Harp Workshop at Perth Manor
Author: Harp Ramblings
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Snow Petals
Snow Petals by Sharlene Wallace
found on my CD In Night’s Deep Silence
© photo/music Sharlene Wallace . all rights reserved
Spring’s change of plan…
Regretfully, and understandably, due to Covid-19 concerts and workshops through until September are cancelled. Wishing everyone the very best… and wash your hands!
LIVE WEBCAST March 22nd Sunday (6:40pm) – TORONTO, ON
Iona Service – Yorkminster Park Baptist Church
featuring Iona Passage: Sharlene (Celtic harp), Anne Lindsay (fiddle), Eric Robertson (piano)
This Sunday, March 22 @ 6:40pm, the Iona Celtic Service at Yorkminster Park Baptist Church will be broadcast online. The service begins with 20 mins of Celtic music performed on fiddle (Anne Lindsay), Celtic harp (Sharlene Wallace) and piano (Eric Robertson). I hope you can tune in to an opportunity for solace and reflection. Here is the link:
watch
CANCELLED March 28th (7:30pm) – GUELPH, ON
Guelph Chamber Choir
info
CANCELLED March 29th (6:40pm) – TORONTO, ON
Iona Service – Yorkminster Park Baptist Church
Iona Passage: Sharlene (Celtic harp), Anne Lindsay (fiddle), Eric Robertson (piano), Colleen Burns & Stephen Ellison (vocals)
CANCELLED April 4 & 5 – OAKVILLE, ON
Oakville Symphony
info
LIVE STREAMING including 1/2 hour recital
performed by Sharlene
April 5th (7pm) – OAKVILLE, ON
Knox Oakville
Palm Sunday Recital
Sharlene Wallace, harp
CANCELLED April 6th – MISSISSAUGA, ON
Mississauga Chamber Music Out & About
seniors residence
Sharlene Wallace, harp
Anne Lindsay, fiddle
CANCELLED April 6th (7pm) – CLARKSON, ON
Clarkson Road Presbyterian Church
Taizé service
Sharlene Wallace, harp
CANCELLED April 10th (7pm) – TORONTO, ON
Good Friday
Yorkminster Park Baptist Church
CANCELLED April 13th – VANCOUVER, BC
West Coast Harp Society – April Harp Festival
with Sasha Boldachev (April 3-4) & Sharlene Wallace (April 13)
Workshop, Masterclass & Concert!
Sharlene Wallace is known for her extravagant Lever Harp compositions, and her performances on both lever and pedal harps. She is an in-demand Workshop leader and will conduct one for intermediate level students of all ages, as well as a masterclass. Then to top off a fine day with “The Shar” as she is known, she will play a concert at the same venue, April 13th, 7 pm.
You can purchase individual tickets to any event in the festival, but the best deal is the Festival pass for $75, or the Sharlene Wallace Day pass for $55. We’re so fortunate to have two such fine musicians visiting back to back – we encourage to come and celebrate fine music and thank you for your support!!!
info
CANCELLED April 17th-18th – KELOWNA, BC
21st Annual Spring Celtic Harp Workshop & Concert
info
CANCELLED April 19th – AGINCOURT, ON
CONCERT harp, flute, piano & cantors!
Knox United Church
CANCELLED April 25th – GUELPH, ON
Guelph Symphony Orchestra
CANCELLED May 9 & 10 – OAKVILLE, ON
Oakville Symphony
info
CANCELLED May 10th – TORONTO, ON
Iona Service – Yorkminster Park Baptist Church
Iona Passage: Sharlene (Celtic harp), Anne Lindsay (fiddle), Eric Robertson (piano), Colleen Burns & Stephen Ellison (vocals)
LIVE STREAMING May 17th Sunday (3pm?) – TORONTO, ON
Yorkminster Park Baptist Church
CANCELLED June 7th (6:40pm) – TORONTO, ON
Iona Service – Yorkminster Park Baptist Church
Iona Passage: Sharlene (Celtic harp), Anne Lindsay (fiddle), Eric Robertson (piano), Colleen Burns & Stephen Ellison (vocals)
CANCELLED June 24th – 26th – SUNSHINE COAST, BC
Annual Sunshine Coast Harp Retreat
with Sharlene Wallace
CANCELLED Wednesday July 8th (7:30pm) – MISSISSAUGA, ON
Mississauga Chamber Music
Summer Concert Series
at the Riverwood Conservancy
at the MacEwan Barn
Anne Lindsay, fiddle
Sharlene Wallace, harp
free admission
bring your own lawn chair & bug spray!!
info
HAPPENING!! July 20 – 24 – PERTH, Ontario
Folk Harp Week at the Manor with Sharlene!
