Some recent past events:
(unfortunately our people don't always inform us about events to add so much is missing!)
Tapahtunutta
(HYVÄT SOITTAJAT: ilmoittakaa tilaisuuksistanne, puolet puuttuu!)
May 11th, kantele in Haapavesi church Mother's Day concert
May 3rd, kantele in Haapavesi church, private occasion
March 30th, kantele church and evening concert in Haapavesi
February 29th, kanteles in Haapavesi at Helmikartano
February 8th - 10th, 3RK electric kantele group in the studio recording a heavy CD
January 19th-20th, 2 from our region at the spring meeting of the board of the Kanteleliitto in Järvenpää
January 12th, private performance in Haapavesi
December 19th, performances in Mieluskylä
December 16th-17th, members of 3RK as honored guests in Helsinki celebrating three years as Young Culture-ambassadors. The title will remain. We were also offered funding for the our CD, which will specialize in heavy music.
December 11th, private engagement in Haapavesi
December 9th, kantele concert in Kärsämäki church
December 7th, electric kantele in Haapavesi educational center
December 6th, electric kantele group 3RK in Oulainen
December 6th, publishing of the album Sato - Harvest by electric kantele group 3RK
December 6th, traditional kantele performances at Haapavesi independence day celebration
December 6th, electric kantele group 3RK in concert "Väinämöisestä virtuaaliin" in Kärsämäki
November 30th, electric kantele group 3RK in concert in Pyhäjoki, as part of the concert series "Väinämöisestä virtuaaliin"
November 25th, kantele in Haapavesi church
November 23rd, three electric kantele concerts in Sievi by electric kantele group 3RK to begin the concert series "Väinämöisestä virtuaaliin"
November 9th, kantele at moose feast in Mieluskylä
November 3rd, electric kantele at Haapavesi Opisto
October 13th, Fall meeting of Kanteleliitto
October 7th, concert in Kalajoki church under the direction of Eero Pitkälä
October 13th, Fall meeting of Kanteleliitto
October 7th, church concert in Kalajoki
September 29th, a kantele wedding!
September 21st, we received new Young Culture - ambassador shirts
August 27th, 3RK received an invitation to perform at Finnfest 2008
August 23rd, kantele in Haapavesi for meeting of a political party.
August 23rd, the grand old man of kantele and Finnish folk music, Martti Pokela, passed away.
August 3rd, kantele dance at Kylpyläsaari in Haapavesi
July 15th-23rd, 3RK on tour in Bulgaria!
June 29th, private concert for sponsors of our electric concert kantele
June 24th, kantele church in Pulkkila
June 17th, kantele in Haapavesi church
June 14th, 3RK electric kantele group held an abnormal heavy concert at Kylpyläsaari
June 13th, kantele performance in Haapavesi
June 7th, kantele performance at Nora-Institute
June 4th-6th national solo competition of Kanteleliitto in Jyväskylä CONGRATULATIONS TO JAAKKO MERILÄINEN: NATIONAL 2ND PLACE ON ELECTRIC KANTELE AND NATIONAL 3RD PLACE IN TRADITIONAL STYLE!
2.6. kantele performance at Haapavesi educational center
May 19th, electric kantele in Haapavesi ReijoWaara -auditorium
May 11th-13th, Jane studying more Saarijärvi kantele style at Al-Könni Opisto with Pauliina Syrjälä
May 4th, 3RK received their own electric concert kantele, thanks to Kanteleen Voima!
April 16th, performance at Heart Association evening in Nivala
April 15th, charity concert in Nivala church for children orphaned in a train/car-collision
March 25th, church concert in Kempele
March 24th, spring meetings of Kanteleliitto and Kanto (organisation for teachers of kantele) in Hämeenlinna, combined with teaching sessions
March 22nd-23rd, 3RK in Helsinki performing electric kantele heavy for the Young Culture organisation as well as the 107 member organisations of Allianssi
March 5th-6th, more mastering for 3RK's CD in Inkoo at Imu-Musiikki with Matti Kontio
February 17th-18th, 3RK in the studio, the recording is over!
