Booking Tickets:
For all courses, except Come and Try the Harp, Students must provide their own harp.
Complete the booking form available on the website: www.harponwight.co.uk
Or contact: annasacchini@btinternet.com
Or Vic King: +44 1983 730930
For all courses, except Come and Try the Harp, Students must provide their own harp.
Complete the booking form available on the website: www.harponwight.co.uk
Or contact: annasacchini@btinternet.com
Or Vic King: +44 1983 730930
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COME AND TRY THE HARP
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MERLYNNA JOHNSONAn opportunity for everyone to try the harp. All ages welcome.
Merlynna will demonstrate the basic technique and will help anyone intending to take this instrument further. For this course only, Harps are kindly supplied by some of the harp exhibitors. Workshop information:(for Absolute Beginners)
Friday 28th October 14:00 - 15:00 Ryde Methodist Church - Garfield Road - Lecture Room £10 x 1 session of 1 hour |
BEGINNERS WORKSHOP
Realise your potential! When starting out the harp can be daunting. Leave this workshop with practice skills, aural learning skills, confidence sight-reading, solid technique and being able to play some beautiful new music.
This course is suitable for students who have already taken some lessons, but still need help with the basic technique.
This course is suitable for students who have already taken some lessons, but still need help with the basic technique.
FRAN BARSBYFran is an award-winning harpist based in West Sussex. Fran graduated in 2015 from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and completed a Masters Degree in Education at Bath University in 2022.
Fran has been playing the harp for 20 years and during this time Fran has enjoyed studying with teachers including Catherine White, Gabriella Dall'Olio, David Watkins, Skaila Kanga, Louisa Maria Cordell, Charlotte Seale, Anne Hughes Chamberlain and more. Fran is Resident Harpist for the British Harp makers, Pilgrim Harps. Fran enjoys a busy performing and teaching career and has had the privilege of performing in many prestigious venues such as St John Smith Square, Royal Albert Hall, Birmingham Symphony Hall, Birmingham Town Hall, Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester Minerva Theatre and many more. She enjoys performing an eclectic mix of music but is especially passionate about arranging pop and film music and bringing the harp into the 21st century. |
Workshop information:LEVEL: Beginners/Elementary
£ 35 (2 sessions x 1.5 hrs) Monday 31st October - 11:30 - 13:00 Monday 31st October -15:30 - 17:00 Ryde Methodist Church - Garfield Road - Rose Room 
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Not only does Fran have a very busy performing career but she also has a great passion for teaching and ensuring anyone that wants to learn the harp, has the opportunity to. Fran has enjoyed giving masterclasses at numerous harp festivals, schools and universities such a the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, the Young Composers Project.
Fran is company Director at PoppyHarp, which launched in 2014. PoppyHarp is a harp showroom for British Harp makers including; Pilgrim Harps, Silver Spear Harps and Derwent harps. Through PoppyHarp Fran also helps young professional musicians and composers, publish their first compositions. In conjunction with this Fran launched the Future Blend Project and PoppyHarp Competitive Harp Festival. The Future Blend Project is now internationally renowned. The PoppyHarp Competitive Harp Festival started in 2015. It is now run online each January and is extremely popular with students and professionals taking part from all over the world.
Fran is company Director at PoppyHarp, which launched in 2014. PoppyHarp is a harp showroom for British Harp makers including; Pilgrim Harps, Silver Spear Harps and Derwent harps. Through PoppyHarp Fran also helps young professional musicians and composers, publish their first compositions. In conjunction with this Fran launched the Future Blend Project and PoppyHarp Competitive Harp Festival. The Future Blend Project is now internationally renowned. The PoppyHarp Competitive Harp Festival started in 2015. It is now run online each January and is extremely popular with students and professionals taking part from all over the world.
BRETON TRADITIONAL MUSIC
In this workshop, Tristan will teach you different types of traditional Breton tunes, such as slow airs, marches, songs and dances with different styles, modes and rhythms. Tristan will then guide you step by step through basic arrangements appropriate to this music. Learners by ear or from written music are equally welcome. You are encouraged to bring a recoding device.