Week Includes:
. 4 nights accommodation in beautiful Perth Ontario at the Perth Manor Boutique Hotel (King or Queen with private ensuite)
. 4 small group harp classes in COVID compliant environment
. Private lesson with Sharlene!
. 7 meals including a formal gourmet dinner at Perth Manor
. Concert on the final night by Sharlene and cocktail reception
. Historical walking tour of Perth with our very own Town Crier, Brent McLaren
. Free time to explore Perth – shopping, cycling, canoeing and more!
Call (613) 264-0050 for information and to register!
CANCELLED HARP CLASS July 19th – 26th – LAC MACDONALD, QUEBEC
CAMMAC Music Retreat Week 4
Sharlene Wallace’s lever harp program (multi-level) will share this week of Summer Magic alongside the Utrecht String Quartet (chamber music program), an intensive vocal program and the staging of Purcell’s The Fairy Queen. Classes available: lever harp (intensive program) – chamber music – choir – orchestra – piano – voice training – intensive vocal program – voice masterclass (song interpretation) – a cappella – wind ensemble – introduction to ensemble playing for strings and winds – concerto grosso – recorder – yoga – reading music – active listening – dance – Orff – composition. Bilingual instructors.
info
ONLINE!! August 17th – 21st – WELLS, BC
VIRTUAL 34th Annual International Island Mountain Arts Harp & Cello School
info
Instructors:
Sunita Staneslow
Seumas Gagne
Sharlene Wallace
Marilyn Rummel
Morag Northey (cello)
Tristan Le Govic
Registrants will do a live on-line two-hour interactive class each morning (Monday to Friday, 9:30am – 12pm) with their instructor and their harp, there will be one “special topics” session each day with one of the instructors (mostly a listening class), and then a short concert every evening at 5pm featuring an instructor, with a couple of ceilidh style student performances to begin. We’ll try to be our usual informal, supportive style retreat, and try to meet needs of all our participants as best we can.
The classes will be 2 hours, with a 1/2 break in between – where coffee and talking will reign – there should be few enough students in each that we can somewhat chat with each other – we know that so much of the pleasure of coming to Wells is meeting your old harp & cello friends every year!
Sharlene Wallace (Novice/Advanced Beginner), Seumas Gagné (Intermediate), Sunita Staneslow (Intermediate/Advanced) and Morag Northey (all levels cello) will be teaching the morning workshops.
And while Sharlene’s class is not for complete beginners, they are welcome IF they take the Harp Start class the week before. It will be offered at no additional cost to registrants for the Novice class. Marilyn Rummel, Island Mountain’s Harp School Founder and Artistic Director, will teach that.
Please get in touch for more information (info@imarts.com).
We’ll all join together for the special topics in the afternoon 2 – 3pm, and for the concerts at 5pm.
We are happy to say that Tristan Le Govic will be playing one of the instructor concert nights, and have a special topic as well all the way from France!
Plan for a virtual ‘Welcome Reception’ at 5pm PST on Sunday, August 16 to make sure you have all the information and technical know how to make your week a great experience!
All the classes will be done by Zoom, and registrants will get the info they need well in advance.
CANCELLED November 7 & 8 – OAKVILLE, ON
Oakville Symphony
December 13th – OAKVILLE, ON
Oakville Symphony
December 21st (6pm & 8pm) – TORONTO, ON
Solstice Vespers
Sharlene, Celtic harp
First Unitarian Congregation of Toronto
175 St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto
2020 vision
Shar’s Festive Rambling 2019
Shar’s Festive CONCERTS
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Shar’s Fall & Festive Harp Rambling 2019
Fall… a time of Thanksgiving, leaf painting, harp strings breaking, clocks changing, voting… and lots of music making!
The following are concerts that I will be giving, including a house concert next week, a hospital fundraising concert, my annual Christmas concert with Ron Korb, and the Annual Harp & Holly Christmas Concert Tour!
I hope our paths cross soon.
Harping & Rambling Along,
Shar xo
Shar’s Fall & Festive CONCERTS
OCTOBER 26th, Saturday (7:30pm) – GREY HIGHLANDS, ON
Mapleview Studio House Concert
Solo lever harp concert, Sharlene
Lots of Shar compositions, music by Alfredo Rolando Ortiz and Celtic tunes.
