Calendar 2002
June
16th - Support for Danú at Hammersmith Irish Centre with Colman Connolly on Pipes and Flute
28th - Main Act at Hammersmith Irish Centre with Colman Connolly on Pipes and flute
July
20th - solo gig playing for a wedding, Nettlestead, Kent
27th - Siansa gig in Regents Park, London
August
1st-5th - attending the Cambridge Folk Festival
7th - HarpaSonic gig, playing for private function with fellow harpist Luisa Ovett
16th-27th - Trip to Donegal and then on to Listowel for the Fleadh Cheoil na hÉirinn
September
14th - Siansa gig for function, Kenwood House, London
16th-26th - USA tour
October
12th - Charity concert and CD promotional concert at the Salvatorian College, Harrow, London
17th-20th - German tour:
18th Solo Irish harp recital, Morfelden-Waldorf, near Frankfurt, Germany
19th Irish harp recital as part of the 3rd 'Irish Spirits' festival, Dorflinde, Russelsheim, near Frankfurt, Germany
25th - solo gig playing for wedding near Richmond, London
29th - Nov 2nd Belgium Tour with Luisa Ovett playing harp duos as HarpaSonic and with the Surrey County Harp Ensemble surreycountyarts.org.uk 30th Harp Ensemble concert at St.Michael's Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium
November
1st & 2nd - Belgium Tour continued... 1st Harp Ensemble concert in The Old Cloth Hall, Ypres, Belgium
14th - Siansa gig, ceilidh in Chiswick, London
15th Siansa gig, wedding in Bedford, England
December
7th - Siansa gig, playing for private function near Reading
14th - Accompanying Colman Connolly (uilleann piper) for the Young Traditional Irish Musician of the Year finals, Hammersmith Irish Centre, London
15th - Siansa gig, Crooked Billet restaurant, Stoke Row, nr Reading, England
Calendar 2003
January
4th - Siansa gig, Portsmouth
17th-20th Attending the Celtic Connections festival, Glasgow, Scotland celticconnections.co.uk
23rd - Solo concert in Banqueting House, Whitehall, London with Anna NicRaith, Scots Gaelic singer from Barra for the Royal Household Staff 'Burns Night Ceilidh'
25th - Concert at The Quay Theatre in Sudbury, Suffolk for a Burns Night event with Anna Nic Raith, Scots Gaelic singer and Colman Connolly, flute and pipes.
Friday 31st - "CD launch" Hammersmith Irish Centre
February
1st - Siansa gig, playing for a village ceilí in Medmenham, Buckinghamshire.
Tour of Florida, USA
26th Feb - March 10th Tour of Florida, USA: solo Irish harp recitals and harp duos as HarpaSonic (with harpist Luisa Ovett) as part of The Irish Variety Show tour
Fri 28th - MIAMI BEACH Tel (305)7580539 dspringer@srlchurch.com
March
End February - March: Tour of Florida USA continued...
1st March - MELBOURNE Tel (321)723 3636
2nd March - GROVE CITY (941) 697 4899 pastorblarkin@carmelnet.org
3rd March - OCALA Tel (325) 629 8092
4th March - BOYNTON BEACH Tel (561) 734 9330
6th March - VERO BEACH Tel (772) 231 0671
8th March - PORT ORANGE Tel (386) 788 6144
12th - Siansa concert, Ride a Cock Horse Folk Club
16th - St Patrick's Eve London Celebrations * Siansa gig on Sound Stage 2, Westminster, London 2.30-4.30pm * Cumann Celtica Irish writers night - an evening of Irish words and music with Siansa, from 8.30pm, London
17th - St Patrick's Day London gigs with Siansa* Willesden Green, St Patrick's Celebrations, London, 5-6.30pm * Loughborough University Student Union Concert 10.00pm
19th March Siansa concert, Mad Nanny Folk Club, Baldock
22nd - Siansa gig, Twickenham
29th - Siansa gig playing for a Charity Ceilidh at Eversley Village Hall, near Reading
April
6th - London Regional Fleadh - performing with The Bodhrán Maker's Band for the grúpa cheoil competition and duo gig as Chord, etc
26th - Siansa gig, Essex
27th - Siansa gig playing for Kiaran O'Brien's Christening :-) , Uxbridge, London
May
5th - Siansa concert, Letchworth Folk Festival (afternoon)
10th - Siansa gig playing for a wedding, Harrow, Middlesex
11th - Surrey Harp Ensemble - massed harp concert, Woking, Surrey, 3-5pm
16th - CHORD - duo gig with Colman Connolly, flute and pipes, wedding in Luton Siansa concert, London (details to come)
17th - CHORD - duo gig with Colman Connolly, flute and pipes, for event at Camden Irish Centre, London
20th - Siansa concert, Ringwood Folk Club, Ringwood, New Forest
23rd May - 14th June TOUR OF IRELAND with CHORD Saturday 24th May - we'll both be competing with The Bodhrán Maker's Band from West London in the Plearacha competition at the Fleadh Núa, Ennis, Co.Clare - so you might catch us at some sessions around town!
28th -31st 'Chord' Touring as Support act for the London Lasses & Pete Quinn Wed 28 May - The Lobby, 1 Union Quay, Cork Tel +353 (0)21 4311113 www.lobby.ie
Thu 29th - Brandon's, O'Connell Street, Ennis, Co. Clare Tel +353 (0)65 6828133
Fri 30 May - Campbell's Tavern, Cloughanover, Headford, Co.Galway Tel +353 (0)93 35454 www.campbellstavern.com
Sat 31 May - Coleman Irish Music Centre, Gurteen, Co. Sligo Tel 353 (0)71 82599 www.colemanirishmusic.com
June
1st-14th Irish Tour continued... Sunday 1st June - 'Chord' concert with guest guitarist Marcus Metz from the German-Irish band An Tor Oideas Gael, Gleann Cholm Cille, Co. Donegal - Tel. 353 - (0)73 30248 www.oideas-gael.com
Tue 3rd - 'Chord' playing live on air on the Barrscéalta programme on Raidio na Gaeltachta in Gaoth Dobhair, Co.Donegal
5th-13th June - performances in Co.Galway/Connemara
15th - 'Chord' gig at The Bull's Head, Brecon, Mid Wales
21st - solo wedding, The Dorchester Hotel, Central London
25th - solo gig, Brooklands College Restaurant, Weybridge
27th - 'Chord', private function, Wokefield Manor, nr Reading
28th - with singer Anna Nic Raith at the Scots Gaelic Society Ceilidh, Cambridge
29th - Fleadh Cheoil na Breataine, Liverpool
July
4th - 'Chord' duo concert with Colman Connolly (uilleann pipes/flute/low whistles) at The Last Inn, Hengoed, near Oswestry, Wales. Starting @ 8pm. Tickets (£6/£2 child) available from the Heritage Centre in Oswestry, The Last Inn or by contacting Offa Events on 01691 650293 or offaevents@aol.com
11th - 'Chord' - support slot at Cambridge Folk Club, Cambridge
12th - Siansa concerts at the Beggars Fair Folk Festival, Romsey
18th-20th - Siansa gigs at the 'Tanners Hatch Folk Festival', near Dorking, Surrey
19th - Solo gig playing at a wedding, East London
26th - wedding gig at The Sign of the Angel, Laycock, Wiltshire
31st July-4th August Cambridge Folk Fetsival
August
1st - Chord duo performance at the Cambridge Folk Festival Club Tent
2nd - wedding in Cambridge
8th - Siansa wedding gig
10th - session gig in The Bell, Aldworth, nr Reading with Colman Connolly (pipes/flute/low whistles) and Imogen Gunner (fiddle)
11th - Chord duo gig playing for the opening of Coventry Irish Festival in the town centre (1pm) and again in Coventry Cathedral (2pm)
12th - session gig in The Cross Keys, Wallingford with Colman Connolly (pipes/flute/low whistles) and Imogen Gunner (fiddle)
13th - session gig in The Red Lion, Upper Basildon, nr Reading with Colman Connolly (pipes/flute/low whistles) and Imogen Gunner (fiddle)
14th - session with the Jumping Ahead line-up, Herschel Pub, Slough
16th - 'Celtic Strands', Coventry - concert as part of Coventry Irish Festival with Geoff Pollitt (fiddle), Damien Mullane (button accordion), Hayley Dolan (whistle), David Henderson (guitar) and Frédérique Pinot (harp)
20th - 26th August TOUR OF THE HEBRIDES Scotland
Jumping Ahead Line Up
With Harriet Earis (harp, electric harp), Colman Connolly (uilleann pipes/flute low whistles), Anna Nic Raith (Scots Gaelic vocals), Denis McDermott (Champion Irish step dancer), Janet Lee (fiddle) and Geoff Pollitt (fiddle)
20th - Concert in The Auld Hoose Festival. Dairy House 15 Orwell Terrace, Dairy, Edinburgh http://www.scotfestival.com
21st - Radio interview on Loch Broom FM, Ullapool
Concert in The Ceilidh Place. 14 West Argyle Street, Ullapool, Ross-Shine Tel (01854) 612103 Email reception@ceilidh.demon.co.uk Web www.theceilidhplace.com
22nd - 22nd - Radio interview on Isles FM, Stornoway
Concert at An Lanntair Arts Centre, An Lanntair, Town Hall, South beach Stornoway, Isle of Lewis Tel (01851) 703307 Email lanntair@sol.co.uk Web www.lanntair.com
23rd - Concert in Cairinish Hall, Carinish, Isle of North Uist, Outer Hebrides Tel (01876) 580226 Email urobertson@cne-siar.gov.uk
24th - Concert at The Borrodale Hotel, Daliburgh, South Uist Outer Hebrides Tel (01878) 700444 Email reception@borrodalehotel.co.uk
25th - Concert in The Isle of Harris Inn. Scott road, Tarbert, Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides tel (07786) 060225
26th - Concert in the Isle of Barra Hotel. Barra Isle of Barra Outer Hebrides, HS9 5XW Tel (01871) 810383
September
3rd - session gig in The Red Lion, Upper Basildon with Colman Connolly (pipes/flute/low whistles) and Imogen Gunner (fiddle) Click here for BBC online details
5th - solo wedding, Enfield N.London
6th - Siansa wedding gig, nr High Wycombe
7th - session in The Herschel
8th - solo Irish harp at Bank of Ireland function, Claridges, London
9th - Siansa concert at Ringwood Folk Club, Ringwood, New Forest
12th - Chord concert at Cambridge Folk Club
13th - solo wedding, Wolverhampton
23rd - Siansa wedding gig
24th - 30th September Tour of Boston, New York & the East Coast USA
with The Irish Variety Show playing solo Irish harp in the show
25th - show in St Joseph's Church, 48 Middlesex Avenue, Chester, CT 06412 Tel : 001 860 526 5495
26th - show in St Rita's Church 1620 Whitney Avenue Hamden CT 06517 Tel 001 203 248 5513
27th - show in St Mary's High School, 35 Shirley Street Ayer MA 01432-1295 Tel 001 978 772 2414
28th - show in the Immaculate Conception Church, 487 Broadway, Everett MA 02149-3603 Tel 001 617 389 5660
29th - dinner and cabaret function at St Francis of Assisi, 501 Bridge Street, Northville, NY 12134 Tel 001 518 863 4736
October
4th - Siansa gig, Buckhurst Hill, Epping - private function
10th - Chord duo gig playing for a wedding in Telford, Shropshire
11th - Chord duo gig playing for a wedding in Welsh borders
17th - Chord supporting Maighréad and Tríona ní Dhomhnaill (sean nós singers from Donegal) at Hammersmith Irish Centre. Doors open 8.15pm. For more details ring (0208) 7413211
18th Siansa gig, Reading - private function
22nd Chord duo concert at Llantrisant Folk Club S.Wales
24th-2nd November Return to Camden Town Festival of Irish Traditional Music, Camden, London
25th Chord supporting Aly Bain (fiddle) and Phil Cunningham (piano accordion) at Hammersmith Irish Centre. Doors open 8.15pm. For more details ring (0208) 7413211
26th solo wedding, Farnborough, Kent
November
5th Siansa gig (to be confirmed)
8th - 'Chord' duo concert in the foyer of the South Bank Centre, London as part of the 'Folk in the Fall' Festival
8th - Evening gig - Siansa
29th solo wedding, near St Pauls, Central London
30th St Andrews Day gigs
December
3rd - Chord duo concert at the Mad Nanny Folk Club, The Old White Horse, Station Road, Baldock, HERTS. 8.15pm start Tel: 0845 123 2658 email: alan@madnanny.co.uk
6th - German-Irish Association solo Irish harp recital, Frankfurt, Germany
14th - Siansa wedding gig, Tetbury, nr Malmesbury
17th - Siansa gig - private function, Hartney Witney Police College
19th - Chord duo gig, Watford Camera Club
20th - Trio gig with Tim Dowd and Kevan Roberts, Association of Irish Building Societies, Moor Park Mansion, N.London
27th - 2nd Jan Attending the Frankie Kennedy Winter School Gaoth Dobhair, Co.Donegal, Éire
Calendar 2004
January
3rd - Luasca gig with Anna Nic Raith for wedding - Ian and Claire McCrae, Thorpeness, Suffolk
13th - Siansa gig
Celtic Connections Festival Glasgow
23rd - Siansa gig
24th - Luasca gig with Anna Nic Raith (Scots Gaelic vocals), Burns Night Supper and Concert, Quay Theatre, Sudbury, Suffolk
31st - (afternoon) solo harp wedding gig, Holt Castle, Worcestershire (evening) solo harp at the European Union of Women Conference, Gladstone Library, 1 Whitehall Place, London
February 6th - solo wedding gig, Taplow, nr Maidenhead
7th - Siansa ceilidh gig, Medmenham, nr Reading
15th - 20th February Tour of Southern France with The Surrey Harp Ensemble and
HarpaSonic harp duo with Luisa Ovett
17th - Limoux
18th - Lagrasse
19th - Aleirac, nr Carcassonne
27th February - 8th March Tour of USA with The Irish Variety Show
28th - 7.30pm Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Centre, 78 Litchfield Road, Harwinton. CT 06791 Contact Irene Hamel - 860 489 2976
29th - 2pm St Pius X Catholic Centre, 5 Barbara Road, South Yarmouth, MA 02664 Contact Dick Ravine - 508 398 2248
* Radio Interview * with Roland Goodbody, WUNH 91.3 FM Radio, Durham, New Hampshire, USA
March 1st - 7.30pm St Edwards School Entertainment Centre, 25 Church Street, Stafford Springs. CT 06076 Contact Kathleen Walsh - 860 684 2600
4th - St Patricks 725 4th Avenue, Ottawa. Il 61350 Contact Nancy - 815 434 0768
5th - St Thomas the Apostle 402 West Jourdan Street, Newton. IL 62448 Contact Fr Barry - 618 783 8741
6th - Church of the Immacolata, 8900 Clyton Road, Richmond Heights. MO 63117 Tel 314 991 5700
7th - St Monica's, 12136 Olive Boulevard, Creve Couer. MO 63141 Tel 314 434 4211
8th - St Pius X, 2502 29th Avenue, Rock Island. Il 61201 Tel 309 793 7375
March
12th - Siansa concert, Irish Night, Henley College, Berkshire
14th - Siansa concert as part of Mayor of London St Patrick's Day celebrations, South Bank, London
17th - St Patrick's day
18th - Siansa ceilí gig, Private Company Function, Barbican, London
19th - Luasca duo performance as part of St Patrick's Week concert, Mad Nanny Folk Club, Baldock
20th - Day Gig - Hammersmith Irish Centre Eve Gig - Luasca - Concert in Essex
23rd - Luasca duo concert 'Local Celebrities Night' @ Gwerin ABER folk, The Coopers Arms, Aberystwyth Tel Ian Gulley (01970) 622601/890321 Email iig@aber.ac.uk April 3rd - solo harp for wedding, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire Siansa gig at same wedding, Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire
4th - Siansa wedding gig, Bedford
10th - Siansa wedding gig, Kenwood House, Hampstead Heath, London
11th-12th - Luasca duo concert and workshops at Miskin Folk Festival, S.Wales
15th-17th - playing for wedding service in Omagh, Co.Tyrone and reception in Ballybofey, Donegal with Colman Connolly, Eamon Daly, Lisa Knapp and Gerry Diver
18th - London Regional of the Fleadh Cheoil na hÉirinn, Haringey Irish Centre, N.London.
