festival of Helsinki &raquo; at the end of August and plan on staying a couple of weeks in Finland to pursue our musical investigations and take part in the local life through musical residencies and work-awaying.</p> <p>On our way to Norway, we will cross both Finnish and Swedish Laplands and drive through Sweden where we will make a couple of stops before landing in the region of Bergen. Once over there, we plan to refine our knowledge of music and music therapy alongside musicians and music therapists previously contacted.&nbsp;</p> <p>To commemorate the end of our magical musical trip, we have committed ourselves to participate in the celebration of Saint Lucie in Sweden, which happens every thirteenth of December each year.</p> <p>This festivity which celebrates light has symbolic overtones in Scandinavia where darkness rules over winter. The idea of light overcoming darkness has been welcomed by the locals for hundreds of years and celebrated with musical processions illuminated by thousands of candles. Furthermore, this celebration is a great deal for us, as we both share the common name : Lucie.</p> <p><strong>We plan to be back in Montpellier in January 2020</strong>.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

Allocation of funds

<h3><strong>We have just reached our first goal :</strong></h3> <h3>Our KissKissBankBank collect of <strong>2500&euro;</strong> will enable us to finance the following aspects of the travel :</h3> <ul> <li>Recording material to film ourselves and record (sound &amp; video) our different musical encounters.</li> <li>Camping material to equip the van (heating, lamps, thermal sleeping bags, etc.) 752 &euro;</li> <li>Warm clothes adapted to extreme cold weather conditions 820 &euro;</li> </ul> <p>With more financial support, your help will be of use to <strong>cover</strong> all costs linked to <strong>food</strong> and <strong>transport</strong>. Our budget for these two categories is <strong>4316&euro;</strong> , therefore our final goal is far from being reached !</p> <p>If everyone shares the link of our crowdfunding page and donates <strong>1&euro;</strong>, it will enable us to <strong>finance other aspects of the travel</strong>. Next goal : <strong>5000 &euro;</strong> (the use of this goal is detailed at the bottom of the page).</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/579281/schema-1552912290.jpg" width="100%" />...........................................................</p> <p>Our project : The discovery and enhancement of traditional music in Scandinavia and the Baltic state</p> <p><strong>In order to be able to carry out this project successfully, we need :</strong></p> <ul> <li>special thermal clothes</li> <li>audio-visual equipment</li> <li>an equipped van for our trips, the storage of equipment and for sleeping</li> <li>financing to cover all costs pertaining to food and transport</li> </ul> <p><img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/572900/TAB_EN-1550915649.png" width="100%" /></p> <p>Hence the reason we are trying to get together financial help through different means to cover all of our costs linked to this project.</p> <p>If you happen to be interested in our project, please don&#39;t hesitate to support us !&nbsp;</p>

Rewards

Featured reward

SPECIAL PACK

€100

  • 12 contributions
"Singing on the road" thank you very much for your help ! Your name will appear in the acknowledgements at the end of our videos You will receive a "Singing on the road" flyer with a thank you letter + two mp3 audio recordings by e-mail & a surprise

Estimated delivery: April 2019

MANY THANKS !

€5

  • 1 contribution
Your name will appear in the acknowledgements at the end of our videos.

Estimated delivery: April 2019

RECEIVE A FLYER BY THE POST !

€15

  • 4 contributions
Your name will appear in the acknowledgements at the end of our videos. + you will receive a "Singing on the road" flyer with a thank you letter.

Estimated delivery: April 2019

AN AUDIO RECORDING

€30

  • 7 contributions
Your name will appear in the acknowledgements at the end of our videos. The Lucies will send you an mp3 audio recording from their baltic and scandinavian repertoire by e-mail, with a warm thank you !

Estimated delivery: April 2019

TWO AUDIO RECORDINGS

€50

  • 6 contributions
Your name will appear in the acknowledgements at the end of our videos. The Lucies will send you two mp3 audio recordings from their baltic and scandinavian repertoire by e-mail, with a warm thank you !

Estimated delivery: April 2019

THREE AUDIO RECORDINGS

€80

  • 1 contribution
Your name will appear in the acknowledgements at the end of our videos. The Lucies will send you three mp3 audio recordings from their baltic and scandinavian repertoire by e-mail, with a warm thank you and a surprise !

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