November 2nd & 3rd – OAKVILLE, ON
Oakville Symphony
November 3rd, Sunday (7pm) – TORONTO, ON
Iona Liturgy – Yorkminster Park Baptist Church
Iona Passage: Sharlene (Celtic harp), Sue Piltch (flute), Eric Robertson (piano), Colleen Burns & Stephen Ellison (vocals)
November 16th, Saturday (7:30pm) – KINGSTON, ON
Kingston Symphony
November 17th, Sunday (2pm) – OAKVILLE, ON – SOLD OUT
TEMPO – A Musical Afternoon in support of the Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital
A special event featuring performances from some of our hospital’s most talented staff, doctors and music volunteers. Guest artist, Sharlene.
John Oliver Auditorium
Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital
3001 Hospital Gate, Oakville
Tickets $15 including Parking
Children under 12 free
Proceeds benefit the Oakville Hospital Foundation
November 28th, Thursday (1pm) – PORT CREDIT, ON
Out & About – Mississauga Chamber Music presents
Harp & Holly CONCERT
Port Credit Library
20 Lakeshore Road East, Mississauga (Port Credit!)
free concert
November 29th, FRIDAY (7pm) – TORONTO, ON
Harp & Holly CONCERT
Yorkminster Park Baptist Church Presents Harp & Holly
in a fundraiser for The House of Compassion.
Yorkminster Park Baptist Church
1585 Yonge Street, Toronto
Tickets $26 available at the door. Children 12 and under free.
Advance tickets: Tel: (416) 922-1167
December 1st, Sunday (7pm) – TORONTO, ON
Iona Service – Yorkminster Park Baptist Church
Iona Passage: Sharlene (Celtic harp), Anne Lindsay (fiddle), Eric Robertson (piano), Colleen Burns & Stephen Ellison (vocals)
December 6th, Friday (7pm) – CLINTON, ON
Harp & Holly CONCERT
Clinton United Church, 105 Ontario St, Clinton, ON
Tickets $25.00 at the door. Children 12 and under free
Advance Tickets $20.00 available from the Church Office
Tel: (519) 482-9553 or any Worship and Music Committee Member
INFO
INFO
December 15th, Sunday (9:40am) – OAKVILLE, ON
Lenten Recital (20 minutes before the service) – solo harp
Knox Presbyterian Church, downtown Oakville
December 15th, Sunday (1:30pm & 4:30pm )- OAKVILLE, ON
Oakville Symphony
December 16, 17, 18 (7:30pm) – KINGSTON, ON
Kingston Symphony
December 19th, Thursday (7:30pm) – COLPOY’S BAY, ON
Harp & Holly CONCERT
We return to the best little hall in the province!
The Women’s Institute of Colpoy’s Bay presents Harp & Holly!
Colpoy’s Bay Women’s Institute Hall
Bruce County Rd 9, South Bruce Peninsula
Tickets $26 available at the door. Children 12 and under free.
Advance Tickets: Tara Stanton at 519-387-0515
or colpoysbaywi@gmail.com
INFO
INFO
December 21st, Saturday (2pm) – SAUBLE BEACH, ON
Harp & Holly CONCERT
Sauble Beach United Church, 899 Main St, Sauble Beach
Tickets: $26 available at the door. Children 12 and under free.
Advance Tickets available at the Church Office;
call 519-422-1863 or email saubleunitedchurch@bmts.com
or Don Riddell; 519-422-1060 or email dwrriddell@hotmail.com
INFO
INFO
December 21st, Saturday (8pm) – OWEN SOUND, ON
Harp & Holly CONCERT
Harp & Holly is home for Christmas with their annual Owen Sound concert!
Central Westside United Church,
310 – 10th Street West, Owen Sound
Tickets: $25 available at the door. Children 12 and under free.
Advance Tickets available online at Eventbrite
December 22nd, Sunday (7pm) – OAKVILLE, ON – save the date!!
