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Harp Conferences

Harp Journeys L, P February 11-13, 2010 in Spring, Texas (near Houston). Styles and techniques, performance and business, arranging and music theory. Facilitators: Rhett Barnwell, Therese Honey, Becky Baxter, Ingrid Sevy, Mary Radspinner, Kimberly DeRosa, Emily Mitchell. www.harpjourneys.com or 713-962-6923.

Beginning in the Middle March 11-14, 2010 in Williamsburg, Virginia. www.beginninginthemiddle.com/index.html

The Harp Gathering May 14-16, 2010 in Archbold, Ohio. www.harpgathering.com

American Harp Society National Conference June 30-July 6, 2010 in Tacoma, Washington. www.ahsconference.org

The Harp in Worship July 22-26, 2010 in Azusa, California. Greg Buchanan, Robbin Gordon-Cartier, Ellie Choate, Jill Justice, Becky Nissen. www.harpinworship.org or 626-357-0355.

Eleventh World Harp Congress July 24-31, 2011 in Vancouver, Canada. (www.worldharpcongress2011.com)

HarpCon 2010 August 11-15, 2010 in St. Louis, Missouri. This is the conference of the International Society of Folk Harpers and Craftsmen. www.folkharpsociety.org

Southeastern Harp Conference October 2010 in Ashville, North Carolina. www.southeasternharps.com/SEHW/Home.html

Harp Competitions

International Harp Competition and Festival March 23-27, 2010 in Utrecht, The Netherlands. "A whole new approach to harp competition!" www.harpcompetition.nl

Anne Adams Awards Auditions June 30-July 1, 2010 in Tacoma, WA (preceding the AHS Conference). www.harpsociety.org/awards.aaawards.html

Young Artist's Harp Competition July 8-10, 2010 in Rabun Gap, GA. Ages 11-19. www.harpcompetition.com/index.html.

Scottish Harp Society of America (SHSA) sanctioned competitions:

Harp Concerts

Harp Concert at BROWNES HOSPITAL (actually a church built 1495), Broad St, STAMFORD (Lincolnshire UK). January 9, 2010, 7 pm. Californian harpist NANCY THYM and Thielo, also Mark Harmer and John Dalton..all great rocking harp players of renown. Tickets on the door or tel 01733 253068

The Greater Seattle AHS Chapter presents the inimitable Louise Trotter in concert on Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 3 PM at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Renton WA. The "Harp of Many Colors" will include standards, classical, Broadway, jazz, and country as only Louise can play them. For more information: joyce@harpspectrum.org.

The harp duo "A Piacere", Melissa Kenny and Claire Iselin, presents four concerts:
Saturday, 27 Feb., 2010 at 5:30 pm, St. Alfege Church, Greenwich, England.
Vendredi, 5 mars 2010 à 20h., Eglise du Sacré Coeur, Mulhouse, France.
Samedi, 6 mars 2010 à 20 h., Eglise Saint-Maurice, Hirtzbach, France|
Dimanche, 7 mars 2010 à17 h., Eglise Saint-Ulrich, Morschwiller-le-Bas, France

For more information: http://apiacere.e-monsite.com; harpe.sams@gmail.com

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