30 March – 4 April 2018

Merchiston Castle School

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CONTENTS
The Clarsach Society 2
Get More from EIHF 4
Our Supporters 6
Harpmakers’ Exhibition 7
Concerts 8
Courses 19
Workshops 28
Festival at a Glance 32
Biographies 34
Booking Information 56
Venue Information
and Accommodation 58
WELCOME
FÀILTE
Welcome to the 37th Edinburgh International Harp Festival which I’m proud to
report was nominated for the 2017 Event of the Year at the Scots Trad Awards.
Alongside new performers and teachers, firm favourites return in 2018.... Chris
Stout and Catriona McKay; the jazz harpist Park Stickney; Edinburgh’s Ailie
Robertson and Maeve Gilchrist, returning home from the States to present
a piece of music we have commissioned. She will perform with Mr McFall’s
Chamber and American dancer Nic Gareiss. There’s international music from
Paraguay, France and Italy. Bill Taylor will perform early music with an Easter
flavour. This year you can also enjoy music from the Isle of Man and Cornwall,
the two smallest Celtic nations. Ensembles from the Isle of Man, Sweden and
Scotland will collaborate in an experimental “From Scratch” performance.
Choose from an array of concerts, courses and workshops; browse the
lively Harpmakers’ Exhibition; enjoy the buzz in the Hub and unwind at
Late Night Sessions.
We appreciate the unstinting generosity of our sponsors, funders, supporters and
volunteers to whom we are indebted for the continuing success of this event.
Looking forward to celebrating Easter together at Merchiston.
Fàilte oirbh chun 37mh Fèis Chlàrsaich Eadar-nàiseanta Dhùn Èideann agus
tha mi moiteil innse dhuibh gun deach an fhèis a chuir air adhart airson
Tachartas na Bliadhna 2017 aig Duaisean Thraidiseanta na h-Alba.
Còmhla ri cluicheadairean agus luchd-teagaisg ùra tha grunn den fheadhainn
air a bheil sinn glè mheasail a’ tilleadh ann an 2018…. Chris Stout agus Catrìona
NicAoidh; an clàrsair jazz mòr-chòrdte Park Stickney; Ailie NicDhonnchaidh à
Dùn Èideann, agus Maeve Gilchrist a tha a’ tilleadh dhachaigh bho na Stàitean
Aonaichte airson pìos ciùil a chaidh a choimiseanadh leinn a thaisbeanadh.
Cluichidh i sin còmhla ri Mr McFall’s Chamber agus an dannsair Ameireaganach
Nic Gareiss. Cluinnear ceòl eadar-nàiseanta à Paraguay, agus ceòl bho luchd-
ealain Frangach agus Eadailteach. Cluichidh Bill Mac an Tàillear seann cheòl le blas
na Càisge. Am-bliadhna gheibh sibh ceòl tlachdmhor à Eilean Mhanainn agus às
a’ Chòrn, na dùthchannan Ceilteach as lugha a th’ann. Bidh còmhlain ann à Eilean
Mhanainn, às an t-Suain agus à Alba a’ cluich còmhla ann an tachartas probhail
“bho thùs”. Gheibh sibh taghadh de dheagh chuirmean, chùrsaichean agus
bhùthan-obrach; faodar sùil a thoirt tro Thaisbeanadh beòthail Luchd-dèanaidh
Chlàrsaichean; bidh a’ Hub gu math beòthail agus faodar fois a ghabhail aig na
Seiseanan Anmoch ann am Bàr na Fèise. Tha sinn a’ toirt aithne agus urram do
na buidhnean-taic, an luchd-taic, an luchd-cuideachaidh agus na saor-thoilich ris a
bheil sinn gu mòr an urra airson a bhith a’ cumail suas soirbheachas an tachartais
seo. Tha sinn a’ coimhead air adhart ri bhith a’ comharrachadh
àm na Càisge còmhla ribh aig Merchiston.
MARY SCOTT
Festival Co-ordinator Co-òrdanaiche na Fèise
Hon Secretary of The Clarsach Society Rùnaire Urramach, Comunn na Clàrsaich
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THE CLARSACH SOCIETY
COMUNN NA CLÀRSAICH clarsachsociety.co.uk
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The Clarsach Society is the organisation behind Annual Scholarship International Pan Celtic Festival 1 9
the Edinburgh International Harp Festival. Our Annual Scholarship is designed to benefit and To celebrate and strengthen our cultural links with
Established in 1931 at the close of the National Mòd encourage promising players at all levels who have Celtic peoples, the Society nominates and supports
in Dingwall, the founding principle of the Society – limited resources. The scholarship can be used a clarsach player to represent Scotland at the 10
to advance the clarsach and its music, and to towards the cost of tuition or instrument hire. International Pan Celtic Festival in Ireland.

Tuition Support The Royal National Mòd

preserve its place in the national life of Scotland –
is still at the heart of what we do today.

Branches
There are twelve regional branches of the Society
across the UK and one special interest Wire Branch.
Branches meet regularly to share music, plan
workshops, or other events that meet the needs
and enthusiasm of members in each area.
To facilitate learning in areas where there is a lack
of formal tuition, the Society supports branches by
contributing to the cost of tutors' travel.
Dare to be a Teacher!
Following the success of the ‘Dare to be a Teacher’
project, a second course called Carry on Teaching
Since the establishment of the Society at the close
of the National Mòd in 1931, we have continued to 13
work with the Mòd to offer a wide range of clarsach
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competitions and produce a folio of prescribed music
and guidance for competitors each year.

Harp Hire
Members can hire good quality instruments at an
affordable monthly rental. Through this scheme,
some of the best-known performers and teachers –
many of whom feature in the Festival – were enabled
to take their first steps in successful careers.
Young Composer Award
was introduced in 2017. This project has expanded
since beginning at EIHF 2014 and is touring branches
of the Society on an annual basis, most recently the
Glasgow Branch. Respected teachers travel to each
area and share their experience with members who
are new to teaching, interested in leading their local
group, or who need some extra confidence in sharing
their skills with pupils. The courses aim to dispel fears
I would like to invite everyone attending this 1 Dumfries &
year's Festival to meet the committee and branch Galloway Branch
Glasgow Branch
members during the interval at our Opening Concert
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on Friday 30 March and the Society's AGM on
3 Argyll Branch
Monday 2 April at 7:00pm in the Robertson Room.
4 Isle of Lewis Branch
During the Festival, you'll find Laurina Strachan and

Highland Branch
and build confidence in sharing knowledge, skill and members of the Society at our Information Desk located
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To encourage the development of new music for the enjoyment of the clarsach. at the Festival Hub in the Main Building. Open daily
6 North East
clarsach, the Society administers an annual award between 9am and 5pm, we'd be happy to introduce
for young composers aged between 16 and 25. The you to the Society and answer any of your questions. Scotland Branch
prize is £500 plus the opportunity to premiere the
composition at the Harp Festival. This year's Young There are many benefits to being a member of 7 Edinburgh Branch
Wire Branch
Composer will be announced, their piece performed The Clarsach Society so I hope you will join your
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and the award presented at the 3pm concert on local branch. Membership fees range from £10 for
Sunday afternoon. See page 11. concessions up to £25 per year for families. I look 9 Northumbrian Branch
forward to seeing you at EIHF 2018 and please feel free
to get in touch if you have questions or suggestions 10 Transpennine
about any Clarsach Society matters. You can contact (Yorkshire & Northern
me at convenor@clarsachsociety.co.uk England) Branch
11 London & South
East Branch
12 Bristol& West of
England Branch
JENNIFER PORT 13 Wales Branch
Convenor of The Clarsach Society
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From Scratch
YOUR CHANCE TO PERFORM AT EIHF
All players are invited to take part in the
“From Scratch” performance on Wednesday (p17)
Well known musicians will lead a short rehearsal,
with parts for all abilities, followed by the
performance.
Sign up to get your music at
www.harpfestival.co.uk or call
+44 (0)131 554 0212.
Young Players
We need school age performers for our Saturday
afternoon concert The Power of the Harp (p9)
Have fun and help restore music to the Land
where terrible silence reigns. Musical parts
for all abilities.
Sign up to get your music at
www.harpfestival.co.uk or call
+44(0) 131 554 0212
Lunchtime Open Platform
12 – 1.45PM, FESTIVAL CAFÉ
Share your talents and perform to a friendly,
supportive audience.
Book your slot at The Clarsach Society
Information Desk, Festival Hub.
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Late Night Sessions
FESTIVAL CLUB (THEATRE)
The music continues after our evening concerts
Download session tunes at www.harpfestival.co.uk
Everyone welcome – bring any instrument
Or just relax with a nightcap and soak up
the atmosphere
Harpmakers’ Exhibition
Browse harp makers from around the world
with instruments to rent or buy
Music, gifts, CDs and harp-related goodies
The Clarsach Society
Annual General Meeting
Monday 7pm in The Robertson Room
Refreshment provided.
Meet branch members from around the UK.
All welcome.
Private Lessons
Learn from a worldwide selection of tutors
All types of harps
£30/hour
Information/bookings at The Clarsach Society
Information Desk, Festival Hub
BOOK TICKETS
Practice Rooms Online: www.harpfestival.co.uk
Phone: +44 (0)131 554 0212.
Dedicated practice rooms
See page 56 for full information.
No fee for all festival course attendees
Pre-book at The Clarsach Society Information Desk,
CONTACT US
Festival Hub Phone: +44 (0)131 554 0212,
Volunteering
Email: office@harpfestival.co.uk
Volunteer stewards welcomed. For queries about course levels please call
Earn complimentary vouchers for concerts Isobel Mieras on +44 (0)131 445 2022
and workshops During the Festival you can reach us on
Further details from
+44 (0)7794 792951
stewardone@harpfestival.co.uk
Merchandise
KEEP IN TOUCH
Join us online. You can link directly to all online
Wide selection of Festival souvenirs. activity from our website: www.harpfestival.co.uk
Every purchase supports the Festival
Relax and Rejuvenate
FACEBOOK
Hear the latest news and share your
Enjoy relaxation and massage with experience with other Harp Festival fans.
@clarsachsociety
qualified therapists
Take time out to indulge yourself TWITTER
Information/bookings at The Clarsach Society Follow us on twitter for up-to-the-minute
Information Desk, Festival Hub. news and share your views.
@edinharpfest
INSTAGRAM
Share your photos with us and share
the excitement of the festival.
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LUCHD-CUIDEACHAIDH LUCHD-DÈANAIDH CHLÀRSAICHEAN

EIHF gratefully acknowledges the continuing
support received from the Edinburgh, London and
other branches of The Clarsach Society, Camac
Harps, City of Edinburgh Council, Jack Hayward
Insurance, David & Brenda Lamb, Istituto Italiano
di Cultura and Institut Français d’Écosse.
The Clarsach Society and EIHF also wish to thank
the countless number of friends and volunteers
who help us along the way.
During the Festival there will be an exhibition Exhibition Opening Hours:
of harps made in the UK and overseas. This Saturday: 9:30am – 6:00pm
offers an opportunity to try instruments made Sunday: 9:30am – 5:30pm
by different makers and perhaps even to purchase Monday: 9:30am – 6:00pm
or rent a harp. In addition there will be music, Tuesday: 9:30am – 6:00pm
CDs and harp-related goodies on sale. Wednesday: 9.30am – 12 noon