Music for a Winter’s Eve
A moment before the Christmas week to relax and breathe… and enjoy beautiful festive tunes and original music
A moment before the Christmas week to relax and breathe… and enjoy beautiful festive tunes and original music
with Sharlene, harps & Ron Korb, flutes
at Knox Presbyterian Church, Oakville
more info to follow
December 24th, Tuesday (11:30pm) – HAMILTON, ON
Cathedral Basilica of Christ the King
714 King St West, Hamilton
Midnight Mass
Sharlene & Máté Szigeti, flute
2020 Looking into next year’s Shar Sightings:
January 5 – IONA service, Yorkminster Park Baptist Church – Toronto, ON
January 12 – Kingston Symphony
January 25 – Kingston Symphony
February 1&2 – Oakville Symphony
February 2 – IONA service, Yorkminster Park Baptist Church – Toronto, ON
February 6 – Out & About CONCERT with Sharlene & Anne Lindsay (fiddle) – Port Credit, ON
March 28 – Guelph Chamber Choir
April 4 & 5 – Oakville Symphony
April 5 – IONA service, Yorkminster Park Baptist Church – Toronto, ON
April 13-18 – KELOWNA, BC – 20th Annual Spring Celtic Harp Workshop – workshop & concert with Sharlene
April 19 – CONCERT harp, flute & cantors – Knox United Church – Agincourt, ON
April 25 – Guelph Symphony
May 3 – IONA service, Yorkminster Park Baptist Church – Toronto, ON
May 9 & 10 – Oakville Symphony
June 24-26 – Sunshine Coast, BC – Sunshine Coast Retreat Workshop & Concert
Harp & Holly
Sharlene Wallace, Terry Young, Juanita Wilkins, Sandra Swannell and Rob Ritchie bring their enchanted world of Christmas reverie with stirring arrangements of ancient carols, jubilant seasonal favourites and poignant storytelling to the Southwestern Ontario region every December.
King Edy Sunday Brunch
And… you can hear Sharlene most Sundays at the King Edward Hotel in Toronto, while enjoying a delicious Sunday Brunch!
10:30am – 2:30pm
October 20, 27
November 10, 24
December 1, 8, 22, 24, 25, 29
Listen & Buy!
Shar’s Wintery CDs:
(Sharlene & George Koller, bass)
Summer Harp Ramblingette
Summer greetings, Ramblingers!!!
The following are concerts that I will be giving and workshops I will be teaching over the next few months… I look forward to our paths possibly crossing this summer…
Rambling Along,
Shar
Shar’s CONCERTS & WORKSHOPS
June 27th, Thursday at 12pm noon – PORT CREDIT, ON
Out & About Mississauga Chamber Music Concert Series
Solo harp concert, Sharlene
Port Credit Library
20 Lakeshore Rd East, Mississauga
free!
July 15th – 20th – LAC MACDONALD , Quebec
CAMMAC – annual harp workshop retreat week with Sharlene
July 23rd – OAKVILLE, ON
OSO Outreach Concert at Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital
August 2nd, 11:00-12:30pm – MAXVILLE, ON
Glengarry Highland Games – harp workshop
August 17th – PRINCE GEORGE, BC
Prince George Harp Community presenting a harp workshop & concert by Sharlene.
August 19th – 23rd, WELLS, BC
33rd Annual International Island Mountain Arts International Harp & Cello School
Sharlene Wallace – advanced harp
Tristan Le Govic – intermediate harp
Seumas Gagne – intermediate harp
Marilyn Rummell – beginner harp
Morag Northey – cello
September 4th, Wednesday 2-4pm – ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland
We Play For You Interactive Concert
at The Rooms – Level 3 Atrium
Included in price of admission
We are filling The Rooms with music all summer long. Come hear us play for you! From fiddle to accordion, from harp to vocals, come and check out our amazing local talent as they fill The Rooms with music and song from our province’s rich musical heritage. You can sing along, tap your toes or just sit back and delight in the experience. On Wednesday, September 4 from 2 pm – 4 pm, join our visiting special guest, Canadian harpist and composer, Sharlene Wallace.
September 4th-6th, Conception Bay South, Newfoundland
CBS Harps – harp workshops & concert
September 8th, Sunday 7:00pm TORONTO, ON
Iona Liturgy – Yorkminster Park Baptist Church
Iona Passage: Sharlene (Celtic harp), Anne Lindsay (fiddle), Eric Robertson (piano), Colleen Burns & Stephen Ellison (vocals)
October 4th-5th, GODERICH, ON
Huron Harp Festival – workshops & concert
October 6th, Sunday 7:00pm TORONTO, ON
Iona Liturgy – Yorkminster Park Baptist Church
Iona Passage: Sharlene (Celtic harp), Anne Lindsay (fiddle), Eric Robertson (piano), Colleen Burns & Stephen Ellison (vocals)
October 26th, GREY HIGHLANDS, ON
Mapleview Studio House Concert – solo harp
INFO (more to come)
November 2nd & 3rd – OAKVILLE, ON
Oakville Symphony
November 3rd, Sunday 7:00pm TORONTO, ON
Iona Liturgy – Yorkminster Park Baptist Church
Iona Passage: Sharlene (Celtic harp), Anne Lindsay (fiddle), Eric Robertson (piano), Colleen Burns & Stephen Ellison (vocals)
November 17th, Sunday 2:00pm, OAKVILLE, ON
CELEBRATION – A Musical Matinee in support of the Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital, is a special event featuring performances from some of our hospital’s most talented staff, doctors and music volunteers. Guest artist, Sharlene.
