Calendar
Welcome to our calendar! Here you will find events of harp interest throughout the Pacific Northwest. (As submissions come from so many different sources, the Puget Sound Folk Harp Society cannot guarantee the accuracy of every detail; please check with the contact person when listed if you have questions or concerns about the event.) If you would like your harp event to be listed here, please contact info@reigningharps.com for submission guidelines.
February 2025
Feb 5 Seattle WA. Musica Practica: come learn how to combine mixed instruments to create an ensemble for medieval music. All harps welcome! Led by Sally Mitchell and Bill McJohn, sponsored by the Medieval Women’s Choir. Registration required. 3rd of 4: take one or all. $35 per class; $125 for four. For more information, visit medievalwomenschoir.org/events/musica-practica/.
Feb 7 Vancouver BC. Heidi Krutzen will be giving a master class to Vancouver Academy harp students at Mary Olsen Hall at the Vancouver Academy of Music at 5:00 pm, followed at 7:00 pm by a mini-concert of her duo, Couloir, with cellist Ari Barnes. Admission is free! Heidi is the Principal Harpist of the Philharmonia Orchestra in London, England, and is from Vancouver. See her web site to see her many accomplishments: https://heidikrutzen.com/.
Feb 7 Beaverton OR. Tracey Rose Brown will be playing harp at Beaverton Arts Walk on Friday February 7, 5-9 pm, at the Grey Raven Art Gallery next to the Reser Center for the Performing Arts, for the opening of Time and Light, a photographic exhibition of nature’s images in Oregon.
Feb 12 Seattle WA. Musica Practica: come learn how to combine mixed instruments to create an ensemble for medieval music. All harps welcome! Led by Sally Mitchell and Bill McJohn, sponsored by the Medieval Women’s Choir. Registration required. 4th of 4: take one or all. $35 per class; $125 for four. For more information, visit medievalwomenschoir.org/events/musica-practica/.
Feb 15 Portland OR. Meeting Third Saturdays: Harps at Artichoke, 2007 SE Powell Blvd., Portland OR. 12-1:30 pm. Play-along tune book on site, solos most welcome. Come enjoy harp company in Artichoke’s cozy cafe, a fabulous community music making space, led by established harpist Tracey Rose Brown. $5-10 facility fees. For more info or to confirm date and time contact Tracey at Tbharpsong@gmail.com.
Feb 16 Eugene OR. Janet Naylor, harp, and Linda Danielson, fiddle, perform 1 – 1:45 pm at the Frontier Heritage Fair, Lane Events Center, 796 W. 13th Ave., in the Auditorium. They will be playing American old-time and frontier era music on fiddle, mountain dulcimer, limberjack, harp, and vocals. For more info: https://www.eugenecascadescoast.org/event/frontier-heritage-fair/57493/ .
Feb 16 Mountlake Terrace WA. Third Sunday Harp Circle meets at the Mountlake Terrace Library, 2-4:30 pm. All ages and levels of players, all styles of music, all types of harps are welcome. Solo playing encouraged but never required. For details or to be on the reminder list, contact Diane at mdianem@seanet.com.
Feb 19 Veronia OR. Lisa Lynne and Aryeh Frankfurter in concert at the Public Library, 3 pm.
Feb 20 Port Angeles WA. Lisa Lynne and Aryeh Frankfurter at the Public Library at 11 am. Hands-on-Harps beginners’ workshop with harps provided. Free to the public, reservations required.
Feb 21 Port Angeles WA. Lisa Lynne and Aryeh Frankfurter in concert at the Public Library, 7 pm.
Feb 22 Olympia WA. The Olympia-area harp circle will meet from 1-3 pm at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 3800 Henderson Blvd SE, Olympia. The church is near Olympia High School. Harpers should enter on the north side of the building, then turn left and go to the room in the corner at the end of the hall. For more information or to be added to the mailing list, contact Dan at dan.bolton24@gmail.com.
Feb 22 Port Townsend WA. Lisa Lynne and Aryeh Frankfurter in concert 2-4 pm at Quimper Unitarian Universalist Church. An evening of Celtic Harps, Rare Instruments, and Wondrous Stories! $20 for adults (kids under 12 are free). See https://www.quuf.org/events/lisa-lynne-and-aryeh-frankfurter/ .
Feb 28 Vancouver WA. Vancouver WA/Portland OR area harp circle meets the fourth Friday of every month at Cascade Park Community Library, 600 NE 136th Ave in Vancouver WA. Group tunes, individual tunes and/or songs, creative expression, and a great time! Welcome to all ability levels, from 10 am-12 pm Pacific Time. For more info and to confirm date and time, contact Donita at donita_andrews@yahoo.com.
March 2025
Mar 2 Vancouver BC. British Columbia’s West Coast Harp Society presents famed harpist Alexander Boldachev in concert, 7 pm at the Vancouver Academy of Music, Koerner Recital Hall, 1270 Chestnut Street in Vancouver BC. Tickets are $30 general, $25 WCHS members before Feb 24, $20 WCHS members under 20 before Feb 24. All tickets $30 after Feb 24! Buy tickets at www.westcoastharpsociety.org.
Mar 7-12 Seattle WA. Steve Moss will be in Seattle for pedal and lever harp regulations and repairs on March 7-12, working at the Hotel Nexus Seattle, 2140 N Northgate Way, Seattle, WA 98133. To reserve your appointment, please contact Susi Hussong at susihussong@gmail.com. Please let her know if you would like any of the following services in addition to regulation: Bass wire replacement, Full or partial restringing, Pedal cap replacement. For information on service prices, please visit www.mossharpservice.com. If you have specific questions about your harp and what service or repair it might need, please contact Steve by writing to steve@mossharpservice.com.
Mar 7 Vashon Island WA. Monica Schley will be playing solo originals and songs of Hildegard von Bingen, and with the band Some’tet. Snapdragon, 7-10 pm.
Mar 8 Bellevue WA. Monica Schley will be playing solo originals and songs of Hildegard von Bingen, with City of Bellevue Cross-Cultural Programming at the Bellevue Baha’i Center, 4-7 pm.
Mar 9 Snohomish WA. Magical Strings with Irish dancers at the Thumbnail Theater, 4 pm.
Mar 15 Olalla WA. Magical Strings with Irish dancers at the Olalla Community Club, 7 pm.
Mar 16 West Seattle WA. Magical Strings with Irish dancers at Kenyon Hall, doors open 2 pm.
Mar 22 Burien WA. The Eastside Harp Circle Ensemble will be presenting a program on March 22 at 2:00 pm at the Highline Heritage Museum in Burien. Each month the museum highlights a different culture and March is “Irish Month.” The program will journey through important intersections of the harp and Irish history, and in addition to a variety of harp music, will include vocal solos, violin accompaniment, and an audience sing-along of familiar Irish tunes. For more information contact Anna Jenkins at peaceharp@hotmail.com.
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