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Presenters
Debbie Brewin-Wilson Nicolas Carter Chris Caswell Cynthia Cathcart Lois Colin Stephanie Curcio Jaque Davison Brenda Dor-Groot Candyce Dunham Edie Elkan Jessica Frost-Ballas Martha Gallagher Melinda Gardiner Maeve Gilchrist Tracy Gorman Bill Grant Dennis Gormley Denise Grupp-Verbon Michael Grupp-Verbon Gráinne Hambly Joy Yu Hoffman William Jackson Kathy Kasley Sabine Meijers Aideen O'Donnell Alfredo Rolando Ortiz Kim Robertson Gerry Serviente Margaret Sneddon Maureena Spadaro Sunita Staneslow Tomoko Sugawara Carol Thompson Angel Tolosa Clotilde Trouillaud April Vega Frank Voltz Sarajane Williams Janet Witman David Yunghans
Presenters
Gráinne Hambly
In Zen Guitar, the author talks about finding the silence between the notes. Even when playing a reel full stop, Gráinne Hambly, exhibits such poise, authority and skill that every note has its moment giving her music a depth that is hard to describe. Velvet wrapped around steel, might get close! Her style of playing and her accompaniments while firmly traditional, incorporate and celebrate contemporary rhythms with amazing dexterity and flawless taste. Her accomplishments are many. She is popular in many countries and she tours around the world, has three solo CDs, two music books and two CDs with William Jackson. With a master's degree from Queens University in Belfast and years of workshop experience, her teaching skills match her playing; she is patient, clear, and sharp-eyed. She teaches at most of the major summer schools in Ireland and is in much demand here when she's on tour. She is also on staff at You Gotta Have Harp's Harpers' Escape Weekend. For the advancing student, eager to take on challenges, (warning: she makes it look easy!) Gráinne is a great choice.
Presenter website: Grainne Hambly
Accompanying Traditional Irish Music
Level: Int-Adv Type: Hands On When: Fri. 1:30pm More Info
Bunting's Collections & the Old Harp Repertoire
Level: Any Type: Hands On When: Sat. 1:30pm More Info
The Jig is Up: Playing with Lilt
Level: Any Type: Hands-on When: Thurs. 1pm More Info
History of the Irish Harp
Level: Any Type: Lecture When: Sun. 9am More Info
Joy Yu Hoffman
Both of Joy Yu Hoffman’s parents were deeply involved in music and music scholarship, and Joy began her musical apprenticeship on the piano at the age of four, an education which continued even during the difficult political times in China in the 50’s and 60’s. By seventeen, her musical talent was officially recognized and she attended to the Shenyang Conservatory of Music. In the early 1980s, Joy came to America and studied for her Bachelor and Master’s degrees at Roosevelt and Northwestern Universities. A musical adventure opened up for Joy when she received from China, a Chinese Double Strung Harp, leading her into a deep exploration of Chinese traditional music and the development of her own distinctive style. She has released three CDs, Ballad, Blessing and Bridge, and has published a number of compositions and one exercise book for the Double Strung harp. She not only plays Asian music on the Kong Hou (Chinese harp), but also Celtic music, Jazz and Blues.
Presenter website: Joy Yu Hoffman
Chinese Music & Folk Songs
Level: Any Type: Hands-on When: Fri. 9:30am More Info
Make It a Double I
Level: Int Type: Hands-on When: Fri. 1:30pm More Info
Make It a Double II
Level: Int Type: Hands-on When: Sat. 1:30pm More Info
William Jackson
Simply listing William Jackson’s achievements, as musician, performer and composer can’t come close to capturing the brilliant spirit, musical intelligence, dry wit, and sympathy that he brings to every instrument he plays, piece he composes and class he teaches. Although the harp is his primary instrument, Billy’s knowledge and experience allows him to move comfortably from the bouzouki to the tin whistle. In 1976 he was a founding member of Ossian, a breakthrough Scottish band. His richly woven and bold compositions, The Wellpark Suite, St. Mungo, Inchcolm, and A Scottish Island, reveal him as a master of orchestration with a sensitivity to contemporary tastes and the traditional idiom. In 1999 his composition 'Corryvreckan' from the album Inchcolm was included on Fiona Ritchie's favourites collection, "The Best of The Thistle & Shamrock, Volume 1." More recently he composed “Fantasia on Scottish Themes” for the Asheville Symphony Orchestra” in North Carolina. He is now living in Ireland. Last summer his CD with Grainne Hambly debuted at Somerset. Besides many CDs he also has one book, Scottish Traditional Music, complementary to the CD The Ancient Harp of Scotland. In 2008 he joined the staff at You Gotta Have Harp's Harpers' Escape Weekend.
Presenter website: William Jackson
Accompanying Other Instruments
Level: Int.-Adv. Type: Hands-on When: Sat. 9:30am More Info
Composing in a Traditional Style
Level: Any Type: Hands-on When: Fri. 9:30am More Info
Scottish Harp Music of the 18th Century
Level: Any Type: Hands-on When: Thurs. 3:30pm More Info
Using the Small Harp in Music Therapy
Level: Any Type: Lecture When: Sat. 3:30pm More Info
Kathy Kasley is a certified U.S. Water Fitness Association instructor, and has been teaching water exercise in the Williamsburg VA area where she lives for 4 years. She plays Celtic harp and has become a certified music practitioner with MHTP and plays harp in hospitals and hospice. As a harpist with arthritis, she has found that exercise can profoundly help hand articulation and the ability to continue to play with ease. This is Kathy's second year at Somerset leading this morning workshop at the pool for the early risers at the festival.