February 17th, spring meeting of Jokilaaksojen kanteleyhdistys
February 16th, kantele concert under the direction of Eero Pitkälä at Saviselkä school in Kärsämäki
January 27th, Jane and Mariia in Helsinki listening to the dress rehearsal of Timo Väänänen's doctoral concert
January 27th, Jane and Mariia in Helsinki for the meeting of the board of Kanteleliitto
2006
December 21st, kantele at Pulkkila old folks home
December 15th, The Haapavesi Lion's Club published a Haapavesi book, including text and pictures of 3 Rivers Kanteles.
December 15th, Christmas concert in the church in Vihanti, with a remarkable surprise, after the performance Jane was reunited with two of her former choir members from about 28 years ago.
December 15th, the prize duo Jaamarit performed newer music for kantele at Haapavesi educational center.
December 15th, Lani Thompson's new 5-string kantele book arrived from the U.S.with a picture of the pike's jawbone kantele made by Martti Pokela on the cover, taken by Jane. The kantele pictured is part of the Pokela-collection which is scattered about Haapavesi, this kantele can be found in the lobby of the city hall. Lani found it on this website. Lani Thompson's book includes her arrangement of the Haapavesi kantele piece, Karhunpeijaispolska, also taught on this site.
December 14th, the Haapavesi Rotary published their calendar for 2007, with pictures of several former and present kantele groups
December 14th, Jokilaaksojen Kanteleet continue as official Young Culture-ambassador group in 2007!
December 2nd, Christmas party of area kantelestudents of Eero Pitkälä and Jane Ilmola was at the same time rehearsal for the Christmas concert as well as Jane's birthday celebration.
November 19th, the director of 3RK, Jane Ilmola, was re-elected to the board of Kanteleliitto. Mariia Huikari of Ylivieska is midst her two year term on the board. The only change was the replacement of Ritva Koistinen by Matti Kontio.
November 18th, 3RK performance at yearly concert of Kanteleliitto
November 15th, "Kanteleet Kajahtaa" concert in Akustiikka auditorium in Ylivieska
November 3rd, kantele theme day in Aittokylä
October 25th-26th, processing of recordings for 3RK's CD in Inkoo
October 22nd, kantele in Rantsila church
October 1st, medieval music on kantele at Ainali in Haapavesi
September 24th, kanteles in Pyhäjoki church under the direction of Eero Pitkälä
September 22nd-24th, 3RK/Three Rivers Kanteles (Jokilaaksojen Kanteleet) in the recording studio!
September 1st, kantele performance at the 30th anniversary celebration of Haapaveden Puukaluste at the Haapavesi Professional School, congratulations to our sponsors!
September 1st, donation of kanteletables by Haapaveden Puukaluste
August 6th, kantele evening at Hammasniemi in Haapavesi
July 19th-31st, kantele performances by 3RK in Gannat, Charroux and Bourbon l'Archambault, France for the festival Cultures of the World, also recording
July 13th-16th, two premieres of music for kantele were featured at the shingle church music event in Kärsämäki: Olli Virtaperko's kantele solo and Per Magnus Lindberg's composition for violin, cello and kantele. The soloist was Eija Kankaanranta. We congratulate the organisers of this event for their choices, kantele resonates beautifully there.
July 13th, kantele at Yliniemi beach in Nivala
July 10th, 3RK's electric kantele concert at Kylpyläsaari in Haapavesi
July 2nd, 3 Rivers Kanteles/Jokilaaksojen Kanteleet performed for over 200 foreign guests at the opening celebration of the EU-convention YOUNG ACTIVE CITIZENSHIPS in connection with the beginning of Finland's presidency in the European Union
June 26th-30th, kantele camp in Haapavesi, teachers included Timo Väänänen and Riikka Jaakola
June 26th-30th, Haapavesi-folk camp, teacher of small kanteles Arnold Chiwalala
May 27th, traditional Finnish Mastership kantele soloists' competition in Haapavesi, concert and silver kantele examinations
May 23rd, the first Jokilaaksojen kanteleet-publication arrived in local mailboxes!