EIHF is very grateful to all exhibitors who create such Some exhibitors may not be present throughout the
an exciting event. Further information on exhibitors is Festival and some may amend their opening times
PRINCIPAL SPONSORS BRANCHES OF THE available from our website www.harpfestival.co.uk. so please check this with them.
CLARSACH SOCIETY
Bristol & AT THE TIME OF PUBLICATION THE FOLLOWING HAVE RESERVED SPACE AT THE EXHIBITION:
West of England
ACCUSOUND MACINTOSH MUSIC
Dumfries & Galloway
accusound.com musicroom.com/music-shops/edinburgh
Edinburgh AFFAIRS OF THE HARP MARK NORRIS HARPS
Edinburgh Branch London Branch Glasgow affairsoftheharp.com marknorrisharps.com
ARDIVAL HARPS
Highland NIEBISCH & TREE
ardival.com
niebischandtree.co.uk
Isle of Lewis BLB HARP DOCTOR
FUNDER FESTIVAL FOUNDERS
(William ‘Billy’ Hornby) PETE GRASSBY,
London & THE MELODEON REPAIRER
South East harpdoctor@btinternet.com
pdgrassby52@gmail.com
CLIVE MORLEY HARPS
North East PILGRIM HARPS
morleyharps.co.uk
of Scotland pilgirmharps.co.uk
CREIGHTON’S COLLECTION
Northumbrian creightonscollection.co.uk SALOPIAN STRINGS
SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS Transpennine DESIGN IN HARMONY salopianstrings.co.uk
sarahselman.com SILVER SPEAR INSTRUMENTS
David & Brenda Lamb Wales
DRIFTWOOD HARP silverspearinstruments.co.uk
etsy.com/shop/driftwoodharp
STARFISH DESIGNS
ELVENKINGS-HARPS starfishdesigns.co.uk
elvenkings-harp.at
TELYNAU TEIFI
HANDS ON HARPS
teifiharps.com
handsonharps.com
JACK HAYWARD TELYNAU VINING HARPS
jackhayward.co.uk camacharps.co.uk
KILLARNEY HARPS THE HARP STUDIO CYF
killarneyharps.com theharpstudio.co.uk

Safety Notice: To reduce the chance of instruments being damaged, please DO NOT
bring shoulder bags, rucksacks and similar objects into the Exhibition areas.

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 FRIDAY 30 MARCH SATURDAY 31 MARCH

OPENING THE POWER OF THE HARP

CONCERT
C2 • MEMORIAL HALL • 3.00PM – 4.00PM • £12.00 (full) • £10.00 (conc.) • £6.00 (U16) • PLUS EVENTBRITE SERVICE FEE

C1 • MEMORIAL HALL • 7.30PM - 10.00PM

£15.00 (full) • £13.00 (conc.) • £8.00 (U16)
PLUS EVENTBRITE SERVICE FEE Clasaagh

Heather Yule
RANKIN ROBERTSON Ailie Robertson
Scotland meets Cape Breton
Island in this unique fusion
of harp, fiddle and stepdance.

FREE
Ailie Robertson is one of
INT
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Scotland’s finest clarsach players, Mairi Rankin

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and is in great demand worldwide
as a performer and teacher. Mairi 
includ ENT Concert Series
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Rankin is of the hugely influential 
BENEFIT FROM A DISCOUNT
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Rankin Family. She plays fiddle and
step-dances up a storm. Born in Mabou, WHEN YOU PURCHASE ONE TICKET
Nova Scotia, Mairi has been influenced by FOR EACH OF THE CONCERTS AT
some of the best Cape Breton traditional musicians. EIHF18 – EXCLUDING THE FAMILY
The two have been playing together for nearly a
Ismael Ledesma CEILIDH (C7) AND TEA
decade in their band The Outside Track, but this A special concert presented by children and young CONCERT (C8)
is their Scottish debut as a duo. people, featuring Abigail Cavanagh (Royal National
Mòd prizewinner), Claasagh from the Isle of Man and £105 (full) • £95 (conc.)
schoolchildren from all over Scotland. £55 (U16s)
ISMAEL LEDESMA
Born in Paraguay, where he played harp from the
In a story written and narrated by Heather Yule,
age of 5, Ismael later moved to Paris where he
the young performers will help Jack in his quest to
worked with the many Paraguayan artistes resident
restore beautiful music to the kingdom where terrible
in France. He has shared his sensitive interpretation
silence reigns. Come along with them on this thrilling Abigail Cavanagh from Glasgow will play
of traditional music and original ground breaking
adventure to distant, magical lands, and be prepared to a selection of Gaelic and Scottish music.
compositions with delighted audiences throughout
meet evil creatures and frightful monsters on the way!
the world.
Claasagh, a group of young players from the
Supported by:
Isle of Man, will play some of their own traditional
“Ismael and his harp take you gently on a musical guided tour of his life.”
music under the direction of Rachel Hair.
“Ismael Ledesma effortlessly invokes the strangeness of the rain forest,
the sinister power of a river… and the sweetness of a lullaby” All school age children learning to play clarsach
Supported by: are invited to take part. For more information,
visit www.harpfestival.co.uk or call 0131 554 0212.

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 SATURDAY 31 MARCH
RACHEL NEWTON TRIO
NIKOLAZ CADORET – FINIS TERRAE SOLO
C3 • MEMORIAL HALL • 7.30PM – 10.00PM • £15.00 (full) • £13.00 (conc.) • £8.00 (U16) • PLUS EVENTBRITE SERVICE FEE
Rachel Newton
RACHEL NEWTON TRIO
Scottish harpist Rachel specialises in interpreting
traditional folk songs in English and Gaelic as well as
writing and arranging her own material. In this concert,
Rachel will be joined by her trio members Lauren
MacColl on fiddle and Mattie Foulds on drums.
Instrumentalist of the Year in the Scots Trad Music
Awards 2016 and Musician of the Year in the BBC
Radio 2 Folk Awards 2017
Her album Here’s My Heart Come Take It was
shortlisted for a Scottish Album of the Year (SAY)
Award 2017.
The Observer described the album as "a beauty"
and the Herald described Rachel as "the sound
of modern Scotland".
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Nikolaz Cadoret
NIKOLAZ CADORET
Nikolaz, from Brittany, draws on deep Celtic roots
and has also been inspired by classical music and
improvisation. In an intimate and virtuoso dialogue
with his harps, whether acoustic or electric, sweet
or explosive, he builds surprising bridges between
those genres, displaying complete freedom in
his interpretation.
"En déclenchant une alerte sismique sonore,
Nikolaz Cadoret porte son instrument hors des
sentiers battus" (Triggering a seismic event,
Nikolaz Cadoret takes his instrument into
unchartered territory)
La Marseillaise
Supported by:
SUNDAY 1 APRIL
EASTER AND SPRING MUSIC
WITH CANTY AND BILL TAYLOR
AND THE WINNER OF THE 2017 YOUNG COMPOSER AWARD
C4 • MEMORIAL HALL • 3.00PM – 4.00PM • £12.00 (full) • £10.00 (conc.) • £6.00 (U16) • PLUS EVENTBRITE SERVICE FEE
Canty & Bill Taylor
CANTY AND BILL TAYLOR
'Flores Apparuerunt in Terra' or 'Flowers appear With the voices of Canty (Libby Crabtree, Anne
in the earth' – sacred songs of renewal and Lewis and Rebecca Tavener), and Bill Taylor
regeneration from medieval Europe. A sequence on medieval wire-strung clarsach.
celebrating Easter and Spring including seasonal
Gregorian Chant, polyphony from medieval The winner of The Clarsach Society Young
Scotland and England, songs of pilgrimage from Composer Award 2017 will be announced, their
Spain and Italy, antiphons from Ireland and Scotland piece performed and the prize presented.
in praise of Celtic saints, and mystical visions of
'green-ness' from the extraordinary creative mind
of St Hildegard of Bingen. Featuring the Scottish
premiere in modern times of 'Be mery', a newly
rediscovered Easter carol!
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 SUNDAY 1 APRIL
STRICTLY STICKNEY
GABRIELLA DALL’OLIO
C5 • MEMORIAL HALL • 7.30PM – 10.00PM • £15.00 (full) • £13.00 (conc.) • £8.00 (U16) • PLUS EVENTBRITE SERVICE FEE
Gabriella Dall’Olio
Park Stickney
PARK STICKNEY
In its search for sustainable happiness (but not
in a cult-y way), this solo version of 'Stickney &
Friends' will explore unfettered solitude and active
forgetfulness, the manic zen sound of one harp
plucking. Through song and dance, but without
either, yet with the 'letting go' reminiscent of an
earlier, busier, noisier, time, Stickney will assemble
and dissemble his way through a concert’s worth
of flimflam and verisimilitude. And jazz harp playing.
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Photo: Kim Ayres
GABRIELLA DALL’OLIO
Plenty of strings attached… and pedals!
Gabriella will transport us on the magical wings
of a harp, on a musical journey through Italy and
beyond. Her programme will feature popular
and less well known music, including music by
Gioacchino Rossini and the film composer Nino
Rota, (known for The Godfather theme), from
Donizetti to Donatoni, crossing waters and genres.
"Five quarter hours of poetry"
Supported by:
David & Brenda Lamb
MONDAY 2 APRIL
FROM CORNWALL
TO THE ISLE OF MAN
C6 • MEMORIAL HALL • 3.00PM – 4.00PM • £12.00 (full) • £10.00 (conc.) • £6.00 (U16) • PLUS EVENTBRITE SERVICE FEE
Ruth Keggin & Rachel Hair
Sarah Deere-Jones & Phil Williams
RUTH KEGGIN & RACHEL HAIR SARAH DEERE-JONES WITH PHIL WILLIAMS
Celebrating the music and language from the Songs and Music of Cornwall performed by
smallest of the Celtic Nations, the Isle of Man, Manx Sarah Deere-Jones on harp and voice and
Gaelic singer Ruth Keggin is joined by Scottish Phil Williams on guitar.
harpist Rachel Hair. They perform songs both
old and new in the Manx language reflecting the Haunting songs and dazzling instrumentals of
blossoming interest in the tradition on the Isle of Cornish traditional music along with Sarah’s own
Man. Their music and stories will give an insight into compositions inspired by the Cornish landscape.
this mysterious island in the middle of the Irish Sea.
Supported by:
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FAMILY CEILIDH WITH TEA CONCERT

THE OCCASIONALS
C7 • MEMORIAL HALL • 8.00PM – 11.00PM • £8.00 (full) • £4.50 (U16) • PLUS EVENTBRITE SERVICE FEE C8 • CAFÉ • 3.00PM – 4.00PM • £12.00 (full) • PLUS EVENTBRITE SERVICE FEE

Peach/Skeoch

Freeland Barbour Sheila McCutcheon Moscow Harp Orchestra

Dance to the music of Freeland Barbour and PEACH/SKEOCH
The Occasionals. All dances will be called by Joseph Peach and Bekka Skeoch take melodies
Sheila McCutcheon, so no one need feel left out. from Scotland, England and Scandinavia by some
The dances will include those taught in her of their favourite writers for accordion and harp and
workshop in the morning. (W10, see page 29.) approach them from their unique viewpoint. Like
mischievous siblings, the duo push each other and
egg each other on to create something the likes of
which you have never heard before.
MOSCOW HARP ORCHESTRA
Moscow Harp Orchestra is a unique harp ensemble
from Russia, led by Catherine Moskovskova. It was
founded almost seven years ago and plays music
of different styles and genres — from classics to
jazz, from traditional tunes to rock band covers.
The ensemble often takes part in the International
ArfaVita Festival, held in Moscow. At the Edinburgh
International Harp Festival they will present a set of
Russian folk songs as well as modern compositions,
written and arranged specially for lever harps.

