Finally got Joseph to pick a name from the hat - Congrats to Eleanor who gets an arrangement of her choice. And we all win by having access to recordings of such lovely music played on the harp.

The Nanaimo Conservatory of Music is hosting a great on-line event to get prepped for those year-end recitals and to meet and share with other students on-line.

The youth open mic is 2 -3 pm and the adults are 7…

The last one -

Here is someone whose music I becoming more interested in - a British harpist and composer Lauren Scott

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZnNjni6ano

Three tunes in one recording - someone new to me -

Klezmer harp

Three very different takes on the same the same piece - Johann Sebastien for the win!   (if you listened to the bonus track and found it the same as #2, I've fixed it now.

josh layne - a slower version

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Paharo Compana - a great tune I've been trying to fit into our ensemble rotation - this video gives me some ideas....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?fbclid=IwAR3aqoTM5puWIjwknyakk4IOj59cqZrHMmgY74OfAcC98z6wOF3q1TKv0Ew&v=OjHINdX-IiY&feature=youtu.be

Maeve Gilchrist at the top of her form - new and stunning work!

Somehow lost the link for # 2, so this is the new #2, and I hope to get that other one back soon.

Tristan LeGovic - Tristan just played a festival at the Isle of Wight - of course…

We did a listening challenge a few years ago (if you keep digging backwards in this blog you'll find it) now it's time for the 2021 edition.

The Rules -

1. listen/watch the tunes. A new one each…

I have a feeling I'll be adding to this list -

Harpers Hall from California

This is the shortest, but perhaps the most instructive - from Sharlene Wallace - don't miss it! 

and this from…

Against the Grain Theatre Company and Toronto Symphony produced an absolutely fantastic production of Messiah, call Messiah/Complex, featuring soloists of First Nations, Inuit and Metis descent. Some of in languages other than English. Just beautiful singing, recorded from wherever the…

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