Updates: Virtual and In Person Lessons, Performing, Celticharper Page

Harp and piano lessons are now available both online and in person as of 2020! I’m happy to use the platform of your choice, although I prefer Zoom due to the ability to fine-tune the sound quality for musicians. I’m also playing regularly again both solo and with various other musicians, so feel free to contact me if you have an upcoming event that would be enhanced by live music, either private or public. I’m also happy to lead workshops or group classes, provide musical tutoring, and help with arranging. I gained a lot of experience when I had students in the Kawartha Youth Orchestra tweaking orchestra parts for Celtic harp! I’ve also had decades of experience arranging music for large and small ensembles, from Classical to Celtic to pop and early/medieval music.

My ultimate goal is to gradually move all of the old celticharper.com pages to this site, but as you can likely tell from the last blog entry, life has a habit of getting in the way. In the meantime, just be aware that the celticharper.com site is a collection of archived pages at the moment, and not currently being updated, unless someone contacts me specifically to have a link removed.

Hope everyone is enjoying the last bright beautiful days of summer! Make music freely with abandon wherever you are, and remember, it’s never too late to regain your love of music, or learn a new instrument.

Tristan Le Govic, Trio Harpo

I went with a jazz theme for my Somerset workshops today. First was a jazzy approach to traditional music with Tristan Le Govic. One of the things I love about Somerset is how much joy and enthusiasm all the presenters bring to both their workshops and performances This is Tristan playing with “Trio Harpo” in 2019.

Hardwood Cat at the Twisted Wheel on June 7th

Hardwood Cat: InstrumentsOn June 7th 2019, as part of the First Friday Art Crawl, Hardwood Cat will be joining other local musicians in celebrating the Women’s Quarterly Music Night, from 7-9pm.

We’ll be showcasing our unique mix of traditional Celtic, folk and original music, with Tanah Haney on harp, Jessica Lindeman on cello, Karina Bates on drum & recorder and Leigh Symonds on flute.

We’ll be sharing the stage with such notable local talents as Kerry McMaster, Hilary Dumoulin, Little Fire and guests. It should be a fabulous evening! To RSVP and for more details, you can visit the official Facebook event page.

Dona Nobis Pacem & Other Ensemble Pieces

The second tune we’ll be doing is Dona Nobis Pacem, a simple tune that can be played in a round. You can find it and more free ensemble tunes on my Chubby Sparrow Music page in the Free Music section, including playable midi files of each tune. Or you can print the image below. The version in C major (no sharps) can be played on harps without levers.

DonaNobisPacem_2Keys

Noel de Paris for harp ensemble

The first of the harp tunes for our Nov. 18 2018 harp circle in Lindsay, ON. Free to download and share! The first two links are to printable PDFs (the same melody, but in two different keys). The version in C can be played on harps without levers. I’ll be adding a playable MP3 file shortly, will update this post when I do.

Noel de Paris 5 PartsChords inC

Noel de Paris 5 PartsChords inG