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 TUESDAY 3 APRIL
MAEVE GILCHRIST
MR MCFALL’S CHAMBER
NIC GAREISS
C9 • MEMORIAL HALL • 7.30PM – 10.00PM • £15.00 (full) • £13.00 (conc.) • £8.00 (U16) • PLUS EVENTBRITE SERVICE FEE
Maeve Gilchrist & Nic Gareiss
Along with Mr McFall’s Chamber, Maeve Gilchrist
premieres a work commissioned from her by The
Edinburgh International Harp Festival. She draws
on inspiration from the iconic Beckett passage in
the novel Watt, while using the strings and harp to
explore natural shapes as a living, breathing organism.
”And the poor old lousy earth, my earth and my
father’s and my mother’s and my father’s father’s
and my mother’s mother”
Breath, grit and connectivity between the
instruments form a textural cushion from which
Maeve’s trademark melodies emerge. With hints of
Nordic melodies, driving kinetic rhythms and some
understated use of electronics, this piece encourages
the listener to soak up the earthy fundamentals of
sound and be drawn into a soundscape which is
both infinitely old and timelessly new.
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Mr McFall’s Chamber
In the first half she will be joined by dancer,
Nic Gareiss, where the percussion and drive
of his footwork combine with Maeve’s melodies
and improvisation to make an explosive duet
delighting eyes and ears.
Look out for other musical surprises!
Supported by:
Edinburgh Branch
WEDNESDAY 4 APRIL
“FROM SCRATCH” PERFORMANCE
YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO REHEARSE AND PERFORM
AT THE EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL HARP FESTIVAL
C10 • MEMORIAL HALL • 2:00PM (REHEARSAL) – 4:00PM (PERFORMANCE) • FREE
FR
CONCEE
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In the spirit of friendship and fun for which our Susan Syverson from Sweden will lead “Strengaspel”
festival is famous, YOU are invited to join in a with her harp, fiddle and cello ensemble from the
concert of music by four well known arrangers Music School of Kristianstad.
and composers who will each rehearse and then
lead the performance of her own piece. To ensure Isobel Mieras, with the orchestra of the Edinburgh
maximum satisfaction, pieces will include parts Branch of the Clarsach Society, na Clarsairean will
for all levels of experience. direct us in a movement from her new St Kilda suite.
Rachel Hair will lead music from Mannin Aboo! To find out how to be a part of this exciting event
with the help of her ensemble Claasagh from visit www.harpfestival.co.uk
the Isle of Man.
Corrina Hewat, along with the BMus and Masters
lever harp students from RCS, will lead 'Alan
Friendly', a piece written by Corrina and arranged
specially for this performance.
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 WEDNESDAY 5 APRIL
CATRIONA McKAY
& CHRIS STOUT
C11 • MEMORIAL HALL • 7.30PM – 9.00PM • £12.00 (full) • £10.00 (conc.) • £6.00 (U16) • PLUS EVENTBRITE SERVICE FEE
Catriona McKay & Chris Stout
It’s hard to believe there are only two people on
stage as this awe inspiring duo weave their way
between glorious soundscapes and music of
breathtaking simplicity.
Catriona and Shetlander Chris have taken these
most traditional of instruments and catapulted them
into the contemporary world of music making.
Having performed all over the world with their
truly unique brand of music, Chris and Catriona are
delighted to be playing at home in Scotland again.
This special performance of brand new music
from their long awaited album Bare Knuckle
promises to captivate and delight the audience.
This is a class act not to be missed!
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GUIDE TO COURSE LEVELS AND TEACHING METHOD
STIÙIREADH MU ÌREAN CÙRSA AGUS MODH TEAGAISG
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Beginner: You have absolutely no experience of
For your own satisfaction and the sanity of our
playing the harp and have had no lessons.
excellent teachers, it is essential that you choose
N.B. Our Beginners courses are constructed for
the correct level. If in ANY DOUBT, please check
those with no experience at all of playing the harp
with your teacher or call us for advice about levels
and will be conducted at a suitably slow pace.
(+44 (0)131 445 2022). Please note that this
number is to be used only for advice about Post Beginner: You may have already taken a
courses – bookings must be made via Beginners course, have had relatively few lessons
www.harpfestival.co.uk. See page 56 for full details. or require help with basic technique.
Most courses start on Saturday March 31st and run Elementary: You can already perform simple tunes,
for four days Saturday – Tuesday and will last 1½ require further help in developing technique and
hours each day. A selection of weekend and 2-day wish to work slowly and carefully.
courses is also available. On Wednesday a series of
Elementary/Intermediate: As Elementary, but you
extended workshops is offered in the morning and
feel ready to stretch boundaries and work a little faster.
a chance for students of all levels to rehearse and
take part in our “From Scratch” performance. Intermediate: Your technique is established and
(See pages 4 and 17.) you are happy to work at a moderate speed.
Please note that this year there are NO courses at Intermediate/Advanced: As Intermediate, but you
ADVANCED level. In the past, the numbers taking are ready and willing to work faster, stretch yourself
these courses were very low, so instead we are and be a bit adventurous.
offering a wide range of subjects at INTERMEDIATE/
Mixed abilities: Catering for all levels except
ADVANCED level and for MIXED ABILITIES.
complete Beginners.
“Sonically exquisite”
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CODE LEVEL TUTOR DESCRIPTION METHOD TIME CODE LEVEL TUTOR DESCRIPTION METHOD TIME

T1a Beginner Elinor Evans Child Beginners E+M Sun, Mon & Tues
5-8 years 9:00am
T1b Beginner Elinor Evans Child Beginners E+M Sun, Mon & Tues
9-14 years 10:10am
T2 Beginner Heather Yule Adult Beginners E+M 1:00pm
T3 Post-beginner Eleanor Post Beginners E+M 1:00pm
Hetherington
T4 Elementary Ailie Robertson Starting to Compose E+M 4:30pm
T5 Elementary Toni Russell Children's Scottish Music E+M 9.00am
5-11 years
T6 Elementary Patsy Seddon Gaelic Melodies E+M 1.00pm
T7 Elementary Eleanor Technique and Effective Practising E+M 4:30pm
Hetherington
T8 Elementary Rachel Newton Starting to Learn by Ear E+M 1.00pm
T9 Elem / Inter Ismael Ledesma Paraguayan and South American Music E+M 9.00am
T10 Elem / Inter Nikolaz Cadoret Breton Music E+M 9:00am
T11 Elem / Inter Park Stickney Jazz E+M 9:00am
T12 Elem / Inter Sarah Deere-Jones Cornish Music E+M 4.30pm T37 Int / Adv Wendy Stewart Session Waltzes E+M 4.30pm
T13 Elem / Inter Susan Syverson Swedish Stew E+M 9:00am
T14 Elem / Inter Corrina Hewat Learning The Art of Playing Together E 1.00pm
T28 Mixed Abilities Bill Taylor Wire Harp M 1:00pm
T29 Mixed Abilities Gabriella Dall’Olio Seven Pedals M+E 1.00pm
T30 Mixed Abilities Rachel Newton Voice & Harp (inc. Gaelic) E+M 9.00am
T31 Mixed Abilities Pippa Reid-Foster Teenagers Scottish Tunes with a Twist E+M 4.30pm
T32 Mixed Abilities Charlotte Petersen Ensemble Playing (Scottish & Gaelic) E+M 1.00pm
T33 Mixed Abilities Mairi Rankin Music from Scotland and E+M 1.00pm
Cape Breton for Fiddlers
WEEKEND COURSES
T34 Elem / Inter Jessica Burton Scottish Music – Old and New E+M Sat, Sun
1.00pm & 4.30pm
T35 Int / Adv Heather Downie For the Love of Levers E+M Sat, Sun
1.00pm & 4.30pm
TWO DAY COURSES (MON/TUES)
T36 Elem / Inter Calum Macleod Gaelic Song with Harp E+M 4.30pm
COME & TRY
T38a Come & Try Mairi Rankin Step Dance Saturday 4:30pm

T15 Intermediate Ailie Robertson Scottish Meets Irish E+M 9.00am T38b Come & Try Mairi Rankin Step Dance Sunday 9.00am

T16 Intermediate Bill Taylor Medieval Scottish Sacred Music M 9:00am T39 Come & Try Bill Taylor Wire Harp Saturday 4.30pm
for All Harps T40a Come & Try Kathy Stewart Ukulele Saturday 1.00pm
T17 Intermediate Gabriella Dall’Olio Reading Between the Lines E+M 9:00am T40b Come & Try Kathy Stewart Ukulele Sunday 4.30pm
for All Harps
T18 Intermediate Wendy Stewart Scottish Sets E+M 1.00pm
T19 Intermediate Rachel Hair Manx to the Max – Music from the Isle of Man E+M 4.30pm
T20 Intermediate Heather Yule Combining Harps with the Spoken Word E+M 4.30pm

T21 Inter / Adv Ismael Ledesma Paraguayan and South American Music E+M 4.30pm
T22 Inter / Adv Nikolaz Cadoret Improvisation E+M 1.00pm
T23 Inter / Adv Park Stickney Jazz E+M 1.00pm
T24 Inter / Adv Susan Syverson Square One to Performance Ready E+M 4.30pm
T25 Inter / Adv Maeve Gilchrist Rhythmic Exploration E+M 9:00am
T26 Inter / Adv Sarah Deere-Jones Exploring the English Medieval Harp M 9.00am
T27 Inter / Adv Corrina Hewat Learning the Art of Playing Together E 4.30pm

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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS & FEES

MÌNEACHADH CÙRSA IS COSGAISEAN AFTER THE
FESTIVAL, COME ALONG
TO OUR FOLLOW-ON CLASSES
Child Beginners ELEMENTARY IN EDINBURGH. ORGANISED BY ELEMENTARY / INTERMEDIATE
THE CLARSACH SOCIETY, THE
CLASSES WILL RUN AT A RELAXED
3 DAY COURSE Starting to Compose Paraguayan and South American Music
PACE WITH THE AIMS OF
Elinor Evans Ailie Robertson Ismael Ledesma

CONSOLIDATING TECHNIQUE,
1 hour session each day. T4 • 4:30pm • E+M • £66 T9 • 9.00am • E+M • £66

IMPROVING CONFIDENCE AND

Sunday, Monday & Tuesday
T1a • 5-8years • 9:00am • E+M • £50
T1b • 9-14years • 10:10am • E+M • £50
Have you ever wanted to learn the Clarsach? Then
come along to this fun class! You will learn the basics
of the harp through games, stories and having fun!
You will also make some new friends and learn more
about this great instrument. Harps provided.
Multi-award-winning composer Ailie Robertson will The perfect introduction to Paraguayan harp music, this
course will be taught by ear following the tradition of
HAVING A BIT OF FUN.
take you through the first steps of how to start writing
your own music. We’ll look at melody, harmony, rhythm harp playing in South America. We’ll learn the basic harp
and musical form and provide you with starting points Ask at The Clarsach Society rhythms important to this vibrant musical genre and use
and composing techniques to help you find your own Information Desk for them as the basis to learn several inspiring pieces from
voice as a composer. more information. the Paraguayan harp repertoire.
Scottish Music Breton Music
Nikolaz Cadoret