29th April-12th May Luasca North of the Border Concert Tour of Scotland
April continued
April 29th-May 2nd - Luasca duo gigs @ Shetland Folk Festival (booked as 'Chord' - the old duo name - for session gigs shared with Anna Massie, Jenn Butterworth, Mairearad Green, Alasdair White, Fin Moore and too many other amazing musicians to mention!) Lerwick, Shetland Isles
May
1st - Harp Workshop as part of Shetland Folk Festival
5th - Inverness Town Hse, Town Hall
6th - O'Donahue's, Aberdeen
7th - (day) Lemon Tree - Aberdeen (eve) Pitfour Arms Hotel, Peterhead
8th - The Thistle Bar, Buckie
9th - Strathcarron Hotel, Ross shire
10th - The Edinbane Hotel, Edinbane, Isle of Skye
11th - The Lodge on Loch Lomond Hotel, Luss, Argyll
12th - Edinburgh Folk Club
You can call our agent Alan Hewson who is co-ordinating the tour on 01462 438373 or email alan@madnanny.co.uk
May continued
15th - Luasca duo gig, support for Jock Tamson's Bairns, Baldock Town Hall, Herts
22nd - solo wedding gig, Hazely House Hotel, nr Warwick
25th - Siansa concert, Ringwood Folk Club, New Forest
29th - Fleadh Núa, Ennis, Co.Clare, Éire. Competing with The Bodhrán Maker's Band, West London Comhaltas, in the All Ireland Pléaracha Competition (1st place!:))
June
4th - wedding in Killmare, Co.Kerry, Ireland
5th (afternoon) solo wedding gig, Ghyll Manor Hotel, Rusper. West Sussex (evening) Siansa wedding gig, Selsdon Park, South Croydon
12th - solo wedding, Bolton, Lancashire
13th - Luasca concert performing with Tamlin @ Moreton Folk Festival, Essex
19th - wedding gig with Anna Nic Raith, Scots Gaelic singer Bradford Upon Avon
27th - open air solo harp concert as part of the Ceramica Arts Live initiative. Shared bill with Irish band Murphy's Marbles. Burslem, Stoke on Trent
July
2nd - Siansa concert, The Last Inn, Hengoed, Oswestry
3rd - solo wedding gig, Sychnant Pass Hotel, Conwy, N.Wales followed by Siansa ceilí at the same wedding 4th - Siansa concert for Dorking Choral Society, nr Newdigate, Surrey
10th - Siansa concert @ Beggars Fair Folk Festival, Romsey, Southampton
12th-13th - recording
17th - solo wedding gig, Lords of the Manor Hotel, Upper Slaughter, Gloucestershire
29th - 6.30-9pm Solo Celtic harp concert to open a new visitor centre With Colman Connolly, uilleann pipes, flute, low whistles and local Welsh choir Bangor on Dee Church, Wrexham, N.Wales Tel Tourist Info Centre (01978) 292015
31st - 2pm Music for the opening of an art exhibition Celf Cambria Arts, Memorial Hall, Tregaron, Ceredigion, Wales With Colman Connolly, uilleann pipes, flute, low whistles Helen Roche, vocals
August
6th-13th August Broadstairs Folk Festival, Kent
Concert and session gigs with Colman Connolly, Alan Hewson and Sav Malbaski
14th - recording with Helen Roche
19th - 7.30pm 'Celtic Sounds': Harriet Earis and Friends Concert @ 'Dolgellau International Music Festival' Theatr Fach, Dolgellau, N.Wales Tel (01341) 440215 day / (01654) 761358 eve sales@richardwithers.co.uk with Colman Connolly uilleann pipes, flute, low whistles Tony McCann fiddle, song, story-telling Sam Christie percussion Vicki Swan small pipes, double bass Jonny Dyer guitar
20th - 10am t.b.c. Harp Masterclass Tutoring a masterclass as part of the Dolgellau International Music Festival Theatr Fach, Dolgellau
21st - Siansa concert as part of an evening of Irish poetry, acting and music to open Crawley Folk Festival Hawth Theatre, Crawley, Surrey Tel (01293) 553636 info@hawth.co.uk
22nd - recording with Helen Roche
27th - Siansa wedding gig, Reading, Berkshire
28th - Siansa gig, Wolfson College, Linton Rd, Oxford
29th - 2-6pm Siansa concert @ Crawley Folk Festival, Surrey
September 3rd - 'Celts @ The Quay': Harriet Earis and Friends Quay Theatre, Sudbury, Suffolk Tel (01787) 374745 boxoffice@quaytheatre.org.uk A unique one-off 4-piece show of Irish and Scottish music, song and dance Harriet Earis harp, electric harp with Anna Nic Raith Scots Gaelic vocals Colman Connolly uilleann pipes, flute, low whistles Denis McDermott Irish step dancing, accordion, whistles
5th - solo wedding gig, t.b.c.
17th - Siansa fund raising concert for the Return to Camden Town Irish Music Festival, Camden, London
18th - 9pm Luasca duo concert, Llanfyllin Workhouse Festival, Y Dolydd, Llanfyllin Union Workhouse, Powys, SY22 5LE info@llanfyllinworkhouse.com
22nd-28th September Tour of Boston and New York, USA with The Irish Variety Show
23rd St Marys Elementery School 301 2nd Street, South Amboy NJ 08879 Contact: Angel - 732 721 1514 Email
24th St Mark Parish, 400 West St, Pittsfield, MA 01201 Contact: Fr John Salatino - 413 447 7510
25th St Rita Parish, 1620 Whitney Ave Hamden, CT 06517 Contact: Mary Ann - 203 248 5513 stritaalumni@aol.com
26th Assumption Parish, 211 Homestead Ave, Maybrook, NY 12543 Contact: Fr Daniel O'Hare - 845 427 2046 amen3@frontiernet.net
27th Assumption of Our Blessed Lady Parish, 143 First St, Wood Ridge, NJ 07075 Contact: Fr Brian Cullinane - 201 438 5555 frbcofm@yahoo.com
October 8th and 9th - 'Celtic Strands' show, Bonington Theatre, nr. Nottingham
14th - Siansa gig, private function, Barmitsvah in Stanmore, Middlesex
16th - Siansa concert, Eversley Village Hall Fund Raising Gig, Eversley, nr Reading
22nd - 8.30pm Siansa concert at the opening of the Return to Camden Town Irish Music Festival, Camden, London
23rd - a.m. Duo performance with Colman Connolly at Commemoration Mass, St John's Wood - 1pm Siansa open air concert, Camden Lock, Return to Camden Town Festival
25th - 8pm Solo harp as part of Helen Roche's album launch at the Return to Camden Town Irish Music Festival
30th - gig @ Lords Cricket Ground, St John's Wood, London
November
6th - solo harp @ wedding reception, Shirley, Surrey
12th - Luasca duo concert, support slot for Irish band Téada Celf Cambria Arts, The Talbot Hotel, Tregaron, Ceredigion, Wales
20th - 2.30-4.30pm Solo background harp music in Ceredigion Museum, Aberystwyth
26th - Luasca gig supporting Tom McConville, Carlisle Folk and Blues Club, Carlisle
27th - Luasca gig for wedding, Ayrshire, Scotland
December
1st - Siansa band gig, function and concert, Bramshill Police College
4th - private party, London
5th - solo harp @ Christening party, Doncaster, S.Yorkshire
11th - Luasca duo concert, Romanfabrik, Frankfurt, Germany
13th-22nd - in France
22nd - Siansa gig, Christmas party, Stutton, Suffolk
23rd - solo wedding gig, Priory Centre, St Neots, Cambridgeshire
Calendar 2005
January
8th - 7.30pm Siansa ceili - fund-raising event for Nepalese charity. Global Café, Reading
11th - Siansa concert @ Ringwood Folk Club, New Forest
15th - harp workshop at Southfield Park Arts Centre, Ringmead, nr Bracknell
16th-22nd - attending the Celtic Connections Festival, Glasgow, Scotland
25th - playing for a funeral, Shoreham by Sea, West Sussex
- pm, Burns' Night Dinner and Concert with Anna Nic Raith Caledonian Club, Belgravia, Central London
27th - concert gig with Luce Drayton and Andy Blissett, Oxford Town Hall
February
5th - wedding gig with Colman Connolly in Ayrshire, Scotland
12th - 2.30pm Performing in Ceredigion Museum, Aberystwyth - 7pm solo harp for Valentine's Dinner, Manor Hotel, Crickhowell
18th - filming for Celf Cambria Arts documentary
19th - Siansa wedding gig, East London
21st - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
26th - teaching a harp workshop, Southfield Park Arts Centre, Ringmead, nr Bracknell
- pm, Siansa gig
27th - solo harp for Christening party, Essex
28th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
March
March 2nd-10th 2005 Tour of Florida, USA with 'The Irish Variety Show'
THURSDAY March 3rd The Upper Hall Holy Faith Church 747 N W 43rd Street GAINESVILLE Curtain up : 7.30pm Contact : Rita Ellis Tel 386 454 2358
FRIDAY March 4th Parish Centre St Rose of Lima 415 NE 105th Street MIAMI SHORES Curtain up : 8.00pm Contact : Debbie Rossiter Tel 305 758 0539
SATURDAY March 5th Parish Centre Little Flower Church 1805 Pierce Street HOLLYWOOD Curtain up: 8.00pm Contact : Heather Borgese Tel : 954 963 7339
SUNDAY March 6th Parish Centre St Francis of Assisi 5265 Placida Road GROVE CITY Matinee : Curtain up : 2.00pm Contact : Bill Strain Tel : 941 697 4899
MONDAY March 7th Parish Centre St Jude’s Church 21689 Toledo Road BOCA RATON Curtain up 7.00pm Contact : Harry Fear Tel : 561 392 8172
14th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
16th - Siansa concert @ Banbury Folk Club
17th - Luasca Duo Gig @ Camden Irish Centre, Murray St, North London 11am - playing during the St Patrick's Day mass 5pm - leading a session in the foyer
18th - Luasca Duo Concert @ The Mad Nanny Folk Club, Baldock alan@madnanny.co.uk
20th - Luasca duo gig, wedding in Watford, Herts
21st - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
23rd - Live Music Now! audition in Cardiff
26th - Double Bill Concert with accordion-player/singer Harriet Bartlett for the opening of an art exhibition with Celf Cambria Arts Memorial Hall, Tregaron, Ceredigion
28th - Luasca duo gig @ Miskin Folk Festival
April
2nd/3rd - rehearsing with Colman Connolly and Helen Roche in Wales
11th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
16th - Double Bill Concert with accordion-player/singer Harriet Bartlett The Black Lion, Pontrhydfendigaid, Ceredigion, Tel (01974) 831624
18th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
19th - Double Bill Concert with accordion-player/singer Harriet Bartlett Aberystwyth Folk Club, The Coopers Arms (upstairs), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion iig@aber.ac.uk
22nd - solo harp for student ball, Lampeter Student Union, Ceredigion
24th - Live Music Now! training and induction day, Cardiff
25th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
26th - trio gig with uilleann pipes/ low whistles and guitar/bouzouki at Drury's Hotel, Chelsea, London
May
3rd - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
6th - 7.30pm 'Celts @ The Quay': Harriet Earis and Friends Quay Theatre, Sudbury, Suffolk Tel (01787) 374745 boxoffice@quaytheatre.org.uk Back by popular request! A 4-piece show of Irish and Scottish music, song and dance Harriet Earis harp, electric harp with Anna Nic Raith Scots Gaelic vocals Colman Connolly uilleann pipes, flute, low whistles Denis McDermott Irish step dancing, accordion, whistles
7th - 9pm Duo concert with Colman Connolly, uilleann pipes/flute/low whistles and backing from Vicki Swan, double bass/small pipes/flute/vocals and Jonny Dyer, guitar/accordion/whistles/vocals Hammersmith Irish Centre Blacks Rd, London, W6 9DT Tel 020 8563 8232 Email irish.centre@lbhf.gov.uk
8th - London Regional round of the Fleadh Cheoil na hÉirinn, Haringay Irish Centre
9th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
11th - duo gig with Colman Connolly for the inauguration of the new Mayor of Brent, Brent Town Hall, London
13th - Double Bill Concert with accordion-player/singer Harriet Bartlett Offa Events, The Last Inn, nr Oswestry
14th - solo harp for wedding, Bedfordshire
16th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
20th - solo harp performing at the opening of the 'Encore' exhibition on Welsh Music at the National Library of Wales/Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru, Aberystwyth ("An evening with Dafydd Iwan")
23rd - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
26th May - 2nd June In Co.Clare, Ireland
28th - All Ireland Plearacha Competition, Fleadh Núa, Ennis, Co.Clare, Éire
June
3rd - solo harp for wedding, St.Davids, Pembrokeshire
4th/5th - rehearsing in Wales with Helen Roche and Colman Connolly
6th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
7th,8th and 9th - Live Music Now! performances, South Wales - all concerts sponsored by the Arts Council for Wales:
7th - a.m. 'Alzheimers Disease Society', Heol Don Resource Centre, Whitchurch, Cardiff p.m. 'Good Neighbours' concert series, Masonic Hall, Pontypridd
8th - a.m. Springbank Nursing Home, Barry p.m. Concert for Elderley, Welfare Hall, Tylorstown, Rhondda Cynon Taf
9th - a.m. Ysgol Ty Coch (Special School for Handicapped Children), Tonteg, Rhondda Cynon Taf p.m. Caeglas Residential Home, Pontypridd
11th - Luasca duo wedding gig, Bath
12th - Wimborne Folk Festival with Helen Roche and Colman Connolly a.m. Harp Workshop, Conservative Club, Wimbourne p.m. 2 Concert Performances, Allendale Centre, Wimbourne
13th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
18th - Luasca duo wedding gig, Totnes, Devon
19th - interview and live performance on Genevieve Tudor's Folk Programme on BBC Radio Shropshire with Harriet Bartlett
20th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
22nd - 8pm Double Bill Concert with accordion-player/singer Harriet Bartlett The Clive Suite, Music Hall, The Square, Shrewsbury, Shrops. Tel 01743 281 281
24th - solo harp for wedding, Warrington, Liverpool
25th - solo harp in Aberystwyth town centre as part of their summer music scheme
27th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
July
1st - Duo concert with Colman Connolly on the bandstand in Aberystwyth town centre as part of their summer music scheme
2nd - solo harp for wedding, Castle Hotel, Brecon
3rd - Duo concert with Colman Connolly Llanfyllin Workhouse Festival, Powys
4th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
5th, 6th and 7th - Live Music Now! performances, South Wales:
5th - 10am: Meadowbank Special School, Gabalfa, Cardiff 1pm: Celtic Harp Recital, Cardiff Millennium Centre, Bute Place, Cardiff Bay 6.30pm: Danybryn Cheshire Home, Radyr, Cardiff
6th - 1pm: Celtic Harp Recital, Riverbank Centre, Bristol Packet Wharf, Newport 7pm: Tegfan Day Centre, Aberdare
7th - 11am: Ty Heddwch Day Care Centre, Aberdare 1pm: Lewis Merthyr Day Unity, George Thomas Hospital, Treorchy
8th - Siansa fundraising concert for the Return to Camden Town Festival, Camden Irish Centre, London
9th - Siansa concert, Beggar's Fair Festival, Romsey, Southampton
11th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
15th - solo harp music for the opening of a community garden, Pontrhydygroes, Ceredigion
16th - solo harp for wedding gig, Stamford, Lincolnshire
18th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
22nd - private party
23rd-3rd August In the Western Isles, Scotland 25th-29th - Scots Gaelic course at the Gaelic College 'Sabhal Mor Ostaig' on Skye, Scotland with Anna Nic Raith
30th-3rd August - on Iona
31st - duo concert with Scots Gaelic singer, Anna Nic Raith The Old Library, Iona, Western Isles
August
5th, 6th, 7th - workshops and concerts as part of the SEED Project Festival, Llandinam, Powys with Karen Tweed 5th - solo Celtic harp recital as part of the opening concert (also 7th - duo concert with Colman Connolly, t.b.c.)
