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20 Harps for the Holidays: Dec. 7th Concert in Los Altos

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20 Harps for the Holidays Concert
Sat. December 7th, 2013

An ensemble of more than twenty harps will be making music for Harpeggio Music’s fifteenth annual holiday harp concert on Saturday, December 7, at 4:00pm at Los Altos United Methodist Church, 655 Magdalena Avenue, Los Altos. The program will feature a variety of festive holiday music, including traditional carols and a delightful harp and organ duet. Organist and composer T. Paul Rosas will be our guest artist. Paul has a wealth of international music experience, and he is the senior organist at the concert venue, which houses one of the premier organs in the Bay Area. For more information and tickets, please call Stephanie at (408) 366-8810 or email events@harpeggio.com. Proceeds go to Harpeggio Music to help support studio activities, including this concert. Harpeggio website: www.harpeggio.com

July Workshop in Tobermory, Ontario

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Creative Harp Collective International 2013
July 16-20, 2013
Summer Harp Workshop
Tobermory, Canada

Classes include: Harp Solo Performance Coaching, Body Awareness at the Harp, Use of Harp in Therapeutic ways, Vibro-Acoustic Harp Therapy, Music Theory related to the Harp, Improvisation, Studies in Rhythm, Yoga, NIA Dance, Meditation Techniques, Basics of learning to play

Website: http://kerstinallvin.com/chci2013/

2013 Earth Day Harp Circle Tunes

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The 2013 Earth Day (Peace Day) Harp Circle tunes are up on Chubby Sparrow. The first is a duet version of Come Give Me Your Hand, with chords and notes for lever harp. The second is a slow air based on The Bays of Harris, with lyrics modified from Robert Louis Stevenson’s poem “Evensong” (also with chords).

Everything in the “Free Music” section of the Chubby Sparrow site is free to download, print and/or listen to (please remember to include all acknowledgements and copyrights when printing).  Feel free to photocopy and/or share any of the tunes (non-commercial use only please).

Hope everyone is enjoying the holiday weekend!

Celtic Harp Page updates

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ltlgreenharpWe’ve finally completed our (long overdue) new year’s update of the Celtic Harp Page, including the Harp Events section, which now lists upcoming 2013 events along with our usual list of ongoing and annual events and other related links.

If you have an event, listing, or other link you would like to recommend, leave us a comment here.  Ditto if you would like your page, organization, band or event to be featured on the Harp Blog.  We’d love to hear from you!    – T.H.

Nov. 3rd Harp Concert in Ottawa

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What: Ottawa Harp Concert November 3, 2012
Who: Lucile Hildesheim, Gordon Johnston, Acacia Lyra and Zephyr Harps
Place: St. John the Evangelist (154 Somerset West at Elgin Street)
Time: 7:30 pm  / Tickets: $20
Reception following the concert

Exhibit tables of harp accessories will be in place. This concert will formally kick off the Northern Lights Harp Fest scheduled for October 2013. Registration will begin soon with a Christmas special in December. The line-up of presenters for the fest will be announced at intermission.

Info courtesy of Joanne Griffin.

Ottawa Harp Circle Schedule 2012-2013

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The regular Ottawa harp circle is back!  Schedule & info below, courtesy of Joanne Griffin.

Sunday, September 30
Sunday, October 21
Sunday, November 25
Sunday, December 16 Special program with Janice Parton
Sunday, January 27
Sunday, February 24
Sunday, March 31
Sunday, April 28

(Summary – the last Sunday of every month until April, except for October and December)

TIME: 12:30 arrival, 1pm start (prompt)
WHERE: library of Oakpark Retirement Community, 2 Valour Drive Ottawa, ON K1K 1K1 (613) 260-7144
BRING: harp, music stand, tuners and tuning keys, music: Finale, Northern Lights International Collection. Books will be available for sale at each circle.

GOALS:
– to have fun
– to make friends
– to share musical ideas
– to solve harp related problems
– to encourage each other
– to play together as an ensemble
– to have opportunities to play solo

All ages and ability levels are welcome.
Contact: Joanne Griffin at joanne.griffin @ rogers.com (minus the spaces)