Spring Harp Ramble

pale fleur copy
(photo by Shar)

Spring Greetings and a Ramble…

Such frolicking happening in the garden. Crocuses, daffodils, trilliums, hellebore… all rather enthusiastic! It’s nice to have bits of gentle beauty to notice after a winter that has kept me wonderfully and intensely focused and busy with many orchestral and solo/duo concerts. This included a few weeks on Vancouver Island giving concerts and teaching. You can see some of the ocean beauty on my Listening to the Inbetween photoblog.
And now my Spring will be sporting orchestral, choral and duo concerts as well as a harp festival. Spring wishes and I hope to see you soon, Shar

Upcoming Concerts & Shar Sightings:

Kingston Symphony Orchestra
April 27th, 8pm
KINGSTON, Ontario
Grand Theatre, Kingston

Music for a Spring’s Eve
Wednesday May 8th, 7pm
OAKVILLE, Ontario
  Laurie Farrow Reviol, voice
  Sharlene Wallace, harp
at Central Baptist Church
340 Rebecca Street, Oakville
Tickets $20 available at L’Atelier Grigorian, 210 Lakeshore Rd E., Oakville
info: 416-346-6600 / harp@sharlenewallace.com
Music of Verdi, Schubert, Debussy, folk songs and more…
Laurie is a long time friend of mine from growing up and dancing together in Oakville. She now lives in Germany with an active singing career. She will be returning to Oakville as the guest soloist with the Oakville Symphony on May 11th and 12th. We have been talking for many years about doing a concert together… and wonderfully we are doing it Wednesday May 8th!

Oakville Symphony Orchestra
May 11th, 8pm and May 12th, 2pm
OAKVILLE, Ontario
  guest artist Laurie Farrow Reviol, voice

The Harp Gathering
May 17th-19th
OHIO, USA
Sauder Village, Archbold, Ohio
An amazing weekend of harp playing, workshops, and concerts!
with Maeve Gilchrist, Kim Robertson, Sharlene, Timothy Harper, Frank Voltz and Denise and Michael Grupp-Verbon
www.harpgathering.com

Celtic Tide
VOCA Chorus of Toronto
Saturday June 1st, 7:30pm
TORONTO, Ontario
Eastminster United Church
310 Danforth Avenue, Toronto
Featured, will be Scott Macmillan (composer) and Jennyfer Brickenden’s (librettist) stunning Celtic Mass for the Sea for choir and traditional Celtic instruments. Also performed will be other Celtic choral and instrumental treats! Scott and Jennyfer will also be performing with us and giving a wee talk about their work. Such a special treat!
Jenny Crober, artistic director
Elizabeth Acker, accompanist
featuring:
Loretto Reid, tin whistle, Irish flute, accordion
Sharlene Wallace, Celtic harp
Leon Taheny, bodhran, percussion
Rose Bolton, fiddle/violin
Wendy Solomon, cello
Kelly Hood, uilleann pipes
with special guests from Halifax
Scott Macmillan, guitar
Jennyfer Brickenden, narration
www.vocachorus.ca

Shannon & Shar
Sunday June 9th, 2pm
EDEN MILLS, Ontario
  Shannon Kingsbury, voice, harp
  Sharlene Wallace, harp
Original and traditional music for voice and harps!
information: elizabeth@waterside.ca / (519) 856-2259
shannonkingsbury.com
www.sharlenewallace.com

Music for a Spring’s Eve

MAY CONCERT announcement!

pale fleur copy

 

 

 

 


May 8th at 7pm
:
Oakville, Ontario
Music for a Spring’s Eve
Harp & Voice Concert – music by Schubert, Verdi, Debussy, Faure, folk songs & more
Laurie Farrow Reviol, voice
    Sharlene Wallace, harp
at Central Baptist Church, 340 Rebecca Street, Oakville
tickets $20 at the door
Lakeshore Road East, downtown Oakville
info HarpRamblings@gmail.com

