"The Temptations of Veslemøy" is the fruit of compositional efforts of Norwegian composer Kjell Habbestad, the "gjendiktning" translation work of William Halverson, and a long-standing friendship between the two men . Veslemøy is the heroine of Arne Garborg's Nynorsk verse novel, "Haugtussa" She was made famous by Edvard Grieg's setting of 8 of the 70 […]

with translations by Bill Halverson - The piece features texts based on poems from Norwegian poet Arne Garborg’s verse novel Haugtussa, in new English translations by Dr. William Halverson. Dr. Halverson has also recently published his translation of the entire Garborg work, originally written in Nynorsk (“New Norwegian”), under the title Haugtussa: The Clairvoyant Mountain […]

This program is currently postponed until a later time - Program & Date TBA A Fulbright Scholar and Fellow of the American Scandinavian Foundation, Ms. Jordheim studied and conducted research on singing diction in the Scandinavian languages at the University of Oslo in 2013-2014. She frequently performs recitals of songs by Scandinavian composers, has published […]