Four Day Courses

Saturday, Sunday, Monday & Tuesday:
1½ hours each day
BEGINNERS
Adult Beginners
Heather Yule
T2 • 1:00pm • E+M • £66
Have you always wanted to try the harp? It is never too
late! Come and join us in a friendly, relaxed class and
take the opportunity to learn a bit about this wonderful
instrument. This is a course intended only for absolute
beginners on the harp, and all are welcome no matter
what level of musical background you might have. Over
the four sessions we will cover all the basics, including
good hand position, and finger exercises to develop a
strong playing technique. And of course, you will learn
some fun, easy tunes. Harps are provided.
POST-BEGINNERS
Post Beginners
Eleanor Hetherington
T3 • 1.00pm • E+M • £66
The class will focus on developing new technical
aspects as well as refreshing and troubleshooting
elements from your previous experience of
learning the harp. We will work on expanding your
repertoire through exercises and familiar tunes
whilst improving sound quality, increasing musical
awareness and knowledge of the instrument and
of course building on your confidence at the harp.
A chance to reunite with familiar faces and meet
new players whilst taking the next important steps
in your musical journey.
Toni Russell
T5 • 5-11 years • 9.00 am • E+M • £66
A chance to learn both modern and traditional Gaelic
and Scottish melodies and play them in an arrangement
within your own comfort zone using different chordal
accompaniments and bass lines. Some time will be given
during the course to looking at the patterns in the music,
helping you to learn melodies using your muscle memory.
Gaelic Melodies
Patsy Seddon
T6 • 1.00pm • E+M • £66
Come and learn some beautiful Gaelic song melodies
from Tobar an Dualchais – Kist O’ Riches, the online
resource of The School of Scottish Studies archive.
We will consider the most effective ways of arranging
these tunes, how well they lie under the fingers and the
meaning behind the original song.
Technique and Effective Practising
Eleanor Hetherington
T7 • 4:30pm • E+M • £66
Good harp technique is essential for beautiful sound
production and experiencing full enjoyment from your
instrument. This course will focus on the fundamental
aspects of harp technique in an engaging and
approachable way, covering elements such as hand
position and posture whilst also concentrating on
conditioning exercises to strengthen and develop
your technique and sound quality. Needing motivation
to practise? We will also look at techniques to help
maximise your practice productivity at home.
Starting to Learn by Ear
Rachel Newton
T8 • 1.00pm • E+M • £66
This class will be a very relaxed introduction to learning
by ear for anyone who would like to try stepping away
from the dots. We will focus mainly on old Scottish tunes,
take things slowly and hopefully by the end of the four
days all agree that learning by ear doesn’t have to be a
daunting prospect! You are encouraged to bring along
a recording device.
T10 • 9:00am • E+M • £66
Britany is one of the Celtic countries and its music is
very distinct from Scottish or Irish music. It may seem
less virtuosic, but it hides treasuries of subtleness and
variation, and today more than ever, it is deeply linked
to dance and social life. The lever harp appeared quite
recently in Breton music (late 50’s), and thus offers
huge freedom in terms of arrangement and adaptation.
This course will focus on simple dance tunes, laments
and songs learned by ear. By exploring the tools for 
spontaneous arrangements (drones, scales, variation),
you will discover a stunning musical world.
Jazz 
Park Stickney
T11 • 9:00am • E+M • £66
Both my elementary/intermediate and intermediate/
advanced classes will inhabit the same universe (chords,
scales, jazz tunes, pedal/lever slides, groovy riffs,
phlegmatic anecdotes.) Both will be empowering and
fun and, in theory, won’t involve any yelling or tears. We’ll
use jazz standards and other pieces to explore these jazz
elements—and vice versa. In the end you’ll have some
new pieces, and a more organic understanding of all that
jazz stuff. If you’ve never done anything in a jazz/improv
direction or are feeling cautious, then probably elem/int
is the right place to start.
Cornish Music
Sarah Deere-Jones
T12 • 4.30pm • E+M • £66
One of the smaller of the Celtic nations, Cornwall has its
own treasure trove of tunes waiting to be discovered. In
each session, Sarah will guide you through her ensemble
arrangements of traditional Cornish melodies, ranging
from the simplest to more challenging. Students will be
gently encouraged to memorise at least one of the pieces!

