Int. Harp Friends Meeting 2016

[ZingendeSnaar]

Dear harp friend,
It is starting to become a yearly tradition: the Harp Friends Meeting in Leerdam, The Netherlands!
On May 5th and 6th you will be able to go to Leerdam for the best workshops and the greatest concerts. Just like in previous years we will have two guests teaching a total of 8 workshops for the lever harp. This year those guests are Scottish harpists Mary Macmaster and Corrina Hewat.
Last year’s Salvi exposition was a big success, so it will be making a return. Salvi will be bringing many different harps for you to try out; maybe you’ll find your dream harp there.
With so many pedal harps around, it makes sense for us to feature the pedal harp in the program too, so for anyone who doesn’t play the pedal harp yet there is a try-out workshop ‘pedal harp for the pedalless’. On Thurday blues & jazz harpist Brenda Dor-Groot will start off the concert on lever and pedal harp, after which Mary and Corrina will play the second half of the evening.
On Friday to start things off, we will have a brief concert by Ana Ester Santos, one of the prize winners of the Rosa Spier Harp Competition and after that, Monika Stadler will be taking the stage.
Monika will also be teaching workshops, both for the pedal and lever harp and she will be teaching a masterclass for anyone in need of some creative input or wanting to learn more about one of Monika’s pieces.
Of course our well-loved sessions are still part of the program and there will be enough time to meet each other and have a chat.
The one thing that does change is the building. To accommodate our ever-growing festival we will be moving to partycentrum het Dak (for those who have been before, it is located on the parking Voorwaartsveld) where we will have all the space we need for our harp activities.
You can read the full program for our Harp Friends Meeting on our website http://www.harpfriends.nl/En/program.php. To sign-up use the registration form on this page http://www.harpfriends.nl/En/downloads.php.

We are looking forward to meet you all.

Best wishes,
Jeanette van Nieulande and Anouk Platenkamp.
Harpshop De Zingende Snaar
http://www.zingendesnaar.nl