6th - 10am-12pm: solo harp in Aberystwyth Town Centre as part of their summer music scheme 2pm: solo harp for wedding, Strata Florida Church, Pontrhydfendigaid
13th - solo harp for wedding, Isle of Wight
20th - solo harp in Aberystwyth Town Centre as part of their summer music scheme
21st - Luasca Duo Concert, Pontardawe Folk Festival, Wales
26th - band concert with members of the German-Irish band An Tor (Nils Nolte on flute, Marcus Metz on guitar and Klaus Feketics on bouzouki) on the bandstand in Aberystwyth Town Centre as part of the town's summer music scheme
27th - band wedding gig with Siansa, London area
28th - a.m. band gig with Siansa at Crawley Irish Festival p.m. wedding gig with Siansa, Weston, Herts
September 2nd - duo concert with Colman Connolly on the bandstand in Aberystwyth Town Centre as part of their summer music scheme
3rd - solo harp for wedding, Lancing, West Sussex
4th - solo harp for birthday party, Camden Irish Centre, London
6th and 7th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
10th - solo harp in Aberystwyth Town Centre as part of their summer music scheme
13th and 14th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
17th - solo harp in Aberystwyth Town Centre as part of their summer music scheme
19th - solo harp @ Arts Council of Wales Awards Ceremony, Cardiff - Live Music Now performance
Sep 20th - Sep 27th Tour of Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin, USA with 'The Irish Variety Show'
TUESDAY Sep 20th St. Jude’s 19704 Johnson Rd South Bend, INDIANA 46614 Contact: Chris Tel 574 291 0570
WEDNESDAY Sep 21st KSC Club Ottawa ILLINOIS Contact : Nancy Conness Tel 815 434 0768
THURSDAY Sep 22nd St Michael's Parish Center 1 West Wilheim St, Schererville, INDIANA 46375 Contact : Debbie Turman Tel 219 322 4505
FRIDAY Sep 23rd St Patrick's Parish Center 1100 Erie St, Racine, WISCONSIN 53402-5120 Contact : Larry Norton Tel 262 632 8808
SATURDAY Sep 24th St James' Parish Center 5804 Sheridan Rd, Kenosha, WISCONSIN 53140 Contact : Vernise Schmidt Tel 262 658 8071
SUNDAY Sep 25th St John the Baptist Center 2302 West Church St, Johnsburg, ILLINOIS 60050 Contact Violet Tel 815 385 1477
MONDAY Sep 26th Freeport Masonic Temple 305-315 W Stephenson St, Freeport, ILLINOIS 61032 Contact Irena Tolliver Tel 815 235 7544
28th - 1-2pm Duo recital with Scots Gaelic singer, Anna Nic Raith Long Melford Church, Suffolk
30th - duo wedding gig with Tim Dowd, Ashford, Kent
October
3rd and 4th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
5th, 6th and 7th - Live Music Now! performances in Swansea sponsored by The Arts Council of Wales & Swansea Festival
5th - 11am: Penybryn Special School, Morriston, Swansea 2pm: Brynhyfryd House Nursing Home, Swansea
6th - 9.30am Waunarlwyd Primary School, Waunarlwyd, Swansea 2pm Ty Olwen Hospice, Morriston Hospital, Swansea
7th - 9:15am Crwys Primary School, Three Crosses, Swansea 1.30pm Ysgol Crug Glas Special School, Swansea
8th - trio wedding gig, Hertfordshire
11th and 12th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
14th - band concert with Siansa The Ram Folk Club, Claygate, Surrey
18th and 19th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
22nd - Double Bill Concert with accordion-player/singer Harriet Bartlett Cafe Loco, Newtown, Powys
29th p.m. - solo harp for wedding, London
November
1st and 2nd - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
8th and 9th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
11th/12th - teaching a harp workshop for the Clarsach Society Northumberland Branch, Northumberland
14th and 15th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
16th - band concert with Siansa Farnham Maltings Folk Club, Farnham
18th, 19th and 20th - Siansa Welsh Weekend:
18th - Siansa ceili for a private birthday party, Marine Hotel, Aberystwyth
19th - Siansa concert in The Black Lion, Pontrhydfendigaid, Ceredigion, Tel (01974) 831624
22nd - Siansa band concert, Ringwood Folk Club
26th - recording for new solo album, Wiltshire
29th and 30th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
December
6th and 7th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
9th - afternoon: solo harp for birthday party, Wrexham - evening: solo harp for Christmas Extravaganza at the Last Inn, Hengoed, Oswestry Offa Events
10th - 'Celtic Christmas' concert in Bangor on Dee church, nr Oswestry An all-girl trio performance with piano accordion player/singer Harriet Bartlett and the champion Irish step dancer Cassie Jackson. This concert will also be shared with the excellent Welsh band Hogiau'r Gororau For more info contact Northern Marches Cymru on (01978)298382
13th and 14th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
14th - Flintshire Harp Ensemble concert, Cyngerdd Nadolig, Ysgol Maes Garmon, Yr Wyddgrug
22nd - solo harp concert @ Christmas Party, Clwb Nos Wener, Llew Du, Talybont, Ceredigion
30th - Luasca duo gig, private function, Chester
Calendar 2006
January
3rd - Flintshire Music Service Training Day
5th - solo lunchtime recital, Welsh Millenium Centre, Cardiff Live Music Now! performance
7th - Luasca duo gig - wedding service, Aldershot Siansa gig - wedding ceili, Farnham Castle, Surrey
10th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
16th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
17th, 18th, 19th and 20th - Live Music Now! performances, Shropshire and Welsh borders.
17th - 1.10pm Solo Celtic harp recital, Shrewsbury Music Hall - 3.30pm - Swan Hill House Care Home, Shrewsbury - 18.15pm - Coton Hill House Care Home, Shrewsbury
18th - 11am Hillcrest Manor Nursing Home, Minsterley - 3pm Ottley House Care Home, Shrewsbury - 6pm Yockleton Grange Care Home, Shrewsbury
19th - 11am Field House Rest Home, Church Stretton - 3pm Alexandra House Care Home, Ludlow - 6pm Woofferton House Care Home, Ludlow
20th - 11am Churchill House Care Home, Ludlow - 3pm Vision Homes Care Home, Ludlow
21st - wedding gig in Essex
22nd - trio concert with Colman Connolly and Helen Roche Shenanigans Folk Club, Bournemouth
24th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
25th-30th - attending the Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow
31st - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
February
4th - Siansa wedding gig, Somerset
7th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
8th, 9th and 10th - Live Music Now! performances, Cardiff area
11th - solo wedding, Cardiff
14th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
Feb 23rd-March 14th Tour of Florida, USA with 'The Irish Variety Show'
FRIDAY Feb 24th, 7.30pm Parish Centre 2330 SE Mariposa Avenue Port St Lucie Florida 34952 Contact : Art Nelson Tel : 772 335 2385 email : office@holyfamilypsl.org
SATURDAY Feb 25th, 7.30pm Parish Centre St John the Baptist Church 2400 Mayport Road Atlantic Beach Florida 32233 Contact : Fr Meehan Tel : 904 246 6014
SUNDAY Feb 26th, 6pm matinee School Gym St Paul's Church Jacksonville Beach Florida Contact: Betty Moye Tel: 001 904 249 2600
MONDAY Feb 27th Fion McCool Irish Pub Jacksonville Beach Florida Contact: Amy Moye
TUESDAY Feb 28th, 7.30pm Parish Hall Blessed Sacrament Church 624 Miccosukee Road Tallahassee Florida 32308 850 222 1321 Contact : Rosanne Wakeman
WEDNESDAY March 1st Private Function
THURSDAY March 2nd Private Function
FRIDAY March 3rd, 7.30pm Parish Centre St Maxmillian Kolbe 1441 Spear Street Port Charlotte Florida 33948 Contact : Linda Mungovan Tel : 941 743 6877
SATURDAY March 4th, 7.30pm St Francis Catholic High School 11500 NW 39th Ave Gainesville, Florida 32606 Contact : Rita Tel : 386 454 2358
SUNDAY March 5th, 3.00pm (matinee) Parish Centre St Francis of Assisi 5265 Placida Drive Englewood Florida 34224 Contact : Bill Strain Tel : 941 697 4899
MONDAY March 6th, 7.30pm Parish Centre St Christopher’s Church 12001 S E Federal Highway Hobe Sound Florida 33455 Contact : Fr Aidan Tel : 772 546 5150
TUSEDAY March 7th, 7.30pm The Parish Centre St Michael's Church, Fernandina Florida 32035 Contact : Fr Brian Eburn Tel : 904 277 6566
WEDNESDAY March 8th, 7.30pm The Harriet Earis Recital Evening @ St Anne’s Catholic Church 106 11th Avenue N E Ruskin Florida 33570 Contact : Fr McEvoy Tel : 813 645 1714 For pics of the show see here
FRIDAY March 10th, 7.30pm The Parish Centre St. Patrick’s Church 13591 Prosperity Farms Road Palm Beach Gardens Florida 33410 Contact : Mark Galsky Tel : 561 626 8626 For pics of the show see here
SATURDAY March 11th, 7.30pm Guesting @ the 'Wearing of the Green' Dinner and Dance (with Michael Funge) St Sebastian's Parish Centre 13075 US 1 Sebastian Florida Tel: 772-589-5790 For pics of the show see here
SUNDAY March 12th, 3.00pm (Matinee) The Parish Centre Our Lady of Lourdes Church 1301 Center Road Venice Florida 34292 Contact : Fr Vince Tel : 941 497 2931
MONDAY March 13th, 7.30pm Boca Raton Country Club 17751 Boca Club Boulevard Boca Raton Florida 33487 Contact : Harry Fear Tel : (561) 447-3600
TUESDAY March 14th Depart for London
March continued 17th - St Patrick's Day Siansa session and concert, The Anglesea Arms, Hammersmith, London
21st - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
26th - recording for American and Welsh cross-over project, Red Kite Studios, Wales
27th - Live Music Now! solo Celtic harp recital in Essington Community Centre, South Staffordshire
April
1st - recording for new solo album, Red Kite Studios, Wales
3rd - Live Music Now! solo Celtic harp recital in the Hayling Dene Centre, Staffordshire
4th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
6th - Live Music Now! performance in Pattingham, Staffordshire
9th - Siansa concert, Farnham Maltings Arts Centre, Surrey
10th-12th - attendance @ Edinburgh Harp Festival
15th - afternoon concert in Rhiannon Cafe, Tregaron for Celf Cambria Arts with Ian Rowlands, Harriet Bartlett and Jasper Salmon
16th - concert at Miskin Folk Festival, nr Cardiff, Wales
17th - 19th - Live Music Now! performances in the Valleys, South Wales
21st-22nd - attendance at the Caernarfon International Harp Festival
25th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
28th and 29th - 'Celts @ The Quay': Harriet Earis and Friends Quay Theatre, Sudbury, Suffolk Tel (01787) 374745 boxoffice@quaytheatre.org.uk Following two sell-out performances at the Quay over the last two years, the show is now back yet again by popular request, this time for a two-day run! A 4-piece show of Irish and Scottish music, song and dance. Book it in your diaries now! Harriet Earis Celtic harp with Anna Nic Raith Scots Gaelic vocals Colman Connolly uilleann pipes, flute, low whistles Denis McDermott Irish step dancing, accordion, whistles
30th - concert in Y Cwps, Aberystwyth as part of a Welsh concert for the Political Forum Cymru week - shared concert with guitarist and singer Gareth Bonello
May
2nd - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
6th - solo wedding gig, Leicester
9th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
12th - Flintshire County Harp Ensemble performance as part of the County Music Concert, Castell Alun Sports Hall, Hope, Flintshire
14th - 3pm Luasca duo recital with Colman Connolly, Horniman Museum, London
16th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
20th - solo wedding gig, Cardiff
23rd - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
24th - Recording for new solo album @ Red Kite Records, Mid Wales
31st - Recording for new solo album @ Red Kite Records, Mid Wales
June 1st - 12pm Live Music Now! Solo Celtic Harp Recital, Llanrhian Church, St Davids Cathedral Festival - gig now SOLD OUT!
3pm - Live Music Now! concert in Nursing Home, Haverfordwest
2nd - 11am Live Music Now! performance in Haverfordwest Hospital Day Care Unit, Pembrokeshire 2pm Live Music Now! performance in Pilgrims Community Centre, St Davids
3rd - solo wedding gig, Reading
6th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
8th - Ceredigion Harp Ensemble rehearsal
10th - solo harp wedding gig, Malvern
11th - recording with Elin Fflur, Sain Studios, Caernarfon
12th - Live Music Now! performance in St David's Hospital, Carmarthen - retirement party
13th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
17th - Siansa, Christening Party, Uxbridge
18th - solo harp performance at Summer Fête, Ellesmere, nr Shrewsbury
20th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
23rd - solo harp, private party, Lampeter, Mid Wales
24th - 1pm solo harp for partnership ceremony, Crown Moran Hotel, Cricklewood, London 8pm - Siansa concert and ceilidh, Medmenham Village Festival, nr Henley on Thames
26th - Ceredigion Harp Ensemble rehearsal
27th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
28th - Live Music Now! performance, Rhuthun, North Wales
July
1st - playing harp as part of the "Song of the Dragon" Story-Telling and Music Theatre Show, Clarence Hall, Crickhowell
3rd - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
5th - playing harp as part of the "Song of the Dragon" Story-Telling and Music Theatre Show, Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon Box Office: (01874)611622
7th - harp, bass and drums jazz/Celtic trio, Aberystwyth Bandstand with Andy Coughlan and Sam Christie
8th - solo harp, Aberystwyth Town Centre as part of the town's Summer Entertainment Programme
11th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
13th - 7pm Live Music Now! solo harp foyer recital in the Welsh Millenium Centre, Cardiff
14th - Live Music Now! performances, Cardiff
15th - duo wedding gig with Colman Connolly, North London
18th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
19th - Ceredigion Harp Ensemble rehearsal
21st, 11am-1pm - solo harp, Aberystwyth Town Centre as part of the town's Summer Entertainment Programme
29th, 11am-1pm - solo harp, Aberystwyth Town Centre as part of the town's Summer Entertainment Programme
30th - solo harp for wedding, Richmond, London
August
3rd, 3pm - Harp Workshop as part of Llangollen Fringe Festival, Llangollen Town Hall
3rd, 7.30pm - Harp Recital @ Llangollen Fringe Festival, Llangollen Town Hall
5th, 11am-1pm - solo harp, Aberystwyth Town Centre as part of the town's Summer Entertainment Programme
6th - solo harp, function, Aberystwyth
9th and 10th - Playing at the Eisteddfod Genedlaethol, nr Swansea,12pm-1pm each day on Stage 2. Demonstrating harps on the Telynau Teifi Harp Stand in the Neuadd Arddangos. Also playing for the opening of a new Music Fund at 11am Thurs on the National Assembly Stand.
11th - harp, bass and drums jazz/Celtic trio, Aberystwyth Bandstand with Andy Coughlan and Sam Christie
13th-18th August 2006 International Harp Ensemble, Flintshire County Harp Ensemble and the Ceredigion Harpers Tour of Wales
45 harps in concert!
15th - 7.30pm massed harp concert in Y Pafiliwn, Pontrhydfendigaid, Ceredigion. Tickets on the door (£7/£4)
16th - massed harp concert in Abergynolwyn Community Centre, Gwynedd as part of Mid Wales Music Week Tickets (01341)440215 (£8/£5)
17th - massed harp concert in St Asaph Cathedral, Denbighsire Tickets (01745)584508 (£8/£6 Children half price)
20th - solo harp recital, The Music Room, Nanteos, nr Aberystwyth, as part of Mid Wales Music Week
24th and 25th - Live Music Now! performances, Cardiff area, including lunchtime recital at the Welsh Millenium Centre, Cardiff at 1pm on 25th
27th - Siansa band concert, Crawley Irish Festival
30th, 31st - recording at Red Kite Studios
September
1st - recording at Red Kite studios
2nd and 3rd - Luasca duo concerts at Wallingford Bunkfest, nr Reading with Colman Connolly
6th - Live Music Now! recital in the Riverfront Arts Centre, Newport
7th - Live Music Now! performances, Cardiff
10th - afternoon and evening Triban concerts with Ian Rowlands and Jasper Salmon, Ceredigion
12th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
13th - recording in Bridge Row Studios, Glanaman, S.Wales
14th - Northern Marches Cymru, duo gig playing for a function with Harriet Bartlett, The Boat Inn, Erbistock
16th - solo Celtic harp recital in Penstrowed church, nr Llandinam, Powys
17th - Triban performance with Ian Rowlands and Jasper Salmon, Miri Mynach Festival, Devil's Bridge, Wales
18th - Live Music Now! performance in Tywyn, Gwynedd
19th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
20th - Live Music Now! performances in North Wales
21st, 11am - Celtic harp recital in St Asaph Cathedral as part of the North Wales International Music Festival
2.30pm - Celtic harp recital, Galeri, Caernarfon
4pm - "Tantastic" - harp workshop for children from Chernobl and local schools
22nd - Live Music Now! performances in North Wales
23rd - duo wedding gig with Colman Connolly, Redhill, Surrey
26th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
28th - recording in Glanaman 7pm - solo harp performance for a Welsh evening in Valans restaurant, Llandybie, Mid Wales
29th - Siansa concert and ceilidh, Eversley Village Hall, nr Reading, Berks
30th - solo harp for wedding, New Forest
October
3rd - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
7th - 18th "Barra Meets Cape Breton" Cape Breton Trip with the Isle of Barra Community including 'Celtic Colours' Festival Nova Scotia, Canada
21st - Siansa wedding gig, Assembly Rooms, Bath, Somerset
Oct 23rd-Oct 31st Tour of New England, USA with 'The Irish Variety Show'
November
7th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
11th - private wedding, Surrey
12th - Siansa band concert, The Crooked Billet, nr Reading, Berks.
13th - Live Music Now! performances in special schools, Warrington and Cheshire area
14th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
15th-17th - Live Music Now! performances in special schools, Warrington and Cheshire area
19th - Flintshire Harp Day - running workshops with Maxine Molin Rose and Cormac de Barra
20th - Live Music Now! performances in special schools, Warrington and Cheshire area
21st - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
24th - "Triban" trio concert - new trio with Ian Wyn Rowlands (vocals/guitar) and Jasper Salmon (fiddle), Hafod Arms, Devil's Bridge, 8.30pm
28th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
29th - Live Music Now! performances Church Stretton and Codsall, Midlands
December
5th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
6th to 8th - Live Music Now! performances in special schools, community venues and nursing homes in Huddersfield and Bradford area
9th - "Celtic Evening", The Winking Man, Upper Hulme, Staffordshire with Sean Cannon from "The Dubliners" and fantastic Irish band "Murphy's Marbles"
12th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
14th - Live Music Now! performances in Cardiff
15th - Celtic Harp solo lunchtime recital, Welsh Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 1pm
19th - - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire eve - "Triban" trio concert - "Miner's Arms", Pontrhydygroes, Ceredigion
21st - interview on "Good Morning Wales", BBC Radio Wales - recording/mixing in Bridgerow Studio, Glanamman
Calendar 2007
January 4th - 6.30pm BBC Scotland TV documentary about the Cape Breton tour in October featuring Harriet's harp playing - in Scots Gaelic (MNE Television)
8th - "The Harriet Earis Trio", televised BBC concert in Llantwit Major, South Wales with jazz drummer and percussionist Sam Christie and bass player Andy Coughlan.
9th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
13th - "The Harriet Earis Trio" concert, Abergynolwyn Community Centre with Sam Christie and Andy Coughlan.
16th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
17th-22nd - attending the Celtic Connections festival, Glasgow (19th competing in the Danny Kyle Open Stage Competition in Glasgow Royal Concert Hall) - recorded on Celtic Music Radio
23rd - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
24th, 25th and 26th - Live Music Now! performances in special schools for disabled children in Yorkshire
27th-28th - attending a weekend Clarsach Society workshop on the Robert Ap Huw medieval harp manuscript with Bill Taylor, Worcestershire
30th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
February
1st - "The Harriet Earis Trio", concert in The Black Lion Hotel, Lampeter with Sam Christie and Andy Coughlan for BBC Radio Wales programme "I'll Show You Mine" - played on Sunday 4th Feb
4th - Celtic Connections festival, Glasgow - performance at the Danny Kyle Open Stage Finalist Concert (as one of the 6 winners) and Award's Ceremony, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall - recorded on Celtic Music Radio - late night performance at the Festival Club, Holiday Inn, Pitt St, Glasgow
6th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
8th - Triban concert, Rummer's Wine Bar, Bridge St, Aberystwyth
9th-10th - recording
13th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
24th - solo harp, wedding in Aberaeron, Ceredigion
Feb 28th-March 13th Tour of Florida, Georgia and Alabama, USA with 'The Irish Variety Show'
March 1st - FORT LAUDERDALE @ 7.30 pm Fr Liam Quinn St Sebastian Parish Hall 2000 SE 25th Avenue (Marietta) Fort Lauderdale FL 33316 Tel: 954 524 934 Email: stsebastian@aol.com
March 2nd - ST PETERSBURG @ 7.30pm Cathedral of St Jude the Apostle Parish Centre 5815, 5th Avenue North St Petersburg FL 33710 Tel : 727 323 8882 Email : traleeone@aol.com
March 3rd - American Irish Club of West Citrus County @ 4pm Curtis Peterson Auditorium Roger Weaver Educational Complex Lecanto FL Tel : 352 382 1631 Email : teamsprt@tampabay.rr.com
March 4th - PENSACOLA @ 5.30pm Holy Spirit Parish 10650 Gulf Beach Hwy Pensacola, FL 32507 Tel: 850 492-0837 Email : jflaherty1@cox.net
March 5th - TALLAHASSEE @ 7.00pm Blessed Sacrament Church 624 Miccosukee Road Tallahassee, Fl 32308 Tel 850 222 1321 Email : raw51@juno.com
March 6th - GULF BREEZES @ 7.00pm St. Sylvester Catholic Church 6464 Gulf Breeze Pkwy. Gulf Breeze, FL 32563 Tel : 850 939 3020 Email : JOHNnSTELLA@aol.com
March 7th - PHENIX CITY – Alabama @ 7.00 pm St Patrick’s Parish Center 1502 Broad Street Phenix City Alabama 36868 Tel : 334 298 9025 Email : Stpats123@aim.com
March 9th - SEBASTIAN INLET @ 5.00pm St Sebastian’s Parish 13075 U.S. Hwy #1 Sebastian, FL 32958 Tel: 772 581 9651. Email: bitablarney@peoplepc.com
March 10th - OCALA @ 7.00 pm Ocala Breeders Sales Auditorium 1701 SW 60th Avenue Ocala FL 34474 Tel: 352.629.8092 Email : mail@blessedtrinity.org
March 11th - JACKSONVILLE - LUNCHTIME Show @ 1.00pm Christ the King Parish 742 Arlington Road Jacksonville FL 32211 Tel : 904 642 5078 Email foxysell@comcast.net
March continued
17th - St Patrick's Day gig with Siansa, London area
18th - St Patrick's gig with Siansa, London
22nd - recording at Bridgerow Studios, Swansea for trio CD
20th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
27th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
28th, 29th, 30th - Live Music Now! performances in South Wales
31st - wedding in Nanteos Mansion, Aberystywth
April continued
1st to 4th April - attending Edinburgh Harp Festival and helping out on the Teifi Harps stand at the exhibition hall.
6th - recording in Swansea
7th - Triban concert, Hafan Cafe, Tregaron, Ceredigion - for the opening of Celf Cambria Art Exhibition
17th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
24th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
29th - National Harp Day - organising a harp workshop and concert in Penrhyncoch, nr Aberystwyth with harpist Eleri Turner
May
1st - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire 7.30pm - "Music, Mood and Meditation" - an exploration into the effect of music on mood, Pen Parc Llwyd Centre, Henllan, Denbighshire
3rd and 4th - Flintshire County Harp Ensemble concerts
8th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
12th - solo Celtic harp at a fundraising concert for the Mold Eisteddfod, Treuddyn, Flintshire
15th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
22nd - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
26th - wedding gig with Siansa, Bracknell, Berks
27th - 29th performing at the Edward Bunting International Harp Festival, Armagh, N.Ireland
June
1st and 2nd - 'Celts @ The Quay': Harriet Earis and Friends Quay Theatre, Sudbury, Suffolk Tel (01787) 374745 boxoffice@quaytheatre.org.uk Back yet again by popular demand for another two-day run! A 4-piece show of Irish and Scottish music, song and dance. Book it in your diaries now! Harriet Earis Celtic harp with Anna Nic Raith Scots Gaelic vocals Colman Connolly uilleann pipes, flute, low whistles Denis McDermott, Irish dancing, whistles, accordion
5th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
12th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
14th-16th - German Tour: concerts in Saltzgitter and Hannover area, Germany
17th - Cyngerdd Dafydd y Garreg Wen, Criccieth Festival, Lleyn Peninsula, Gwynedd with Gwenan Gibbard
18th - Live Music Now! performances in the Lleyn Peninsula
19th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
23rd - duo wedding gig, Pembrokeshire, with Colman Connolly
26th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
July
3rd - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
7th - solo harp for a wedding in Grantham, Lincolnshire
10th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
16th - Fringe concert for the European Harp Symposium, Cardiff. Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. Shared concert with Serafina. Organised by Pencerdd Music.
