New Trinity College Harp

It’s here! It’s here. I’ve had a hectic week since the arrival of the new Trinity College harp on Wednesday. I had asked my luthier, David Kortier, to let me string it. Suffice it to say that several times this week I have wondered about that decision, but let me tell you, it has been [...]

Harpers Meeting Monthly

Two of us have been meeting monthly since October, and we’ve spent the meetings playing music, sharing ideas, and lending CDs.  This month we worked on a piobaireachd we’d each been studying.  Sam and I have both commissioned a historical instrument through David Kortier in Duluth, Minnesota.  I have a Trinity in the works, which [...]

New Scoil na gClairseach and Harp Videos pages

Hello, friends.  I’ve added two new pages.  One is a work in progress, with photos from this year’s Scoil na gCláirseach in Kilkenny, Ireland. The other is a page of video clips of several harpers playing, in some cases, replicas of historical instruments. Yesterday afternoon, Sam, Aran and I met at Sam’s house and spent [...]