Event
Celebration of World Harp Music
20th Anniversary Festival of Harps
Celebration of World Harp Music
Saturday October 3, 2009, 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
**Advance tickets thru BrownPaperTickets will go off-sale on Thursday. After that, tickets will be available at the door on Sat. Oct.. 3rd starting at 4:00 pm
A Walk-Through Concert in the historic Chapel of the Chimes, Oakland, CA
Directed by Diana Stork
Join over 40 harpists and their unique ensembles and styles of harp music in the Festival of Harps 20th Anniversary Celebration. This walk-through concert at the Chapel of the Chimes, one of the wonders of Bay Area architecture, was inspired by the Garden of Memory Solstice concert, which attracts thousands annually. The Chapel was originally designed by Julia Morgan, who also designed the Hearst Castle at San Simeon and many other classic California buildings. It contains over a hundred rooms and corners decorated in a style evocative of gothic cathedrals, and each of these rooms makes a perfect location for a small intimate concert. The audience walks from room to room through marble statues, flowers, and walls decorated with stone carvings, mosaics, and bronze plaques. They follow a map of the different rooms and floors of the building to locate whatever harp music they wish to hear next--Celtic, Renaissance, African, Latin, Scandinavian, Asian, Medieval, Classical, Jazz, Modern. Faint echoings of the other harp music whisper in the background as you listen to the concert being performed before you, because each musical group will do a full concert at its particular location. Who you wish to see, and when you wish to hear them, will be up to you.
Featuring:
Rudiger Oppermann, New Horizons for Celtic Harp
Park Stickney, Jazz Harp
Ann & Charlie Heymann, Gaelic & Welsh Harps, Gold & Horsehair Strings
Carlos Reyes, Paraguayan Harp
"Drom", Erik Ask-Upmark and Anna Rynefors, Swedish folk music
Youssoupha Sidibe, West African Kora
Cheryl Ann Fulton, Triple Harp Ensemble
"Ensemble a Contratiempo", Venezuelan "Music of the Plains" Quartet
Laura Zaerr, Contemporary Folk Harp, World and Original
"Chaskinakuy", Andean Harp Traditions
Natalie Cox and Dan Reiter, Classical Pedal Harp and Cello
Chris Caswell, Celtic Harp
Diana Stork, Lever Harp and Teed Rockwell, Ragas and Originals
"Cantefable", Nancy Thym & Thilo Viehrig, Medieval Duo
Diana Rowan, Contemporary Lever Harp
"Bindi Society", Global Fusion, Barbara Imhoff, Pedal Harp
Margaret & Kristoph, Celtic, Renaissance, and Medieval
Su Wai, Burmese Harp
"Bella Donna Historic Performers", Renaissance Harp, Vocals & Dance
Karma Moffett, Harp and Tibetan Bells
Portia Diwa, Healing Harp
Mitch Landy, Pop-Jazz Harp
"The Harpers Hall Ensemble", directed by Verlene Schermer
John Metras, Cross-Strung Harp
"San Francisco Guzheng Youth Ensemble", directed by Weishan Liu
Jacqueline Lynaugh, Wire-Strung Harp and Story-Telling
Patrice Haan, Lever Harp and Vocals
"Bay Area Youth Harp Ensemble", directed by Diana Stork
Marianne Mac Donald, Wire-Strung Harp and Wendy Burch, Poetry
Amelia Romano, Contemporary Lever harp
Sage Po, Classical Pedal harp
Callie Ding, Chinese Konghou Harp
Concessions:
Harp Store by Harps Etc.
http://www.harpsetc.com
Zatis Mediterranean Restaurant
www.zatisrestaurant.com
Sponsored by the Multi-Cultural Music Fellowship , a 501 c 3 non-profit
dedicated to bringing the world together through music
and Lifemark Group
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LocationChapel of the Chimes
4499 Piedmont Avenue
Oakland, CA 94611
United States
Categories
| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: No |
| Wheelchair Accessible: No |
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