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Storytelling for Musicians with Svend-Erik Engh - Part of Tradfest 2024

This workshop with Svend-Erik Engh is for musicians who want to be better storytellers on stage!

Storytelling for Musicians with Svend-Erik Engh - Part of Tradfest 2024

About Storytelling for Musicians with Svend-Erik Engh - Part of Tradfest 2024

For musicians who want to be better storytellers on stage! Learn how to improve your patter and song introductions with some basic rules of storytelling. An interactive and fun session led by experienced storyteller Svend-Erik Engh, where you will learn how to stay grounded, be aware of your audience and try different introductions to songs and music, with honest and useful feedback.

Presented by the Traditional Music Forum.

Svend-Erik Engh is a Danish storyteller living in Edinburgh. He tells Viking stories, Norse myths, and Scandinavian folktales and legends. Born and raised in Denmark to a Norwegian mother, these stories are in his blood and bones. Svend-Erik has a passion for all good stories and has collected many on his world travels over the years. When he is not having fun telling or writing stories, he is coaching storytellers and leading seminars and masterclasses to help people become better storytellers.

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