17th - peripatetic harp teaching in Flintshire
20th, 21st, 22nd - performing at "Festival @ The Edge", Shropshire, "2 Harriets" performances with Harriet Bartlett, piano accordion
23rd-27th - helping out on the Teifi Harps stand at the Exhibition Hall, European Harp Symposium, Cardiff.
24th, 11am Hands on Harps - leading a harp workshop for beginners at the European Harp Symposium, Cardiff.
4.45pm - solo Celtic harp recital at the European Harp Symposium, Cardiff. Tesco Stage, Welsh Millenium Centre
28th - solo harp for wedding, Llanidloes, Powys
August
1st and 2nd - Live Music Now! performances in South Wales
4th - Siansa wedding gig, near Reading, Berks
5th - 11th @ the Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru, Yr Wyddgrug
6th - 10am, competing with Flitnshire Harp Ensemble in the "Grwp Offerynol Agored" competition @ the Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru, Yr Wyddgrug
8th - 2-3pm, solo recital in the Pagoda for Live Music Now @ the Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru, Yr Wyddgrug
9th - 10am, performing with Flitnshire Harp Ensemble at the Flitnshire County Tent @ the Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru, Yr Wyddgrug
12th - "The Harriet Earis Trio", Fringe of Brecon Jazz Festival, Subud Centre, Subud Centre, Canal Bank, Brecon, Powys, LD37HH 7.30pm, £6 - the NEW TRIO CD "From the Crooked Tree" should be ready for this gig - hot off the press!
14th - live interview and performance on "The Afternoon Show" with presenter Alun Thomson, Radio Wales.
18th - solo harp on the Bandstand, Promenade, Aberystwyth 7pm - Bandstand gig with Ian Rowlands
19th - "The Harriet Earis Trio", Pontardawe Festival
24th - "The Harriet Earis Trio", Bandstand, Promenade, Aberystwyth, 7-9pm
25th - pm - wedding gig, Nanteos Mansion, nr Aberystwyth, Wales eve - Twmpath in Llanrhystud with Triban
26th - solo harp recital at Bryn Terfel's Faenol Festival, Caernarfonshire - Live Music Now event
28th - harp recital at a private event nr Oswestry
September
1st - solo harp on the Bandstand, Promenade, Aberystwyth pm - wedding gig, Aberystwyth Students Union, Triban
2nd and 3rd - Training Days, Flintshire Music Service
6th - 8am, band gig in The Orangery, Aberystwyth
8th - wedding gig, Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire
9th - "Celts and the Yogi", Celtic harp concert with Liehsja Blaxland de Lange, Global House, North London
11th - day's harp teaching in Flintshire
12th - day's harp teaching in Ceredigion
15th - solo harp on the Bandstand, Aberystwyth
16th - Miri Mynach Festival, Devil's Bridge, Mid Wales, 3pm with Triban
18th - day's harp teaching in Flintshire
19th - day's harp teaching in Ceredigion
21st-24th - Tour of Paris as a solo harpist with Flint Male Voice Choir
25th - day's harp teaching in Flintshire
26th - day's harp teaching in Ceredigion
29th - ceili gig for a birthday party, Corris, nr Machynlleth
30th - Triban concert, Arts Centre, Aberystwyth
October
2nd - day's harp teaching in Flintshire pm - solo harp for a Film and Music Evening, Henllan Conference Centre, nr Denbigh
3rd - day's harp teaching in Ceredigion
6th - Siansa gig, Harrow, London
9th - day's harp teaching in Flintshire
10th - day's harp teaching in Ceredigion
12th - CD Launch for "The Harriet Earis Trio" new CD "From the Crooked Tree" in The Talbot, Tregaron, Ceredigion. For tickets phone Celf Cambria Arts on (01974) 298965
16th - day's harp teaching in Flintshire
17th - day's harp teaching in Ceredigion
19th-30th - Tour of Chicago and the Mid West, USA with The Irish Variety Show
20th, 7.30pm - St Daniel the Prophet Parish Hall, 5337 South Natoma, Chicago, IL 60638
21st, 2pm - Masonic Temple, 315 West Stephenson St, Freeport, Illinois, IL 61032 7.30pm St Thomas Aquinas Church, O'Neill Center, 1400 Kiwanis Dr, Freeport, IL 61032
22nd, 7.30pm - Beckman High School Auditorium, 1325 9th St SE, Dyersville, Iowa 52040
23rd-26th - South Dakota and Nebraska
27th, 7.30pm - St Francis of Assisi Parish Hall, 7075 Ashworth Rd, West Des Moines, IA 50266
28th, 4pm - St Mary of Nazareth Parish, 4600 Meredith Drive, Des Moines, IA 50310
31st - Siansa wedding gig, Studley Castle, Warwickshire
November
3rd - Triban gig for "Drovers' Festival", Talbot Hotel, Tregaron, Ceredigion, 2-6pm
9th - solo harp as part of a Concert of Remembrance, Lampeter, Ceredigion
10th - Gwyl Cerdd Dant, Pontrhydfendigaid, Ceredigion
11th - recording, t.b.c.
12th - 2pm, solo harp recital, Shropshire Music Trust, Shrewsbury Music Hall (through Live Music Now)
13th - day's harp teaching in Flintshire
14th - day's harp teaching in Ceredigion p.m. solo harp for the final of the Meirionydd Young Musician Awards, Theatr Ardudwy, Harlech
17th - Triban concert, Bleddfa, mid Wales
20th - day's harp teaching in Flintshire
21st - day's harp teaching in Ceredigion
23rd - Triban concert, Dwyfor Music Club, Criccieth, Lleyn Peninsula
26th - day's harp teaching in Ceredigion
27th - day's harp teaching in Flintshire
????"YOUNG VOICES" TOUR 2008 Touring UK and Ireland as a soloist and to accompany the the largest children's choir in the world - 5000 children 28th - Hallam FM Arena, Sheffield 29th - Hallam FM Arena, Sheffield December 3rd - MEN arena, Manchester 4th - MEN arena, Manchester 5th - National Indoor Arena, Birmingham 6th - National Indoor Arena, Birmingham 8th - Royal Showground, Dublin 9th - Royal Showground, Dublin (matinee and eve) 12th - O2 Millenium Centre, London 14th - Royal Albert Hall, London 18th - Odyssey Arena, Belfast 15th - Triban concert, Hafod Arms, Devils Bridge, Mid Wales ????????Calendar 2008
January
8th - harp teaching in Flintshire
10th - solo harp recital, Rhuthun Music Club, North Wales
14th - solo harp concert, Folk and Jazz Club, nr Stoke on Trent
15th - harp teaching in Flintshire
16th - "The Harriet Earis Trio" lunchtime recital, Blackwood Miner's Institute
17th-20th attending Celtic Connections
17th - Performing at the Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow for the opening of the Open Stage competition, as a Danny Kyle Open Stage 2007 Winner
22nd - harp teaching in Flintshire
23rd - "The Harriet Earis Trio" evening concert, Y Gwachol, Pontardawe
24th - "The Harriet Earis Trio" concert, The Studio, Aberystwyth Arts Centre
25th - "The Harriet Earis Trio" concert, The Angel, Llandeilo
26th - solo harp for wedding, Castle Hotel, Welshpool
28th - harp teaching in Flintshire
29th-31st attending Celtic Connections
30th - Performing at the Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow with "The Harriet Earis Trio" doing support for June Tabor, Strathclyde Suite, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
February
4th - Live Music Now gigs, North Wales. a.m. Glanclwyd Hospital Wards p.m. Solo harp recital, Bishops Palace, St Asaph
5th - harp teaching in Flintshire
6th - Live Music Now gigs, North Wales a.m. Glanclwyd Hospital Cafe p.m. Special School
7th - Live Music Now gigs, North Wales. a.m. Wrexham Special School p.m. Wrexham Old People's Home
8th-17th France
21st - Harp Workshop, Pontrhdyfendigaid
23rd - Trio Concert with Colman Connolly (pipes/flute/whistles) and Sam Christie (drums/cajon), Hammersmith Irish Centre, London
24th - wedding, Richmond
26th - recording in The Music Box, Cardiff with Gareth Bonello
28th Feb - March 12th Tour of Florida, USA with "The Irish Variety Show"
March continued
15th - Harp Workshop, Traditional Music Academy, South Park Arts Centre, Bracknell, nr Reading
25th - Live Music Now gigs, South Wales
26th - Live Music Now gigs, South Wales
28th-30th - Edinburgh Harp Festival, working on the Teifi Harps Stand
April
2nd - 1pm "The Harriet Earis Trio" - lunchtime recital, Riverfront Arts Centre, Newport, South Wales
2nd April, 4.30pm & 7.30pm THE GATE Theatre, Roath, Cardiff. Box Office (02920) 48 3344. ! CELTIC JAZZ FUSION !
4.30pm FREE Jazz/Celtic Harp Workshop. All standards welcome. Booking forms available from The Gate or turn up on the day.
7.30pm "The Harriet Earis Trio"
The Gate Theatre, Roath, Cardiff. Box Office (02920) 48 3344.
Tickets £8 (£6). Our Cardiff trio debut! Do come if you can!
3rd - Triban gig, Talbot Hotel, Tregaron being filmed for ITV Wales - to be released on 10th June
- ARTS SHOW, BBC RADIO WALES Featured on Radio Wales programme produced by Sam Christie - learning how to improvise on the harp with help from jazz singer Maggi Nichols.
6th - Triban gig, Waterfront Museum, Swansea (afternoon)
10th - Triban Live session and interview on BBC Radio Wales, Alan Thompson Evening Show.
12th - solo harp for wedding, Falcondale Hotel, Lampeter, Mid Wales
16th-20th Suffolk - see below....
18th and 19th - 'Celts @ The Quay': Harriet Earis and Friends Quay Theatre, Sudbury, Suffolk Tel (01787) 374745 boxoffice@quaytheatre.org.uk Following sell-out performances at the Quay over the last five years, the show is now back yet again by popular request, for another two-day run! A 4-piece show of Irish and Scottish music, song and dance. This year Colman can't make it so we're honoured to have All Ireland Champion piper James O'Grady as part of the show, recently back from touring with Capercaillie, Cara Dillon and The Oysterband. Book the gig in your diaries now! Harriet Earis Celtic harp Anna Nic Raith Scots Gaelic vocals James O'Grady uilleann pipes, flute, low whistles Cathleen Doherty Irish step dancing
20th - in London
24th - Live Music Now gig, Midlands
29th April, 30th April, 1st May, 2nd May - Harp Workshop Week Harp concerts/workshops in 9 Ceredigion schools Organised through Aberystwyth Arts Centre Community Music Scheme
May continued
2nd and 3rd - Triban concerts, Upton on Severn Folk Festival
4th - Triban lunchtime concert, Welsh Millenium Centre, Cardiff
6th - Harlech Music Club, solo harp lunchtime recital
16th-17th Triban concerts and workshop, Wheaton Aston Festival, Welsh Borders
18th - solo harp lunchtime recital, Horniman Museum, London
23rd-25th - Edward Bunting International Harp Festival, Armagh, N.Ireland - teaching a harp class and performing a duo concert with Colman Connolly on 25th
26th - "The Harriet Earis Trio" festival performances during the day at Melton Show, Melton Mowbray, Leics
27th-31st - helping on the Telynau Teifi Harp Stand at the Urdd Eisteddfod, Llandudno
June
5th - solo harp for the official opening of Y Pafiliwn, Pontrhydfendigaid, Ceredigion
6th - TV interview in Welsh and performance on S4C's "Wedi Tri" programme with "The Harriet Earis Trio", 3pm
7th - Triban gig playing for a birthday party at Tregaron Rugby Club, Ceredigion
14th - playing with Carrig for an Irish wedding near Marlborough LIVE MUSIC NOW - Gregynog Festival Tour, Mid Wales
16th - 11am playing on the platform of Aberystwyth Railway Station promoting Gregynog Festival 2pm - performance in Cartref Bodlondeb residential home, Aberystwyth
17th - 11am playing in the Bear Lanes Shopping Precinct, Newtown, promoting Gregynog Festival Lunchtime Interview and performance on Radio Maldwyn 2pm - St Nicholas's Care Home, Church Stoke
18th - 9.30am Ysgol Cedawain Special School 2pm - Llys Hafren Care Home, Welshpool
21st - wedding at the Crooked Billet restaurant, nr Reading, Siansa gig
(22nd-29th in Beddgelert, North Wales)
26th - 11am Solo recital, Nelson Library, Rhymney Valley, Lower Machen Festival S.Wales, Box Office: 07800 131812
July
5th - solo harp on the Bandstand, Aberystwyth, 2-4pm as part of the Menter Aberystwyth Summer Entertainment Programme
6th - Triban concert - Open Platform scheme, Aberystwyth Arts Centre 10th - solo harp for a private function, ECTARC, Llangollen
11th and 12th - Triban gigs in Cardiff Food Fair
17th - "The Harriet Earis Trio" concert, The Norwegian Church, Cardiff
17th - ITV Wales will be broadcasting an Interview and performance with Triban playing as part of the "Great Pubs of Wales" series - recorded in April.
