For the Generations

Bosnian Folk Music
Mentor Artist: Ekrem Hamzic

Bosnian traditional music. Supported by the Vermont Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program of the Vermont Folklife Center, Middlebury Vermont. Audio slideshow by Ned Castle.

A music teacher by training in Bosnia, Ekrem’s newest classroom is a kitchen outfitted with a keyboard, many pages of traditional Bosnian sheet music, and an energetic young girl, Jasmina. Ekrem plays on the keyboard as she accompanies—at first on violin, then with a beautiful singing voice and an occasional smile.