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I'll be tutoring at this year's Harp North West Festival in Cumbria. I'll be doing a couple of workshops on fun and funky extended techniques that can be achieved on lever harp for all levels of players. We'll be having a go at trying out the various extended techniques in this session and then incorporating as many as we have mastered into some mixed ability ensemble pieces that I'm currently writing.  The festival runs from 26-28th July 2019 - Ambleside campus of University of Cumbria with Meinir Heulyn, Ben Creighton Griffiths, Jean Altshuler, Alice Pell, Mary Dunsford and myself.
All harp players are welcome and details are here Big shout out to Mary Dunsford who does an amazing online scheme called JaNewAry for Harps North West where she delivers online tutorials every day throughout January. This year she did a series of tutorials on my arrangements of Pure Imagination for lever harp. I have done two versions for lever harp - one with lever changes, and a more straight forward version without lever changes. I was VERY impressed with Mary's tutorials, she has a lovely manner and a charming way of explaining things! link here
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Playing with the Northern Chamber Orchestra during their residency with Buxton Festival - for the harp this is just the one opera this year - Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin  A fusion of books with music as part of the Buxton Festival.
The first half is a talk by Philip Park, and the second half will be a flute and harp recital of Georgian music with my NCO colleague, Conrad Marshall. details here programme - Boisvallee Sonata (1st movement) Donizetti Andante Sostenuto J.S. Bach Sonata in G minor (1st Movement) Mozart Andante from Flute & Harp concerto Spohr Rondo Playing 2nd harp with the RLPO for one of my favourite pieces - Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune by Debussy
Philharmonic Hall - Liverpool details here Lunchtime recital with Conrad Marshall at St Mary's Church Nantwich  I'm delighted to be playing a recital of early classical music for flute and harp with Conrad. I usually play contemporary music in recitals, so it's a treat to be performing this programme and I'm really enjoying getting all this lovely music under my fingers. It makes a lovely contrast from all the contemporary music I'm playing this year.
This programme will be repeated during the Buxton Festival at the opening of the Pump Room. St Mary's Church, Nantwich. This concert is free, but there is a retiring collection. 12.30-1.15pm details here Boisvallee Sonata Donizetti Andante Sostenuto J.S. Bach Sonata in G minor Mozart Andante from Flute & Harp concerto Spohr Rondo Playing with the Glossop Festival Orchestra as part of the Glossop Festival
Programme to include Copland Clarinet Concerto details here Well, this is going to be lots of FUN! Wallace & Gromit Musical Marvels touring across the UK brought to you by the amazing team behind The Snowman tour. Loads of dates and venues across the UK through May & June. 16th May - Buxton Opera House
17-18th May - Blackpool Pleasure Beach 19th Sheffield City Hall 20th Stoke Victoria Hall 23rd Leicester De Montford Hall 25th Liverpool Arena 26th Manchester Lowry 27th London Barbican Hall 29th Birmingham Symphony Hall 31st Bath Forum 1st June Cardiff St David's Hall 2nd Reading The Hexagon 6th Gateshead The Sage 7th Carlisle Sands Centre 8th Edinburgh Usher Hall 9th Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Multiple shows at each venue - some include modelling workshops by Aardman. Details here Playing 2nd harp with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra with Vasily Petrenko conducting Strauss's Ein Heldenleben.
At the Philharmonic Hall - Liverpool. Details here This is not a public event... but I will be spending the day film recording 6 new works for solo harp as part of the Psappha Composing for Harp Scheme. Four of the pieces have been written for concert harp, and two are for lever harp with effects pedals and electronics. All the pieces will be available on the Psappha YouTube channel details here   Playing with Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra on their Sci-fi family concert
Liverpool Philharmonic hall details here Playing in 'Music for Europe' by Naomi Pinnock with Psappha
concert at St Michaels, Manchester 7.30 details here  More film music! Zimmer vs Williams at The Bridgewater Hall in Manchester with Manchester Concert Orchestra
details here Waltzes, waltzes and more waltzes - New years day gala with Manchester Camerata at Bridgewater Hall
details here  All my favourite mega film music to celebrate New Years eve with the Manchester Camerata at Bridgewater Hall
details here Playing Britten's Ceremony of Carols with the wonderful Nantwich Singers at St Mary's Church in Nantwich 7.30pm Also in the concert, I'll be giving the British premier (and world premier on solo harp) of For Mattia by Douwe Eisenga Video recording of this piece below. Douwe had worked with my husband earlier in the year and emailed me this beautiful piece that he had originally composed for piano to see whether I thought it would work on harp. It works beautifully on harp and I would encourage all harpists to add it to their repertoire! I'm honoured to be giving the world premier performance of this piece on harp in Nantwich. Delighted to be playing in the Snowman tour again this year... brilliant production, brilliant team, and more venues this year all through December - dates below. most venues are multiple performances, either 2, 3 or 4 performances per day - check individual venues for details.
3-4th Buxton Pavillion 5th Chesterfield The Winding 6th Derby 7th Sheffield City Hall 9th Royal Manchester Children's Hospital 10th Oldham QEH 11th Blackburn Cathedral 14th Gloucester Cathedral 15th Winchester Cathedral 17th Stoke Victoria Theatre 19th Lichfield Cathedral 20th Warrington Parr Hall 21-22nd Chester Cathedral 27th Beverley Minster 28th Durham Cathedral 29th Liverpool Cathedral details here An evening of film music by John Barry with Manchester Camerata at the Bridgewater Hall details here  Faure Requiem with Northern Chamber Orchestra and Sheffield Oratorio at Sheffield Cathedral
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