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Swedish Stew
Susan Syverson
T13 • 9:00am • E+M • £66
Beyond flat Ikea boxes, meatballs and lingonberries, Swedish
culture also consists of lovely, lilting tunes for dancing or
meditating or swooning. So come along and find out what
that Scandinavian ‘something’ is. In the mix are polskor, airs,
springer (from bordering country Norway). Learn about the
Scandinavian harp, the pockets of places where the tradition
nearly died out, and ’Lagom’ difficult accompaniments
(‘Lagom’ – the famous word for ‘just right’). By ear and by
dots, we’ll play as many tunes as we can pack in!
Learning the Art of Playing Together
Corrina Hewat
T14 • 1.00pm • E • £66
Would you like a few more ideas in your repertoire of
music to enable you to sound more accomplished?
How do you learn how to/what to play with another
harper or another instrument and make it work? Firstly
we’ll learn some fun warm-ups and technical finger work
to support your harping while building your confidence.
We’ll learn a few simple tunes and then work on chord
patterns, the finger dance between accompanying and
leading, listening and responding, working with one hand
patterns, two handed patterns, textures and sounds.
All these will help you support the tune and whoever
you are playing with, to give great satisfaction. Musical
ideas/dots will be given out at the end of the course.
INTERMEDIATE
Scottish Meets Irish
Ailie Robertson
T15 • 9.00am • E+M • £66
What’s the difference between a Donegal Highland and
a Strathspey? How do you know where a polka comes
from? Come and find out the answers to these and much
more as we learn about the similarities and differences
between Scottish and Irish music. We’ll look at tune
types unique to each country, as well as tunes that have
crossed over the Irish sea and morphed into new forms.
Medieval Scottish Sacred Music for all Harps
Bill Taylor
T16 • 9:00am • M • £66
We are fortunate to have such a strong survival of medieval
music in Scotland, including chants in praise of St Columba
from the Inchcolm Antiphoner, motets to the Virgin in the
St Andrews Music Book, and hymns to Saints Kentigern
and Magnus. Bill has prepared instrumental intabulations
of several of the most beautiful medieval sacred songs, and
he will instruct players in “the stopped style” using damping
techniques found in early sources of harp music from Wales
and Ireland. All harps are invited – strung with both gut and
wire. Taught from printed music; sight-reading is essential.
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Reading Between the Lines
Gabriella Dall’Olio
T17 • 9:00am • E+M • £66
How to interpret a score. Detective work into the past
to decipher the signs composers of yesterday wrote to
communicate with their contemporaries. Some knew,
some didn’t know, that decades and centuries later
their voice would still come alive. How do we read those
signs? Do they mean the same 300 years ago as they
do today? And today, do they mean the same for each
composer, or does each speak a different language that
looks the same? And those signs... what do they mean?
And do we play what is written in the score or what the
composer imagined in his mind?
Scottish Sets
Wendy Stewart
T18 • 1.00pm • E+M • £66
A selection of great Scottish tunes – old and new –
with the emphasis on how to blend them together
into well-structured arrangements that work the tempo
changes, vary keys easily and still flow musically. Slow
air, strathspey, reel, jig, hornpipe – learn how to recognise
what tunes will fit together and lead you and your
audience on a musical journey.
Manx to the Max –
Music from the Isle of Man
Rachel Hair
T19 • 4.30pm • E+M • £66
The smallest of the Celtic nations, the Isle of Man has
been making waves in the Celtic music scene and the
Claasagh (Manx Gaelic for harp) has become one of the
most popular Celtic instruments to learn on “the rock”. So
come join the island’s visiting harp tutor to learn some of
the most popular Manx tunes, both old and new, whilst
learning about the culture and music of this island in the
middle of the Irish Sea.
Techniques for Combining Harp
with the Spoken Word
Heather Yule
T20 • 4.30pm • E+M • £66
There are many exciting ways to use the harp to create
atmosphere, emotion and interest when working with
stories or poems. In this very practical course we will
explore an array of creative ideas, including: appropriate
tunes, chord patterns, unusual harp effects and basic
compositional possibilities. We will also delve into the
mysteries of ‘noodling’! Come along and have fun
learning some good tunes, simple improvisational
tools, and of course, lots of tips and techniques for
telling amazing stories. This course is designed with
the intermediate harp player in mind, though other
levels are welcome.
INTERMEDIATE / ADVANCED
Paraguayan and South American Music
Ismael Ledesma
T21 • 4.30pm • E+M • £66
The harp is the National symbol of Paraguay and is
of great significance to the country. In this course we’ll
learn by ear, according to the Paraguayan tradition.
I will demonstrate the main rhythm, the ‘Paraguayan
Polka’, and I will teach several pieces popular in the
Paraguayan harp repertoire, allowing you to gain a
greater understanding of the harp’s place in Paraguay’s
vibrant culture.
Improvisation
Nikolaz Cadoret
T22 • 1.00pm • E+M • £66
Improvisation is supposed to be the most natural
way to express yourself in music. However, it is often
frightening, as this practice was frequently lost in music
education over the last century. From melodic-harmonic
improvisation (on chords) through modal improvisation
based on traditional material to free improvisation, let
us jump all together into this burning cauldron of what
makes music so very much alive!
Jazz
Park Stickney
T23 • 1.00pm • E+M • £66
Both my elementary/intermediate and intermediate/
advanced classes will inhabit the same universe
(chords, scales, jazz tunes, pedal/lever slides, groovy
riffs, phlegmatic anecdotes.) Both will be empowering
and fun and, in theory, won’t involve any yelling or tears.
We’ll use jazz standards and other pieces to explore
these jazz elements—and vice versa. In the end
you’ll have some new pieces, and a more organic
understanding of all that jazz stuff.
Square One to Performance Ready:
Arranging a Simple Tune
Susan Syverson
T24 • 4.30pm • E+M • £66
From a cache of simple tunes, the group will transform
each melody into a stage-ready piece. Increase your
bag of tricks: rhythmic alteration, inversions, harmonic
rhythm change, and all the rest. Do not be afraid:
creativity and charting new territory are exciting.
Susan will guide and share what she has learned can
work and why, always allowing for personal expression
and what should be of primary importance when
expanding a wee tune.
Rhythmic Explorations
Maeve Gilchrist
T25 • 9:00am • E+M • £66
Strengthening your rhythmic core. In this class
we’ll explore all the fundamentals of time and our
understanding of off beats and on-beats. Through a
series of ostinato-based rhythm exercises the student
will strengthen both hands and start to explore more
sophisticated textural material while all the time
increasing their understanding and confidence in their
sense of time. This may sound daunting but through
these simple exercises and rhythms we’ll have a lot of
fun creating interesting and musical textures as a group
and even dip our toes into some initial improvising!
Exploring the English Medieval Harp
Sarah Deere-Jones
T26 • 9.00am • M • £66
A fascinating exploration using Sarah’s research into
the Iconography of the harp in Medieval England. We
will discuss and experiment with iconography, written
descriptions, posture, hand and finger techniques,
accompaniments, and medieval music techniques,
and use music provided.
Learning the Art of Playing Together
Corrina Hewat
T27 • 4.30pm • E • £66
Would you like more sounds and colours in your artist’s
bag of tricks? This class will be a chance to be indulgent –
giving you the opportunity to get your fingers around
new ideas; learning the art of listening, responding in real
time, context and consistency, learning to support and to
lead, thinking quickly and being able to act whether you
are with other harpers or mixed instruments. How can
you make your harping as beautiful, strong, rhythmic
and hypnotic as your favourite Scottish player? By giving
yourself more to work with and taking the space to
practise. Come, take that time in this class. Musical
ideas/dots will be given out at the end of the course.
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MIXED ABILITIES
Wire Harp
Bill Taylor
T28 • 1:00pm • M • £66
Patrick McDonald was a minister in Argyll, who in 1784
published one of the earliest collections of song melodies
in Scotland. This work was begun by his brother Joseph,
and expanded to include melodies from all over Scotland.
The tunes were transcribed with bald authenticity; we are
told that they were “sung in a wild, artless and irregular
manner”, counter to the expectations of polite society.
Nonetheless, the tunes are delightful, sit beautifully on
the wire strings, and give us a window into music-making
inside the rough dwellings of ordinary country folk.
Taught from printed music; sight-reading is essential.
Seven Pedals
Gabriella Dall’Olio
T29 • 1.00pm • M+E • £66
Gabriella will work with you on classical and
contemporary repertoire for the pedal harp from across
continents and centuries with reference to the historical
context of the music in performance. She will discuss
and demonstrate how to make your harp sing and how
to interpret a score beyond the written page
Voice & Harp
Rachel Newton
T30 • 9.00am • E+M • £66
If you’ve always wanted to try singing with your harp,
then this course is for you. We will explore different ways
of accompanying our voices, using various simple core
techniques that can then be expanded upon and developed
to suit all abilities. I’ll teach songs in both English and in
Gaelic and also encourage you to bring along a favourite
song if you’d like advice on how to go about making your
own arrangement for it. All levels of playing and singing
welcome and no prior knowledge of Gaelic needed.
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Scottish Tunes with a Twist
Pippa Reid-Foster
T31 • Teenagers • 4:30pm • E+M • £66
This course will be all about learning Scottish music
with interesting introductions, endings, left hands and
using different techniques to get the most interesting
sounds from our instruments. Would you like to
expand your repertoire with some exciting Scottish
music that is more than just a 16 bar tune? This is
your chance to do just that.
Ensemble Playing
Charlotte Petersen
T32 • 1:00pm • M+E • £66
Group music making with parts ranging from the very
simple to the more challenging.  Simpler parts will be
carefully taught, while more advanced players will
be expected to read reasonably well so please bring
a music stand!  The music will be mainly Scottish
– tunes both old and new, with the emphasis on
developing ensemble skills and having fun!  lever technique and confidence and then explore timing,
Music from Scotland and
Cape Breton for Fiddlers
Mairi Rankin
T33 • 1.00pm • E+M • £66
Fiddlers of all ages and levels are welcome to join
Cape Breton fiddler Mairi Rankin in this workshop
that will focus on tunes, styles and rhythms that are
characteristic of Scottish and Cape Breton traditional
fiddle music. This will be an excellent opportunity to
learn the rhythms, swing, fingered embellishments
and bowing techniques used by fiddlers to make
people want to stay on the dance floor until the
wee hours of the morning.  
Weekend Courses AFTER THE
FESTIVAL, COME ALONG
TO OUR FOLLOW-ON CLASSES
Saturday & Sunday: 2 sessions per day of 1½ hours
IN EDINBURGH. ORGANISED BY
THE CLARSACH SOCIETY, THE
Scottish Music – Old and New
CLASSES WILL RUN AT A RELAXED
Elementary / Intermediate
PACE WITH THE AIMS OF
Jessica Burton
T34 • 1.00pm & 4:30pm • E+M • £66
CONSOLIDATING TECHNIQUE,
Come and learn Scottish tunes in a relaxed and fun
IMPROVING CONFIDENCE AND
atmosphere. We will cover a variety of music from old
traditional melodies, to modern tunes from the current HAVING A BIT OF FUN.
thriving folk scene. Simple arrangements will be taught
by ear, with advice given to assist with fingering, phrasing Ask at The Clarsach Society
Information Desk for
and ornamentation. Recording devices are welcome.
more information.
For the Love of Levers
Intermediate/Advanced
Heather Downie
Come & Try
T35 • 1:00pm & 4.30pm • E+M • £66
Learn to incorporate lever work seamlessly into your
performance. We will work on some exercises to help build
1 ½ hours sessions
sliding and chromatic passages by learning some tunes Come & Try: Step Dance
which include levers as part of the melody or arrangement.
Mairi Rankin
We will also look at how to introduce levers into tunes you
T38a • Saturday • 4.30pm
already know to bring something new to them!
T38b • Sunday • 9.00am
Two Day Courses
Stepdancing is a form of dancing that taps out rhythms
with the feet, and is one of many old traditions that
travelled to Cape Breton from Scotland. This class is
Monday & Tuesday: 1 session per day of 1½ hours for absolute beginners, no experience necessary!
Gaelic Song with Harp Come & Try: Wire Harp
Elementary/Intermediate Bill Taylor
Calum Macleod T39 • Saturday • 4.30pm
T36 • 4.30pm • E+M • £33 An opportunity to try the original harp of the Gaels,
Have you ever been curious to learn about the more whether as an experienced gut-strung player or as a
traditional aspects of Clarsach playing? Singing with complete beginner. For this workshop, fingernails are not
self-accompaniment was an important use of the necessary, although even short nails will enhance your
Clarsach, helping in its resurgence over the past 50 experience. The long resonance which is characteristic
years. In this course we’ll look at all the different elements of this clarsach requires a stopped style of playing, where
including the coordination of singing and playing at the the finger pads damp certain strings to stop excessive
same time; choosing appropriate patterns that reflect the ringing, and give both a clear melodic line and supportive
meaning of the song and look at how these techniques harmony. We’ll look at some ancient fingering techniques,
can transfer to working with other instrumentalists. No try out a simple tune, touch on harp history, and give an
previous knowledge of Gaelic is required opportunity for questions. Instruments provided.
Session Waltzes Come & Try: Ukulele
Intermediate/Advanced Kathy Stewart
Wendy Stewart T40a • Saturday • 1.00pm
T37 • 4.30 pm • E+M • £33 T40b • Sunday • 4.30pm
Wendy has arranged some lovely continental waltzes Ukulele for beginners. Students will be singing and
to swirl the fingers, tap the toes and celebrate our strumming along by the end of the class. Chord charts and
European neighbours from Sweden to Austria via the song sheets will be provided. Discover your “inner uke”!
Massif Central. A wonderful addition to your repertoire
and great for injecting into sessions when the fiddlers Sponsored by Rae MacIntosh
threaten a reel to reel takeover! (ukuleles provided and available for sale after)
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WORKSHOPS
BÙTHAN-OBRACH
SUNDAY 1 APRIL 11.00am – 12.00pm MONDAY 2 APRIL 11.00am – 12.00pm
You are welcome to bring your harp
with you to the workshop. Medieval Songs The Poor Old Lousy Earth 
W5 • Bill Taylor and Rebecca Tavener • £8.50* W9 • Maeve Gilchrist • £8.50*
Bill Taylor and Rebecca Tavener from the ensemble A discussion and analysis of the creation process
SATURDAY 31 MARCH 11.00am – 12.00pm Canty, present a workshop on singing and that Maeve went through in writing the new EIHF
accompanying medieval music. As well as single- commission for Mr McFall’s chamber and clàrsach. In this
Paraguayan Harp
line melodies and examples of the earliest European hour long workshop, Maeve will talk through her writing
W1 • Ismael Ledesma • £8.50*
polyphony, under Rebecca’s direction we’ll discover both process and demonstrate sections of the piece. She’ll
Come and discover some Latin harp techniques
aristocratic material and music for the people – from talk about how she tackled the learning curve of writing
transferable to all harps. Ismael will focus on the use
pilgrim song and political polemic to devotional chant for new instruments, was inspired by the musicality
of the left hand, the left hand being the rhythmic hand
praising Celtic saints. Bill will lead harp players using of Beckett’s words and the idea of creating a textural
in Latin American music!
different accompaniment techniques, including drones, soundscape through which the audience is invited to
Sponsored by The Wales Branch of The Clarsach Society.
counter melodies and modal improvisation. Bring your wonder. Questions will be welcome.
harps (both gut-strung and wire-strung) and expect to  
In Good Hands
W2 • Stuart Eydmann • £8.50*
sing! NB: there won’t be time for a full vocal warm-up Ceilidh Dancing
so please do some vocalizing in advance. W10 • Sheila McCutcheon • £8.50*
The author of our recently published history of The
Come and learn our most popular ceilidh dances here in
Clarsach Society discusses his research and fascinating
Improvisation for All Scotland. Learn a few steps and movements and in no
findings – and much more! Illustrated by sound
W6 • Nikolaz Cadoret • £8.50* time you’ll be birling round the floor with your friends.
recordings and images.
Nikolaz will present many aspects of improvisation, Skills, Drills and Thrills Prepare to have a great laugh, some exercise and learn at
considered the most natural way to express yourself. W7 • Gillian Fleetwood • £8.50* the same time. Wear light clothing and comfortable shoes.
Travels with the Electro-harp.
He will also include his own ideas for the electro-harp Open up your technique with exercises to build strength,
W3 • Mary Macmaster • £8.50*
Though it looked like a standard lamp I fell in love with
and will talk about basic principles as well as his own agility, flexibility and speed. In this upbeat workshop we Sing!
set up, giving tips and tricks that might be helpful. will look at ways to incorporate technical work into your W11 • Corrina Hewat • £8.50*
it straight away. Three decades of lugging it and its
Sponsored by The Transpennine Branch of practices in a fun and constructive way. We will also look Come let off some harpy steam in this voice workshop.
amp around hasn’t diminished my admiration for this
The Clarsach Society. at ways to get the most out of your practice time and We will do some warm ups for the vocal chords, warm
amazing instrument. Come and have a closer look at
discuss tricks and tips to help harpists approach the ups for the body, incorporating some silliness and some
the fantastic Camac electro harp. Try out its enormous
complexities of technique in a positive way using seriousness in a light-hearted fashion. There is no need
sustain then explore ways to control it using fingers,
a series of warm-ups, stretches and exercises. Your to read music or bring harps as we will be working
hands, foam and even tights! Find out why its inventor,
routine should serve your own needs, so we will also with words and learning by ear. Recording devices are
Joel Garnier, said “The harp as a drum”! Participants are
look at ways to tailor your practice to your own needs welcome as is a sense of humour and a voice of any sort.
welcome to bring their own electro-harps and amps
Sponsored by The Highland Branch of
and some will be available to try.
The Clarsach Society.
Learn How to Manage Stress
Learn How to Manage Stress
More Effectively (Part 1)
More Effectively (Part 2)
W4 • Tana Collins • £8.50*
W8 • Tana Collins • £8.50*
In this workshop we will be exploring the nature
Due to feedback from the workshops run in 2016
of stress, what it is and how to recognise the signs
this follow up and more in-depth workshop has been
and symptoms. Panic and anxiety attacks, which
created to explore the nature of performance anxiety
are symptoms of stress, are underpinned by faulty
in musicians. What should we do when we feel anxiety
breathing habits. Come and learn some simple
is hampering or crippling our performance, or worse,
breathing exercises and practical coping skills that
when it stops us from being on stage altogether?
can literally change your life! 
Whether you would like to learn, teach, perform or
compete come and find out how to manage your
anxiety so that not only do you shine but you actually
enjoy being in the spotlight! You don’t have to have
been at the earlier workshop to attend this class but
it will certainly help!
Sponsored by The Isle of Lewis Branch of
* PLUS EVENTBRITE SERVICE FEE The Clarsach Society.

