IB Expo Academy and IB Expo International

[BrianG]

At their website http://www.isildursbane.se/academy.html , the band Isildurs Bane has posted the following:

What is IB Expo Academy and IB Expo International?
IB Expo is an elaboration of musical group Isildurs Bane (IB), taking the form of a project. The band formed in 1976 and have toured internationally and released music since the 80’s, having constantly used Halland as a base for their musical activities that have involved a wide variety of musical genres and styles, performance spaces and forms of expression.

Since the mid-00’s, IB have given priority to ideas projects in which genre crossing and new technology have played an essential part. IB arranged IB Expo for the first time in 2005 with the aim of exploring communication and human interaction within the field of music, without the aid of a safety net.

In practice, IB Expo, an annual event, is a meeting with slightly more than ten musicians from different backgrounds ethnically, socially and musically. During an intense week, we all work towards two common goals: an internal process of musical self-development and an external process (working with the other musicians; doing clinics and workshops for young musicians; and performing a concert live in front of a paying audience). This working process is at once creative, interesting and rewarding but also demanding.

Beginning in 2010, IB expanded our activities to include educational days that enabled pedagogical meetings between musicians from Halland and guests from Sweden and abroad. Each of these educational days had a specific angle but with a constant focus on the here and now in music.

Starting in 2015, we are moving on and are now organizing our undertakings in three categories:

• IB (Isildurs Bane), a musical group working on recordings, projects and performances nationally and internationally
• IB Expo International (the event previously known as IB Expo), where IB meet musicians Swedish and international musicians to do clinics, workshops and concerts during an intense week
• IB Expo Academy, an international project where young musicians on a skilled level meet to deepen their musicianship, share experiences with the other musicians present and learn from the clinics and workshops.

Previous participants at the IB Expo have included Steve Hogarth, Tony Levin, Pat Masteletto, and many others. All I need now is to be 25 years old again!

[Thomas]

Thanks for posting this Brian!