TRISTAN LE GOVIC (Brittany)Tristan Le Govic is a well known Breton harp player with an acclaimed international career. He has performed in many festival in Europe, US, Canada and Russia, and has given many workshops during harp festivals. He has recorded many albums as a solo musician and also with other musicians. His recent trio with Tangi Le Hénanff (bass) and Alan Quéré-Moysan (drums) was awarded with the Nevez Flamm Trophy for best Fest Noz (folk dances) band of the year 2018, a band with whom he has recorded his last album Dañs.
Tristan has released also music books, he is the editor of the Antologiezh Telenn Breizh (the Breton harp anthology), a unique collection of Breton harp music in three volumes, bringing all together the greatest harpists of Brittany (among them Alan Stivell...) A gold medalist in the Celtic harp, he holds an M.A. and a National Diploma in teaching traditional music. He is actually writing a PhD Music at the University of Rennes with the Breton harp player Kristen Noguès as a subject. |
Workshop information:Friday 28th October 9:30 - 11:00
Friday 28th October 15:30 - 17:00 Saturday 29thOctober 9:30 - 11:00 Ryde Methodist Church - Garfield Road - Lecture Room LEVEL: From Post Beginners to Intermediate level. £ 50 (3 session x 1.5 hrs) 
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THE SUNKEN FOREST
You are invited to be part of a harp ensemble, which will perform on the Festival Stage. We will explore the Welsh legend of Cantre’r Gwaelod, a land flooded by the sea, echoing the rising ocean levels today. Some music to be sent in advance and further sessions will introduce new techniques and sounds.
EIRA LYNN-JONESEira Lynn Jones is a musician who plays the harp; equally at home on pedal or lever harp.
Her eclectic career has taken her all over the world. Highlights include: performing at the Hollywood Bowl, L.A.; workshops in South Africa, Denmark, Greece; a Recital in Reykjavik, Iceland for the Nordic Watercolour Society; recordings with the Black Dyke Brass Band and the heavy metal group Venom. Studying with Kathleen Bride (a pupil of Marcel Grandjany) in New York ignited a passion for teaching, which influenced her work at the RNCM, where she directed the harp department for nearly 30 years. She is regularly invited to give workshops, with her classes at the Edinburgh International Harp Festival sold out for the past 3 years. Her two solo albums “… from within” and “Forgotten Dreams” include pieces which she has enjoyed teaching to her pupils, as well as introducing new works. ELJ Music is a publication company that she runs with her husband, Steve. Her booklets include the Pick and Mix series of technical exercises, and several volumes of original compositions. Clouds in a Sunlit Sky from Summer Days was chosen for the Harps North West JaNEWary Challenge 2021. |
Workshop information:Friday 28th October 11:30 - 13:00
Saturday 29th October 11:30 - 13:00 Sunday 30th October 11:30 - 13:00 Ryde Methodist Church - Garfield Road - Church Hall LEVEL: Elementary to Intermediate. Able to read music. £ 50 (3 session x 1.5 hrs) 
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Recent adventures include: co-directing Flyways 22 (a cross-border project for harpists of all ages and levels), and being selected as composer for Illumine Theatre’s production of Tremolo.
Eira created the Labyrinth Ensemble to give harpists from different walks of life the opportunity to take centre stage at a professional level. Their love and dedication to the harp has been inspirational and led her to create this unique project. This is their first performance.
Eira created the Labyrinth Ensemble to give harpists from different walks of life the opportunity to take centre stage at a professional level. Their love and dedication to the harp has been inspirational and led her to create this unique project. This is their first performance.
LEFT LETS LOOSE
Aisling will be teaching traditional tunes from her repertoire and will be teaching syncopated left-hand accompaniment. Aisling will experiment with the changing of rhythms and with loosening the left hand to allow the accompaniment to move more freely. Aisling will give ideas surrounding intervals and chord progressions, the aim being giving traditional tunes a more complex, contemporary and edgy feel!
AISLING LYONS (Ireland)‘..the finest young Irish harpist at work today..' – Songlines 2022.
