Guildhall School of Music & Drama Harp Department Presents:
SUNDAY 15 MAY 2011
9.30am – 5.00pm
EARLY HARP DAY
WORKSHOPS – MASTERCLASSES – CONCERT – DISCUSSION – EXPERIMENTATION
TRY EARLY HARPS – PLAY EARLY MUSIC ON MODERN HARPS – PLAY IN A CLASS
BRING YOUR HARP OR USE OURS – STAY ALL DAY OR VISIT A SESSION
BRING YOUR STYLE QUESTIONS – GET ADVICE ON MAJOR REPERTOIRE
With Andrew Lawrence-King
GSMD Professor of Early Harp
OPEN TO ALL HARPISTS & TEACHERS
(EARLY, MODERN, FOLK)
9.30 Arrival and Coffee ALL DAY:
10.00-10.45 Workshop: try Medieval & Renaissance harps
Experiment: Medieval improvisation
Masterclass: LAMENTO DI TRISTAN
11.00-11.45 Workshop: try baroque Irish harp Exhibition of
Discussion: Celtic or Baroque? Traditional or Authentic? Early Harps
Masterclass: CAROLAN’S FAREWELL
12.00-1.00 Workshop: try Spanish double harp & Italian triple harp
Experiment: Continuo & Improvisation
Masterclass: FANTASIA DE LUDUVICO
1.00-2.00 Lunch Break
2.00-2.30 Recital by Andrew Lawrence-King
2.30-3.00 Q & A and TRILL CLINIC:
Bring your style problems and ornament nightmares
3.15- 4.00 Workshop: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
Experiment: Rhythm & Dances Masterclass: HANDEL HARP CONCERTO
4.15-5.00 Workshop: Try 18th-century harp technique
Masterclass: MOZART FLUTE & HARP CONCERTO Book your place:
(Bring your own flautist or borrow ours)
Discussion: Empfindsamkeit, CPE Bach
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VENUE:
Guildhall School
Lecture Recital Room, Silk St, Barbican,
London EC2Y 8DT
harp@gsmd.ac.uk
Tel: 020 7435 6458
Admission FREE, but advanced booking is ESSENTIAL
as places strictly limited