Historical Harp Society
Backlist of Conference and Workshop Topics and Presenters

Use one of two methods to search:
A. Use your browser's search function: quick and accurate if you aren't confused by the directions.
  Netscape - Click INSIDE the table's first line or two, then key in CTRL-F or, to use the menu,  click [Edit] then [Find and Replace] then ENTER.
  MS Internet Explorer - Click INSIDE the table's first line or two, then key in CTRL-F or, to use the menu,  click [Edit] then [Find on this page] then ENTER.
B. Use the links to navigate to the approximate year; if you get lost, use a TOP link or CTRL-HOME to return here and try a new link.

Home Page     Conferences:   1990     1995     2000     2005         Workshops:     1990     1995     2000     2005

Conferences

   YEAR & LOCATION    CONFERENCE SPEAKER    TOPIC
1984 - Amherst MA
Carved Body and Double Harps in European Museums (exhibit)

Planchart, Alejandro Juan Bermudo's Commentaries on the Harp

Reit, Susan Thumb Under Technique Applied to the Harp

Brown, David Constructional Aspects of Carved Bodied Harps

Kadar, Judit; moderator Discussion of Chromatics and Tunings

Reit, Susan Arpa Doppia: A Brief Introduction

Habermehl, Anne Use of the Harp in Welsh Music

Fulton, Cheryl Triple Harp Technique for Beginners (workshop)
1985 - Amherst MA Fulton, Cheryl Introduction to the Harp in Early Music

John, Patricia Early Harp in Art

Reit, Susan The "Thumb Under" Technique as Seen in Early Art

Brown, David Stromgomg as Re;atod tp Jar[

Hutchinson, John/Lewandowski, L Iberian Cross-Strung Double Harp

Galassi, Mara Fingering and Technique in Double Harp

Rosenzweig Fifteenth Century Harp

Kirk, Douglas, moderator Use of Harp as Continuo Instrument (panel)

Kadar, Judit Roots of Classical Harp Music in Germany, a Living Tradition

Fulton, Cheryl Brief Introduction to the Triple Harp
1986 - Amherst MA Taylor, Bill The Ancient Harps (slide presentation)

Brown, David Several Aspects of Harp Stringing

Fulton, Cheryl Music from the Faenza Cpdex

Chaplan, Rose Technique and Repertory of the Bray-Pin Harp

Heymann, Ann & Charlie Another Look at the Clairseach: History, Mythology, Performance Practice

Brown, Fay, Lewandowski,
   Witcher		 Harpmakers' Panel on Research, Problems, Solutions

Heymann, Ann Introduction to Wire-Strung Harp Technique (workshop)
1987 - Amherst MA Makubuya, James The Adungo; Ugandan Harp Tuning and Construction

Simonson, Linda The Kora, Bridge Harp of the West African Historian/Poet/Musician

Simonson, Linda The Buddhist Symbolism of the Burmese Arched Harp

Taylor, W/Scherer, D Possibilities for Harp and Lute Duet

Bagby, Benjamin Conceptualizing the 12th Century Medieval Harp

d'Arcizas, Yves Practical Considerations in the Construction of Late Medieval Harps

Lang-May, Gabriele Irish Music of the Itinerant Harpers

Burghart, Kathy Historical Perspectives of the Harp in Southern Europe & the British Isles

Thym-Hochrein, Nancy The Norwegian Harp; Its Lore, History and Construction

Kadar, Judit Performing 14th and 15th Century Music on the Harp

Lawrence-King, Andrew The Harp in Continuo Playing in the Early Italian Operas
1988 - Amherst MA Thym-Hochrein, Nancy The German Wandering Street Harpers of the 18th and 19th Centuries

Galassi, Mara Applications for Continuo Playing of the Scordatura Tunings
     in the Huete Manuscript of 1702, 1704

