Programs
Gudrid the Wanderer can be tailored for concerts, festivals, museums, parks, and indoor or outdoor events. Please contact Lynn Noel to discuss the right mix of song/story, audio/visual, and acoustic/digital material for your audience.
Acoustic Song and Saga (view sample program booklet)
Acoustic Song and Saga (view sample program booklet)
Gudrid the Wanderer (30-45 min) is a first-person musical storytelling program best presented in an intimate acoustic space. Suitable for a solo festival concert/workshop or as onsite living history (see below).
Gudrid the Wanderer (30-45 min) is a first-person musical storytelling program best presented in an intimate acoustic space. Suitable for a solo festival concert/workshop or as onsite living history (see below).
Songs of the Sagas (15-60 min) is a concert of Viking era and traditional Scandinavian song that can be presented as a festival set, round robin workshop, or aboard a Viking ship.
Songs of the Sagas (15-60 min) is a concert of Viking era and traditional Scandinavian song that can be presented as a festival set, round robin workshop, or aboard a Viking ship.
Vinland Saga Campfire (30-90 min) is a skaldic storytelling of primary texts from the Greenlanders' Saga and Eirik's Saga in English. Best suited to an evening campfire.
Vinland Saga Campfire (30-90 min) is a skaldic storytelling of primary texts from the Greenlanders' Saga and Eirik's Saga in English. Best suited to an evening campfire.
Viking Age Geography
Viking Age Geography
Visit the Vikings (30-60 min) is an interactive narrative and visual demo of the Viking Sites Google Map. Best suited to a digital A/V theatre.
Visit the Vikings (30-60 min) is an interactive narrative and visual demo of the Viking Sites Google Map. Best suited to a digital A/V theatre.
Mapping the Vinland Sagas (45-60 min) is an interactive narrative and visual demo of the Vinland Saga Storymap. Best suited to a digital A/V theatre.
Mapping the Vinland Sagas (45-60 min) is an interactive narrative and visual demo of the Vinland Saga Storymap. Best suited to a digital A/V theatre.
Ethnomusicology in Performance
Ethnomusicology in Performance
What Did the Vikings Sing? (45-60 min) is an audio/video demo/discussion of 8th-11th century Norse music as historically informed performance from primary sources, traditional Scandinavian song that complements Icelandic saga, and contemporary artists reinterpreting the saga tradition.
What Did the Vikings Sing? (45-60 min) is an audio/video demo/discussion of 8th-11th century Norse music as historically informed performance from primary sources, traditional Scandinavian song that complements Icelandic saga, and contemporary artists reinterpreting the saga tradition.
First-Person Living History
First-Person Living History
Lynn Noel is a professional heritage interpreter and living history educator who can roleplay Gudrid the Wanderer as an unscripted living history impression, either solo or with site interpreters. Suitable for living history museums, archaological sites, Norse encampments, and replica/restored Viking ships.