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 Daily Schedule
Schedule as of May 2, 2009, subject to change prior to the festival so please check back here occasionally. Download the spreadsheet file and filter and sort the schedule to create your own festival plan. PDF version is also downloadable here..
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| Thursday |
Presenter |
Level |
| 8:30am Registration opens for Thursday workshops |
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| 9:00am: Teacher's Symposium : |
Sharon Knowles. Ray Pool |
Any |
| 9:30am: Wire Harp Gathering : |
Ann Heymann |
Any |
| 10:30am: Field trip to the National Gallery and Library of Congress : |
Cathcart, Heymann, Whiteside |
Any |
| 1:00pm: How to Make More Money as a Professional Harpist : |
Pamela Bruner |
Any |
| 1-2:30pm Irish harp repertoire: then and now : | Michael Rooney | Int-Adv |
| 3pm Vendor Mall opens: Registration begins |
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| 3pm Meet & Greet harp circle in the registration lobby |
Sue Richards |
Any |
| 3-4:30pm music in the upstairs hotel lobby |
WAFHS harpers |
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| 3-4:30pm Ancient Harp of Scotland : | William Jackson | Int-Adv |
| 7:30pm Evening concert |
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| 9:30pm Meet & Greet Reception plus evening jam |
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| Friday |
Presenter |
Level |
| 8:00am Morning Meditation : | Joanna Mell | Any |
| Yoga for Every Body : | Melissa Collins | Any |
| 9:30-11am first workshop period |
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| Copyrights & wrongs: What you need to know : | Angi Bemiss | Any |
| No Levers? No Problem! : |
Cynthia Cathcart |
Int-Adv |
| Scandinavian Music for the Lever Harp : | Beth Kolle | Any |
| Somerset Harp Ensemble I : | Janet Witman | Any |
| Other Celts: Cornwall, Brittany and Wales : | John Sheridan | Any |
| Plenty of time: you and rhythm : | Maeve Gilchrist | Int-Adv |
| How to Become a Therapeutic Musician : | Melinda Gardiner, Carol Joy Loeb | Any |
| Paraguayan Music (Intro), I : | Nicolas Carter | Any |
| Art of Relaxed Performance : | Sunita Staneslow | Any |
| Arranging Pipe and Fiddle Tunes for Harp : | William Jackson | Int-Adv |
| 11am: Vendor Mall opens (closes at 7pm) |
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| 11:30am |
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| I Always Wanted to Play the Harp : | Pamela Bruner | Novice |
| DIY: Harp Maintenance & Troubleshooting |
Liza Jensen |
Any |
| Listening space in the lobby: have lunch & listen to music |
Washington Area Folk Harp Society members |
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| 12:30pm Small Harp Tasting in the concert hall |
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| 1:30pm-3pm 2nd workshop period |
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| Authentic-sounding medieval & Renaissance music : |
Constance Whiteside |
Any |
| Building a Song the Bedside Harp Way : | Edie Elkan | Any |
| Chordless? Getting out of a harmonic rut : | Gloria Galante | Int-Adv |
| River of harmonies, River of Sound : | Joanna Mell | Any |
| Finding and Enjoying Your Singing Voice : | Martha Gallagher | Any |
| Introduction to Irish dance music : | Michael Rooney | Beg-Int |
| Paraguayan Music (Intro) II : | Nicolas Carter | Any |
| Robert Burns, the man and his music : |
Debbie Brewin-Wilson |
Any |
| Secrets of Great Programming for Harp Ensembles : |
Janet Witman |
Any |
| Wire harp master class : | Ann Heymann | Adv |
| Get off the Page : | Sunita Staneslow | Any |
| 3:30pm-5pm 3rd workshop period |
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| Latin and South American Rhythms : | Alfredo Rolando Ortiz | Any |
| KISS Weddings: Keep It Simple & Serene : | Angi Bemiss | Any |
| Scandinavian Harp Ensemble : | Beth Kolle | Any |
| Octaves on the Wire Strung Harp : | Cynthia Cathcart | Any |
| With a Harp and a Prayer: Playing at Church : | Gerry Serviente | Any |
| It's a Small World : | John Sheridan | Any |
| Exploring and Creating with the MIDI harp : | Martha Gallagher | Any |
| Harping Without Harming : | Melissa Collins | Any |
| Therapeutic Music “Jam” – sharing our healing music with each other : |
Melinda Gardiner, Carol Joy Loeb |
Any |
| Blind Harpers who was Rory Dall? : | William Jackson | Any |
| 5pm-7:30pm Dinner on your own |
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| 5:15pm-6pm Bemiss by Request: Listening room |
Angi Bemiss |
Any |
| 7pm Vendor Mall closes for the day |