Cook, Ron Some Uses of the Harp in Accompanying Medieval Song

Fulton, Cheryl An Introduction to Medieval Improvisation (workshop)

Mayer-Brown, Howard Future Directions for Harp Research


Historical Harp Registry and Iconography Projects (report)

Simonson, Linda Harp and Chanson at the Courts of the Valois Dukes of Burgundy
     (1363-1477)

Fay, Arsalaan Brown & Buckwell: 19th Century Harpbuilding Tradition in New York City

Brown, David Elements of Stringing for Early Harp (worikshop)

Kouyate, Djimo Playing and Tuning Techniques on the Kora, Bridge Harp of the Griot

Makubuya, James Performance Practice Techniques of the Adungu - Ugandan Harp
     (a workshop)

Lawrence-King, Andrew Macque's Book: Music for Harp
1989 - Amherst MA Stork, Diana/Fulton, Cheryl An Introduction to Venezuelah Harp (demonstration/workshop)

Galassi, Mara Summary of Sources & References for Historical Harp Technique

Thym-Hochrein, Nancy Mozart, Goethe, and the German Hook Harp of the 18th Century

Thym-Hochrein, Nancy A Laendler (workshop)

Bermudez, Egberto The Diatonic Harp in Colombia

Witcher, Jay How Do Harps Work?

Heymann, Ann The Harp and Gaelic Cosmology

Brown, David Development of Italian Harp Construction

Makubuya. James Rhythmic & Melodic Improvisation on the Adungu, Ugandan Harp

Mackenzie, Sasha Story of the Welsh Triple Harp
1990 - Amherst MA Bermudez. Egberto Intro to History of Non-Pedal Harp

Heymann, Ann & Charlie An Irish Harper at the English Court; Cormack McDermott

Kadar. Judit Introduction to 15th Century Improvisation (workshop)

Brown, David The Este Harp

Galassi, Mara The Triple Harp in Rome in the First Half of the 17th Century

Fulton, Cheryl Musical Relicks of the Welsh Bards; The Triple Harp of Wales

Witcher, Jay How Do Harps Work?

Sayre, Jennifer Harp in Spanish Music in the Age of Discovery (1492-1650)

Evans, Robert Varieties of Harps in Medieval Wales

Bermudez, Egberto The Ecuadorian Wire Srung Harp

Simonson, Linda Mandingfoli: Transmission of Two Griot Songs for Kora -
    (West African Harp)
1991 - Amherst MA Polonska, Elena History of the Historical Harp Movement

Bermudez, Egberto The Harp in 15th Century Spain

Galassi, Mara Ornamentation and Fingering in French Harp Music from the Late 18th C.

Evans, Robert Ap Huw's 24 Measures: A Composirional Method


Playing Session: Renaissance Dance Tunes

Woolsey, Crystal History of the Multi-Row Harp in Europe

Bermudez, Egberto, moderator Harp Makers' Panel (Evnas, Fay, Brown, Lewandowski, Witcher)

Thym-Hochrein, Nancy French Harp Lays in the Scottish Ballads
1992 - Berkeley CA Kilmer, Anne Ancient Mesopotamian Harps & Harp Tunings 3rd-1st Millenia BC

Simonson, Linda King David's "Harp:" Transformations of the Musical Instrument
     of Ancient Israel's Warrior/Poet/King

Wheeler, John Chironomy and Ancient Middle Eastern Harpers

Makubuya, James The Role of Traditional Harps in Ugandan Societies

Thym-Hochrein, Nancy Magic Mushrooms and the Siberian Harp

DeVale, Due Carole Harps and Harpists in Medieval Persia

van Deusen, Nancy The Harp and the Soul: Plato's Harp and its Trecento Infludnce

Kadar, Judit Fifteenth Century Improvisational Styles Appropriate for the Harp

Pearo, Charles Report on the Historical Harp Survey

Brown, David Development of Italian Harp Construction

Zaerr, Laura The One Hundreth Anniversary of the Chaillot Single-Action Pedal Harp

Taylor, William Early Scottish Clarsach Music: Sources for Repertoire & Technique

Witcher, Jay Historical Harps from the Time of the Belfast Festival or 1792

Heymann, Ann The Belfast Festival of 1792

Bermudez, Egberto Introduction to Iberian & Latin American Historical Harps

Russell, Craig The Harp in Colonial Mexico:
     Retrieving Lost Traditions & Hidden Repertoire

Galassi, Mara Folk Harp Traditions in Southern Italy during the 18th and Early 19th C.

