Early Bird Concert Pass
09th April 2021 - FridayExperience an ear-tingling array of top-class harp music for just £15. Line-up to include: Adriano Sangineto / Ailie Robertson / Corrina Hewat / Eira Lynn Jones and Anne Denholm / …
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Experience an ear-tingling array of top-class harp music for just £15. Line-up to include: Adriano Sangineto / Ailie Robertson / Corrina Hewat / Eira Lynn Jones and Anne Denholm / …
The morning course is now sold out, but places are still available on Ailie's afternoon course (16:00-17:15) Put on your dancing shoes: We’re about to explore the world of odd …
To a certain extent, players of harps and lutes shared a common repertoire across Europe during the 16th and 17th centuries, and this was certainly the case in Scotland. The …
A chance to delve into the wonderful repertoire of Scottish and Gaelic melodies. Beautiful Gaelic airs, wonderful waltzes and lively dance tunes arranged with accompaniment to complement and support the …
Corrina will be working through some of the exercises she uses on a daily basis for herself and with her students to support the learning of Scottish music. Can exercises …
For those with a little playing experience who would like to build confidence whilst learning some varied Scottish repertoire. At a relaxed pace, we will enjoy exploring tunes from beautiful …
A chance to learn some arrangements of Welsh traditional tunes. We will learn a slower tune as well as a couple of livelier dance tunes - and the accompaniment can …
This class is for young players with just a little experience of playing. Come along to explore some of the different rhythms, styles and sounds that you can make on …
Traditional Irish tunes taught in a traditional manner. The great wealth of Irish music is an oral tradition, so although written music is supplied in advance, it would be worthwhile …
In this virtual, yet hands-on, up-close class, we’ll use a harpful of jazz standards as a means to explore jazz techniques and theory (writ large), and (let’s just say it), …
Especially for our online class, Wendy has arranged a set of two Scottish tunes per day that, taken carefully but steadily, will flow together under the fingers. Join her on …
N.B. This course is now sold out. Having had the chance to hone this course online, Esther has found that improvising can be even more liberating in the comfort of …
We will be learning a combination of modern and traditional Scottish tunes with catchy melodies and funky and fun arrangements. The tunes will be specially chosen to fit well under …
Do you want to develop your pedal harp progress? Then this course will be your whistle-stop tour of all things pedal. On the itinerary: new exercises for fingers and feet; …
Scottish music has simply spectacular sound – sprightly strathspeys and roaring reels to joyful jigs and wistful waltzes, these fantastic types of tunes all contribute to it’s culture dearly loved …
Expand your lever harp repertoire with some beautiful pieces by J.S.Bach, John Dowland, Henry Purcell and more. We’ll also use Irish tunes that have some great lever flipping too! This …
Expand your harp repertoire whilst focusing on some fundamentals of harp technique in a supportive and friendly online environment. Learn new and perhaps familiar tunes with time given to helping …
This is a course for those who tried to untangle modes but just got tied up in knots! We will learn some Scottish traditional tunes and uncover the modes in …
Maggie’s mother, Flora MacNeil, from the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, came from a family with a rich Gaelic singing tradition. Having learned many of these songs which she …
Enter the world of electronics! Expand your harp sound world with pedals and plugins. Ailie will talk about the various possibilities for amplifying your instrument (acoustic harp and electric harp), …
In this workshop, Sixto and Juanjo will focus on the traditional music of Paraguay, full of contrasts and rich tone and introducing authentic sounds. We will discover how these can …
As musicians we take inspiration from a variety of resources. This is especially true for the clarsach as most of the old repertoire was lost. Nevertheless, we can recreate “original” …
Having had the chance to hone this course online, Esther has found that improvising can be even more liberating in the comfort of your own home. Following a series of …
Instrumental music, art and dance are all art forms that tell stories without words. Accompanying words - be it a song, a poem or a story - is just an …
This course is for those who have had a few lessons, who may be self-taught or who just want to go back to basics. Through simple tunes and a few …
This workshop is for those who have the fundamentals down but are looking to go deeper into finger dexterity, sound-control and looking to find more ease with the instrument. We …
This is a course for those who tried to untangle modes but just got tied up in knots! We will learn some Scottish traditional tunes and uncover the modes in …
Only a few years ago a German music scholar discovered fascinating music manuscripts containing dance tunes of the late 18th century. Johann Dahlhoff was a village musician in Westphalia who …
Put on your dancing shoes: We’re about to explore the world of odd time signatures! Expand your repertoire and your sense of rhythm with this course that will look at …
A chance to delve into the wonderful repertoire of Scottish and Gaelic melodies. Beautiful Gaelic airs, wonderful waltzes and lively dance tunes arranged with accompaniment to complement and support the …
Traditional Irish tunes taught in a traditional manner. The great wealth of Irish music is an oral tradition, so although written music is supplied in advance, it would be worthwhile …
Expand your lever harp repertoire with some beautiful pieces by J.S.Bach, John Dowland, Henry Purcell and more. We’ll also use Irish tunes that have some great lever flipping too! This …
Expand your harp repertoire whilst focusing on some fundamentals of harp technique in a supportive and friendly online environment. Learn new and perhaps familiar tunes with time given to helping …
Do you want to develop your pedal harp progress? Then this course will be your whistle-stop tour of all things pedal. On the itinerary: new exercises for fingers and feet; …
Scottish music has simply spectacular sound – sprightly strathspeys and roaring reels to joyful jigs and wistful waltzes, these fantastic types of tunes all contribute to it’s culture dearly loved …
We will be learning a combination of modern and traditional Scottish tunes with catchy melodies and funky and fun arrangements. The tunes will be specially chosen to fit well under …
A chance to learn some arrangements of Welsh traditional tunes. We will learn a slower tune as well as a couple of livelier dance tunes - and the accompaniment can …
For those with a little playing experience who would like to build confidence whilst learning some varied Scottish repertoire. At a relaxed pace, we will enjoy exploring tunes from beautiful …
Come and learn West Highland repertoire influenced by Gaelic song, bagpipes, fiddle and dance. We will look at arrangement ideas, grace notes and techniques to complement these wonderful melodies.
60 minutes to fool around with jazz techniques, from lever/pedal slides to muffles to polyrhythms to serendipitous flimflammery; minimal doses of a maximum number of cool techniques.
Eira is head of harp at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. She will work with selected students on pedal harp and clarsach pieces. This is a wonderful …
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