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TUESDAY 3 APRIL 11.00am – 12.00pm Masterclass

W16 • Gabriella Dall’Olio • £20*
Sing a Song of Mannin:
In this public masterclass we are privileged to witness
A Pocketful of Tunes from the Isle of Man
Gabriella drawing on her experience to work with
W12 • Ruth Keggin • £8.50*
selected students at all levels, sharing ideas, insights
In this one-hour workshop, Manx Gaelic singer 
and perceptions to help them enhance technique,
Ruth Keggin will teach a number of traditional and
performance skills and gain a deeper understanding
contemporary folk songs from the Isle of Man, with a
of a breadth of repertoire.
mixture of songs in both Manx Gaelic – which is closely
related to Scottish Gàidhlig – and English. Alongside her
The Song, the Tune, the Arrangement
work performing, Ruth is a qualified teacher and has
W17 • Wendy Stewart • £20*
taught both music and Manx language at primary and
A relaxed morning for singers and non singers alike,
secondary school level. She loves bringing Manx music
exploring a song and its many layered arrangement
and language to new audiences! Songs will be taught
including a beautifully contrasting instrumental melody.
by ear in this workshop, but lyrics will be available. 
We`ll discuss how intro, verse, chorus, middle eight,
catchy riff, pause and outro all work together to highlight
Dance
the rich meaning of the words, carried along by beautiful
W13 • Nic Gareiss • £8.50*
musical phrases. One for the last night session hopefully!
Utilizing improvisation, organic movement, and drawing
Sponsored by The North East of
from a myriad of traditional percussive dance styles
Scotland Branch of The Clarsach Society.
including Irish step dance, Appalachian flat-footing,
and Quebecois gigue, this class explores the sheer
4 Horns, 3 Legs and No Tail –
musical potential of your feet. Using imitation, idiomatic
Everything You Wanted to Know About
ornaments as well as extent ended techniques for shoe
The Isle Of Man but Were Afraid to Ask!
sounds and textures, we will learn to construct lines of
W18 • Ruth Keggin & Rachel Hair • £20*
rhythm imitating melody as well as create rhythmic
The closest Celtic nation to Scotland, the Isle of Man,
counterpoint by setting up shoe-grooves employing
is the somewhat mysterious island in the middle of the
contemporary musical sensibility.
Irish Sea. Come help dispel the mystery by joining native
islander Ruth Keggin and monthly island visitor Rachel
‘Soft Angelic Whispers’ – the Medieval
Hair, to discover that there’s much more to the island
Harp in England
than speeding motorbikes and cats with no tails. We’ll
W14 • Sarah Deere-Jones • £8.50*
learn all about life on the island, its unique culture and
Sarah has collected over 200 images of the medieval
natural beauty with a fascinating heritage that stretches
harp from England as well as much written evidence,
back thousands of years. We’ll learn some Manx Gaelic,
and reveals the importance of the harp in England
sample some island culinary delights and maybe even
during this period and the reasons for its decline.
have a bit of a Manx ceili!
9.30am – 12.30pm Sponsored by The Dumfries and Galloway Branch
WEDNESDAY 4 APRIL Includes 30 minute break of The Clarsach Society.
Harp Brunch Buffet Jazz
W15 • Park Stickney • £20* Can We Stop the Rot? A Method of Prevention
If you’re hungry for jazz harp, but can’t decide what and Reparation of Musculoskeletal Injury
to order, go for the brunch buffet. A selection of blues, W19 • Lesley Crozier • £20*
some home-made rhythm changes, a sampler of chords Students will be offered a programme of self-help for
and techniques, along with some new takes on old injury prevention and rehabilitation. Lesley will discuss
standards. May contain nuts. You’ll have a chance to try the nature of injury and present a reasoned choice of
different regional specialties like altered chords au four conditioning movements. Practical guidance in the
and tritones al dente. Will leave you full, satisfied, and application of safer movement patterns when playing
in need of a nap. the harp will be given. Students may take a physical part
in the proceedings or may prefer to observe.

* PLUS EVENTBRITE SERVICE FEE

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TIME EVENT CODE
FESTIVAL AT A GLANCE MONDAY 2 APRIL DILUAIN 2 GIBLEAN
SEALLADH GOIRID AIR AN FHÈIS 9:00am – 10:30pm Courses
(Note: T1b starts at 10:10am)
11:00am – 12:00pm Workshops:
TIME EVENT CODE
The Poor Old Lousy Earth – Maeve Gilchrist W9
Ceilidh Dancing – Sheila McCutcheon W10
FRIDAY 30 MARCH DIHAOINE 30 MÀRT
Sing! – Corrina Hewat W11
11:00am – 3:30pm Teachers’ Seminars 1:00pm – 2:30pm Courses
3.30pm – 6.30pm Registration 3:00pm – 4:00pm Concert: C6
7:30pm – 10:00pm Opening Concert C1 Ruth Keggin and Rachel Hair/Sarah Deere-Jones and Phil Williams
Ailie Robertson and Mairi Rankin/ Ismael Ledesma 4:30pm – 6:00pm Courses
10.00pm… Late Night Session 7:00pm – 7:45pm The Clarsach Society Annual General Meeting
Festival Club (Theatre) (Robertson Room)
SATURDAY 31 MARCH DISATHAIRNE 31 MÀRT 8:00pm – 11:00pm Family Ceilidh with The Occasionals C7
8:00am onwards Registration TUESDAY 3 APRIL DIMAIRT 3 GIBLEAN
9:00am – 10:30am Courses
9:00am – 10:30am Courses
11:00am – 12:00pm Workshops:
(Note: T1b starts at 10:10am)
Paragyuan Harp – Ismael Ledesma W1
In Good Hands – Stuart Eydmann W2 11:00am – 12:00pm Workshops:
Travels with the Electro-harp – Mary Macmaster W3 Sing a Song of Mannin – Ruth Keggin W12
Learn How to Manage Stress More Effectively (Part 1) – Tana Collins W4 Dance – Nic Gareiss W13
'Soft Angelic Whispers' – The Medieval Harp in England – Sarah Deere-Jones W14
1:00pm – 2:30pm Courses
3:00pm – 4:00pm Concert C2 1:00pm – 2:30pm Courses
Children’s Event: The Power of the Harp! 3:00pm – 4:00pm Concert: C8
4:30pm – 6:00pm Courses Tea Concert: Peach/Skeoch / Moscow Harp Orchestra
7:30pm – 10:00pm Concert: C3 4:30pm – 6:00pm Courses
Rachel Newton Trio/Nicolaz Cadoret 7:30pm – 10:00pm Concert: C9
10:00pm... Late Night Session Maeve Gilchrist with Mr McFall’s Chamber and Nic Gareiss
Festival Club (Theatre) 10:00pm... Late Night Session
Festival Club (Theatre)
SUNDAY 1 APRIL DIDOMHNAICH 1 GIBLEAN
09:00am – 10:30am Courses WEDNESDAY 4 APRIL DICIADAIN 4 GIBLEAN
(Note: T1b starts at 10:10am) 9:30am – 12:30pm Workshops:
11:00am – 12:00pm Workshops: Harp Brunch Buffet Jazz – Park Stickney W15
Medieval Songs – Bill Taylor and Rebecca Tavener W5 Masterclass – Gabriella Dall’Olio W16
Improvisation for All – Nicolaz Cadoret W6 The Song, the Tune, the Arrangement – Wendy Stewart W17
Skills, Drills and Thrills – Gillian Fleetwood W7 4 Horns, 3 Legs and No Tail – Ruth Keggin and Rachel Hair W18
Learn How to Manage Stress More Effectively (Part 2) – Tana Collins W8 Can We Stop the Rot? A Method of Prevention and Reparation
1:00pm – 2:30pm Courses of Musculoskeletal Injury – Lesley Crozier W19
3:00 – 4:00pm Concert: C4 2:00pm – 3:15pm “From Scratch” Rehearsal
Canty and Bill Taylor/Winner of Young Composer Award 4:00pm – 5:00pm Concert C10
4:30pm – 6:00pm Courses “From Scratch” Performance
7:30pm – 10:00pm Concert: C5 7:30pm – 9.00pm Concert C11
Park Stickney/Gabriella Dall’Olio Catriona McKay and Chris Stout
10:00pm… Late Night Session 9:30pm… Late Night Session
Festival Club (Theatre) Festival Club (Theatre)