Rambles of Winter: January 2013

winter

THE RAMBLES OF WINTER
With January snow flurries comes a flurry of harp playing.
Amidst my continuing orchestra season with Guelph, Oakville and Kingston Symphonies, I have two upcoming solo concerts in the Perth/Ottawa region in January, and two harp & flute concerts in February in the Hamilton area. (see below).
Photos and chatterings continue to appear on my Harp Rambling and Listening to the Inbetween blogs!
And Susan (Piltch) has been busy creating YouTube videos for our pieces Anticipation and Reflection from our CD Anticipation!
Wishing you all beauty and gentleness for the coming new year.
Shar


UPCOMING 2013 Shar sightings:
Kingston, ON
McDonald’s Corners, ON
Perth, ON
Nanaimo, BC
Tofino, BC
Burlington, ON
Dundas, ON
Ohio, USA
Toronto, ON
Lac MacDonald, Quebec
Goderich, ON
Wells, BC

JANUARY
19:
Kingston, Ontario

Kingston Symphony Orchestra
Classical Good Times
Entertaining and informative concert hosted by Tom Allen (CBC Radio personality)
Included in this concert will be the second movement of the Krumpholz Harp Concerto No. 6!

JANUARY
20:
McDonald’s Corners, Ontario

solo concert – Celtic & pedal harps
MERA presents: Blue Jean Classical Sunday Afternoons
at the MERA Schoolhouse
in McDonald’s Corners
2pm
The MERA Cafe will offer tasty homebaked goodies and special coffees!
tickets $25 available at ticketsplease.ca / 613-485-6434 – teenagers are free


JANUARY 25:

Kingston, Ontario
Kingston Symphony Orchestra

JANUARY 27:
Perth, Ontario

solo concert: In a Manor of Harp
2:30pm
at Perth Manor
23 Drummond Street West, Perth
Tickets $35 plus HST – Includes a glass of wine and hors d’oeuvres at a post-concert reception
Space is limited so best to reserve tickets in advance at Perth Manor or by calling
613-264-0050

FEBRUARY:
Nanaimo, BC

Youth Harp Festival
Tofino, BC

Tofino Harp Retreat

FEBRUARY 12:
Nanaimo, BC
“The Troubador” Concert Series
proudly presents
Harp at the Vault
Sharlene Wallace & Marilyn Rummel, Celtic harps
at “The Vault” Bistro 250-591-0776
Nanaimo Arts District “City Hub”


FEBRUARY
15:
Burlington, Ontario

Harp & Flute concert
with Shar & Máté Szigeti
7pm
Loweville United Church
5800 Guelph Line (at Britannia), Burlington

FEBRUARY
16:
Dundas, Ontario

Harp & Flute concert
with Shar & Máté Szigeti
7pm
Hamilton Academy of Performing Arts
108 Park Street West, Dundas


February 24th:

Guelph, Ontario
Guelph Symphony Orchestra

March 3rd:
Kingston, Ontario
Kingston Symphony Orchestra

March 22nd:
Toronto, Ontario
Talisker Players & Orpheus Choir

March 24th:
Kingston, Ontario
Kingston Symphony Orchestra


April 27th
:
Kingston, Ontario
Kingston Symphony Orchestra


MAY 4th:

Timmins, Ontario
private performance

May 8th 7pm:
Oakville, Ontario
Music for a Spring’s Eve
Harp & Voice Concert – music by Schubert, Verdi, Debussy, Faure, folk songs & more
Laurie Farrow Reviol, voice
    Sharlene, harp
at Central Baptist Church, 340 Rebecca Street, Oakville
tickets $20 at the door
Lakeshore Road East, downtown Oakville

May 11th, 12th
Oakville, Ontario
Laurie Farrow Reviol, guest artist
Oakville Symphony Orchestra


MAY 16/17-19:
Sauder Village in Archbold, Ohio

The Harp Gathering
An amazing weekend of harp playing, workshops, and concerts!
with Maeve Gilchrist, Kim Robertson, Shar, Timothy Harper, Frank Voltz and Denise and Michael Grupp-Verbon

JUNE 1:
Toronto, Ontario

Voca Chorus of Toronto concert
including Celtic Mass for the Sea
for choir and traditional Celtic instruments
conductor, Jenny Crober

JULY 14-20:
Lake MacDonald, Quebec

CAMMAC
a week of harp instruction in the Laurentian Mountains
JULY 28:
Ottawa, Ontario
Ottawa Chamber Festival
concert of five harpists in honour of Judy Loman

