Dear Harpists,

You are invited to join Harps Etc. as we celebrate our first 10 years of serving the harp community throughout California and around the world! The time went quickly and thanks to our fantastic customers, it’s been a blast!

Our First Harp Festival will feature world class performers and workshop presenters. See the schedule below and be sure to register today, as space is limited. Come join this festive celebration of music, the harp and YOU, our loyal customers! Just click on the link below to register today!

Yours truly,
Jessica Siegel
Harps Etc.
1601 N. Main Street, Suite 106
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
925-937-4277
800-836-5559

Full Schedule for the Harp Festival at Harps Etc.

May 3 -5, 2013

Register at http://tinyurl.com/harpsetc

FRIDAY, MAY 3

6 pm Reception: Please join us for some light appetizers before the Opening Concert.

8 pm Carlos Reyes in Concert Paraguayan Jazz Harp & Violin. Carlos Reyes was declared a child prodigy in Paraguay at the age of five. He made his debut on the harp with the Oakland Youth Symphony at age 14. Since then he has performed internationally and headlined with stars including Chuck Mangione, Bill Evans and Willie Nelson.

SATURDAY, MAY 4

9 am Continental Breakfast: For full conference and day pass attendees

10 am Harp Maintenance: The Basics and Beyond with Karen Gottlieb, Lyon & Healy and Salvi Certified Harp Technician, and Mike Lewis, The Harp Tech.

Karen Gottlieb, harpist, is an international performer, teacher, lecturer and harp technician. She has performed with the San Francisco Symphony, many headline performers and chamber music ensembles.

Ms. Gottlieb received her Bachelor’s degree at the University of Washington and her Masters from the Cleveland Institute of Music. She is on the faculty of San Francisco State University and Mills College.

Mike Lewis began working at Lyon and Healy as a harp technician in 1989 and left to form HarpTech in 1995. As HarpTech, Mike has traveled all over the United States and internationally working on harps. He is a former columnist for the magazine Harp Column under the title of “What’s the Buzz?” for which he wrote and illustrated what all harpists need to know about their instruments. Mike also repairs, restores and builds harps.

1 pm Master Class with Heidi Lehwalder

“The main thing to tell you about Heidi is that she is simply a genius” -Leonard Bernstein, Nov. 1963.

“If I were forty years younger, I’d take the next plane out West to study with Heidi. She’s got it all, and wants to pass it along all to her students.”– Harpist Susan Miron, Music critic for The Boston Musical Intelligencer and Artsfuse.org.

Heidi Lehwalder has performed as a guest artist with more than 65 orchestras around the world and has collaborated with conductors such as Arthur Fiedler, Charles Dutoit, Erich Leinsdorf and many others. She has served as Professor of the Harp at the College of William and Mary, University of Virginia and University of Washington. Her chamber music duo and trio have toured extensively through the US and Europe. Heidi has recorded for RCA, CRI, Nonesuch and Vanguard and been the director of the Fredricksburg Festival of the Arts in Washington, D.C. for 17 years. Lehwalder is the recipient of a Ford Foundation Grant, a Rockefeller Foundation Grant and the first recipient of the Avery Fisher Prize. Heidi studied under master harpists Carlos Salzedo and Alice Chalifoux. She currently lives in the Los Angeles area.

4:30 pm Harp Circle with Joan Raeburn Holland, Professor of Harp, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and Interlochen Arts Academy.

Joan Raeburn Holland began her harp studies with Eileen Malone in the preparatory department of the Eastman School of Music. Starting at the age of twelve and continuing through college, she studied with Alice Chalifoux. She earned a bachelor’s in harp performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music. Along with her position on the faculty at the University of Michigan,, Professor Holland is resident harpist and instructor of harp at the Interlochen Center for the Arts. She maintains an active career in solo, chamber, and orchestral performing. She is currently principal harpist for the Midland (MI) Symphony Orchestra, co-principal of the Traverse Symphony Orchestra, Traverse City, MI, and principal harp for the Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra.

8 pm Harp Concert featuring Meredith Clark. Music by Krumpholz, Tailleferre, Faure, Renie, Caplet and Salzedo. Ms Clark is a powerful, dynamic and multifaceted musician who excels in solo, chamber and orchestral performance. Meredith has quickly established herself in the San Francisco area; having performed as guest principal harpist of the San Francisco Symphony, as well as many other orchestras and groups in Northern California.

She earned the honor of playing principal harpist for the Oberlin Symphony Orchestra in a tour of China in January 2006, as well as in a performance at Carnegie Hall in January 2007 under the direction of Robert Spano. Ms. Clark played for a number of orchestras in Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana, and Nebraska while completing her studies with Yolanda Kondonasis.

Meredith was invited to perform the Ginastera Harp Concerto at the famed Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Germany, in April 2009, marking her international solo debut. Also a winner of the Cleveland Institute of Music concerto competition, she performed as a soloist during CIM’s opening orchestra concert of the 2009-2010 year. Meredith has been a prizewinner in the Cynthia Mitchell Woods Young Artist Competition, American String Teachers Association competition, and competed in the International Harp Contest in Israel and the International Harp Competition and Festival in the Netherlands.

In addition to studying with Yolanda Kondonassis, Meredith has studied with the late Alice Chalifoux, Paula Page, Ellen Ritscher, Susan Pejovich, and Sydney Howell, as well as performing in master classes with Ann Hobson Pilot, Erika Waardenburg, Joan Holland, and Rebecca Anstine Smith. Meredith Clark is a native of Fort Worth, Texas.

SUNDAY, MAY 5

9 am Continental Breakfast for full conference and day pass attendees

10 am. Healing Harp with Joel Andrews

Joel Andrews is a world renowned harpist, composer, author and pioneer music healer. Few harpists come close to Mr. Andrews’ superb technical mastery of the harp. His 30 CDs are distributed worldwide. Tours to 11 countries have uplifted thousands through concerts. He has been a frequent performer and facilitator at many conferences and has written a book entitled ” A Harp Full of Stars,” chronicling his 28 years as a music healer.

1:30 pm Making Practice Fun Again with Joan Raeburn Holland Bring your practice and performance problems to Professor Holland. Do you have stage fright? Memorization problems? Always make the same mistakes or constantly plagued by new mistakes? Has practicing become a chore? She’ll help you find the fun and solve the mysteries in your music. Be prepared to play during this workshop to find the solutions to what ails you.

4:30 pm Pre-Concert Party with refreshments

6 pm Closing Concert: Bindi Society Featuring an exotic fusion of timbres and disciplines with harp, harmonium, world percussion, marimba, bass and vocals, merging to produce a spiritual and highly energetic musical style.

Harpist Barbara Imhoff is also a composer, and writer. She graduated in harp and piano from UC Santa Barbara where she subsequently taught harp and music theory. She is known for her adventurous artistic endeavors with George Coates and collaborations with Pamela Z, Todd Rundgren and Ronnie Montrose.

HOTEL & ARRIVAL INFORMATION

The easiest arrival is from the San Francisco International Airport. Take the BART train going to Pittsburg/Bay Point and get off in Walnut Creek for Harps Etc. and the Marriot Hotel. Get off in Pleasant Hill for the Holiday Inn Express and Renaissance Hotel. From the Oakland Airport, take the shuttle bus to the Coliseum BART station, take the BART train to Richmond or San Francisco, TRANSFER to a Pittsburg/Bay Point train at the MacArthur Station. Get off in Walnut Creek for Harps Etc. and the Marriot Hotel or in Pleasant Hill for the Holiday Inn Express and Renaissance Hotel.

• Holiday Inn Express: 1-800-972-3165
• Renaissance Hotel: 1-877-274-9900
• Marriot Hotel: (925) 934-2000

Walnut Creek is located at the foot of the majestic Mt. Diablo. The city is a destination well known for its quaint downtown filled with fine dining and shopping. It is 30 minutes from San Francisco and 45 minutes from Napa Valley.