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| 7:30pm Evening concert |
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| 9:30pm Jam sessions |
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| Saturday |
Presenter |
Level |
| 8:00am Morning Meditation : |
Joanna Mell |
Any |
| Yoga for Every Body : | Melissa Collins | Any |
| 9am: Vendor Mall opens (closes at 5pm) |
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| 9:30-11am first workshop period |
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| Basic Notation Review for Reading Lever Harp Music : | Beth Kolle | Any |
| Improvising on early music melodies : |
Constance Whiteside |
Any |
| Modes and Moods and Exotic Scales : | Edie Elkan | Any |
| Matter of Life and Death : | Gloria Galante | Any |
| Somerset Harp Ensemble II : | Janet Witman | Any |
| Left Hand Heaven : | Joanna Mell | Any |
| When Size Matters: Arranging for the Small Harp : | John Sheridan | Any |
| Irish harp accompaniment techniques for dance music : | Michael Rooney | Int-Adv |
| Paraguayan Music, III : | Nicolas Carter | Int-Adv |
| Tension Tamers : | Pamela Bruner | Any |
| Chord Tool Box : | Ray Pool | Int-Adv |
| 11:30am |
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| I Always Wanted to Play the Harp : | Pamela Bruner | Novice |
| DIY: Harp Maintenance & Troubleshooting |
Liza Jensen |
Any |
| "Listening" space in the lobby, pick up your lunch and enjoy the music |
Washington Area Folk Harp Society members |
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| 12:30pm Large Harp Tasting in the concert hall |
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| 1:30pm-3pm 2nd workshop period |
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| Wire Harp Fingerings: Bunting & ap Huw Figures : |
Ann Heymann |
Int-Adv |
| Rhythmic Harp Ensemble 101 : | Alfredo Rolando Ortiz | Any |
| Historical & Period Harps Show & Tell : | Constance Whiteside | Any |
| Make New from Old : Modern arrangements of traditional Scottish music : | Maeve Gilchrist | Any |
| Setting the Record Straight : | Martha Gallagher | Any |
| Best Practices for Therapeutic Musicians : | Melinda Gardiner | Any |
| Irish harp music: variety is the spice of life : | Michael Rooney | Int-Adv |
| Coming in Through the Bach Door : | Rhett Barnwell | Int-Adv |
| Art of Arpeggios : | Sunita Staneslow | Any |
| 3:30pm-5pm 3rd workshop period |
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| last opportunity to shop in the Vendor Mall |
Vendor Mall closes at 5pm |
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| Improve Your Body/Harp Awareness : | Alfredo Rolando Ortiz | Any |
| Creating your own arrangements : | Angi Bemiss | Any |
| Telyn Rawn; the horsehair harp : | Ann Heymann | Any |
| Doubly Good: making the most of the double-strung harp : | Beth Kolle | Any |
| Buon Natale, Christmas in Italy : | Gloria Galante | Any |
| Singing with that harp : | Maeve Gilchrist | Any |
| Sound Advice: Using Amplifiers & Sound Equipment : | Martha Gallagher | Any |
| Paraguayan Music, IV : | Nicolas Carter | Int-Adv |
| American Classic Chords : | Ray Pool | Int-Adv |
| Accompanying Other Instruments : | William Jackson | Int-Adv |
| 5:00pm Vendor Mall closes |
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| 5:30pm Saturday Night Banquet (get tickets in advance) |
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| 7:30pm Evening concert |
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| 9:30pm Jam sessions |
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| Sunday |
Presenter |
Level |
| 8am Celtic Morning Prayer Service : |
Debbie Brewin-Wilson | Any |
| 9am-10:30am please note the earlier start time |
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| Creating Arrangements for Church : |
Angi Bemiss | Any |
| Modern music on the historic harps : | Cynthia Cathcart | Any |
| Bedside Harp Report : | Edie Elkan | Any |
| Jazz it up : | Maeve Gilchrist | Any |
| Practicing for Great Results : | Pamela Bruner | Any |
| Neil Gow: the man and his music : | Sharon Knowles | Any |
| Jewish Music for All Occasions : | Sunita Staneslow | Any |
| Somerset Harp Ensemble III : performance rehearsal | Janet Witman | Any |
| 10:30am-11:30am hotel check-out, quick bite to eat |
you can bring your harp & lunch to the concert hall |
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| 11:30am-12pm: Somerset harp ensemble |
Somerset harp ensemble |
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| 12pm-1pm Final Concert & Goodbyes |
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