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34th Annual Virtual Harp & Cello School
August 16, 2020 - August 21, 2020
Virtual Harp & Cello School Registration Now Open
We are pleased to announce that, although we had to cancel the ‘in person’ school this year due to COVID-19, the 34th Annual Harp & Cello School will take place virtually, Monday, August 17 – Friday, August 21, 2020. Mark your calendars and register below. Scholarships and bursaries are also available.
Instructors: Sunita Staneslow, Seumas Gagne, Sharlene Wallace, Marilyn Rummel, Morag Northey and special guest Tristan LeGovic.
What Does a Virtual Harp & Cello School Look Like?
Registrants will do a live on-line two-hour interactive class each morning (Monday to Friday, 9:30am – 12pm) with their instructor and their harp or cello, there will be one “special topics” session each day with one of the instructors (mostly a listening class), and then a short concert every evening at 5pm featuring an instructor, with a couple of ceilidh style student performances to begin. We’ll try to be our usual informal, supportive style retreat, and try to meet needs of all our participants as best we can.
The classes will be 2 hours, with a 1/2 break in between – where coffee and talking will reign – there should be few enough students in each that we can somewhat chat with each other – we know that so much of the pleasure of coming to Wells is meeting your old harp & cello friends every year!
Sharlene Wallace (Novice/Advanced Beginner), Seumas Gagné (Intermediate), Sunita Staneslow (Intermediate/Advanced) and Morag Northey (All Levels Cello) will be teaching the morning workshops. And while Sharlene’s class is not for complete beginners, they are welcome IF they take the Harp Start class the week before. It will be offered at no additional cost to registrants for the Novice class. Marilyn Rummel, Island Mountain’s Harp School Founder and Artistic Director, will be offering that. Please get in touch for more information (info@imarts.com).
We’ll all join together for the special topics in the afternoon 2 – 3pm, and for the concerts at 5pm.
We are happy to say that Tristan Le Govic will be playing one of the instructor concert nights, and have a special topic as well all the way from France!
Plan for a virtual ‘Welcome Reception’ at 5pm PST on Sunday, August 16 to make sure you have all the information and technical know how to make your week a great experience!
All the classes will be done by Zoom, and registrants will get the info they need well in advance.
Registration Information
Early Bird Rate (includes workshops, special topics and evening concerts):
$355 + GST (Must Register and Pay in Full by July 24)
Regular Fee:
$395 + GST (After July 24, 2020)
Want to just attend the afternoon special topics and the evening concerts?:
$200 + GST
Scholarships and bursaries are available. Application deadline is two weeks before the program, but classes do sell out, so apply early.
