
Harp Workshop at Perth Manor

by Sharlene Wallace
Snow Petals by Sharlene Wallace
found on my CD In Night’s Deep Silence
© photo/music Sharlene Wallace . all rights reserved
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:
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CANCELLED March 28th (7:30pm) – GUELPH, ON
Guelph Chamber Choir
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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
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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!!!
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CANCELLED April 17th-18th – KELOWNA, BC
21st Annual Spring Celtic Harp Workshop & Concert
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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
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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!!
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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.
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ONLINE!! August 17th – 21st – WELLS, BC
VIRTUAL 34th Annual International Island Mountain Arts Harp & Cello School
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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
Shar’s Festive CONCERTS
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April – OKANAGAN, ON
adjudication
April 5th, Friday – KELOWNA , BC
concert 7:30pm
Benvoulin Heritage Church
2279 Benvoulin Rd
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April 5th-6th – KELOWNA , BC
19th Annual Spring Celtic Harp Workshop – workshop with Sharlene
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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
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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
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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.
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