Aisling Lyons, multi-award winning musician & composer from County Clare has been described as ‘one of traditional music’s finest musicians’ by Hot Press Magazine in 2022 after the release of her debut album ‘Aistear’ (2021). She is the holder of 8 All-Ireland titles & has performed all around the world, from Europe to The U.S, Australia & China. Aisling graduated with a First Class Honours Degree in Irish Music from The University of Limerick in 2018 & as a Professional Master of Education in 2021. She holds a Grade 8 award with Distinction from the London College of Music & currently tutors harp at The Irish World Academy, Limerick & at University College Cork. Aisling is currently involved in a collaborative music residency with glór & Creative Ireland (2022) while touring and recording with bands '3 on the Bund' and 'Harpanno'. She has been described as ‘one of the rising stars and budding composers of the Irish harp world – rooted in tradition and beautifully inventive’. In 2021, Aisling collaborated with artist Aideen Barry, on ‘Oblivion’ commissioned by Music Network and the Irish Traditional Music Archives & also performed with Tolu Makay on RTÉ's 'Ireland in Music' & for Michael D. Higgins' 80th Birthday Celebrations on TG4. Aisling’s debut album ‘Aistear’, supported by Clare County Council, was released in 2021 and has been described as ‘an exceptional CD’ (The Living Tradition), ‘a standout record, flawless’ (Hot Press) & ‘excellent’ (Folk Radio UK) |
Workshop Information:Saturday 29th 11:30 to 13:00 and 15:30 to 17:00
Sunday 30th 9:30 to 11.00 Ryde Methodist Church - Garfield Road - Lecture Room LEVEL: Advanced (upper intermediate to advanced) £ 50 (3 session x 1.5 hrs) 
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STYLES AND RHYTHMS OF FLAMENCO
We will take a tour of the main styles and rhythms of this musical genre and we will learn typical sung melodies, with palms and with the harp.
ANA CRISMANJerez-born artist Ana Crismán is the first and only person in the world who performs and composes flamenco with harp. Exotic in the musical world and also in flamenco, this artist is absolutely unique and exclusive in the entire world. She is the creator of the flamenco harp, as stated by José Mercé on TV, who was inspired by seeing her play live and began to sing. She has left for posterity the first source and reference of this art with her show “Harpa Jonda”, premiered in New York at the Manhattan Repertory Theater in January 2019.
The harp, in the hands of Ana Crismán, sounds flamenco. Never before has a harp covered so many styles of this musical genre with a purely flamenco language: seguiriya, soleá, bulerías, alegrías, malagueñas, granaínas, guajiras, rondeña, tientos, tangos…these are just some of the many flamenco styles that this Jerez native plays on the harp. Both with his compositions and when he makes arrangements and performances, he leaves an exquisite mixture to the delight of the listener: knowledge of the roots, childhood in very flamenco Jerez, mastery of the compás and very skillful hands that capture in this very difficult and beautiful instrument the most pure, giving rise to a very sophisticated beauty. She is a creative artist of a highly refined flamenco expression. |
Workshop information:Sunday 30th October 15:30 - 17:00
Monday 31st October 9:30 – 11:00 Tuesday 1st November 15.30 - 17.00 Ryde Methodist Church - Garfield Road - Lecture Room £ 50 (3 session x 1.5 hrs) LEVEL: All levels are welcome 
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POP AND FILM MUSIC WORKSHOP
Popular music is at your fingertips! Toss away your sight-reading and launch into a world of aural learning and realising your and your harps potential. In this workshop you will leave being able to embrace learning by ear, reading from lead-sheets, arranging and playing popular and film music.
FRAN BARSBYFran is an award-winning harpist based in West Sussex. Fran graduated in 2015 from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and completed a Masters Degree in Education at Bath University in 2022.
