Somerset Folk Harp Festival

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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