Presenter website: Kathy Kasley
Water Workout
Level: Any. Type: Hands-on When: Fri. & Sat. 7:30am More Info
Sabine Meijers (International Jazz Harp Foundation)
Sabine Meijers appears courtesy of the International Jazz Harp Foundation.
Sabine trained in classical harp at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague and earned her Bachelor degree at the Codarts/Classical music academy in Rotterdam. She discovered the joys of jazz in the early 2000’s and began studying with Park Stickney, Deborah Henson-Conant, Jonah Clement and others. In June 2006 Sabine Meijers and Brenda Dor-Groot founded the Dutch Jazz Harp Foundation and then the International Jazz Harp Foundation in 2007. Through the IJHP, she and Brenda have a common goal to inspire students, teachers, amateurs and professionals to play creatively and freely. Besides jazz, Sabine has performed with classical orchestras and choris. She plays and performs with Brenda Dor-Groot in the lively 94 Strings duo. Sabine is a harp teacher at the music schools in Leiden and Capelle a/d IJessel. In addition, she teaches in her private practice in Rotterdam.
Presenter website: International Jazz Harp Foundation
All-Day Jazz & Blues Harp Special presented by Intl Jazz Harp Foundation
Level: Int.-Adv. Type: Hands-on When: Thurs. 10am More Info
Gear Up Your Harp with Brenda Dor-Groot
Level: Any Type: Hands-on When: Fri. 3:30pm More Info
A Taste of Jazz Harp
Level:Beg. Type: Hands-on When: Sat. 1:30pm More Info
Aideen O'Donnell
New Jersey is proud to claim Dublin-born harpist and singer Aideen as one of its own now. With her extensive career in shows with top Irish performers like Anthony Kearns, Hal Roach and Andy Cooney, Aideen many appearances have taken her to Carnegie Hall (yes, that one!) in New York, and Jury's Cabaret and Killiney Castle Cabaret in Ireland. Her singing of traditional and popular Irish song is absolutely lovely with her tasteful accompaniment on the harp. She teaches both harp and piano and her students regularly compete at the Mid-Atlantic Fleadh Cheoil. She herself is a past winner at the All-Ireland in both harp and Irish singing.
Presenter website: Aideen O'Donnell
With A Song in Your Heart: Singing With Your Harp
Level: Beg.-Int. Type: Hands-on When: Sat. 9:30am More Info
Aeolean Art at Its Best
Level: Any Type: Hands-on When: Fri. 1:30pm More Info
Weddings & Working With the Bride
Level: Any Type: Lecture When: Sat. 3:30pm More Info
Alfredo Rolando Ortiz
Cuban born Alfredo Ortiz is one the leading Paraguayan harpists and has a multi-cultural repertoire which covers the folk, classical and popular music of many countries, in addition to his own compositions. He began playing the Venezuelan folk harp at 15, four years after his family emigrated there, and he eventually used music to support his medical studies. Dr. Ortiz also has a background in music therapy and sensory motor integration, which he draws on in his body/harp workshops. His compositions and publications are used in many schools and by many harp ensembles around the world. In 2008, he was commissioned by the Tenth World Harp Congress to compose a piece, which was then performed by 232 harpists at the Congress, breaking a record in the Guinness Book of World Records. When not performing with symphonies and orchestras, doing concerts or recording, Dr. Ortiz is traveling and doing lectures and master classes. In 2011, in honor of his 50 years of contributions to the harp community, Alfredo was awarded the very first Lifetime Achievement Award by the Somerset Folk Harp Festival.
Presenter website: Alfredo Rolando Ortiz
Latin American Special Effects & Techniques for Any Harp
Level: Any Type: Hands-on When: Sat. 3:30pm More Info
Prevent Injury & Play Better and Faster
Level: Any Type: Hands-on When: Fri. 1:30pm More Info
Creating School Programs With Your Harp
Level: Any Type: Lecture When: Fri. 3:30pm More Info
Kim Robertson
As one of the pioneers of the American folk harp, Kim Robertson’s style and approach to the instrument is uniquely personal and original. Trained classically on piano and orchestral harp, she brings to both her original compositions and her arrangements of Celtic music a contemporary touch to this centuries’ old instrument. Her skill as a performer has brought her a loyal following and she is an experienced and sensitive teacher as well. She has many CD’s, among them Highland Heart, Dance to your Shadow, The Spiral Gate as well as many 11 volumes of harp arrangements and several instructional videos.
Presenter website: Kim Robertson
Celtic Airs & Lullabies
Level: Any Type: Hands-on When: Fri. 3:30pm More Info
The Creative Beginner
Level: Beg. Type: Hands-on When: Sat. 1:30pm More Info
The Fun Stuff
Level: Any Type: Hands-on When: Fri. 9:30am More Info
International Lullabies
Level: Any Type: Hands-on When: Sun. 9:30am More Info
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