May 22nd, kantele performances for American guests in Haapavesi, resulting in sale of kantele to Virginia
May 21st, kantele in concert in Haapavesi for regional guilds of women athletes
May 18th, kantele performance at the blessing of the beginning of the farming season in Haapavesi
May 9th, pop kantele concert in Akustiikka-auditorium in Ylivieska
May 9th, performances in the evening at Haapavesi junior high school
April 14th, kanteles in Ylivieska church
April 13th, The Finnish Center for International Mobility (under the jurisdiction of the ministry of education) awarded 3 Rivers Kanteles/Jokilaaksojen kanteleet travel expenses for the trip to play at the World Cultures Festival in Gannat, France July 19th-31st, 2006
March 22nd, kantele instruction to German teachers and students from Weimar
March 19th, Kantele concert in Ylivieska Akustiikka-hall
March 6th, more filming and interviews for the kantele documentary
March 2nd, we received the film and DVD clip that was filmed to advertise us and the future kantele documentary! Sees it here!
February 28th, kantele at "Prophet in his own land"-event in Haapavesi
February 24th-26th, kantele at medieval weekend of Society for Creative Anachronism in Haapavesi, concluding in honoring recognition of local knowledge of old music traditions.
February 24th, kantele day at Karhukangas
February 18th-19th,2006 two of our representatives in Karkkila planning the future of the national kantele organisation
February 18th, kantele at Nora-Institute for medieval evening
February, visit from Swedish folk music lyceum, with joint concert and kantele instruction
February 11th, spring meeting of our local association, our membership due is now only five euros with new benefits such as our own magazine, Jokilaaksojen Kantele
February 10th, our summer direction was confirmed: Young Culture ambassador group 3 Rivers Kanteles/Jokilaaksojen kanteleet will play at the Cultures of the World Festival in Gannat, France
February 2nd, our kantele in concert with students from swedish folk music lyceum
January thru March 2006 Riikka Jaakola is studying traditional kantele in Latvia
2005
December 18th, kantele concert in Haapavesi church
November 11th, four delegates from our association to the fall meeting of the national organisation, Kanteleliitto in Lahti. Mariia Huikari was elected as a new board member. Jane Ilmola also continues her two year term on the board.
October 22nd, our kantele organisation's (Jokilaaksojen kanteleyhdistys ry) fall meeting
October 15th, religious concert in Muhos
October 13th, our representatives in Helsinki for Young Culture Ambassador education
October 7th, we received a new electric bass kantele prototype!
October 6th, filming for DVD and documentary
October 1st, kantele church concert in Oulunsalo
Sept. 29th, at Haapavesi Association's 50th anniversary celebration, Haapavesi Vocational School
Aug. 28th, at Taukokangas veterans' rehabilitation center in Oulainen
See pictures of us in Minnesota
See pictures from Michigan
Aug. 23rd, our
kanteleplayers on TV in all Nordic countries, filmed in Marquette, Michigan
Aug. 13th, concert Marquette,
MI
Aug. 12th, 2 concerts, instructional workshop and
television taping, Marquette, MI
Aug. 11th 3 concerts, Marquette, MI
August 7th church performance, instructional workshop
and concert Peace United Church of
Christ, Duluth MN
August 5th
Radio performance and concert Hennepin Ave. Methodist Church, Minneapolis, MN
August 3rd open
instructional
workshop Minneapolis, MN
August 1st
performance in rest home and open
instructional
workshop, New York Mills Regional Cultural Center
July 31st church
performance in Perham, kantele instruction
July 30th concert, New York Mills Regional Cultural Center
July 16th performance
at Niemimäki-Sillanpää family reunion in Ainali
July 12th
performance at Haapavesi marketplace
July
10th concert at Haapavesi campground, Kylpyläsaari
July 2nd - 3 Rivers Kanteles/Jokilaaksojen
Kanteleet in concert at Haapavesi-Folk
July 2nd private performance
Haapavesi church
June 20th We
were informed the 3 Rivers Kanteles member Päivi Ollikainen of Oulainen has been
granted admission to Sibelius Academy. Congratulations, Päivi!
June 6th -8th Riikka Jaakola's kantele students
from Ylivieska, "Röllit" placed third in age group 16-18 while the
group Riikka plays in placed first in their respective classes in the national
kantele competition in Jyväskylä! Congratulations!