22nd-23rd - Live Music Now gigs in Cardiff
26th - solo harp on the Bandstand, Aberystwyth, 2-4pm as part of the Menter Aberystwyth Summer Entertainment Programme
28th - playing solo Celtic harp during the opening of the steam train "Cambrian" run from Machynlleth to Porthmadog - performing on the train platform and in transit in the steam train carriages
31st July - 4th August Lorient Pan Celtic Festival, Brittany, FRANCE Concerts with "The Harriet Earis Trio" on 1st, 2nd and 3rd August, Wales Pavilion
August continued
9th - working for Telynau Teifi at the Eisteddfod Genedlaethol, Cardiff
10th - Brecon Jazz Festival Fringe, The Subud Centre, Brecon, concert with "The Harriet Earis Trio", 7.30pm
15th - Triban concert, Harry's Irish Bar, Aberystwyth
17th - Gwyl Pontardawe Festival, South Wales, concert with "The Harriet Earis Trio"
18th - harp workshop, Ceredigion
21st-23nd Live Music Now gigs, North Wales
23rd - performing solo at Bryn Terfel's "Y Faenol" Festival, Opera Gale Night
24th Siansa concert, Crawley Irish Festival
25th - 7.15pm interviewed and featured on S4C's "Wedi Saith" TV programme about the Lorient festival (in Welsh)
26th - 2pm Live Music Now gig at Llangollen Fechan Care Home - 6pm ECTARC solo harp for a reception for foreign students, Llangollen
29th - playing solo Celtic harp during the final day of the summer steam train "Cambrian" run from Machynlleth to Pwllheli - performing on the train platform and in transit in the steam train carriages
September
6th - Wedding gig with Geoff Pollitt on fiddle, Craven Arms, Shropshire
9th, 6pm - Welsh Millenium Centre, Foyer Stage, Cardiff - solo harp recital 10th, 12pm - Live Music Now concert in St Fagan's Museum, Cardiff
12th-14th in Scotland to play for a wedding in Renfrewshire
19th - Triban concert, Workhouse Arts Centre, Llanfyllin, Powys, Wales
23rd - solo harp recital, North Wales Music Festival, St Asaph. Live Music Now
23rd-26th - Live Music Now gigs in North Wales hospitals, schools and old peoples' homes.
27th - solo harp at a private function for ASNC Alumni, Faculty of English, Cambridge University
October
3rd-5th Triban gigs, Hwyl Hydref Festival, Pontarfynach, Wales
10th - Triban concert, Harry's Irish Bar, Aberystwyth
14th - Live Music Now performances in Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham - Cancer Unit. Waiting areas and wards.
Oct 21st-29th Tour of USA New York / Boston / Vermont with "The Irish Variety Show"
Wednesday 22nd - St Maurice's Church, New Britain, CT Tel: 860 225 8419
Friday 24th - St Theresa's Church, 105 Leetes Island Rd, Branford, CT Tel: 203 488 2998
Sunday 26th - New Town Hall, St Bridget's Parish, 28 Church St, West Rutland, VT Tel: 802 438 2490 - matinee
Monday 27th - St Agnes Church, 22 Boston St, Middleston, MA Tel: 978 774 1958
Tuesday 28th - St Joseph's School, 41 West St, Rockville, CT
Wednesday 29th - St Michael the Archangel, 175 Williams Rd, Troy, NY Tel: 518 283 6110
November
8th - 8pm, Drover's Festival, Talbot Hotel, Tregaron gig with singer Ian Wyn Rowlands
15th - 10am, "Sadwrn Siarad", Theatr Felinfach Campus. Solo harp at a presentation for Welsh learners
22nd - recording in Denbigh with Flint Male Voice Choir
December
11th - solo harp for Christmas party, Cambria Hotel, Aberystwyth
16th - solo harp around the wards in Birmingham Cancer Hospital
23rd - solo harp around the wards in Birmingham Cancer Hospital
Calendar 2009
January
10th - Harriet Earis Trio Concert plus Champion Irish Dancer Caroline Kelly Scholars Bar, Aberystwyth, 9pm-late
18th - session in Nag's Head, Shrewsbury
21st - Live Music Now Tour, Cardiff supported by Arts Council for Wales 11am - Marie Curie Hospice, Penarth 2.30pm - Ty Coch, Llanishen
22nd - 11am - Old Rectory Care Home, Wenvoe 3.30pm - Sunrise Senior Living, Cyncoed
23rd - 11am - Cancer Hospital, Penarth 2pm - Tonteg Day Unit, Pontypridd Hospital
24th - "2 Harriets" duo concert with Harriet Bartlett (accordion/vocals), Talbot Hotel, Tregaron, Ceredigion
31st - Feb 7th in France
February continued
14th - Valentine's Day gigs to be confirmed
21st - Harp Workshop and Harriet Earis Trio Concert, Brecon, Subud Centre - email for a booking form for the workshop
23rd - solo harp concert, Noson Cawl a Chan, Llangybi, Ceredigion
26th February - 10th March Irish Variety Show Tour, Chicago and Mid West, USA
FEBRUARY 27TH FRIDAY St John Vianney Parish 5801 Oak Hills Dr Omaha, NE 68137 Phone: (402) 895-0808
MARCH 1ST SUNDAY
HOST St Catherine Parish 5177 St Catherine Rd Dubuque, IA 52003 Phone: (563) 583-0092
VENUE LOMBARDI BALLROOM 7280 HIGHWAY 52S DUBUQUE IA 52003
MARCH 2ND MONDAY
HOST St Patrick Catholic Church 304 Third St Imogene, IA 51645 Phone: (712) 386-2277
VENUE ELKS CLUB 701 S FREMONT ST SHENENDOAH IA 51601
MARCH 5TH THURSDAY
HOST Forty Martyrs Parish 201 E Van Allen PO Box 440 Tuscola, IL 61953 Phone: (217) 253-4412
VENUE AS ABOVE
MARCH 6TH FRIDAY HOST St Mary Magdalene Church 127 S Briggs Street JOLIET IL 60433
VENUE AS ABOVE
MARCH 7TH – SATURDAY
HOST ST PAUL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH 110 N EDDY ST SANDWICH IL 60548
VENUE AS ABOVE
MARCH 8TH - SUNDAY
HOST St Bridget Parish 600 Clifford Ave Loves Park, IL 61111 Phone: (815) 633-6311
VENUE Coronado Performing Arts Center 314 N. Main St. Rockford, IL 61101
March continued
14th - daytime - 100th Birthday Party, Birmingham 9pm - Concert in Talbot Hotel, Tregaron with Welsh singer Ian Wyn Rowlands
23rd-25th - Live Music Now Tour, Cardiff - special schools and old people's homes
27th - Harriet Earis Trio Book Launch for Y Lolfa Press, Talybont, Wales
29th - Harriet Earis Trio Concert, Cwlwm Celtaidd Festival, South Wales
April
3rd - 8th Edinburgh Harp Festival, working demonstrating harps on the Telynau Teifi Harp Stand
19th - duo concert with fiddler Jasper Salmon, Welsh Millenium Centre Foyer Stage, 1pm
26th - RUNNING THE LONDON MARATHON to raise money for Help the Hospices. (Note: "Yes, I did it! 5 hours 17 min. I'm still collecting until next month so to sponsor me please click here I'm trying to raise £2500 for this great cause. Go on, do help if you can!")
28th - Siansa concert and schools workshop, primary school, Epsom, Surrey
May
2nd - 70th birthday party, Stratford - 1311 events
3rd - Harriet Earis Trio concerts in the National Botanic Gardens of Wales Food Fair - alternating with "Women in Jazz". p.m. - Food Fair Reception, solo harp in the Great Glasshouse, National Botanic Gardens
4th - a second day of Harriet Earis Trio concerts in the National Botanic Gardens of Wales Food Fair - alternating with "Women in Jazz".
8th - birthday party concert with Welsh singer Ian Wyn Rowlands, Penuwch Inn, Ceredigion
9th - Dafydd y Garreg Wen solo Celtic harp and triple harp concert in Ynyscynhaearn Church, Pentrefelin, Llyn peninsula - 260 years to the day of the death of harpist "Dafydd y Garreg Wen" who is buried in the churchyard there.
14th - duo concert with Colman Connolly for the opening of a Textile Exhibition by patients of Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham - "Bring the Outside In" Exhibition
22nd and 23rd - Celts @ The Quay, Quay Theatre, Sudbury, Suffolk. The 4-piece show of music, dance and song from the Celtic countries is back for a two-night run with an exciting new line-up: Roisin Mullins, Champion Irish Dancer. Harriet Bartlett, piano accordinist and singer. Anna Nic Raith, Scots Gaelic singer. Harriet Earis, Harp. This show normally sells out. Don't miss it! Book your tickets now by phoning the box office on 01787 374745 or emailing boxoffice@quaytheatre.org.uk
26th and 27th - working demonstrating harps on the Teifi Harps Stand at the Urdd Eisteddfod, Cardiff
30th - duo concert with Colman Connolly in Armagh Cathedral and teaching harp workshops at Armagh Harp Festival, Northern Ireland 29th-31st May
June
2nd - attending an audition in London
6th - Harriet Earis Trio Concert, Scholars Bar, Aberystwyth, 9pm-late
9th - "Help the Hospices" Fundraising Concert - solo harp recital, Teifi Inn, Ffair Rhos, Mid Wales. Do come if you can. Admission £5 plus a raffle on the night. All proceeds to Help the Hospices. With special guests: Ian Wyn Rowlands (guitar/voice), Dave Hamilton (fiddle), Bruce Cardwell (pipes), Andy and Dylan Cairns (cittern and fiddle)
13th - Siansa gig, private party, Kings Langley, London
18th - charity concert with uilleann piper Bruce Cardwell and fiddler Dave Hamilton, Llanerch Aeron, Ceredigion
20th - solo harp for wedding gig, Conrah Hotel, Aberystwyth Talbot Hotel, Tregaron with Ian Rowlands
28th - Harp Workshop Day and Recital, Washington Gallery, Penarth, Cardiff. 10am-5pm. A day of workshops for beginner and improver harpists with Harriet Earis and Kathryn Rhys Peake. £25. Application forms available from the gallery. 4-5pm. Harp recital (£5) to include solos and duets from Harriet and Kathryn and some massed harp ensemble pieces worked at during the day. Email for more information
July
4th - Siansa gig, silver wedding, North London
6th - solo harp, private party, Ceredigion
7th - attending an event at the NIA
11th - private gig, London - 1311 events
13th and 14th - rehearsing in London
17th - Live Music Now training day, London
18th - solo harp concert for Menter Aberystwyth Summer Entertainment Scheme, Aberystwyth Bandstand, 2-4pm
19th - solo harp concert, Llangollen
August
1st-7th - demonstrating harps on the Teifi Harps Stand at the National Eisteddfod, Bala, N.Wales
8th - Siansa gig, Hampshire
15th - solo harp concert for Menter Aberystwyth Summer Entertainment Scheme, Aberystwyth Bandstand, 2-4pm
16th - solo harp concert, Aberystwyth Bandstand, 3-5pm
23rd - solo harp concert for Menter Aberystwyth Summer Entertainment Scheme, Aberystwyth Bandstand, 3-5pm
27th, 6pm - The Harriet Earis Trio, Scholars, Aberystwyth. Music from 2pm with Aberjazz, Lowri Evans, etc as part of Aberystwyth Folk, Jazz and Blues Festival
29th - solo harp concert for Menter Aberystwyth Summer Entertainment Scheme, Aberystwyth Bandstand, 2-4pm
30th - Siansa concert at Crawley Irish Festival
September
5th - solo harp, wedding, Aberystwyth
12th - pm, Crown Moran hotel, Cricklewood, wedding gig - eve, duo gig with piper Colman Connolly, Sun Hotel, Hitchin
17th - solo harp for garden party, Essex
20th - Harp Workshop Day for beginners and improver harpists with Kathryn Rees Peake, Washington Gallery, Penarth, Cardiff. Recital at 4pm
October
7th - solo harp lunchtime concert, Blackwood Miner's Institute, South Wales, 12.30pm
12th - playing in Glyn Anwen, Newport, for the opening of an old people's home by the Duke of Gloucester
16th-27th - Irish Variety Show Tour, New England, USA
OCTOBER 17 – SATURDAY, eve St James Parish Centre 767 Elm Street Rocky Hill CT 06067 Phone: (860) 529-8655
OCTOBER 18 – SUNDAY, 3pm matinee St Francis Cabrini Parish Centre 134 Middle Country Road Coram NY 11727 Phone: (631) 732-8445
OCTOBER 19th - MONDAY, eve Christ the King Parish Centre 42Wendell Avenue BROCKTON MA 02302 Phone: (508) 586-1575
OCTOBER 21 – WEDNESDAY St Michael the Archangel Church 175 Williams Road Troy NY 12180 Phone: (518) 283-6110
OCTOBER 23 – FRIDAY St Margaret's Parish Centre 289 Willow Street Waterbury CT 06710 Phone: (203) 754-6101
OCTOBER 24 – SATURDAY St Julia's Parish Centre 374 Boston Post Road Weston MA 02193 Phone: (781) 899-2611
OCTOBER 25 – SUNDAY Blessed Sacrament Parish Centre 6 Union Street WESTFIELD MA 01086 Phone: (413) 562-3450
31st - Siansa wedding gig, Athelhampsted House, nr Dorchester
November
13th-15th teaching harp classes with Charlotte Peterson at the Higham Hall Harp Weekend, Lake District
18th - Lampeter drinks reception, solo harp
26th - solo harp at the 999 Police Ball, Theatr Hafren, Newtown
28th - solo harp for private party, Bushey Heath, London
December
8th - Ringwood Folk Club, Siansa concert
11th - solo harp for a charity concert organised by Karen Tweed, Newtown, Mid Wales