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BIOGRAPHIES
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1. Jessica Burton
Jessica grew up in Orkney surrounded by traditional
music. A graduate of the Scottish music course at the
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Jessica was a finalist
in the BBC Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the
Year 2016. She has performed at Festival Interceltique
de Lorient, Celtic Connections and the Orkney Folk
Festival among others. She won the Clarsach Society
Young Composer Award 2015 with her piece
‘Shorelines’. Jessica currently teaches a group of
harpists at the Junior Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
2. Nikolaz Cadoret
Born in Brittany, Nikolaz is a multifaceted musician.
He started studying the Celtic Harp with Dominig
Bouchaud and then graduated in Pedal Harp at the
Zürich Musik Hochschule. A prize winner of prestigious
international competitions, he worked as a solo harpist
all over Europe and collaborated with world class
orchestras. He currently works on improvisation and
trans-arts projects with Collectif Polop, FackZeDirtyCut
and Meteoros. With Descofar Trio he renews the Celtic
harp repertoire and in his Rock band JeanJeanne
he brings the electric harp into unexplored fields.
He teaches at the Brest Conservatoire and is visiting
professeur at the IMEP of Namur.
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3. Tana Collins
As the Festival’s massage therapist since 2002, Tana
has also now qualified with distinction as a stress
management trainer. As well as running workshops
in various aspects of stress management, Tana also
works with small groups and individuals in her private
practice in Edinburgh. She has a particular interest in
helping clients understand the nature of stress, so they
feel more empowered. However, massage therapy still
remains her first love. Her role as a massage therapist is
varied, ranging from helping clients to train for sporting
events to giving deep tissue massage to combat
muscle tension and pain from poor posture.
4. Lesley Crozier
Trained as a physiotherapist in Glasgow, Lesley achieved
diplomas in education from London Polytechnic and
Jordanhill College Glasgow, going on to lecture in
physiotherapy at both Glasgow Royal Infirmary and
The Queen‘s College, Glasgow. She has pursued her
particular interest in prevention, re-education and
rehabilitation of musculoskeletal injury applied to
many occupations including music, leading her to
become Director of Movement Education Services Ltd,
specialising in movement analysis and injury prevention.
5. Sarah Deere-Jones
A graduate, prize-winner and Associate of the Royal
Academy of Music, Sarah has during most of her career
focused on her main loves of Aeolian, Traditional and
Medieval music for harp and voice, producing many
sheet music books and CDs that are sold and broadcast
around the world. Her unique research into the
medieval harp in England, has led her to Australia and
America many times where her lectures, workshops
and concerts have been in great demand.
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6. Gabriella Dall’Olio
Gabriella is Head of Harp Studies at Trinity Laban
Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London, where she
mentors young harpists. Her wide and varied repertoire
covers most solo, concerto and chamber music repertoire.
She works with the finest orchestras in the UK and abroad,
under the batons of Rattle, Janssen and Harnoncourt. She
performs solo recitals around the globe and has several
recordings on the Claves, Koch, Stradivarius, Naxos, Dal
Segno and Ambitus labels. Her album, Harp Recital, Claves,
2000, won a Five Diapasons Award.
7. Heather Downie
Having been introduced to Scottish music by the late
Martyn Bennett, Heather has been involved in music
from a young age. Graduating from the RSAMD with a
first class honours degree, Heather went on to achieve
distinction in her postgraduate diploma in performance
studies. No stranger to performing, Heather was a
Young Traditional Musician of the Year finalist in 2015
and she now performs with four piece band Top Floor
Taivers and The Corrina Hewat Band. Heather currently
tutors at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow
and is one of the managing directors at Harp Bazaar.
8. Elinor Evans
Born in Scotland of Welsh parents, Elinor is a hybrid
of two Celtic cultures. In 2014 Elinor completed her
degree in Traditional Music at the Royal Conservatoire
of Scotland, going on to complete her Post Graduate
Diploma in Composition at the Royal Welsh College
of Music and Drama in 2016 whilst also gaining her
ARIAM (Teaching) diploma with honours from the Royal
Irish Academy of Music in Dublin. She has competed
successfully in many festivals and in 2015 won the
prestigious Trophée Camac de Harpe Celtique in
Lorient, Brittany, being the first Scottish harpist and is
now actively pursuing a career performing and teaching.
9. Stuart Eydmann
Edinburgh based traditional musician Dr Stuart
Eydmann is no stranger to the Festival having
performed several times in the past with his group
the Whistlebinkies. As an ethnomusicologist he has
researched and written extensively on aspects of the
traditional instruments of Scotland in the modern era.
His most recent work is In Good Hands, the history
of The Clarsach Society.
10. Gillian Fleetwood
Gillian cut her teeth playing Scottish traditional music
in her hometown of Inverness. She has since released
numerous recordings, including two albums with
Scottish harp and song duo The Duplets who have
performed across Europe, USA, Mexico, Australia and
Brazil, and a further three albums with folk pop band
State Broadcasters. Her newest venture is a more
experimental collaboration; Henry and Fleetwood.
Gillian’s compositions are also a large part of her work
and she has written a number of works for string
quintet as well as her harp and vocal music.
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11. Nic Gareiss
Michigan born dancer, Nic Gareiss, has been described
by the Irish Times as “the human Epitome of the
unbearable lightness of being,” and “the most inventive
and expressive step dancer on the scene” by the
Boston Herald. His work re-imagines movement as a
musical practice recasting dance as a medium that
appeals to both eyes and ears. He weaves together
traditional percussive dance techniques and footwork
with improvisation and musical collaboration.
12. Maeve Gilchrist
Maeve was born and raised in Edinburgh and
attended The City of Edinburgh Music School before
graduating from Berklee College of Music in Boston
USA, where she was subsequently the first lever
harpist to be employed as instructor. Now based in
Brooklyn, New York, she is as at home as a soloist
with an internationally renowned orchestra as she
is playing with a traditional Irish folk group or using
electronic augmentation. She tours internationally
as a band leader as well as maintaining a number of
collaborations including a duo with percussive dancer
Nic Gareiss. In 2017, Maeve premiered her first concerto
for lever harp and symphony orchestra. She has
released five recordings and recently published several
instructional books on her innovative techniques.
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13. Rachel Hair
Rachel tours worldwide and has released four critically
acclaimed albums. She has taught harp at numerous festivals
throughout the UK, USA and Europe. Harp arrangements
and compositions from her books feature in the current
syllabuses of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and Trinity
College London. Rachel teaches at the National Centre of
Excellence in Music in Glasgow and journeys monthly to the
Isle of Man, where she teaches Manx Celtic harp and directs
Manx harp ensemble, Claasagh.
14. Eleanor Hetherington
Eleanor is a classically trained harpist from Edinburgh,
with a deep rooted background in Gaelic traditional music.
Since graduating from the Franz Liszt Music Academy in
Germany in 2008, Eleanor has performed extensively as
an orchestral harpist with many prestigious orchestras,
throughout Europe and is now enjoying a diverse career
as a performer and teacher in Scotland, working regularly
with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and other leading
UK orchestras. Eleanor currently teaches harp at Fettes
College in Edinburgh and Saturday Morning Classes
at St. Mary’s Music School.
15. Corrina Hewat
Corrina is Principal Harp Tutor (BA Scottish Music) at the
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. She is a harpist, singer,
writer, composer & arranger, musical director, recording
artist and musical collaborator. Her huge range of musical
influences has contributed greatly to her individual take
on traditional music. Corrina achieved recognition for
her work with Bachué, Shine and Scots supergroup The
Unusual Suspects (nominated Live Act of the Year). She is
now working on a new grouping and set to record her first
album since her daughter was born, with music and song,
supported by Creative Scotland’s Artist Bursary Award.
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16. Ruth Keggin
Ruth is a Manx Gaelic singer who is passionate
about bringing Manx music and language to a wider
audience. She has released two critically acclaimed
solo albums (Sheear and Turrys) and an interGaelic
album with Mary Ann Kennedy and Eoghan Ó
Ceannabháin (Aon Teanga). Ruth and her band have
performed on BBC Radio 3 and on the programme
Seirm on BBC Alba. She has also been a feature
presenter for the BBC 2 television programme Coast.
She and her band have collaborated with Scottish
group Dàimh, Gàidhlig singer Julie Fowlis, and most
recently Kathleen MacInnes and Blue Rose Code
when performing at Celtic Connections.
17. Ismael Ledesma
Ismael was born in the town of Lambarré, Paraguay.
He played his first notes on the harp at five years old
and his career as a musician started in his mother’s
group, Los Madrigales. In 1982 he travelled to Paris
in order to be part of the circle of Latin American
musicians there and joined some of the diverse groups
of those times such as Los Diablos del Paraguay with
Pedro Ramirez. In 1985 he decided to pursue a solo
career and also became a student at the International
Music Conservatoire of Paris. Latin music is often
considered ‘exotic’ and ‘folkloric’ in Europe and Ismael
is breaking this stereotype by presenting his own new
musical ideas and compositions. He has made 13 CDs
and has toured widely throughout the world
18. Calum Macleod
Calum is a graduate of the Royal Northern College of
Music where he studied pedal harp. Brought up as a
fluent Gaelic speaker playing and singing from a very
early age he was immersed in Gaelic culture. At the
Dunoon Mod 2012 he won the An Comunn Gold Medal
for Gaelic singing, and travelled to Washington, USA in
September 2013 as guest at the American Mod. Calum’s
debut solo album was launched in 2015 and featured
himself multi-tracked across his numerous instruments.
His musical fusion project Nodha with pianist Liam
Waddle will soon release their debut album.
19. Sheila McCutcheon
Sheila originally comes from Gullane in East Lothian
and has been dancing practically all her life. She has
been calling with The Occasionals for several years
now and is often called upon by other dance bands.
Sheila has a wide range of ceilidh, country and reeling
type dances in her extensive repertoire and actively
seeks new dances for crowds to try. She likes nothing
better than encouraging a crowd to give a dance a go!
And they do! She runs classes at Whale Arts, South
Queensferry and is part of the committee that now
runs the Scotch Hop Ceilidhs in Linlithgow Palace.
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20. Mary Macmaster
Best known for her pioneering work with the metal-
strung clarsach and the fantastic Camac electro-harp,
Mary has been involved in the world of the Scottish
harp for more than three decades. As an ambassador
for Scottish music, she has toured extensively with
Sileas (with our own Patsy Seddon), The Poozies,
Shine, Donald Hay and Songs of Separation. Mary has
collaborated live and in the studio with many wonderful
musicians including Scottish hero Dick Gaughan,
Northumbrian pipe virtuoso Kathryn Tickell, English
folk legend Norma Waterson and Sting.
21. Isobel Mieras
One of Scotland’s most experienced and successful
teachers, Isobel has taught and encouraged many of
today’s Scottish Clarsach players, four of whom are
appearing in major concerts at this Festival while a
further four are teaching courses. Her arrangements
and compositions are popular with soloists, duos
and ensembles. She is director of na Clarsairean, the
Scottish Harp Orchestra, is an Artistic Adviser to EIHF
and President of The Clarsach Society. Isobel is proud
to have been inducted to the Scottish Traditional
Music Hall of Fame and to have received the Hamish
Henderson Award for services to traditional music.
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22. Rachel Newton
Singer and Harpist Rachel specialises in interpreting
traditional folk songs in English and Gaelic as well
as writing and arranging her own music. As well as
performing with her band, Rachel is a member of
various groups including The Shee and The Furrow
Collective. She was named Instrumentalist of the Year in
the Scots Trad Music Awards 2016, Musician of the Year
in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2017 and her third solo
album Here’s My Heart Come Take It was shortlisted for
a Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award as one of the
top ten outstanding Scottish albums of 2017.
23. Charlotte Petersen
Charlotte is one of Scotland’s established talents in
composing and arranging traditional music for the
Clarsach. Her compositions have delighted audiences
around the world and have been recorded as soundtracks
for several BBC radio plays. Charlotte has published a
series of books containing her own arrangements and
teaches Clarsach and harp at schools around Edinburgh
including St Mary’s Music School, Taobh na Pairce
(Gaelic school) and James Gillespie’s High School.
24. Mairi Rankin
Born in Mabou, Nova Scotia, Mairi has been influenced by
some of the best Cape Breton traditional musicians and
instructors on the island. She plays fiddle, sings and also
step-dances and has developed her own unique style
by being immersed in such a rich musical culture. She
has toured nationally and internationally as a solo artist, a
sideman and is a member of the Cape Breton Celtic super
group Beolach. She has performed with the Rankin Sisters,
Unusual Suspects and Bruce Guthro and others. Mairi has
recorded one solo album, two CDs with Beolach and has
been featured on numerous compilations and recordings.
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25. Pippa Reid-Foster
Pippa, performer, teacher and composer, is a graduate
of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Alongside her
performance schedule and her teaching practice Pippa
has released her debut album Driftwood Harp featuring
her own compositions. Born and having lived most of her
life on the West Coast of Scotland, Pippa sees the beautiful
and dramatic landscape very much as home territory and
takes inspiration for her compositions from it.
26. Ailie Robertson 
Ailie, from Edinburgh, is a musician in the broadest sense:
composer, arranger, teacher, improviser and harp player.
She synthesises Irish, Scottish and contemporary harping
technique into her own individual style. Ailie began
playing the clarsach when she was eleven years old and,
through her piano and clarsach lessons, developed a love
for both classical and traditional music. She has won a
plethora of awards for her harp playing.
27. Toni Russell
Toni was born in Cardiff and brought up in Oban
where her interest in traditional music and the Harp
began. On graduating with BA Hons in Applied Music
from Strathclyde University, she went on to perform
and teach at home and abroad, before returning to
her hometown where she spent a number of years
developing traditional music and dance, writing and
producing Scottish shows. Over the years Toni was a
successful competitor at the Royal National Mod and
now enjoys adjudicating at various competitions. Now
living in Dundee Toni teaches in a number of schools
across Tayside and Fife.
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28. Patsy Seddon
Patsy has been involved with the Scottish Harp
(Clàrsach) for over four decades. She is known for
her performances with the duo Sileas (with our own
Mary Macmaster), the group The Poozies and other
ensembles and has recorded many CDs. She has taught
harp for many years and is also a teacher of Kodály
musicianship for the National Youth Choir of Scotland.
She has an honours degree in Celtic Studies and was
one of the first musicians in residence at the School of
Scottish Studies at Edinburgh University. In 2013 she was
inducted into the Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame
for her part in the development of the Scottish Harp.
29. Wendy Stewart
Wendy brings her relaxed but incisive style of teaching to
her workshops and courses in the USA and Europe as well
as to her teaching of Scottish traditional music and song in
Dumfries and Galloway Primary schools through the Feis
Rois/ YMI scheme. 2017 saw the completion of Moniaive
and Glencairn`s Creative Place Award project including a
recording of the Cairn Valley Song Cycle featuring two of
Wendy`s compositions. She also ran a science and music
project for S2 pupils at Sanquhar Academy in conjunction
with the Crawick Multiverse and is currently developing
a new quartet – The Galloway Agreement.
30. Kathy Stewart
Kathy is a singer songwriter and recording artist, teaches
at Merlin Academy of Traditional Music in Melrose and
facilitates several community choirs in the Scottish
Borders and Edinburgh, including the award-winning
singing group, The Cheyne Gang, specifically for the
people with chronic breathing disorders. Kathy believes
that music making promotes well-being and joy, can
build bridges and break barriers.
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31. Park Stickney 33. Bill Taylor

