5th January 2019
UKHA Cardiff Christmas Party
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Location: Craxton Studios, London
Time: 4:30pm Tickets: Follow link right Details: UKHA Twelfth Night Party and Pub-style Quiz. 4.30pm Children's Platform 5.30pm Recital by USA competition entrants: Lise Vandersmissen and Sunshine Lo 6.15pm Pub-style quiz 7.15pm Festive food, wine and partying Bring your friends and family to make up a team, or join one on the night! |
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Friday 17 Jan 4pm — Sunday 19 Jan 4pm, 2020
Halsway Folk Harp Weekend
Dive into the fantastic world of folk harp playing. Harpists are welcome to join us for a weekend of harp workshops and sessions with tutors Steph West and Merit Zloch. This is our first weekend of what we hope will be an annual weekend dedicated to harp playing in a folk context.
Using repertoire from the UK (with Steph) and Germany (with Merit) we’ll explore the music, arrangements and techniques for playing the harp in folk context.
The course will be taught by ear with notation available at the end of the weekend. You are welcome to bring your recording devices.
Who’s it For?
As a guide, this course is aimed at Grades 1-5 or equivalent. It’s not for complete beginners. At the lower level, you’ll have been playing for at least one year with regular harp lessons, and be able to play a simple song with left hand. We will split into two groups, one working steadily to build confidence, the second working at a faster pace to suit more able students who want more of a challenge.
Using repertoire from the UK (with Steph) and Germany (with Merit) we’ll explore the music, arrangements and techniques for playing the harp in folk context.
The course will be taught by ear with notation available at the end of the weekend. You are welcome to bring your recording devices.
Who’s it For?
As a guide, this course is aimed at Grades 1-5 or equivalent. It’s not for complete beginners. At the lower level, you’ll have been playing for at least one year with regular harp lessons, and be able to play a simple song with left hand. We will split into two groups, one working steadily to build confidence, the second working at a faster pace to suit more able students who want more of a challenge.
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The Team
Merit Zloch is a harpist, composer and music teacher. She sees herself in the tradition of the itinerant harp players of the 19th and early 20th century, travelling with her harp throughout Europe charming people with her original compositions and arrangements of historical dance music. She has played in bands almost as long as she has played the harp and is constantly fascinated by the interplay between musicians. She likes to arrange and develop pieces together with her band colleagues and to improvise. Merit researches historical dance manuscripts and organises musicians’ meetings, bals and instrumental workshop weekends. |
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24th July 2020 - 30th July 2020
WORLD HARP CONGRESS 2020
RWCMD, Cardiff, Wales
In 2020 the World Harp Congress will return to Europe for the first time in 12 years. www.whc2020.wales |
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