Next concert - Harps and Belles

I have been practising and have had a lesson but sadly the blog has been neglected due to a huge number of other commitments this term. Every time a deadline passes (usually met) another one looms just a few days away so thoughts of concentrating properly on the harp are just that...thoughts. If I was like Alan Rusbridger I would find time to practise for 20 minutes every morning, although I would also have a highly demanding and pressurised job and would not get as much sleep as I currently enjoy. That's another blog post for the future, a review of his recent book 'Play it Again', a brilliant account of his year learning Chopin's Fourth Ballade. Too much to go into now but highly recommended anyway.

What I can reveal now are details of my next concert on the harp, featuring a choir, handbells and five harps (myself, Rohan, Anne, Robyn and another player) all organised by Kirsty, who has appeared in a previous blog post from when her and fiance Derek each did grade 5 on the trombone.

The harps will accompany the choir in several numbers arranged by Derek, including Eriskay Love Lilt, one I know from grade 4, and we have our own slot where myself, Anne and Robyn will attempt to play Dancing Lambs and a Scott Joplin Montage. We've had a couple of rehearsals so hope to get a few more in between now and 15th December. I'll try and put regular updates up here.

I also have no less than three weddings now for 2014, all close friends or family, so I am certainly not neglecting my harp.