November 29th, TORONTO, ON
Harp & Holly CONCERT
Yorkminster Park Baptist Church
And… you can hear Sharlene most Sundays at the King Edward Hotel in Toronto, while enjoying a delicious Sunday Brunch!
10:30am – 2:00pm
June 23, 30
July 7, 14, 21, 28
August 11, 25
September 8, 15, 22, 29
Spring & Summer Shar Sightings!
April – OKANAGAN, ON
adjudication
April 5th, Friday – KELOWNA , BC
concert 7:30pm
Benvoulin Heritage Church
2279 Benvoulin Rd
info
April 5th-6th – KELOWNA , BC
19th Annual Spring Celtic Harp Workshop – workshop with Sharlene
info
April 7th, Sunday – 7pm – TORONTO, ON
Iona Service – Yorkminster Park Baptist Church
Iona Passage: Sharlene (Celtic harp), Eric Robertson (piano), Colleen Burns & Stephen Ellison (vocals)
April 27th – GUELPH , ON
Guelph Symphony Orchestra
May 3rd – OAKVILLE ,ON
OSO outreach in the schools – solo harp!
May 4th-5th, OAKVILLE, ON
Oakville Symphony Orchestra
April 7th, Sunday – 7pm – TORONTO, ON
Iona Service – Yorkminster Park Baptist Church
Iona Passage: Sharlene (Celtic harp), Sue Piltch (flute), Eric Robertson (piano), Colleen Burns & Stephen Ellison (vocals)
May 4th-5th, OAKVILLE, ON
Oakville Symphony Orchestra
May 5th, Sunday – 7pm – TORONTO, ON
Iona Service – Yorkminster Park Baptist Church
Iona Passage: Sharlene (Celtic harp), Eric Robertson (piano), Colleen Burns & Stephen Ellison (vocals)
June 2nd, Sunday – 7pm – TORONTO, ON
Iona Service – Yorkminster Park Baptist Church
Iona Passage: Sharlene (Celtic harp), Eric Robertson (piano), Colleen Burns & Stephen Ellison (vocals)
June 27th, Thursday – 12pm – MISSISSAUGA, ON
Out & About Mississauga Chamber Music – solo harp concert, Sharlene
Port Credit Library
20 Lakeshore Rd East
Mississauga
info
July 15th-20th – LAC MACDONALD , Quebec
harp workshop retreat with Sharlene – CAMMAC
August 2nd, MAXVILLE, ON
Glengarry Highland games – harp workshop
August 19th-23rd, WELLS, BC
33rd Annual International Island Mountain Arts International Harp & Cello School
Sharlene Wallace – advanced harp
Tristan Le Govic – Intermediate harp
Seumas Gagne – Intermediate harp
Marilyn Rummell – Beginner harp
Morag Northey – cello
info
New Year’s Joy
Our Harp & Holly CD is now available on itunes!
This chickadee is a woodblock engraving by the wonderful artist Wesley Bates.
Wes created this piece for our brand new album “Here is Joy”. Our new collection of ancient carols tells the Christmas story through the eyes of the animals and nature that surround it. The chickadee, a native of Ontario, symbolizes truth, knowledge and the courage to grow. Its sweet distinctive song actually lowers its body temperature in winter’s coldest weather, a reminder that we all have infinite potential to adjust and adapt no matter the conditions.
We are so grateful to Wes for capturing the spirit of this album in this image.
Check out Wesley’s impressive work at wesleybates.com.
For album and concert details please visit www.harpandholly.com.
Here is Joy
Harp & Holly has just released a new CD: Here is Joy
2018 Harp & Holly tour in The Grey Bruce, Ontario:
December 13th – Wiarton (7:30pm)
December 16th – Wasaga Beach (7:30pm)
December 22nd – Sauble Beach (2pm)
December 22nd – Owen Sound (8pm)
check HERE for details.
sneak preview
Sharlene Wallace, Celtic harp
Sandra Swannell, fiddle, viola, vocals
Terry Young, finger-style guitar, vocals
Rob Ritchie, keyboard, vocals
Harp Ramblings 