Harping On

Tuesday, 5 November 2019

Dinant, Belgium

Adolphe Sax's birth town. Some photos from a trip to hear some of the International Saxophone Competition

Saturday, 14 September 2019

All Saints, Ashdon, Essex Open Day 2019

As Walden Winds were not able to play at Ashdon church's open day I was asked if I'd like to volunteer a harp performance. I've not done a huge amount recently so it was a great chance to get back into some practise. I did two 30-minute sets and had a small and appreciative audience for both. I did all of the old favourites and feel I really ought to add a few new numbers to the repertoire.

In between sets I received my payment of tea 'n' cake and we had a tour of the bell tower which included seeing and hearing the bells being rung and then climbing the 97 steps to see the bells in place. All Saints is a Grade I listed building with an impressive history going back centuries.

The oldest bell is from the 1500's

All Saints, Ashdon

Fete de la Musique 2018, Saffron Walden

June 2018
Just going through some emails and realised I never got round to writing up the blog for Saffron Walden's Fete de la Musique. Another amazing day in the town with music absolutely everywhere. the day officially started at midday but I arrived at my first venue a little earlier, Hart's Books.