Bunker, Robert A New Authentic Paraguayan Harp

Smith, Sandy Indigenous Performance Practices and Elements of Musical Composition
    Transferred to the Harp Traditions of Latin America

Bermudez/Russell/Stevenson Panel Discussion on Iberian & Latin American Harp Traditions
1993 - Amherst MA Schroeder-Sheker, Therese The Harp in the Field of Music-Thanatology

Kinnaird, Alison History and Music of the Scottish Harp

Brown, David The 17th Century Welsh Triple Harp

Price-Glynn, Cynthia A Bried History of the Ballet Harpist

Witcher, Jay Technical Aspects of Harps and Harp Construction

Witcher, Jay/Breau, Kasha Harps of Schndanavia

Taylor, William The Rotte, or Northern European Lyre

Thym-Hochrein, Nancy Klingerdilms and Schallern;
    Wandering Harp Girls of Pressnitz & Hundeshagen

Pearo, Charles The Historical Harp Survey

Kuronen, Darcy Historical Harps in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston
1994 - Evanston IL Cook, Ron The Dompe and the Harp

Kadar, Judit Conrad Paumann: What Harpists Can Learn from his
     "Fundamentum Organisandi" and other Didactic Studies

Sprung, L/Fulton, C The Paraguayan Harp Tradition (video)

Campbell, William & Katherine Reproduction of an Extant 17C Flemish Harp in the Boston Museum

Heymann, Ann & Charlie Lament for Harp - the piobreachd

Witcher, Jay An Evaluation of the String Scalings of the Extant Norwegian Harps and
     Possible Tunings Thereof for Different String Materials

Bermudez, Egberto The Rothchild 983 Harp at Vienna; A Spanish 17C "Arpa de dos Ordenes"

Taylor, William An Overview of the at Jus Manuscript

Galassi, Mara The Carl Phillipp Emanuel Bach Sonata for Harp

Brown, David New Tools for Old Instruments

Pearo, Charles Update of Society Survey of Estant Historical Harps

Fulton, Cheryl, moderator Panel Discussion on Tunings and Temperaments
1995 - Amherst MA Taylor, William Harps: Historical, "Celtic,: and "Folk"

De Vale, Sue Carole Exploring the Richness and Diversity of the Harp Traditions of Africa

Bermudez, Egberto A Reassessment of the Appearance of Double and Triple-rank
     Harps in Europe

Kadar, Judit Master Class

Cook, Ron Reconstructing a Breton Lai; A Performer's Perspective

Bermudez. Egberto (moderator) Panel:  Nomenclature for Continental Harps Before 1600
     (Kadar, Taylor, Thym)

Libin, Lawrence Harps in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City)

Brown, David New Techniques for Studying Old Instruments

Witcher, Jay/Yeats, Grainne Reconstructing the Cloyne (Dalway) Harp

Labaree, Robert A Modern Performance Version of the Ottoman Harp or Ceng
    (with ensemble)
1996 - San Raphael CA Zaerr, Laura Harp Music of the 18th Century French Nobility

Jackson, Roland Performance Practice and the Harp

Bermudez, Egberto Juan Bermudo and the Harp; Organology and Performance Practice
     in 16th Century Spain and Europe

Houle, George Meter and Tempo in 17th Century Music

Jackson, Roland (moderator) Panel on Performance Practice

Heymann: Ann Gaelic Harper Denis O'Hampsey (1696-1807)

Wheeler, John Scales, Modes, and Tunings in Biblical Chant
1997 - Amherst MA Kadar, Judit A Contemporary Stage Presentation of the Roman du Fauvel

Lawergren, Bo Angular Harps: Forerunner of the Modern Harp

Bermudez, Egberto On the Identity of Ludovico

Taylor, William Further Adventures in the Reconstruction of the "Cloyne" ("Dalway") Harp

Fulton, Cheryl Ann The Works for "Arpa Doppia" of Giovanni M. Trabacci

Knoke, Paul A History of the Pedal Harp

Pollens, Stewart Resotration of a Cross-Strung Harp by Greenway

Reinagel, Fred Tuning Systems: A Historical Overview
   Panel Dicussion on Tuning (Reinagel, Fulton, Witcher, Kortier, Cook)

Knight, Roderic The Arched Harp in India : Past and Present (video)
1998 - Amherst MA Bermudez, Egberto History of the European Harp: Issues, Queries, and Conclusiions

Bermudez, Egberto, moderator Bray Panel (Cook, Fulton, Kadar, Taylor)

Hass, Arthur Mean Tone Tuning for Henry Purcell

Campbell, William The Northern Italian Single-Row Harp

Baxter, Becky Single Row Harp: Practical Performance:
    Solutions for Pinching/Fretting in Tune to Any Temperment

Bermudez, Egberto The Harp, Violin, and Dance of the Tijeras (Scissors) Tradition in Peru

Calderon, Claudia Venezuelan Harp Traditions: A General Survey

Fulton, Cheryl Ann Bartolomeo Giovenardi's Comments on the Harp from


    "Tradado de la Musica" (Madrid, 1634)

Knoke, Paul Further Remarks on the History of the Pedal Harp;
    Identifying Surviving Harps
1999 - Madison WI Bermudez, Egberto The 17th Century Claviharp

Olsen, Dale Peruvian Harp

Hoffmann, Joy Yu The Chinese Kong Hou

Taylor, William New Research on the Robert Ap Huw Manuscript

Yeats, Grainne Lost Chords; Identifying the Music of Irish Harpers

Cook, Ron The 15th Century Harp and Lute Duet:
    What Music did the Musicians Play?

King, Andrew Lawrence Carolan's Harp

Springfels, Mary/Minter, Drew Using Harp in Early Music Ensembles

Stein, Louise Harps and Gender in Society

Bermudez, E/Hardulfi, Allegra The Veracruz Harp Tradition (video)
2000 - Storrs CT Galassi, Mara The Mozart Flute and Harp Concerto

Whiteside, Constance  Report on the Historical Harp Survey

Milligan, Samuel The Development of the Pedal Harp

Knoke, Paul The Appropriate Harp
    Panel on Early Pedal Harps (Gullo-Richmond, Fay, Milligan, Knoke)

Gullo-Richmond, Nan The Gullo Harp Music Collection at Sibley Music Library, Rochester

Bermudez, Egberto The Pedal Harp in Latin America

Lawergren, Bo Buddha the Harpist

Kinnaird, Alison The Scots Ballad
2001 - Cleveland OH Lawergren, Bo Cycladic Harps ca 2500-2000 BC: Did They Ever Exist?

Cook, Ron Tristan's Harp: Were Marie's Lais Performed?

Wentz, David & Paula A New Historical Harp Specimen; A Baroque Spanish Harp?

Be, Kenneth Harps at the Cleveland Museum: Instruments and Icconography

Dirie, Gerardo The Argentinian Harp Tradition

Bermudez, Egberto The Latin American Harp Tradition: What is Local?

Knight, Roderic West African Harps
2002 - Storrs CT Charry, Eric West African Harps

Bermudez, Egberto (moderator) Faculty Panel; Questions Answered (Cook, Kadar, Baxter, Fulton)

Hurrell, Nancy The Irish "Royal Portable Harp" by John Egan

Cook, Ron Melodic Variations in Troubadour Manuscripts: Guide to Ornamentation?

Bermudez, Egberto Africa and the Hispanic (Spanish/Portugese) Harp Tradition;
    An Exploration
2003 - Storrs CT Sheehy, Daniel The Arpa Jarocha and the Arpa Grande: The Evolutionary Counterpoint
    of  Two Mexican Regional Musical Traditions

Kadar, Judit   and
Starling, Steve		 About the Trecento Harpo: A Preliminary Report on
    the Howard Mayer Brown Trecento Musical Iconography Collection
    at the Newberry Library, Chicago

Bermudez, Egberto Twenty Years After: Issues and Certainties about the History of the Harp

Taylor, William "Stop It:" Fingernail and Damping Techniques

Bermudez, moderator 20th Anniversary Panel:
     (Kadar, Cook, Horst, Taylor, Fulton, Lewandowsky)

Jurgensen, Frauke Musica Ficta, Ornamentation, Improvisation, Examining 15th Century
     Performance-Practice Issues in the Buxheim Organ Book

Baade, Colleen Harps and Harpists in Female Monasteries in Early Modern Castile

Knoke, Paul The Crochet Action Pedal Harp

Knoke/Richmond All You Want to Know about Phillip Joseph Hinner and MORE
2004 - Madison WI Kadar, Judit The Quadruple Harp: Fact or Fantasy?

Thym: Nancy The Boston Harp and Her Sisters

Christa Patton Clarity or Confusion, Mistakes or Magic: The Ritornello in Orfeo

Campbell, William Recreating the Egyptian Harp in the Metropolitan Museum of NY

Yeats, Grainne Ancient Irish Harp Laments

Viehrig, Tilo/Thym, Nancy Not All that Sparkles is Gold; Statuary Harps in German Churches

Bermudez, Egberto Spain, Italy, and the Development of the Non-Pedal Harp

Knoke, Paul The History of Pedal Harp Technique, 1750-1900
2005 - Bennington VT Cook, Ron (moderator) Tuning the Western European Historical Harp

Fulton, Cheryl The Consorts of William Lawes (1602-45

David C. Nelson The Estampie - Dancing to Polyrhythm

Knoke, Paul The Street Harpists of the Late Nineteenth and Early 20th Centyries

Taylor, William Medieval Irisn and Scottish Music

Cook, Ron Rethinking the Early Medieval Harp
2006 - Madison WI Taylor, William Size Matters - The Use of Small Harps

Patton, Christa & Herried, Grant Accompaniments from 17th Century Spain

Kadar, Judit, chair Nomenclature Describing Harp Types

Bermudez, Egberto American Renaissance & Baroque Musical Practices

Cook, Ron The Morphology of Early Harps; Implications for Repertoire

Schilke, Marlena Baltic Zithers

Attar, Alison An Approach to Continuo Instruction for Novices
2007 - New London, CT
 Fulton, Cheryl Ann
 Doctor Bartolomeo Giovenardi's Tratada de la Musica (Madrid, 1634)

Cook, Ron
 Revisiting the Dump

Kadar, Judit
 Bordunes, Drons, and the Lowest of Harp Strings

Hurrell, Nancy
 How to Survey a Harp

McJohn, Bill
 The Mistuned Harp: A Closer Look at Scordatura


Home Page                                   Top                             Conferences

Workshops

YEAR & LOCATION
 FACULTY WORKSHOP TOPIC
1984 - Amherst MA Judit Kadar

Cheryl Ann Fulton

Susan Reit
1985 - Amherst MA Cheryl Ann Fulton

Judit Kadar
1986 - Amherst MA Cheryl Ann Fulton

Judit Kadar
1986 - Amherst MA Cheryl Ann Fulton

Judit Kadar

Benjamin Bagby

Andrew Lawrence King
1988 - Amherst MA Cheryl Ann Fulton Medieval Improvisation and Ornamentation

Mara Galassi Fingerings and Techniques from the Huete Manuscript,  1702

Ann Heymann Playing Techniques for Irish Wire Strung Harp


Music of the Irish Harp

Judit Kadar English Medieval Music for String Ensemble

Andrew Lawrence King Accompaniment of English Song


Continuo for Harp, Keyboard, Lute, etc for Singers

Kadar/Galassi Beginning Historical Harp

Faculty Seminar History of the Harp & Performance Practice
1989 - Amherst MA Cheryl Ann Fulton Medieval Iberian Music (w/Ensemble Alcatraz)


Intermediate Techniques for Medieval & Renaissance Harp

Judit Kadar Ornamentation Ideas From the Buxheim Organ Book

Mara Galassi Fingering & Technique from the Huete Manuscript, 1702


Beginning Historical Harp

Ann & Charlie Heymann Development of Irish Musical Tradition

Ann Heymann Secrets of the Gaelic Harp

Faculty Seminar Practical Historical Information for Harp Players
1990 - Amherst MA Cheryl Ann Fulton Medieval Dance Music


Intermediate Techniques for Medieval & Renaissance Harp

Judit Kadar The Trecento Harp: Use of the Harp in 14th Century Italy

Mara Galassi Arranging Renissance Dances


Beginning Historical Harp

Galassi/Fulton Chromatic Harp Techniques

Ann Heymann The Music of Cormack MacDermott


Secrets of the Gaelic Harp

Nancy Thym-Hochrein German & Tyrolean Folk Music

Charlie Heymann Music of Turlough Carolan

Egberto Bermudez History of the Harp (seminar)
1991 - Amherst MA Cheryl Ann Fulton French Medieval Dances (for all instruments)


Techniques for Double and Triple Row Chromatic Harps

Judit Kadar Setting 15th Century Chansons for the Harp

Elena Polonska French Renzissance Music (for all instruments)

Bill Taylor Arranging for the Very Small Harp

Robert Evans Fingering from the Welsh Ap Huw Manuscript

Nancy Thym-Hochrein Harp Lore in Traditional European Ballads & Folktales

Egberto Bermudez History of the Harp (seminar)
1992 - Berkeley CA Ann Heymann Secrets of the Gaelic Harp

Mara Galassi Technique & Repertoire for 17th & 18th Century Spanish
     Single Row Harp

Cheryl Fulton/Mara Galassi Playing Continuo on the Harp

Sandy Smith Latin American Rhythms: Technique & Repertoire

Nancy Thym-Hochrein The Harp and Storytelling

James Makabuya Introduction to the Adungu
1993 - Amherst MA Judit Kadar The Harp in English Music of the 14th and 15th Centuries


Using the Harp in a Renaissance Ensemble

Bill Taylor Medieval Harp Repertory and Technique


Nail Technique for Early British Music

Nancy Thym-Hochrein Beginning Historical Harp

Therese Schroeder-Sheker The Music and Art of Hildegard van Bingen


The Harp of Medieval Hymnody: Chant, Antiphons, Hymns

Alison Kinnaird Accompaniment for Scottish Songs


The Scottish Idiom - Decoration and Variation
1994 - Evanston IL Cheryl Ann Fulton Medieval Music Performance Practices


Historical Harp Techniques

Mara Galassi Musicalische Rustkammer


17th Century Italiam Music for Multi-Row Harps

Judit Kadar Intermediate Techniques for Medieval & Renaissance Harp


German 15th Century Music

Ann Heymann Fingernail & Damping Techniques for All Harps


Celtic Oral Tradition and Harp Performance Practice

Bill Taylor Early Scottish Clarsach Music; Basic Fingernail Techniques
1995 - Amherst MA Judit Kadar Music of the Trecento


Songs from the Faenza Codex

Grainne Yeats Irish Music Old and New


Singing to the Harp

Egberto Bermudez European Harps: An Historical Overview


Italian & Spanish 17th Century Harp Musical Practice

Bill Taylor Medieval Welsh Harp Music: Interpreting the Ap Huw MS


Arranging for the Small Harp

Bill Taylor/ D. Olsson Calliope & Terpsichore Entwin'd; Renaissance Dance Tunes

Nancy Thym-Hochrein Storytelling and Music


Beginning Historical Harp
1996 - San Rafael CA Judit Kadar Use of Harp in Performance of French 14th Century Music

Mara Galassi Italian Renaissance Harp Technique & Repertory


Spanish Renzissance Harp Technique & Repertory

Cheryl Ann Fulton Beginning and Intermediate Technique


A Mode a Day

Ann Heymann A to Z of Fingernail Technique


Coupled Hands

Egberto Bermudez Historical Overview of the Harp; Its Repertory & Techniques
1997 - Amherst MA Cheryl Ann Fulton Technique for Arpa Doppia


Medieval French Dance

Judit Kadar Works from the Roman du Fauvel


Dufay & Other 15th Century Music

Bill Taylor Welsh Bardic Harp Music from the Ap Huw Manuscript


Scottish Music for Wire Strung Harp

Manuel Vilas Spanish Cross-Strung Harp Repertoire


Spanish Baroque Harp Techniques

Egberto Bermudez Spanish & Latin American Continuo Harp Techniques


Latin American Harp Traditions (seminar)

Baxter, Becky Beginning Historical Harp
1998 - Amherst MA Cheryl Ann Fulton Technique for Arpa Doppia


Repertoire for 17th Century Arpa Doppia

Judit Kadar Drone Away


Italian Harp Music of the 14th and 15th Centuries

Bill Taylor Two Worlds of Welsh Harp Music


The Wire Strung Clarsach - An Historical Overview


Memory Work for Harpists

Egberto Bermudez History of the European Non-Pedal Harp (seminar)


Spanish & Latin American Continuo Harp Techniques

Tnerese Honey 17th & 18th Century Music for Irish and Scottish Celtic Harp

Becky Baxter Beginning Historical Harp
1999 - Madison WI Judit Kadar Beginning Historical Harp


Drone Away II


Introduction to Tambourine

Kadar/Springfels Medival/Renaissance Collegium

Mary Springfels Ortiz and His Children

Springfles/Minter Medieval Song

Bill Taylor Wire-Strung Clarsach Technique and Repertoire


Two Worlds of Welsh Harp Music

Taylor/Yeats Irish/Scottish Harp Ensemble

Grainne Yeats Adapting Irish Harp Music


Gaelic Song and Pronunciation


Singing to the Harp

Andrew Lawrence King The Art of Accompaniment


Fantasia - 16th & 17th Century Improvisation

King/Minter Baroque Master Class and Collegium

Drew Minter Singing for Instrumentalists

Egberto Bermudez The Latin Connection; Spanish & Latin American Harp


The Cancionero de Palacio Repertoire


The History of the European Harp (lecture series)
2000 - Storrs CT` Judit Kadar Viva Venegas de Henestrosa


English Music of the 14th and 15th Centuries


Introduction to Tambourine

Mara Galassi Technique for Single Action Pedal Harp


The Mozart Concerto for Flute and Harp

Alison Kinnaird Beginning Technique for Wire-Strung Harp


The Scots Ballad

Egberto Bermudez Main Issues in the History of the European Harp


The Cancionero de Palacio Repertoire

Baxter, Becky Beginning Historical Harp

Faculty Seminar Ornamentation, Basso Continuo, Scots Repertoire
2001 - Cleveland OH Cheryl Ann Fulton Airs for Welsh Triple Harp