May 14th kantele in Pulkkila for Northern
Ostrobothnia's pensioner's association's celebration
May 10th the Finnish
ministry of education appointed
3 Rivers
kanteles/Jokilaaksojen kanteleet
FINLAND'S YOUNG CULTURE AMBASSADOR 2005-2006!
May
5th kantele in Haapavesi church
April 28th kantele at Taukokangas veterans' rehabilitation center
April 27th kantele in Oulainen veterans' event
April 17th kantele in Piippola church
April 2nd spring meeting of Finnish Kantele Organisation in Helsinki, representing us - Jane Ilmola, member of both organisations' board of directors.
March 22nd kantele in "Prophet in his own land"-evening at Haapavesi Opisto Reijowaara-auditorium, award granted to 3 Rivers Kantele Society towards organisation of kantele competition in Haapavesi in 2006
March 19th spring
meeting of Jokilaaksojen Kanteleyhdistys ry (the 3 Rivers Kantele Society)
March 10th kantele concert in Nivala church
Päivi Ollikainen completed the music college
3/3 course
with flying honors - congratulations, Päivi!
February 28th kantele at Kalevala celebration of
Haapavesi war invalids
February 28th kantele at celebration in
honor of remodeling of daycare center
February 27th Kalevala concert at
Pyhäjärvi firehouse
February 26th - kantele performance and
workshop at event
of Finnish society for Creative Anachronism at Kytökylän
Kopsa (medieval
or renessance dress was required!)
January - kantele for tsunami
victims in Oulainen
Some events in 2004:
December 16th Haapavesi high school's teachers proved their skills with kanteles at the high school Christmas party by playing the Christmas song for kantele from Haapavesi "Kauhea Hässäkkä"
December 12th 30 kanteles in concert in Haapajärvi church
November 11th Haapavesi Finnish-Russian Society's 60th anniversary celebration featured kanteles at Haapaveden Opisto
Kantele also featured in Rytkynkylä village Christmas party
November 21st Jokilaaksojen Kanteleyhdistys r.y. fall meeting
October 10th. performance at Haapavesi central party's campaign party
September 17th. first rehearsal for second U.S. tour (August 2005)
September 16th.-18th. performances for Irish guests and planning of future project with Ireland
August 28th performance in Kärsämäki's new "shingle" church
August 14th-15th performance at Savo regional folk music days and nation saw-playing competition in Vesanto
August 3rd workshop for Lions-camp at Nora-Institute, 29 foreign youth participating
August 3rd performance at Haapavesi elderly village to members of Töppös-club
July 18th concert at Haapavesi campground Kylpyläsaari
July 12th local musicians visit to Kaustinen
July 11th local musicians visit to Kaustinen
July 10th performance at Haapajärvi local heritage celebration and kantele donation to Finnish minister of trade Mauri Pekkarinen
July 3rd Pokela-Academy kantele concert at Haapavesi-Folk
July 1st Guests and teachers at Haapavesi Folk visited Haapavesi museum's and Martti Pokela kantele collections
June 14th Kantele builder Erkki Leskelä donates his new kantele prototype to Jane Ilmola
June 5th Kantele at graduation parties in Haapavesi, among others at residence of Saara Mäki, "half" of duo Sansaara. Congratulations, Saara!
May 17th Kantele concert in Nivalan church
April 4th Kantele concert in Raahen church
March 22nd Medieval kantele music in Haapavesi church
March 20th-22nd Kantele-performances at weekend for Finnish Society for Creative Anachronism at Haapavesi educational center
March 9th.-13th Kantele performances and teaching of guests from Germany, Holland, Italy and Slovakia at Haapavesi junior high school in connection with European Union Comenius project.
February 17th "Prophet in his own land"-evening in honor of Martti Pokela's 80th birthday, honored guest and speaker - Martti Pokela, also performances by current national master duo Jaamarit.
Highlights of 2003:
tour of U.S.A. and Canada, music for Ossi Ojala's play Golden Kantele, donation of concert kanteles from Finnish Cultural Fund's division for Northern Ostrobothnia
Highlights of 2002:
Olga Shiskinan visited Haapavesi and taught gusli and Russian music to students of the kantele high school as well as at the educational weekend of the Kanteleliitto
Highlight of 2001:
