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Classes
Cynthia Cathcart offers private lessons on the wire strung harp in her studio, both in person and via video link. She is also available for private lessons at conferences and festivals where she offers workshops and presentations on the wire-strung harp, or clàrsach.
Some of the workshop topics Cynthia presents include
For wire-string harpers:
- Adapting Nylon Harp Arrangements to the Wire Strung Harp
- Ringing and Damping at the Harp
- Traditional Beginnings
- Ornaments and Figures for Nail
Players
- Dancing on Wire Strings: Let's
Arrange Some Music
- The Care and Feeding of a Wire
Strung Harp
For all harpers:
- Goal Setting at the Harp
- No Levers? No Problem!
Accidentals on a Lever-Free Harp
- Wire Harp tricks for the Nylon
Harper
- The Mystery of the Modes
- Where is Scottish Music?
- Which Shoulder is the Right
Correct One?
- Teaching Wire Harp Even if You
Are Not a Wire Harper
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Performances
Cynthia is available for both private functions and concerts, particularly in the Washington, DC area. When on tour, she can be found performing well outside the area she calls home. In addition to concert performances, she offers the following lectures and presentations for a general audience:
- How to Repair a Broken
Tradition
- Brief History of the Clarsach
in Scotland
- The Wire Sound
- The Ceol Mor of the Clarsach
Read some feedback on Cynthia's workshops and presentations -
from children and from grown-ups.
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- July 29 - Augst 1, 2010 Somerset Folk Harp
Festival in Parsippany, New Jersey
Concert, Library of Congress slide-show, Workshops and personalized lessons.
- August 11 - 15, 2010 Harpon 2010, in
St. Louis, Missouri. Concert, workshops, personalized lessons.
HarpCon 2010/
- October 22 - November 1, 2010 Southeastern Harp Weekend, in Asheville, North Carolinz. Concert, Workshops, Personalized lessons.
SEHW 2010
Visit Wire Harp Monday for information on the day-long special wire-strung harp Monday class.
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