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July 14-17, 2011
Parsippany, NJ
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Astral Harp Experience
The Carolan Marathon
Harp Corral
Harp Pool Loaner Program
Harp Regulation
Jams
Renaissance Ball
Saturday Banquet
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Can't make it to Somerset? Then come to the Harpers' Escape Weekend
October 14-16, 2011

 
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What's Open to the General Public

$15 Visitor Admission
Exhibitor & Vendor Mall
More Harps From More Makers & Vendors Than You'll Ever See in One Place Again!

Mall Hours: Friday 11am-7pm, Saturday 11am-6pm, Sunday noon-3pm

Harp Tastings
What is it? It's a blind (for the audience, not the harp player) comparison of the various makes and models of harps that we have in the Vendor Mall. Judge them for yourself on their sound. There's no one "right" harp. It's strictly a subjective choice. If you're interested in buying a harp, it's just one of the ways to judge the instruments.
Small Harp Tasting: Friday at noon
Large Harp Tasting: Saturday at noon

On Sunday:
Lecture "The Earliest Harps" with Bo Lawergren at 9am

SUNDAY SPECIAL: $15 admission gets you admission to this lecture, plus the Sunday concert plus the Vendor Mall


Build It Yourself with Backyard Music
This workshop is open to the public with a Vendor Mall admission.

Build yourself a harp at the festival. You buy the kit from Backyard Music and David Magnuson will have 2 1-hr workshops to help you build it and string it. The first session is building the harp frame itself. Then you wait for the glue to dry and come back later to string it. Multiple timeslots over the course of the festival to make it easy for you to find the time.
Cost of the kit: $160 bring credit card, check or cash
Buiding Sessions:
Friday:
9:30am Saturday: 9:30am Sunday: 9am
Stringing Sessions:
Friday:
1:30pm Saturday: 1:30pm Sunday: 2pm

Evening Concerts start at 7:30pm

CONCERT TICKETS AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC
Friday concert is sold out (7/13)
SATURDAY NOW SOLD OUT (7/16)

 

THURSDAY
NIGHT

Joy Yu Hoffman
Janet Witman

Sunita Staneslow

Tapestry
After the concert, there is a Meet & Greet in the Festival Lobby which is open to concert ticket holders only

SOLD OUT: FRIDAY
NIGHT

Cheryl Ann Fulton

Kim Robertson
Bill Taylor
Hen

 

SATURDAY
NIGHT

SOLD OUT

Nancy Hurrell

Laura Zaerr

John Metras

William Jackson & Grainne Hambly

Admission to the Renaissance Ball after the concert with your ticket

SUNDAY
MORNING
at 11am
Tomoko Sugawara

Nicolas Carter

McDermott's Handy &
the Harpers' Escape Ensemble

Lunchtime Concerts Enjoy the sounds of harping while you have your lunch. These acoustic concerts will be located in the Atrium.

Friday in the Atrium

11:45 am: Bedside Harp Harp Circle directed by Leslie Stickley


12:30pm: Shenandoah Harp Ensemble led by
Jessica Frost-Ballas

The Shenandoah Valley Harp Ensemble is comprised of lever and pedal harpists of all ages and ability levels. Students come from regions all across the Shenandoah Valley in Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia and are from the studio of director, Jessica Frost-Ballas. Ensemble members have participated in several local fundraising concert efforts to raise a combined total of more than $50,000 for the Fuller Center for Housing, Habitat for Humanity, and the Harrisonburg and Rockingham Thermal Shelter. Ensemble members are from varied backgrounds and enjoy performing classical, celtic, folk, religious, and popular works. Somerset Folk Harp Festival marks the ensemble's first out-of-state, all-lever harp performance.

Saturday in the Atrium

(above) The Northern New Jersey American Harp Society chapter, led by Diane Michaels, performed in 2010 and will be back. They'll peform at 11:45am. The Dunham Band will also be performing on Saturday, starting at 12:30pm.


 
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