14th - Siansa gig, Crooked Billet restaurant, nr Reading 31st - solo harp for a wedding, Shrewsbury
Calendar 2010
January
8th - recording with The Backroom Band
9th - solo harp as part of a concert organised by the Soundbites Cafe, Llanidloes, Powys
16th - house-warming party, Llanilar, Backroom Band
21st - Noson Santes Dwynwen, concert for Cyd, Aberystwyth. 7pm
26th - The Harriet Earis Trio concert, Pontardawe Arts Centre - Bridgerow Studio Concert (with Lowri Evans, etc)
February
29th Jan-6th Feb in France
7th - "The Celtic Footprint" - duo concert representing Wales with Gareth Bonello in Chichester Festival Theatre (show to include Dervish, Dàimh and Anxo Lorenzo). 6pm Tickets £18 (£12). Box Office 01243 781312
22nd - harp workshop day, special school, Mellant High School, Manchester
March
3rd - 15th Irish Variety Show tour, Florida, USA:
THURSDAY MARCH 4 St Patrick's Parish Hall 500 N E 16th Ave Gainesville, FL 32601 Phone: (352) 372-4641
FRIDAY MARCH 5 Blessed Trinity Parish 5 S E 17th St Ocala, FL 34471 Phone: (352) 629-8092
The show will be performed at THE HORSE BREEDERS AUDITORIUM 1701 S W 60TH AVENUE OCALA
SATURDAY MARCH 6 Blessed Sacrament Parish 5135 US NO.1 North Cocoa, FL 32927 Phone: (321) 632-6333
SUNDAY MARCH 7 St Mark Parish 643 N E Fourth Ave Boynton Beach, FL 33435 Phone: (561) 734-9330
MONDAY MARCH 8 St Andrew Parish 9950 N. W. 29th St. Coral Springs, FL 33065 Phone: (954) 752-3950
TUESDAY MARCH 9 St Luke The Evangelist Catholic Church 2757 Alderman Rd Palm Harbor, FL 34684 Phone: (727) 786-3648
THURSDAY MARCH 11 St Anne Parish 106 11th Ave NE Ruskin, FL 33570 Phone: (813) 645-1714
FRIDAY MARCH 12 St James Parish 3380 Placid View Dr Lake Placid, FL 33852 Phone: (863) 465-3215
SATURDAY MARCH 13 BOCA RATON COUNTRY CLUB 6200 Boca del Mar Dr Boca Raton, FL 33433-8041
20th - Backroom Band, Consti Cafe, Aberystwyth
26th Dolgellau Music Club schools workshop and evening concert with The Harriet Earis Trio with special guest Richard Hughes on keyboard
27th - Backroom Band, Borth Hall
April
9th-14th - helping on Teifi Harps Stand, Edinburgh Harp Festival
30th - solo harp recital in St Silin's Church, Llansilin, 7.30pm
May
8th - Concert with Gareth Bonello, Blackwood Miner's Institute
9th - leading an Induction Day for new musicians on the Live Music Now scheme, Cardiff
12th - solo harp concert, Hafan y Waun old people's home, Aberystwyth
21st - Double Bill with Xabaltx from the Basque Country, Y Drwm, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth. 7.30pm
29th - Double Bill with Xabaltx from the Basque Country, Ty Siamas, Dolgellau. 7.30pm
June
2nd-7th teaching and performing at the "Harfentreffen" Harp Festival, Germany
6th - Harfentreffen concert, Folk Club, Marburg, Germany
12th - Backroom Band for birthday party, Community Centre, Aberdyfi
16th - solo harp concert, Shelton Hospital, Shrewsbury
23rd - solo harp concert as part of a British Legion event, Borth Community Hall
26th - Backroom Band, background music in the gardens of Llanerch Aeron national trust house, 1-4pm
Backroom Band, wedding gig in Corris, Gwynedd, 7pm
July
1st - solo harp concert on bandstand, promenade, Aberystwyth, 7-9pm
3rd - duo concert with Ian Wyn Rowlands for Gwyl Iwan, Ystrad Meurig
6th - solo harp concert on bandstand, promenade, Aberystwyth, 7-9pm
13th-16th - representing Wales at Yn Chruinnaght festival in Isle of Man with Ian Wyn Rowlands
14th - duo concert with Ian Wyn Rowlands in Peel Cathedral, Isle of Man, 7.30pm
15th - harp workshop in Onchan Parish Hall, Isle of Man, with Rachel Hair, 4pm
17th Backroom Band wedding ceilidh, Gregynog, Powys
21st - solo harp for the opening of an art exhibition, Shelton Hospital
24th - solo harp for a wedding near Llanidloes, Powys - afternoon
8pm-11pm - duo concert with Ian Wyn Rowlands in Talbot Hotel, Tregaron
29th - solo harp for private function, Ceredigion
August
30th July-7th helping on Teifi Harps stand at the Eisteddfod Genedlaethol, Ebbw Vale
9th - solo harp concert for the Wlpan Awst Welsh course, Brynamlwg, Aberystwyth university
13th - solo harp concert as part of the Tolkein Festival in the Shire, Pafiliwn, Pontrhydfendigaid
14th - The Harriet Earis Trio in Scholar's, Aberystwyth (with Sam Christie on drums and Tom Sansbury on bass), jazz-Celtic fusion
15th - duo concert with Ian Wyn Rowlands as part of the Tolkein Festival in the Shire, Y Pafiliwn, Pontrhydfendigaid, Ceredigion
21st - ceilidh gig with the Backroom Band
29th - teaching a morning harp workshop at the National Botanic Gardens Harp Festival and helping on the Teifi Harps stand
30th - performing a duo lunchtime concert with Colman Connolly (pipes, low whistles, wooden flute) at the National Botanic Gardens Harp Festival and helping on the Teifi Harps stand
September
4th - 10.30-4.30pm performing solo harp at Strata Florida abbey as part of an open day, Pontrhydfendigaid, Ceredigion
11th - ceilidh gig with the Backroom Band, Llanelli
18th - Day: wedding ceremony in Soar y Mynydd, Ceredigion Eve: ceilidh gig with the Backroom Band, Plas Machynlleth
24th - concert with Ian Wyn Rowlands (guitar, voice) in Scholars pub, Queen's Rd, Aberystwyth as part of an autumn festival sharing the bill with Aberjazz.
26th - 90th birthday party, Dollis Hill, London, solo harp
October
9th - solo harp recital in Aberthin Village Hall, nr Cowbridge, Cardiff
14th - Newport Hospital concert, solo harp
16th - Backroom Band, Cardigan, t.b.c.
29th - Live Music Now concert in Riverfront Arts Centre, Newport
30th - duo concert with Colman Connolly as part of a harp evening at Theatr Hafren, Newtown
November
6th - duo concert with Ian Wyn Rowlands (vocals/guitar), Y Neuadd, Ystrad Meurig
26th - solo harp for the Annual Police Ball, Theatr Hafren, Newtown
December
3rd - Backroom Band, t.b.c.
Calendar 2011
January
9th - ceilidh with Backroom Band, Plas Machynlleth
13th - solo harp recital, Galeri, Caernarfon, 2.30pm
15th - private party, London
27th Jan-6th Feb - in France
February
7th - Noson Cerdd a Chan with Nia Rhosier in Hen Gapel John Hughes, Pontrobert (Welsh poetry and harp concert)
12th - solo harp concert in Fishbourne Roman Palace, 1-1.45pm and duo concert in the Oxmarket, Chichester with Colman Connolly, 3pm-5pm
18th - live TV interview and performance on S4C Wedi Tri
20th - afternoon Live Music Now concert "Mapping Wales" with Gwenan Gibbard, Ginge and Celloboi, Mavron String Quartet and Billy Thompson. Aberystwyth Arts Centre
26th - wedding in Conrah Hotel, Aberystwyth
March
1st St Davids Day concert, Rhallt Care Home, 10.30am. St David's Day Concert, Teifi Inn, Ffair Rhos, 7.30pm
2nd - The Fifth Province words and music show with Donal Cox, opening of the Irish Literary Festival, London.
5th St Davids concert, Masonic Hall, Newtown
6th - accompanying Gwawr Edwards for the national anthem and background music at the Welsh Ladies Fun Run, Bandstand, Aberystwyth
21st and 22nd - performances in the Cambrian Mountain Society exhibition in Bridge Street, Aberystwyth
24th - performing for the launch of "Gwyddel" Diarmuid Johnson, Orangery, Aberystwyth
25th - performance in the Cambrian Mountain Society exhibition in Bridge Street, Aberystwyth
April
2nd - solo harp for wedding in St Andrews, Scotland
8th-13th - Edinburgh Harp Festival
16th - Backroom Band ceilidh, Penrbyn Hall, Aberystwyth
23rd - wedding party in London
25th - wedding concert with Colman Connolly, Llandrindod Wells
26th - wedding party in Llanelli
30th - ceilidh with the Backroom Band, Druidston, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire
May
1st - Dafydd ap Gwilym gathering, Ystrad Fflur, dawn celebrations of mayday 7-7.30pm - concert as part of the Women in Music and the Arts Festival, Abbery Rd, Llangollen
7th - orchestral concert, Llanidloes Premiere of "The Gentle Earth of Wales", settings of Welsh folk songs and some R.S.Thomas poetry for baritone, orchestra and children's choir.
9th - attending a reception with the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh for "Young People in the Performing Arts" at Buckingham Palace
11th - solo concert in Forli, Italy
13th - recording a video of the Fifth Province in London with actor Donal Cox
14th - solo harp for wedding, Rowton Castle, nr Welshpool
28th - Backroom Band gig, wedding ceilidh, Cemaes, nr Machynlleth
June
6th - Solo harp concert for Acoustic Night, Talardd Pub, Llanllwyni
9th - solo harp concert, singing session, Trinity Centre, Meole Brace, Shrewsbury, South Staffordshire Healthcare
10th - solo harp concert, Ceredigion Museum, Aberystwyth, 7.30pm
11th - Backroom Band ceilidh
12th - Harp workshop afternoon, Telynau Teifi Harp Centre, Llandysul, Welsh Branch of the Clarsach Society
22nd - solo harp concert, Betws y Coed, Insight2Wales tours, 8pm
24th - Siansa ceilidh, Medmenham Festival, nr Henley on Thames
July
1st - solo harp, National Botanic Gardens of Wales, Teaching Training Centre Launch
2nd - Backroom Band ceilidh, wedding, Llandre, Ceredigion
3rd - solo harp concert (sponsored by Menter Aberystwyth) on the bandstand, Aberystwyth, 7-9pm
7th - solo harp concert (sponsored by Menter Aberystwyth) on the bandstand, Aberystwyth, 7-9pm
9th - performing the Mozart Flute and Harp Concerto with Douglas Townsend (flute) and Lampeter Chamber Orchestra, David John (conductor), St Peter's Church, Lampeter
12th - duo concert with Gareth Bonnello for the National Rural Touring annual conference, Prifysgol Caerleon
16th - duo wedding gig with Colman Connolly, Edinburgh (St Peter's Catholic Church and Hopetoun House), Scotland
21st - solo harp concert (sponsored by Menter Aberystwyth) on the bandstand, Aberystwyth, 7-9pm
22nd - solo harp concert, Rhuthun Castle Hotel, Insight2Wales intergenerational tours, 8pm
29th - 20 min solo harp performance during the launch of the Siartr Menter Iaith, Neuadd Coffa Tregaron, 7-8.30pm
30th - Backroom Band ceilidh, Ceredigion
August
1st-10th in Scotland
11th - solo harp concert (sponsored by Menter Aberystwyth) on the bandstand, Aberystwyth, 7-9pm
15th - solo harp concert, Cwrs Wlpan Awst, Brynamlwg, Prifysgol Aberystwyth
18th - solo harp concert (sponsored by Menter Aberystwyth) on the bandstand, Aberystwyth, 7-9pm
20th - 2-5pm, solo harp background music for garden party, Hafan y Waun Old People's Home, Waunfawr, Aberystwyth; 8pm Backroom Band ceilidh, Llandovery
21st - Backroom Band ceilidh, Beddgelert
27th - Backroom Band ceilidh, St Davids
September
1st - 3rd Brecon Harp Course, Glasbury Arts and Theatr Brycheiniog
3rd - 7.30pm, Massed Harp concert with course participants plus Gwenan Gibbardd, Catherine Thomas, Colman Connolly, Rich Hughes, etc, Theatr Brycheiniog
8th - playing for the launch of a new landrover, VIP reception, Brecon, 6-8pm
9th - 5th Province literature and music show with actor Donal Cox, Milton Keynes Irish Centre, Manor Fields, Watling St, Bletchley, MK2 2HX
10th - Backroom Band ceilidh, Ceredigion
17th - Backroom Band ceilidh, Ceredigion
18th - solo harp concert, Llanfihangel Rhos y Corn, nr Llanllwyni, Carms
October
1st - 5th Province literature and music show with actor Donal Cox, Irish World Heritage Centre, 10 Queen's Rd, Manchester
6th - 5th Province literature and music show with actor Donal Cox, Rose and Crown pub, Church Place, Ealing, London, W5 4HN
7th - 7.30pm, solo harp concert, Ball Room, Leominster
14th - 7.30pm, solo harp as part of a choir concert, Larne chapel, Carms
15th - 5th Province literature and music show with actor Donal Cox, Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea, t.b.c.
22nd - 5th Province literature and music show with actor Donal Cox, St Michael's Centre, 6 Boundary Lane, off Derby Rd, Liverpool, L6 5JG
28th - concert with Nia Rhosier and Hilda Hunter, Shrewsbury Welsh Society - Welsh poetry and harp evening
29th - 5th Province literature and music show with actor Donal Cox, St Joseph's Hall, Park Rd, Collier's Wood, London, SW19 2HS
30th - 5th Province literature and music show with actor Donal Cox, London, venue t.b.c.
