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April 17 & 26: Harp Events in New Jersey
April 17 ’09: “Slight Imperfection” Celtic Harp and Guitar Duo plays at Crossroads.
Friday, April 17, 7:00 p.m. Cost: $5.
Location: Crossroads, 78 North Ave, Garwood, NJ.
Slight imperfection is: Odarka Stockert (Vocals, Celtic and Pedal Harp and Percussion) and Redentor Jimenez (Vocals, Guitar and Mandolin)
Crossroads Fri. Apr. 17 lineup: Beale Street Love, Generation Gap, Slight Imperfection, Astronaut Jones
More info: (908)-518-3023
www.xxroads.com
myspace.com/slightimperfection
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April 26: The North Jersey Chapter of the American Harp Society invites you to attend their Harpers Bazaar on Sunday, April 26, 2009 at the Evangelical Covenant Church of Montclair, 17 Valley Rd, Montclair, NJ from 11:15am to 3:00 pm.
Our vendors include Virginia Harp Center, Gerald Goodman, Colin Harp Music and Rharps, and there will as CD’s, music and crafts made by our members for sale. There will be an open mic performance for harpists, raffles and a bake sale. Admission is free. Proceeds from this event will benefit the Sharon Fisher Memorial Scholarship Fund. For more information, contact Diane Michaels at dianemichaels@verizon.net
Therese Honey – Branle de la Torche
Therese is playing a reproduction of the 17th C. “Boston Harp”, currently in the collection of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. The replica was built by Catherine Campbell, Port Townsend, Washington.
This arrangement of the popular Torche Branle by Praetorius can be found in Therese’s book “The Royale Harpist”. You can watch more of Therese’s performances (of both early and Celtic music) here.
Nancy Hurrell Workshop April 26 in Ottawa
Sunday, April 26th, 2-4pm
Harp Workshops with Boston Harpist
NANCY HURRELL
Ottawa Mennonite Church
1830 Kilborn Avenue
Admission: $30 at the door
And in advance:
The Leading Note, 370 Elgin St.
The Ottawa Folklore Centre, 1111 Bank St.
Contact: Mary Muckle mucklerice@rogers.com 613-825-1379
Details:
We’ll begin with a short session on Playing in a Harp Ensemble, learning a multi-level ensemble arrangement by Nancy. All levels of playing are welcome, and music is provided. Ideas and tips to improve an ensembles’ sound are given, plus brief comments/demo on performing the ensembles in her new book, ‘The Ring of Harps’.
The main workshop is Renaissance Dance Music for Harp. We’ll play Renaissance dances from the 16th century, and also learn the dance steps! Knowing the tempo and pulse of the dance is important for playing the music. We’ll also do some improvisation and discuss sources for music from the period. All levels of playing are welcome. (There will be a short tea break around 3:00pm.)
Information courtesy of M. Muckle
April Tune of the Month: The Cliffs of Moher
This upbeat tune is popular at the Celtic sessions in our area. It lies fairly easily under the fingers for harp (especially the B part), so with practice you should be able to play it at a decent clip. Click here to listen (right click to download the midi file).
We often play Cliffs of Moher in a set with Tenpenny Bit.
The HarpBlog Tune of the Month is courtesy of Chubby Sparrow Music . For a printable version, right click on the picture and choose “save target as”, or pop over to the Chubby Sparrow Free Music page for more detailed printing instructions (note: if you just left click and try to print directly from the browser, it probably won’t print at the right size).
Claude Debussy: Sonata for flute, viola and harp (mvt 1: Pastorale)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIG2zjRJP9A
Live in concert: Anna Gurzuly, flute. Cornelia Smaczny, harp. Karl Suske, viola.
Sarah Deere-Jones: Celtic Harp, Cornwall
According to phatombagpiper:
Estren & Porthlystry are 2 traditional tunes from Cornwall. They are featured in Sarah’s Cornish Tunes book from www.cornwallharpcentreshop.co. uk
March 25: The Australian Lipman Harp Duo in Toronto
The Toronto Chapter of the American Harp Society Presents
The Australian Lipman Harp Duo
Featuring Sebastian Lipman and Sayo Lipman
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009, 7:30 PM
Armour Heights Presbyterian Church
105 Wilson Avenue, Toronto, ON
Featuring works by Bach, Albeniz, Granados, Franck, Debussy, Ravel, Mozart and some contemporary pieces
Tickets $25 Adult,$15 Seniors/Students, Available at the Door
March 14 Celtic Concert in Peterborough
Sat. March 14, 2009 – St. Pat’s Fancy
A celebration of Traditional Irish Music to Support Market Hall
Cairdeas: Featuring Steafan Hannigan and Saskia Tomkins.
With: Carried Away, Glen Caradus, Tanah Haney (Celtic Harp), and the Convivio Chorus.
Market Hall Performing Arts (on George St. in Peterborough, ON).
8pm, doors open 7:30pm.
Tickets: $15.00, available at Showplace.
Phone: 705-742-7469
www.markethall.org
Concert to be followed by a traditional Irish session.
A Festival of Irish Music with Acacia Lyra
March 10th 2009: A Festival of Irish Music with Acacia Lyra (harp and voice duo)
The Irish Society of the National Capital Region, Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Eireann, Ottawa Branch, and The Gaelic Hour CHIN 97.9fm presents A FESTIVAL OF IRISH MUSIC. This concert, which launches Irish Week in Ottawa, will feature ACACIA LYRA, harp and voice duo with Janine Dudding and Susan Sweeney Hermon. Also performing are the Cohmhaltas Ceoltóirí Eireann Traditional Musicians, the Sarah Shea Irish Dancers and the Ottawa Celtic Choir.
Library and Archives Canada Auditorium,
395 Wellington St., Ottawa.
7:30 pm, Doors open at 6.30 pm.
Tickets $17.50, www.ticketweb.ca
The Ottawa Folklore Centre, 613-730-288
Info courtesy of the OntarioHarps list.