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For Visitors:
I Always Wanted to Play the Harp!
When: Friday & Saturday mornings at 10am
Buy Your Visitor Ticket at the Festival Registration Desk & Come On In!
Have you ever said to yourself "I always wanted to play the harp"? Experience a harp first-hand, literally. We have a 45-minute workshop offered to any of our daily Visitors. Sure, you're coming for the day to check out the Exhibit Hall and maybe go to a concert, but this mini-workshop is intended as a "get acquainted" session--just you, an experienced harper and your hands on a harp. There's nothing to be fear or feel self-conscious about. learn how to make a "joyful noise". Ask questions. Get answers. After this workshop be sure to attend the daily "harp tasting" and be the judge on what kind of sound you like in a harp.
Attend a Harp Tasting
What's a Harp Tasting?
Open to festival registrants, non-harping companions & Visitors
It is a blind testing that allows the audience to hear and compare the sounds of several harps without knowing their brand. The tasting is conducted in the concert hall behind the stage curtain and the same piece is played on each harp. Audience members are given evaluation sheets which they can use strictly for their own purposes. There are "no winners" at a harp tasting since every musician has different criteria by which they judge and everyone has their own likes and dislikes. There will be tasting for small harps - 29 strings and fewer, and over 29 strings. Depending on interest, there may also be a testing of other harps.
Small Harp Tasting: Friday at noon
Large Harp Tasting: Saturday at noon
Get Your Harp Regulated at the Festival
Bill Grant is a certified harp technician for Salvi and Lyon & Healy and he's back at the festival this year ready to do harp regulation and repairs. Last year he was a busy, busy man! You can schedule time to drop off your harp either through our harp regulation forum or by emailing Bill directly. Bill will also be doing a 1-hr DIY Harp Maintenance on Friday and Saturday at 11:30am to show you how to tie strings, make simple adjustments and diagnose and fix those annoying buzzes. Bring your harp to that one!
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