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.
September 2024
Sep 7 Edmonds WA. The trio, “Harps, Please” (Anna Jenkins, Michelle Hazard, and Tara O’Brien Pride) performs as a part of Edmonds Porchfest. This is a fun, family-friendly, and free musical afternoon outdoors in downtown Edmonds in which local businesses and homes offer their front porches or lawns as musical stages while pedestrians stroll the blocked-off streets to take in the sounds. Learn more at www.porchfestedmonds.com.
Sep 7 On-line. Verlene Schermer Workshop, Saturday, 9/7/24 10:00 am – 12:00 pm pacific time – New workshop topic! Verlene will be presenting a two-hour online harp workshop, “Scandinavian Songs and Tunes.” This class is open to all levels and all instruments and singers. You’ll learn songs and tunes from Sweden, Norway, and Finland. Most will have words with guidance on pronunciation. You will get arrangements that can be played on lever harp, pedal harp, or piano, in addition to lead sheets with melody, lyrics, and chords for singers, guitarists, and other instrumentalists. A video replay will also be available to all who register. Cost: $30 per person. Here’s how to register: https://tinyurl.com/ScandiSongs.
Sep 8 On-line. Sunita Staneslaw presents a concert from Unst in the Scottish Shetland Islands. Sunday, September 8th, Sunita takes her harp to some of the most enchanting beaches and landscapes of this wind-swept island in the middle of the North Sea. The concert is free but your contributions are welcome to help support the renovation of the historic house, The Hamars, being renovated by Sunita, her family, and a host of volunteers and local artisans. Register at https://hamars.uk/concert-reservation/ and a link to the online concert will be sent to you.
Sep 12 On-line. Melody’s Music sponsors a monthly Harp Teachers Gathering. They say “Join us on the 2nd Thursday of each month: Save the date for September 12 at 3pm Central time. Our special guest is harp educator Kela Walton, who will share information on the business of harp teaching. Other discussions will include teaching apps, mentors, insurance, organizations to join, and more. Contributions by Therese Honey, Kimberly Snaufer DeRosa, and Mary Radspinner. Hosted by Kimberly and Therese.” If you want to attend see https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvce-gpjwrHNSzxs2PD3cE6KORCSbzajvj#/registration.
Sep 14 On-line. Verlene Schermer Workshop, Saturday, 9/14/24 10:00 am – 12:00 pm pacific time — Verlene presents a two-hour online harp workshop, “Playing & Improvising Middle Eastern Music.” This is open to all, and it is not necessary to have her book by the same title. She will be sending handouts ahead of time and will work from those. Cover some of the Middle Eastern scales that can be played on lever harp, as well as left hand patterns that help establish rhythms used in Middle Eastern music. Use song samples to play and hear the scales and rhythms, and also cover how to improvise using all the above. Cost: $30 per person. Here’s how to register:
https://tinyurl.com/Mideastleverharp.
Sep 15 On-line. The Third Sunday Harp Circle will be meeting on-line on September 15 due to the Art Show being held in our usual library space. Just as we did in the bad old Covid days, we’ll meet via Zoom from 2-4:30 pm, and as usual we’ll take turns picking group tunes or playing solo works in progress! For more info or a Zoom link, contact Diane at mdianem@seanet.com.
Sep 18 On-line. Harps Etc. presents Amelia Romano workshop: Adapting Classical Works for Modern Levers, Thursday September 18th, 2024, 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. PACIFIC TIME on Zoom. Login info is sent out the day before the workshop. The workshop will cover 3 adapting practices that informed Amelia Romano’s sheet music collection, “classical re-imaginations,” intermediate/advanced classical transcriptions for lever harp. Amelia received her master’s in classical lever harp performance at San Francisco State University. Her latest album, “Levers Engaged: Classical Works Re-imaged for Harp,” and sheet music collection, “Classical Re-imaginations,” present the instrument as a valid voice in classical music. $25. To register see https://www.harpsetc.com/third-thursday-with-amelia-romano.html.
Sep 20-22 Missoula MT. Big Sky Harp Society Annual Retreat at Grant Creek Best Western Hotel in Missoula, MT. Featured Guest: Stephanie Claussen (see https://stephanieclaussen.com/). $225 per participant. For registration and information see: https://www.bigskyharpsociety.org/2024-harp-retreat.php.
Sep 21 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.
Sep 27 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.
Sep 28 Olympia WA. The Olympia-area harp circle will meet September 28th 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, contact Dan at dan.bolton24@gmail.com.
October 2024
Oct 4-6 Whidbey Island WA. The PSFHS Autumn Retreat happens Friday afternoon through Sunday morning, October 4th – 6th. Everything takes place in one building just steps from the beach and a state park; lots of harp playing but also time for socializing and exploring! Still a few spots open… for more info and a registration form, see www.pugetsoundfolkharpsociety.org/our-events.
Oct 20 Mountlake Terrace WA. Back to the library after the MLT Art Show! The Third Sunday Harp Circle meets Third Sundays at the Mountlake Terrace Library, 2 to 4:30 pm. Friendly and relaxed group, all styles and ability levels of harping welcome, solo playing is encouraged but never required. For more information or to be on the reminder list, contact Diane at mdianem@seanet.com.
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