AUGUST 5-11:
Goderich, Ontario

Shar & Kim Robertson, Celtic harps
CELTIC COLLEGE August 6-10
CELTIC ROOTS FESTIVAL August 10-12

AUGUST 12-16:
Wells, British Columbia

ISLAND MOUNTAIN ARTS INTERNATIONAL HARP SCHOOL

NOVEMBER 3:
Goderich, Ontario

Riverview House Concert
____________________________________________
LISTENING THOUGHTS:Many new photos on ListeningToTheInbetween.blogspot.com
NEW WEBSITE/BLOG:
I have created a new website/blog for players of the lever harp that lists composer and arrangers, organised by genres and with links to their music: leverharp.wordpress.com There is also a Facebook page www.facebook.com/LeverHarpComposersArrangers.
_________________________________________________
(photo by shar – the Speed River before a Guelph Symphony rehearsal)

December 15th guest soloist in Owen Sound, Ontario

DSCF2541 - Version 2

December 15th – The Christmas Concert

The Georgian Bay Symphony

with guest soloist:
Sharlene Wallace, Celtic & Classical harps

John Barnum, conductor

4pm family concert
7:30pm full concert
at the Owen Sound Institute Regional Auditorium
1550 – 8th Street East, Owen Sound, Ontario

Included in this festive programme will be:

Acacia Street  (by Sharlene Wallace, orchestrated by Jim McGrath)
Winter Frieze  (by Sharlene Wallace, orchestrated by Shelly Berger)
Three Sisters  (by Sharlene Wallace) + traditional Celtic reels  (all orchestrated by Shelly Berger)
Silence of Night  (Silent Night arranged by Sharlene Wallace, orchestrated by Jim McGrath)
Ave Maria  (Bach/Gounod) – performed by Sharlene & soprano Tessa Laengert
excerpts featuring the harp! from The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky
Christmas Medley by Tony Royce
and much more!!!

December sightings of Shar in orchestra(s!)…

The Fall has been full… of orchestral and choir playing with Guelph Symphony, Kingston Symphony, and a special concert with the Guelph Chamber Choir. Wonderful opportunities and pieces. I am thrilled to be the harpist for the Kingston, Guelph and Oakville Symphonies for this 2012/13 season and for the Talisker Players.

And… starting tomorrow, I begin my Christmas orchestral season which I thought I would share with you, with links. December 15th in Owen Sound is particularly special for me, as you will read below.

Lots happening in the new year which I will post soon!

Happy & Frolicky December, Shar

November 24th – Kingston Symphony  – Making of a Maestro
November 26th – Oakville Symphony (private concert)
December 2nd – Talisker Players & Toronto Classical Singers
December 9th – Guelph Symphony – Holiday Classics
December 9th – Richmond Hill Presbyterian Church Choir Concert

December 15th – soloist with Georgian Bay Symphony – The Christmas Concert – included in the festive programme will be orchestrations of my pieces Winter Frieze, Acacia Street, Three Sisters and two traditional tunes. Also, I commissioned Jim McGrath to orchestrate my arrangement of Silent Night especially for this concert! I will  be joined by soprano Tessa Laengert for a lovely duo, and… there will be lots of Nutcracker excerpts that feature harp! – 4pm family concert and 7:30pm full concert – Owen Sound Vocational Collegiate Institute Regional Auditorium, 1550 8th Street East, Owen Sound, Ontario.

December 16th – Oakville Symphony – Family Christmas Concert
December 18th, 19th – Kingston Symphony – Candlelight Christmas
January 1st – Guelph Symphony – Vienna Treasure: Die Fledermaus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(photo by Sharlene)

Beauty Cruise Concert

from the Festival of the Sound cruise concert,
Parry Sound, Ontario July 23/12
Sharlene, Celtic harp
Anne Lindsay, fiddle, nyckelharpa
George Koller, bass

I wanted to share a few beauty moments from our concert Monday night at the Festival of the Sound. We had such a wonderful evening playing together and sharing our music with the audience on the Island Queen Cruise Ship… and the sunset was spectacular. Such a magical night playing as the ship cruised through the islands in Georgian Bay just off the shores of Parry Sound.