How to Play a Whole Note on the Harp


Angelorum - Medieval Harp Choir

Judit Kadar Introduction to Renaissance Harp


Introduction to Tambourine

Kadar/Olsson Renaissance Dance Tempos

Jan Walters 17th Century Italian and English Song


Arranging Early Music for Solo Harp

Walters/Lang 17th Century Song for Harp and Voice

Ron Cook Ornamentation of 16th Century Music

Egberto Bermudez The Cancionero de Palacio Repertoire

Bermudez/Lane 17th Century Spanish Art Songs

Jennifer Lane Morning Warm-Up Class for Singers

Dorothy Olsson Beginning Renaissance Dance


Beginning Baroque Dance

Judith Overcash Accompanying and Performing Middle English Songs
2002 - Storrs, CT Judit Kadar Trecento Dances


16th Century Italian Dances


Trecento Polyphony

Cheryl Ann Fulton The Touch and Tone Technique


Medieval Minstrel Band (all instruments)


Introduction to Double and Triple Harp

Ron Cook The Troubadours in Italy

Becky Baxter Improvising on Italian and Spanish Grounds

Andrew Lawrence King Continuo Summit
2003 - Storrs, CT Judit Kadar The Franco-Flemish Connection


Beginning Renaissance Harp

J. Kadar/E. Bermudez Sephardic Music

E. Bermudez/J. Lane Spanish 17th Century Song

Egberto Bermudez Survey of Early Latin American Music

Cheryl Ann Fulton Touch and Tone Technique


Technique for Arpa Doppia

C. Fulton/D. Johnson At the Court of Alfonso the Wise Sabio

Bill Taylor Welsh Music; Understanding the Robert apHuw Manuscript


Music of Ireland and Scotland for Wire Clarsach


Stop Style for Lade Medieval Music

Ron Cook Ornamentation for 16th Century Harp
2004 - Madison WI Judit Kadar East Meets West in Multicultural Venice


Italian Part Songs of Dufay for Harp

Baxter/Pappano The Instruments of Orpheus - gamba and harp

Baxter/Patton Technique & Repertoire of the Italian Baroque Harp


Basso Continuo for Baroque Harp

Christa Patton Venetian Continuo Songs

Julia Chybowski Beginning Historical Harp

Grainne Yeats Singing to the Harp


Arranging Irish Harp Music

Nancy Thym-Hochrein Harp Music; Middle Ages to Romantic for Lever Harp


Tales of Tuscany and Venice
2005 - Bennington VTJudit Kadar Psaltery Basics


Music from King Henry VIII's Manuscript


Introduction to Tambourine Technique

Cheryl Ann Fulton Technique for Arpa Doppia


Touch and Tone Technique for Harp


The Harp Consorts of William Lawes

Bill Taylor Ancient Welsh Harp Music


Scottish Renaissance Music


Beginning Historical Harp

Ron Cook Performing English Dumps on the Harp


English Music for the Early Medieval Harp
2006 - Madison WI Judit Kadar Harp Music of the Golden Age

Christa Patton Beginning Historical Harp


Spanish Harp Music for Early & Lever Harps


Harp Accompaniment in 17th Century Spanish Song

Bill Taylor Playing Sacred Songs from Medieval Spain on Harp


Harp Music from the Renaissance in Scotland

Egberto Bermudez Latin American Music and the Harp


History of the Harp: An Introduction

Kadar/Bermudez/Lemos Sephardic Secular Music
2007 - New London, CT
 Ron Cook
 The Troubadours in Italy


Performing Medieval Narrative with the Harp

Cheryl Ann Fulton
 Touch and Tone Technique for Harp


17th Century Neapolitan Solo Repertoire for the Arpa Doppia


Improvising on the Italian Tenors

Judit Kadar
 Trecento, the First Generation


The Faenza Codex


Beginning Harp






Home Page                      Top                 Conferences               Workshops

Updated February 21, 2008