{"id":14714,"date":"2021-06-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/huskonsert-i-bodi-eldri-borgara-a-tonlistarnamskeidi\/"},"modified":"2022-09-26T15:17:28","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T15:17:28","slug":"a-concert-for-senior-citizens-at-a-music-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/huskonsert-i-bodi-eldri-borgara-a-tonlistarnamskeidi\/","title":{"rendered":"House concert for senior citizens at a music course"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A dynamic group of older people from diverse backgrounds came together for a five-day music course last week. The course was a pilot project by two music teachers at  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tonhaf.is\/\">Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Music School<\/a>  and truly brand new. During the course, a senior citizens\u201e band was \u201cformed', where each person turned up with their own instrument and voice, and for those five days, we worked on carefully selected songs by The Beatles. The course concluded with a house concert in the beautiful and modern facilities of the Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Music School at Skar\u00f0shl\u00ed\u00f0arsk\u00f3li.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/img_9029-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9029\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2048px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2048\/1366;\"><\/p>\n<p><sup>The backgrounds of those who attended the course are varied, but everyone in the group shares a solid foundation in music.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/sup><\/p>\n<h4>An opportunity to brush up on old skills<\/h4>\n<p>The course gave instrumentalists and music lovers among senior citizens, who have a certain foundation in playing an instrument and singing, the opportunity to brush up on old skills as well as to expand their knowledge of playing an instrument and ensemble playing. The course was led by Sigr\u00fan Kristbj\u00f6rg J\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir and Inga Bj\u00f6rk Ingad\u00f3ttir, teachers from the music school. A similar course is planned for autumn 2021 and will be advertised on the music school's and the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur's channels.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/img_8991-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8991\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2048px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2048\/1366;\"><sup>Everyone turned up with their instrument and their talents.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/img_9038-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9038\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2048px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2048\/1366;\"><\/p>\n<p>Further information about the project is available from Sigr\u00fan Kristbj\u00f6rg via the following email address:  <a href=\"mailto:sigrun.k.jonsdottir@gmail.com\">sigrun.k.jonsdottir@gmail.com<\/a>  or by phone:  <a href=\"tel:695-2604\" class=\"tel\">695-2604<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00d6flugur h\u00f3pur eldri borgara \u00far \u00f3l\u00edkum \u00e1ttum kom saman \u00e1 fimm daga t\u00f3nlistarn\u00e1mskei\u00f0i \u00ed s\u00ed\u00f0ustu viku. N\u00e1mskei\u00f0i\u00f0 var tilraunaverkefni tveggja t\u00f3nlistarkennara vi\u00f0 T\u00f3nlistarsk\u00f3la Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar og sannarlega n\u00fdtt af n\u00e1linni. \u00c1 n\u00e1mskei\u00f0inu var &#8222;stofnu\u00f0&#8220; hlj\u00f3msveit eldri borgara \u00fear sem hver og einn m\u00e6tti til leiks me\u00f0 sitt eigi\u00f0 hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6ri og r\u00f6dd og var \u00feessa fimm daga [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14714"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}