Harp Events in the UK |
Thank you to Keziah Thomas - UKHA Chair for creating this monthly list of events in the UK
CONCERTS If you’d like your event included in the next newsletter, please e-mail [email protected].
Here’s a look ahead at events for this month:
HARP FESTIVALS, WORKSHOPS AND COURSES
Here’s a look ahead at events for this month:
- Thursday February 5th 10.30am. Eleanor Turner’s Piccolo Concert for children, "Music of the Spheres" concert for little space explorers at St.John The Baptist Church, Peterborough, £4 adult, £2 per child.
- February 13th 7pm St. James Church, Sussex Gardens, Paddington, London. Eleanor Turner performs in Sound Over Silence for Medical Aid for Palestinians. £25 via Ticket Source.Sound Over Silence at St James Paddington event tickets from TicketSource
- Saturday 14th February: Brenda Dor-Groot at Stapleton Church Hall, Bristol. Jazz Workshop and concert sponsored by the Bristol and West of England Branch Clarsach Society. For further information contact:[email protected]
- 18th February from 8pm to 10.30pm: Tara Minton at the Jazz Listening Lounge, The Cabbage Patch, Twickenham.
- 26th February at 7pm: Chube featuring Ben Creighton Griffiths at Karamel N22, London.
- Friday 27th February at 1.15pm. Joel von Lerber performs at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Programme to include works by Connesson, Tailleferre, Smetana, De Falla, Grandjany and Walter-Kühne
- Saturday 28th 7.30pm, Sophie Askew. Solo recital at Craiglockhart Parish Church. Programme includes music by Pescetti, Sylvestrov, Debussy, Jacquez François, Şirin Pancaroğlu, Gary Stocker, Zabel and Guridi. To reserve ticketsemail [email protected]
- 4th March 2026, Sherbrooke Mosspark Parish Church, Glasgow, Zabel Harp Concerto performed by Maya MacAdam and Glasgow Symphony Orchestra.
HARP FESTIVALS, WORKSHOPS AND COURSES
- 7 – 8 February 2026 - Cardiff Camac Harp Weekend at Howell’s School, Cardiff. Artists this year are Catrin Finch, Corrina Hewat, Gwenllian Llyr, Tara Minton, Tsvetelina Likova and Veronika Lemishenko.To book a workshop or event and to view the full programme: wales.camac-harps.com
- 9th February at 7pm: Retreat to the Harp online workshop with Isabelle Perrin: http://www.retreattotheharp.com/monthly-meet-play
- February 18th 10am-2pm In Person Workshop "Apropos of the Interpretation of Claude Debussy" in Stamford for harpists Grade 7 and above. Details on Eleanor's website. Cost £80.Workshop In Person - Apropos of the Interpretation of Claude Debussy
- 18th February at 2pm: Stephen Fitzpatrick Masterclass at Guildhall School: https://www.gsmd.ac.uk/whats-on/harp-masterclass-with-stephen-fitzpatrick
- Saturday 28th February: Under-18’s Harp Day with Kathryn Rees and Joel von Lerber at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Free event for Grade 1 level and above. Grade 7 and 8 students can apply for a masterclass with Joel von Lerber. Link to book: https://www.rwcmd.ac.uk/events/youth-harp-day-2026
- 2026 North London Festival. Entries are now open for music classes.
Classes are from Monday 2nd March to Saturday 16th May with a break for
Easter from Saturday 28th March to Friday 10th April.Harp Classes on Sunday
3rd and Monday 4th May will be held in: North BankRooms, Muswell Hill
Methodist Church, Pages Lane, Muswell Hill, N101PP. All other live classes will take place in Hampstead Garden Suburb
FreeChurch, Central Square, NW11 7AG. For more details and to enter - northlondonfestival.org.uk or email [email protected] - February 28th: A Harp Day for Adult Beginners in beautiful Warwick. A happy day for adult harp beginners - introducing the instrument, with a talk on its history, a recital from Janet and hands-on harping! Let Janet surprise and delight you as to how easy it is to make beautiful music! More information: https://www.janetharbisonharp.com/course/beginner-harp-days
- Warwick Harp Weekends (2-day weekend courses for Adult Players (1 year +) at the Harp Studio, St.Nicholas Park)• March 21–22•May 23–24 More information: https://www.janetharbisonharp.com/course/warwick-harp-weekends
- 8th March: An Introduction to Composing for the Wire-strung Harp with Hilary de Vries. The course starts Sunday 8th March 3pm GMT and runs for three consecutive Sundays. The cost of the course is £80. For more details and to book contact Hilary at https://hilarydevries.com/contact.html
- Gŵyl Delynau Cymru 2026 Wales Harp Festival will be held at Galeri
Caernarfon, 31st March – 1st April 2026. The Festival Course is on April 1st
and is open to harpists of all ages and levels of attainment. This is followed
at 7.30pm by the Festival Concert featuring Katherine Thomas, Cerys Hafana
and Amy Turk. For more information, please visit the festival’s
website:www.walesharpfestival.co.uk and follow the festival’s Social
Network sites: https://www.facebook.com/WalesHarpFestival/https://
www.instagram.com/walesharpfest/ - June 19 - 21, 2026, Residential Harp Weekend at Newbattle Abbey with tutors Ailie Robertson, Tamsin Dearnley and Adriano Sangineto
- 13-15th July: Adult harp retreat with Keziah Thomas & Eleanor Turner in Surrey: https://www.retreattotheharp.com/summer
- 17-19 July 2026. Harp Intensive at the Guildhall School of Music for ages 15-24, This exciting new course will help participants develop their harp skills and prepare them for conservatoire with tuition from Guildhall professors. Minimum suggested standard is Grade 5 https://www.gsmd.ac.uk/study-with-guildhall/short-courses-summer-schools/find-a-short-course-or-summer-school/harp-intensive-for-ages-15-24
- 17-19 July 2026 - PoppyHarp Inspire Harp Weekend. Join Shelley Fairplay, Alexander Rider and Fran Barsby for a mini festival of courses, ensembles concerts and Harp fun. All ages and abilities welcome. Early booking recomended. https://www.poppyharp.com/inspire-weekend.html
- 20th-24th July: Yehudi Menuhin Summer School for young harpists with tutor Keziah Thomas:https://www.menuhinschool.co.uk/summer-school
- 3-6 August 2026. Harp Intensive for ages 9-15. Junior Guildhall professors Harriet Adie and Charlotte Seale give four days of intensive and inspiring harp study at the Guildhall School, London: group lessons, sight reading, ensembles, technique, an introduction to orchestral parts, and more! Both lever and pedal harpists welcome, with harps available on a first-come-first-serve basis. The course has a minimum suggested standard of Grade 2.https://www.gsmd.ac.uk/study-with-guildhall/short-courses-summer-schools/find-a-short-course-or-summer-school/short-courses-summer-schools/harp-intensive-for-ages-9-15
- 26 – 29 August 2026 Harp Summer School at Gwernyfed High School, Three Cocks nr Glasbury, Powys LD3 0SG There will be three teaching levels, advanced (grades 6-8), adult intermediate (grades 3-6), young people intermediate (grades 2-5) and beginners (grade 1 upwards). We will cover classical music, Welsh Triple Harp and Scottish music plus improvisation, using arrangements for harp orchestra/ensembles. [email protected]
- 17th-20th September: Adult study weekend with tutor Keziah Thomas in Surrey: https://www.retreattotheharp.com/autumn
