Learn to play music in a band and write your own songs.
Based on the cooperation of rhythmic music you will be taught in many musical areas.
At Vrå Folk High School you will be challenged on your instrument, your musical tastes, your theoretical basis and your basic understanding of the music.
You will receive lessons in: Cooperation. Music theory. Improvisation. Rhythm learning. Chord learning. Ear training. Music history. Songwriting.
You will experience tranquillity, but you will also experience being thrown into deep water sometimes, for example by instrument rotation, live concerts and CD capture.
Music at Vrå Folk High School is open to everyone – and does not require any former experience. You are welcome whether:You are a completely new beginner, or lower-intermediate and wish to receive a basicintroduction in playing music. You are an experienced musician or singer and wish to have a creative environment with numerous musical challenges and inspiration.
Vrå Folk High School has a vide variation of instruments, you can borrow for free. You are off course allowed to bring your own and to use the music studio 24:7.
In Songwriting at Vrå Folk High School, you write songs “from scratch”. To write a song, you will work with five ingredients.
- A text
- A melody
- A rhythmic groove
- A harmonic element
- An arrangement of sound that creates an overall impression
There are countless traditions and styles, which form the basis for how the five ingredients perform optimally together.
When the songwriting class creates “new,” we do so by studying and learning the know traditions and styles, so we areable to break them.
In practical terms, some hours do go to writing songs. Other hours go to listening to and learning about music. We will alsot ake the time to arrange each other’s songs and play them in the practice room. Sometime we record the songs in the studio.
Next semester is Fall 2026 from August 9, 2026 – December 19, 2026
Teacher: Jimmy Guldbæk
Lives together with Stine Flyvholm, who is also a teacher at the school. Together they have four kids and have created the “no bullshit” blues and folk band Grace James.
Jimmy has taught music for many years and have played more than 2000 live gigs with several of Denmark’s most prominent musicians.
Teacher: Stine Flyvholm
Stine graduated as a contemporary singer from the Royal Academy of Music. She has been teaching at the folk high school since 2019.
Stine lives with her family in Nørresundby. She is a songwriter and a performing musician.
Besides music, Stine is a true knitting nerd! She loves everything about knitting—the materials, the patterns, the styles, and the craftsmanship. She spends many hours a day with knitting needles in her hands! And when she isn’t knitting, you can find her in the jewelry workshop.
