Galway Early Music Festival features Harpers and Pipers

In just a few weeks the Galway Early Music Festival will begin in the west of Ireland.  This year, the organizers, several of whom are regulars at Scoil na gCláirseach, have succeeded in bringing harper Siobhán Armstrong, piper Barnaby Brown and piper and singer Griogair Labhruidh, the members of Coracle, to the festival.  If you are [...]

Harpers for Housing: Sunday, December 4th

You’re invited to the third annual Harpers for Housing Sunday, December 4th at 2pm at the Lincoln Street United Methodist Church, 5145 SE Lincoln St., Portland Suggested donation: $10 (please click here to see a map) Come enjoy a festive holiday concert featuring harpers, singers, and a wonderful mandolin player!  This is a benefit for [...]

The Early Gaelic Harp Conference

Early Gaelic Harp Conference :  June 11 & 12, 2011 in Boston, MA David Kortier and Ann Heymann have once again produced an extraordinary collaboration in building and playing a replica of the Bunworth harp, a high-headed instrument built around 1734 for the Reverend Charles Bunworth.  This harp resides at the Museum of Fine Arts in [...]