Calendar

2009

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Sunday, Oct. 25, 10:00am–3:00pm

Community Music Day
at Crowden School

Diana Stork, Free harp lessons for kids.
12 noon performance by members of
the Bay Area Youth Harp Ensemble
1475 Rose Street, Berkeley, CA 94702
Info: (510) 559-6910

Thursday, November 12, 6:00–7:00 pm

Lecture-demonstration
"Composing for lever and pedal harps in the 21st century"

by Bay Area composer, Mitch Landy

Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Main Library 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco

Info: (415) 557-4388
www.sfpl.org

FREE

Saturday, November 14th, 2009
2:30 matinee & 8:00 pm performances

20th Annual Celebration
of the Festival of Harps

Dorothy Spreckels Performing Arts Center
5419 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park, CA
Tickets: 707-588-3400
www.spreckelsonline.com
$26 Full; $23 Youth/Senior

• Su Wai, Traditional Burmese harp, and Ensemble
• Triskela Celtic harp trio
• Youssoupha Sidibe, African kora and the Mystics Rhythm Trio
• Laura Zaerr, Classical Pedal harp, and string quartet
• Arkansas Bindi Society, Barbara Imhoff, Pedal harp,
• Indo-fusion Trio

Following on the heels of the wildly successful Celebration of World Harp Music at the Chapel of the Chimes in Oakland this October, the 20th Annual Festival of Harps at the Spreckels Performing Arts Center in Rohnert Park will include a spectacular program of world harp music.

Su Wai on the delicate silk-strung bow harp and dancer Ei Ei Hlaing will present a program of the ancient music of Burma. Maestro Youssoupha Sidibe from West Africa will showcase the music of the kora, especially the heartfelt Sufi music from Senegal. The Bay Area’s own Celtic harp trio, Triskela will perform the lively dance music and stirring ballads of Ireland on a trio of handmade traditional folk harps with Teed Rockwell on percussion, and other guests. World reknowned harpist and composer Laura Zaerr will perform world premieres of her compositions, including the Appalachian Suite for classical pedal harp and string quartet. She will be joined by Oakland principal cellist Dan Reiter and the inimitable Shira Kammen on violin. For the world fusion enthusiasts, Barbara Imhoff (of Beasts of Paradise) and her new ensemble, Arkansas Bindi Society bring together Indian ragas and kirtan melodies with unbeat rhythms. The Bindi Society will be joined by flautist Stephen Schultz of Philharmonia Baroque.

Paraguayan harpist Carlos Reyes will be on hand for a guest solo performance, and lobby artists will include a wide variety of harpists including the Bay Area Youth Harp Ensemble, and the debut of the Bay Area Children’s Harp Ensemble, directed by Diana Stork.

The Festival of Harps is sponsored by the Multi-Cultural Music Fellowship, a 510 c3 non-profit dedicated to bringing the world together through music: www.multiculturalmusicfellowship.org