No matter where you are in your harp journey, get inspired by the world class presenters and performers Somerset brings to you year after year.
Focus on a specific genre or technique, expand your area of study, discover and get inspired by music from all around the world.
Schedule of Events:
9:30-11am: Morning to Midnight - Original Tunes for All Occasions - Sue Richards
9:30-11am: Composing in a Traditional Style - William Jackson
9:30-11am: Lever It Up - Robbin Gordon-Cartier
9:30-11am: The Double Effect: Arranging for Double-Strung Harp - Cindy Shelhart
9:30-11am: Regency Music for Lever Harp - Sarah Deere-Jones
9:30-11am: Wedding repertoire: "Entre Ramis" - Nicolas Carter
9:30-11am: Irish Slow Airs - Gráinne Hambly
9:30-11am: Youth Program Day 3 - Nia Pierce
9:30-11am: Let's Have a Dance with the Harp - Adriano Sangineto
9:30-11am: Sing & Play Harp: Basic Accompaniment Patterns & Fills - Deborah Henson-Conant
9:30-11am: Technique Tune up for the Lazy Harpist - Kim Robertson
9:30am-3:00pm: Build a Harp (Waring Harp Kit sold separately) - Dennis Waring
11am-1pm: Grab and Go Options available in the Festival Lobby
11am: Vendor Hall Opens!
11:30am-12:15pm: Lunchtime Concert - Youth Harp Program and Cicely Tyson School of Performing Arts
11:30am-12:30noon - DIY 2: Tuning - Liza Jensen
11:30-12:30 - Preventing and avoiding injuries: Ergonomics for Therapeutic (and Other) Settings - Jen Narkevivius
12-12:45pm: Large Harp Tasting - Kim Adamson and special guests
1-2:30pm: Recording and Refining the Harp Digitally - Emily Hopkins
1-2:30pm: Ancient Harp of Scotland - William Jackson
1-2:30pm: A Round and A Round - Anna Dunwoodie
1-2:30pm: Harp Making History and Round Table with Michele Sangineto: From Da Vinci to Today - Adriano Sangineto
1-2:30pm: Venezuelan Merengue - Angel Tolosa
1-2:30pm: Learn Two of Alfredo's Famous Compositions - Alfredo Rolando Ortiz
1-2:30pm: Adapting Classical Music for Double-Strung Harp - Cindy Shelhart
1-2:30pm: Youth Program Day 3 - Nia Pierce
1-2:30pm: Slides & Polkas & More Irish Dance Tunes - Gráinne Hambly
1-2:30pm: Powerful Harmonic Progressions - Deborah Henson-Conant
1-2:30pm: Extremely Slow Airs - Kim Robertson
3-4:30pm: Playing More with Less - Edie Elkan
3-4:30pm: Using the Harp in Music Therapy - William Jackson
3-4:30pm: Latin American style waltz: “Luna LLena" - Nicolas Carter
3-4:30pm: Mindfulness and the Art of Improvisation - Martha Gallagher
3-4:30pm: Medieval Melodies - Christa Patton
3-4:30pm: The Gigging Harpist: A Walk on the Business Side Lecture - Erika Lieberman
3-4:30pm: Thomas Moore’s Irish Melodies - Gráinne Hambly
3-4:30pm: Learning “Metropolis” by Adriano Sangineto - Adriano Sangineto
3-4:30pm: Scottish Sessions for the Scared - Rachel Hair
5-7pm: Dinner Buffet in The NRG Restaurant (tickets sold separately)
7:00-9pm: Saturday Concert - Sue Richards, Alfredo Rolando Ortiz, Gráinne Hambly and William Jackson, Deborah Henson-Conant
9:30pm: Harpers' Escape Play Along - Hambly, Jackson, DeAngelo, Brewin-Wilson
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