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Access to all concerts at EIHF 2024 *
* Does not include the Ceilidh
WORKSHOP (W05): HEATHER DOWNIE Limitless Creativity: Unleashing the Power of Creative Constraints
George Watson's College 69 Colinton Road, EdinburghWe are told to think outside the box. What is this box? And what’s inside? In this creativity workshop we redefine it as inspirational space.
WORKSHOP (W06): SHELLEY FAIRPLAY & ISOBEL MIERAS To Teach Online or Not to Teach online? That is the Question
George Watson's College 69 Colinton Road, EdinburghShelley will open the session by sharing the good, the bad, the ugly, and amazing opportunities online learning can create for harp students and teachers. We explore how it differs from working face to face, including technical, physical and emotional considerations and look at some tried and tested strategies for successful online lessons both from …
AFTERNOON CONCERT (C04): JAMES RUFF / MARIA MONK
George Watson's College 69 Colinton Road, EdinburghJames Ruff explores the rich Highland repertoire for voice and harp from the 16th to 18th centuries, composed or collected by women, who, though excluded from official positions, proved important bearers of tradition in Scotland as musicians, singers, song collectors and poets. For Royal National Mòd Prizewinner Maria Monk, currently a student at Glasgow Gaelic …
COME AND TRY (T42) WIRE STRUNG HARP – BILL TAYLOR
George Watson's College 69 Colinton Road, EdinburghSunday 4.30pm -6pm TUTOR: Bill Taylor An opportunity to try out the beautifully resonant wirestrung Highland clarsach. While these were properly played with fingernails at least 2 mm long, that’s not necessary for this taster class. The technique we use is often called playing “in the stopped style”, where the finger pads damp certain strings …
EVENING CONCERT (C05): ADRIANO SANGINETO / TARRAN
George Watson's College 69 Colinton Road, EdinburghADRIANO SANGINETO Arpa Creativa A welcome return for Adriano, the popular Italianclarsach player. He will perform his Arpa Creativa show with the clarsach becoming an extension of his exuberant personality. TARRAN Tarran are an exhilarating contemporary folk group from Glasgow with roots in both Ireland and the Western Isles of Scotland.