Fran has been playing the harp for 20 years and during this time Fran has enjoyed studying with teachers including Catherine White, Gabriella Dall'Olio, David Watkins, Skaila Kanga, Louisa Maria Cordell, Charlotte Seale, Anne Hughes Chamberlain and more. Fran is Resident Harpist for the British Harp makers, Pilgrim Harps. Fran enjoys a busy performing and teaching career and has had the privilege of performing in many prestigious venues such as St John Smith Square, Royal Albert Hall, Birmingham Symphony Hall, Birmingham Town Hall, Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester Minerva Theatre and many more. She enjoys performing an eclectic mix of music but is especially passionate about arranging pop and film music and bringing the harp into the 21st century. |
Workshop information:Sunday 30th October 11:30 - 13:00
Ryde Methodist Church - Garfield Road - Lecture Room LEVEL: This course is suitable for Beginner-Intermediate players. You do not have to be able to read music but it is recommended that you are competent playing hands together with three fingered chords in the left hand as a minimum. £16 (1 session x 1.5 hrs) 
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Not only does Fran have a very busy performing career but she also has a great passion for teaching and ensuring anyone that wants to learn the harp, has the opportunity to. Fran has enjoyed giving masterclasses at numerous harp festivals, schools and universities such a the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, the Young Composers Project.
Fran is company Director at PoppyHarp, which launched in 2014. PoppyHarp is a harp showroom for British Harp makers including; Pilgrim Harps, Silver Spear Harps and Derwent harps. Through PoppyHarp Fran also helps young professional musicians and composers, publish their first compositions. In conjunction with this Fran launched the Future Blend Project and PoppyHarp Competitive Harp Festival. The Future Blend Project is now internationally renowned. The PoppyHarp Competitive Harp Festival started in 2015. It is now run online each January and is extremely popular with students and professionals taking part from all over the world.
Fran is company Director at PoppyHarp, which launched in 2014. PoppyHarp is a harp showroom for British Harp makers including; Pilgrim Harps, Silver Spear Harps and Derwent harps. Through PoppyHarp Fran also helps young professional musicians and composers, publish their first compositions. In conjunction with this Fran launched the Future Blend Project and PoppyHarp Competitive Harp Festival. The Future Blend Project is now internationally renowned. The PoppyHarp Competitive Harp Festival started in 2015. It is now run online each January and is extremely popular with students and professionals taking part from all over the world.
THE CATRIN FINCH ACADEMY
The Catrin Finch Academy workshop will focus on both technique and improvisation in equal measure and will be based on Catrin’s newly published exercise book and accompanying videos. The workshop will be suitable for players of all standards, from beginner though intermediate to experienced
CATRIN FINCHCatrin Finch, from Llanon on the west coast of Wales, is the most gifted classical harp virtuoso of her generation, grounded in prodigious early achievements and intense classical training, and serving as Royal Harpist to H.R.H. The Prince of Wales in her early twenties. Catrin has performed with many of the world’s leading orchestras; she has also achieved chart success with her number 1 rendition of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, and has recorded for the world’s leading classical labels. Catrin’s boundless curiosity and adventurous spirit has led her into a parallel universe of musical success, most notably through her collaboration with kora virtuoso Seckou Keita with whom she won Best Group at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2019.
In her classical career, Catrin Finch has performed with many of the world’s leading orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, the Royal Philharmonic, the Boston Pops, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and the English Chamber Orchestra. She has graced the stages of A-list classical music festivals, including Salzburg, Edinburgh, Spoleto and MDR Musiksommer in Leipzig and toured throughout Europe, north and south America and the Middle East. Catrin has performed extensively throughout the USA, South America, the Middle East, Asia, Australia and Europe, both as a soloist, and appearing with many of the world’s top orchestras, and has recorded for many of the major international recording companies, including Universal Records, Deutsche Grammophon, EMI and Sony Classical, both solo and with notable artists such as Bryn Terfel, Sir James Galway and Julian Lloyd-Webber. |
Workshop information:Monday 31st October 15:30 - 17:00
Tuesday 1st November 9:30 - 11:00 Tuesday 1st November 11:30 - 13:00 Ryde Methodist Church - Garfield Road - Lecture Room LEVEL: All levels, from beginner to experienced £ 50 (3 session x 1.5 hrs) 
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