While attempting to live simultaneously in Brooklyn, Bill is a specialist in the performance of ancient harp
New York and on a farm in Switzerland, Park is music from Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and is one
constantly in motion, giving concerts throughout of very few players investigating these repertoires on
Europe and the U.S.  He has performed and taught medieval gut-strung harps, wire-strung clarsachs and
in nearly every harp festival that exists, from Adelaide Renaissance harps with buzzing bray pins. He is one
to Zaragoza, recorded with the Crash Test Dummies, of the foremost interpreters of music in the Robert ap
been an occasional stowaway in the Berlin Huw manuscript, containing the earliest harp music
Philharmonic, jammed with young oud students in in Europe, and he has made over 30 CDs. Bill performs
the West Bank, played Broadway pits in NY, toured and teaches in the Scottish Highlands and works
with the Fantasticks in Japan, given concerts in a mine with Ardival Harps in Strathpeffer. He performs with
in South-Tyrol, in a thermal bath in Switzerland, in a several ensembles, including Canty, Graindelavoix,
New York McDonalds, in Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Albania, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, Quadrivium and Sinfonye.
Moscow.., and appears regularly on page 97 of Patricia
34. Heather Yule
Cornwell’s novel From Potter’s Field. Park teaches at the
Heather has taught and performed on the clarsach
Royal Academy of Music, London, the Conservatoire
throughout Scotland and at various events in the USA
National Superieur de Lyon, France, and the Haute
and Cape Breton, Canada. Heather is involved in the
Ecole de Musique in Lausanne, Switzerland. He is
Scottish traditional storytelling scene, which has its base
also an enthusiastic but spectacularly un-gifted Swiss
in Edinburgh’s Scottish Storytelling Centre. She has
volunteer fireman.
performed in Europe, Scandinavia and North America
32. Susan Syverson as a traditional storyteller, enchanting audiences of all
Teacher, freelance performer, arranger, composer and ages with her unique way of combining harp music
ambassador for the harp wherever she goes, Susan and story.
earned BA and MM in Harp at University of Arizona
School of Music under Dr. Carrol McLaughlin. Chamber
and symphony orchestras have Susan as harpist
regularly, when she is not at her part-time teaching job
at Music School in Kristianstad, Sweden. Under grants
from regional arts groups and Swedish National Arts
Council, Susan tours and teaches internationally. Nordic
trad is a favourite genre (Vindonia Trio), closely followed
by Celtic and World Music.

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HOW TO BOOK
A’ GLÈIDHEADH ÀITE
Online: www.harpfestival.co.uk
By telephone: +44 (0)131 554 0212
(Monday-Friday 10.00am – 3.00pm)
By email: office@harpfestival.com
By post: EIHF, G43, Out of the Blue Drill Hall,
36 Dalmeny Street, Edinburgh, EH6 8RG
Payment can be made by Mastercard, Maestro,
Visa, American Express, Apple Pay and Android Pay.
Tickets will be emailed to customers. Please keep
your tickets handy on your mobile phone or bring
a print out with you. Alternatively, your tickets
may be posted for an additional charge of £1.50
per order.
During the Festival, tickets for all events may be
purchased, subject to availability, from the Festival
Box Office at Merchiston.
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CONCESSION TICKETS
EIHF aims to be open, accessible and affordable
to all. Concessions are available for certain events
Available to:
• Under 18s • Full-time students • Unwaged
• People over 60 • Disabled people and companions.
• EIHF Participants*
* People who have booked a course lasting two days or more
TICKET DISCOUNTS
Young people
Under 16s can enjoy up to 50% off on selected concerts.
Concert series
Benefit from a discount when you purchase one
ticket for each of the concerts.**
** Excludes the Family Ceilidh and Tea Concert.
Ticket prices: £105 (full) £95 (conc.) £55 (U16s)
HOW TO GET TO MERCHISTON
A’ FAIGHINN GU MERCHISTON
Merchiston Castle School, 294 Colinton Road, BY BUS
Edinburgh, EH13 0PU There is a bus stop right outside the entrance to
Merchiston. Lothian Buses No. 10, 18 and 45 pass here.
BY CAR
Standard fare: £1.60 (correct at the time of printing)
From the North: After crossing the Forth Road Bridge,
Lothian Buses: +44 (0)131 555 6363
follow signs to M8 and Glasgow. Take slip road marked
Route Planner: lothianbuses.com
Edinburgh and City Bypass (A720). Follow Bypass
southbound sign. Exit at Dreghorn Junction (Colinton
BY TRAIN
exit). Follow signs for Redford Barracks: Merchiston is
Edinburgh’s main railway terminal is Waverley
opposite these, on the north side of Colinton Road.
Station. From here you can take a taxi or bus
From the South: A1, A7 and A68 all lead to the City to Merchiston.
Bypass. Follow signs for the Forth Road Bridge and
Travel time is approximately 30 minutes.
Airport. Leave Bypass at Dreghorn Junction (Colinton
exit). Follow signs for Redford Barracks: Merchiston
BY AIR
is opposite these, on the north side of Colinton Road.
Edinburgh International Airport is only a 15 minute
From the West: From the M8, do not follow route taxi ride from Merchiston, while Airlink 100 express
to Forth Road Bridge, but continue on to the City bus service and the tram service offer frequent and
Bypass, following southbound signs. Exit at Dreghorn reliable transport links to the city centre.
Junction, (Colinton exit). Follow signs for Redford
Barracks: Merchiston is opposite these, on the
north side of Colinton Road.
AA Route Planner: theaa.com
RAC Route Planner: rac.co.uk
PARKING
Parking at Merchiston is free but limited.
There may be a short walk to the venue
from some of the parking available on
campus or on adjacent roads. Staff will be
on hand to direct traffic during busy times.
A loading bay is available to the right of the
main building to upload and unload harps, and
disabled parking is available in front of the main
building and by the Mappa Mundi building and except in the case of disabled users. (A disabled
Theatre. Please note that vehicles must be parked badge must be displayed.) We respectfully request
in designated areas and should not obstruct that residential participants staying on site for the
any entrances or exits. Parking is not permitted duration of the Festival please park on the long
adjacent to the Mappa Mundi building and Theatre, driveway to avoid congestion.
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VENUE INFORMATION AND ACCESS

FIOSRACHADH MUN ÀITE & FAIGHINN ANN

MERCHISTON
There are steps to access reception, the Memorial Hall electric wheelchairs. A stair lift is also available and is Accessible toilets are located by the café and
and café. Due to the nature of campus buildings some accessed via reception to the left of the main building. accessed via reception to the left of the main
courses and workshops will have restricted access. A ramp can be in place to access reception and the building – please note there are steps to access 30 March – 4 April 2018
café with advanced notice. Please advise the box office reception (see above for further information).

A stair climber is available for wheelchair users to when booking if you require a wheelchair space at one
access the Memorial Hall via the front entrance to of our concerts and/or if you require a ramp to access
the main building – please note this is not suitable for reception or the café. The theatre is fully accessible.
LAIDLAW
CONCERT AREAS
ACCOMMODATION AREAS
LAIDLAW
SOUTH
Accommodation at Merchiston
Accessible toilets are also available in the Mappa
Mundi and Robertson buildings. Both buildings are
locked at the close of the harpmakers’ exhibition
each day at 5:30/6:00pm. All prices are per room per night
and include breakfast
For more details or assistance accessing other
NORTH areas of the campus, please contact us in advance LAIDLAW HOUSE
of the festival on +44 (0) 131 554 0212 or on Single room, en-suite: £48.36
+44 (0) 7801747118 during the festival. Double / Twin room, en-suite: £86.43
Note: Laidlaw House has six rooms adapted
Accessible accommodation is available on campus. for people with disabilities.
Please see adjacent note on accommodation for
booking details.

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PLEASE NOTE!

Merchiston Booking Form

Laidlaw House
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Name(s):

EDINBURGH
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INTERNATIONAL
HARP FESTIVAL
Email:

Provisional dates
Tel:

DATES REQUIRED 5-10 April 2019

Thursday 29 March Monday 2 April
Friday 30 March Tuesday 3 April
Saturday 31 March Wednesday 4 April
Sunday 1 April
FESTIVAL TEAM
ROOM REQUIREMENTS
Mary Scott: Festival Co-ordinator
LAIDLAW HOUSE (EN-SUITE)
Isobel Mieras & Patsy Seddon: Joint Artistic Advisers
Single Room @ £48.36 per room per night
Twin Room @ £86.43 per room per night Laurina Strachan:
Double Room @ £86.43 per room per night The Clarsach Society Information Desk
Catriona Smith: Festival Administrator
SHARED FACILITIES ACCOMMODATION
Single room: £33.07 Eleanor Thom: Festival Administrator

PAYMENT Rachel Hair: Press and Media

Katie Harrigan: Fundraising and Sponsorship
nights at £ per night
TOTAL £ Annette Lambourne & Stephanie Harrison-Boond:
Stewarding
PAYMENT METHOD
Douglas Kerr: Harpmakers’ Exhibition
I enclose a cheque for £
(Cheques to Merchiston Castle School) John Macleod: Gaelic Adviser
Mary Macmaster:
CREDIT / DEBIT CARD
Stage Management
Card type: Visa Mastercard Maestro
Anthony Spiers:
Card no. Merchandise
Sheona Ure:
Name on card
Finance
Expiry date Security code

Merchiston Events & Hospitality, Merchiston Castle School

294 Colinton Road, Edinburgh EH13 0PU
Tel: +44 (0)131 312 2258 Fax: +44 (0)131 441 6060

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Book online
www.harpfestival.co.uk

Book by phone
+44 (0)131 554 0212

Book in person or by post

EIHF, Studio G43, Out of the Blue Drill Hall,
36 Dalmeny Street, Edinburgh, EH6 8RG

Scottish Charity Number: SC011819

Illustrations: Jenny Proudfoot