November
5th - Siansa ceilidh gig for wedding, SE
9th – leading a Live Music Now pre-audition workshop, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff
18th and 19th - 2-night run of the 5th Province literature and music show with actor Donal Cox, Salvatorian College, Harrow Weald, London
20th - 5th Province literature and music show with actor Donal Cox, Hammersmith Writer's Group, Hammersmith Irish centre, 4pm
26th – ceili, Backroom Band, Caersws
December
10th – Christmas carol concert with Sharron Kraus (vocals, whistle, dulcimer), Ysbyty Cynfyn church, nr Devils Bridge, 2pm
11th – guest performer at the Telynau Morganwg Christmas Massed Harp Concert with Meinir Heulyn, Soar Theatre, Merthyr Tudfil
20th – Christmas carol concert, Shelton Hospital, Shrewsbury
31st – New Year’s Eve background solo harp, Talbot Hotel, Tregaron
Calendar 2012
January
7th - solo harp for party, Somerset
28th – solo concert at a reception to demonstrate a new harp at the Bellevue Hotel, Aberystwyth
February
26th – private party, near Nottingham
29th - St David's day concert with Nia Rhosier, Noson cerdd a Chan, Merched y Wawr, Llanfaircaereinion
March
1st – ceili, Backroom Band, Ceredigion
9th – ceili, Backroom Band, Centre for Alternative Technology, Machynlleth
14th – wedding gig, Pontypridd
15th and 16th - Journey to the Fifth Province, show of Irish literature and music with actor Donal Cox, Birmingham
17th – ceili, Backroom Band, Barmouth
27th – duo concert with Colman Connolly, Marine Hotel, Aberystwyth
27th-30th – recording with Colman Connolly
31st – ceili, Backroom Band, Conrah Hotel, Aberystwyth
April
2nd – solo harp concert at the Open Mike Night, Y Talardd, Llanllwni
12th – Backroom Band ceili, Students Union, Aberystwyth
18th - Journey to the Fifth Province, show of Irish literature and music with actor Donal Cox, Birmingham Irish Centre
20th - Journey to the Fifth Province, show of Irish literature and music with actor Donal Cox, Portsmouth Irish Club
26th – Backroom Band concert, Scholars, Aberystwyth
29th – Backroom Band, wedding function, Railway Inn, Borth
May
1st – Dathliad Calan Mai, Ystrad Fflur
5th – Backroom Band for the opening of the Wales Coastal Path, Bandstand, Aberystwyth, 2-4pm (televised for S4C)
9th – solo harp concert, Royal Oak, Betws y Coed
12th – solo harp for wedding, Llandyfan Village Hall, - ceili, Backroom Band, Tysul Hall, Llandysul
13th – Scots Gaelic Day with Pam Talbot, Shrewsbury
18th – duo concert with fiddler Helen Adams from Fiddlebox, National Botanic Gardens of Wales, 2-3pm
24th and 25th May – recording for a dup CD with Colman Connolly
26th – duo gig with Colman Connolly for wedding, Rhos y Gilwen mansion, nr Cardigan
29th – ceili, Backroom Band, Aberystwyth Students Union
30th – meeting about the Glasbury Harp Summer School 2012 (August 29th – Sep 1st), Llandeilo, 12pm
June
2nd – solo harp for wedding, Conrah Hotel, Aberystwyth and ceili, Backroom Band
3rd – solo harp concert, Fishguard Music Festival
German Tour 5th-14th June 5th – solo harp concert, Darmstadt, Germany
7th-9th – teaching and performing at the Harfentreffen Harp Festival, Lauterbach, Germany
10th – solo harp concert, Marburg, Germany
19th – solo harp concert, Shelton Hospital, Shrewsbury
23rd – Backroom Band concert, Scholars, Aberystwyth
(25th June-6th July Scotland)
July
7th - ceili, Backroom Band, Llanilar, Ceredigion
8th – solo Celtic harp concert at the International Eisteddfod, Llangollen, 6-7pm
11th/12th – private function
14th – Backroom Band ceili, Drefach felindre, Newcastle Emlyn
15th – solo harp concert, bandstand, Aberystwyth, 7-9pm
16th-20th – recording with Rich Hughes, Steve Amadeo and Sam Christie
21st – solo concert, Rhuthin Castle Hotel, private function
22nd – private function
23rd – concert, Bruce Cardwell and band, Aberystwyth
24th – ceili, Backroom Band, Orienteering Conference, Aberystwyth
28th – ceili, Backroom Band, Fishguard
August
4th – solo harp teaching and concert for a private function, Cambridge
5th – solo harp concert, bandstand, Aberystwyth, 7-9pm
11th – Backroom Band concert
16th – playing for the opening of a Ceramics Exhibition celebrating the Staffordshire Anglo-Saxon Hoard, Potteries Museum, Stoke on Trent
18th – ceili, Backroom Band, Bar Kicks Back Festival, Penbryn Hall, Aberystwyth
19th – solo harp concert, bandstand, Aberystwyth, 7-9pm
20th – solo harp concert, Hafan y Waun care home, Aberystwyth
25th – solo harp concert, bandstand, Aberystwyth, 6-8pm
26th – Siansa concert, Crawley Irish Festival
29th, 30th, 31st – teaching at the 2nd Glasbury Arts Harp Summer School, Glasbury with Katherine Thomas, Gwenan Gibbard and Diego Laverde
September
1st – final massed harp concert of the Glasbury Arts Summer School in Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon – also featuring Gwenan Gibbard, Diego Laverde, Catherine Thomas Performance with The Harriet Earis Trio (Sam Christie and Wal Coughlan)
6th and 7th – editing the Glasbury Harp Summer School CD
8th – ceili, Backroom Band, Manorbier, Tenby
9th – solo harp for wedding, Cardiff, 1311 Events
15th – solo harp for wedding, Dorking
16th – duo concert with Colman Connolly, The Deck, Emsworth Marina as part of Wemsfest 2012
20th – concert in Y Drwm, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth with harpist Ceri Owen Jones
22nd – ceili, Backroom Band, Derwenlas
28th – solo harp for a wedding, Rossett - opening of photo exhibition by Bruce Cardwell, Backroom Band, Rhyl, 7-9pm
October
13th – solo harp for RAF Solita reunion, DeVere Park Hotel, Weston, Crewe
20th – Backroom Band
23rd – solo harp for an awards ceremony, Penbryn Hall, Aberystwyth University
27th – ceili, Backroom Band, Builth Wells
November
10th – duo concert with Anna nic Raith, Scots Gaelic Society of London, Russell St, Covent Garden
11th – Christening, Ystalyfera
12th – ceili, Backroom Band, Metropole Hotel, Llandrindod Wells
17th,18th – Black Mountains
22nd – background solo harp for Celebrating Birmingham Enterprise event, Birmingham
23rd - playing for a Ceramics Exhibition celebrating the Staffordshire Anglo-Saxon Hoard, Potteries Museum, Stoke on Trent
24th – rehearsal
December
1st – Backroom Band concert, Scholars, Aberystwyth
8th – duo Christmas celebration concert with singer Sharron Kraus (dulcimer and whistle) playing traditional carols and tunes to welcome in the Christmas season, Ysbyty Cynfyn Church, matinee
18th – solo harp Christmas concert, Shelton Hospital, Shrewsbury
Calendar 2013
January
10th – drinks reception, “Likes Landrover” garage, Three Cocks, nr Hay on Wye
19th – solo concert, “Otto Freudenthal and friends”, Theatr Fach, Dolgellau – postphoned because of SNOW
25th – 2nd Feb in France
February
14th – Valentine’s Day concert, Y Talardd, Llanllwyni
22nd – trio concert with The Harriet Earis Trio (harp, bass and drums – Sam Christie and Wal Coughlan), Bear Bones Celi band and Phil James, Pontardawe Arts Centre
23rd – harp workshop, Willersley Castle, Cromford, Derbyshire for “Derwent Harps”
March
1st – 2pm, St David’s Day recital, Y Rhallt Old People’s Home, Welshpool
7pm, St David’s Day solo harp concert, Talbot, Tregaron (Cymdeithas Ystrad Meurig)
2nd – Backroom Band ceili, Aberdyfi
7th – double bill with Richard Hughes Trio and Harriet Earis Trio, Birmingham Jazz Club (harp, keyboard, bass and drums)
10th – background harp for Mother’s Day meal, Y Ffarmers, Llanfihangel y Creuddyn
16th – duo concert with jazz guitarist Clovis Phillips, Soundbites Café, Llanidloes
23rd – solo harp for private party, Brynamlwg, Aberystwyth
24th – Wedding Fair, National Library of Wales
28th – solo harp for function for the Forestry Commission, Bellevue Hotel, Aberystwyth
30th – wedding, Machynlleth
April
6th - solo concert, “Otto Freudenthal and friends”, Theatr Fach, Dolgellau (rescheduled from January)
14th – London regional of the “Fleadh Cheoil na hEirinn”
May
5th – Scots Gaelic Day, Shrewsbury
12th – solo concert, Llangollen Women’s Festival, Llangollen Town Hall
15th – solo harp recital for American Tour Group, Betws y Coed, North Wales
25th – Backroom Band ceili, Tywyn Hockey Club
June
1st – Backroom Band, wedding gig, Talybont
5th – 1pm, lunchtime recital with jazz guitarist Clovis Phillips, Riverfront Theatre, Newport
6.30pm, solo harp for networking event, Birmingham Museum
12th – launch of video about the Teifi River for Ceredigion Tourist Board
15th – solo harp for wedding ceremony, Ruthin
21st – 7pm, Harp Ensemble concert for pupils, Llanilar Church
22nd – solo harp for wedding, Ystalyfera
pm Backroom Band ceili for wedding, Ystalyfera
23rd – All Britain final of the “Fleadh Cheoil na hEirinn”, London
29th – Backroom Band ceili, Consti, Aberystwyth
30th-7th July – in Scotland
July
12th – solo harp recital for American tour group, Ruthin Castle Hotel
13th – Backroom Band ceili, Manorbier
17th – meeting about Glasbury Harp Course, Crickhowell
19th – solo harp concert for Street Choir Festival, Aberystwyth Arts centre foyer, 6-7.45pm
25th – Backroom Band ceili, Fforest, Cilgerran, Cardigan
27th – Backroom Band ceili for wedding, Kington, Leominster
29th – solo harp for wedding, Gower, nr Swansea
August
1st – solo harp for launch of a new landrover, Likes Landrover, Three Cocks, nr Glasbury
2nd – solo harp concert for Welsh wlpan course, Aberystwyth University
16th – solo harp concert for Welsh wlpan course, Aberystwyth University
16th-19th – in Cornwall
21st-22nd – recording with folk singer Sharron Kraus
23rd – Backroom Band concert, Victoria Inn, Borth, 8pm
28th-31st 3rd Glasbury Harp Summer School, Gwernyfed School, 3 Cocks, Glasbury, with Gwenan Gibbard, Katherine Thomas and Maire ni Chathasaigh
31st – final massed harp concert of the Glasbury Arts Summer School, Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon
September
4th – solo harp recital for American tour group, Betws y Coed, North Wales
7th – solo guest harp recital as part of the Llangrannog Harp Course
8th – solo harp recital for Montgomery Civic Society Garden Party
15th-18th – in France, t.b.c.
19th – solo harp lunchtime recital, Galeri arts centre, Caernarfon, North Wales
21st – solo harp concert, Llanllwyni
October
11th – Mozart Flute and Harp performance, Builth Wells
November
9th – Backroom Band ceili, Aberdyfi
13th – Harriet Earis Trio (harp, bass and drums), Pontardawe Arts Centre – support for Catrin Finch
27th – Backroom Band ceili, t.b.c.
Decemer
7th – Christmas afternoon concert with Sharron Kraus, Ysbyty Cynfyn church, nr Devil’s Bridge
17th – solo harp for Christmas concert, Shelton hospital, Shrewbury.
Calendar 2014
January
8th – meeting about the Glasbury Harp Summer School 2014
9th – Cuffern Manor, double bill concert with Fiddlebox
24th – Teaching for Carmarthenshire Music Service
26th – Solo harp for wedding fair for Calon, Aberystwyth Arts Centre
27th – Backroom Band concert/workshop, Cylch Meithrin, Llanilar
28th – Teaching for Carmarthenshire Music Service
30th – Teaching for Carmarthenshire Music Service
31st – Teaching for Carmarthenshire Music Service
February4th – Teaching for Carmarthenshire Music Service
6th – Teaching for Carmarthenshire Music Service
7th – Teaching for Carmarthenshire Music Service
8th – organising a harp workshop and concert with Lily Neill, Llanilar Hall. Please email me to book a place!
13th – Teaching for Carmarthenshire Music Service
14th – Teaching for Carmarthenshire Music Service
18th – Teaching for Carmarthenshire Music Service
20th – Teaching for Carmarthenshire Music Service
21st – Teaching for Carmarthenshire Music Service
23rd – Journey to the Fifth Province show with actor Donal Cox, London Irish centre, Camden
March
8th – private function, t.b.c.
10th – Recording with Sharron Kraus for a new CD of songs based on the medieval Welsh Mabinogi
12th – solo harp concert for Royal opening, Shelton Hospital, Shrewsbury
22nd – Backroom Band ceili for a wedding, Y Plas, Machynlleth
29th – 1pm: Solo harp for 60th wedding anniversay, Talbot Hotel, Tregaron
- eve: Backroom Band ceili for the first Gay Wedding in Wales, Swansea
April
8th, 9th, 10th – recording and mixing for a new duo CD with Colman Connolly, Bridgerow Studios, Glanamman
11th – harp ensemble concert for pupils, Canolfan y Morlan, Aberystwyth, 7pm. Tickets £5 (free tea and cake!)
22nd – mixing and mastering for a new duo CD with Colman Connolly, Bridgerow Studios, Glanamman
25th – The Harriet Earis Trio (harp, bass and drums) concert, Acoustic Meeting Ground, Pontardawe Arts Centre along with Ian Wyn Rowlands, (Welsh singer-songwriter)
26th – Duo concert with jazz guitarist Clovis Phillips, Lydbury North Village Hall, nr Bishop's Castle, Welsh borders
May
1st – May Day Celebrations
3rd – Backroom Band ceili, Llangadock, nr Crickhowell
11th – UNFORTUNATELY CANCELLED DUE TO THE UNFORESEEN CLOSURE OF THE VENUE! solo harp recital, Lion Ballroom, Leominster - however you can tune into the radio interview below instead!
11th - 14.02pm Interview with Harriet talking about her music in Welsh on BBC Radio Cymru, "Sesiwn Fach" with Idris Morris Jones
17th – solo harp for private function, Pembrokeshire
23rd - solo harp for drinks reception at Cambrian Mountains Society event, Y Drwm, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth
25th – Backroom Band concert, Old Vic pub, Borth, Ceredigion
27th - mixing and mastering for new duo CD with Colman Connolly, Bridgerow Studios, Glanamman
June
3rd-10th – Siansa tour of France. For full information tel 02 47 91 09 09. Concerts to include:
6th - 8pm: Siansa concert, Prehisto Bar, Le Grand-Pressigny, France
7th - 8pm: Siansa concert, Chez Grand-Ma, Le Grand-Pressigny, France
12th – Backroom Band ceili, t.b.c.
14th – Backroom Band ceili, Haverfordwest
15th – organising a concert for Harry Bird and the Rubber Wellies, Llanilar Village Hall, Ceredigion. 7.30pm. Tickets £8 (concessions available) to include free interval refreshments
19th-22nd – playing and teaching at the Harfentreffen festival, Lauterbach, Germany
22nd – solo harp concert with other performers from the Harfentreffen festival, KFZ, Schul str 6, Marburg, Hessen, Germany
23rd-27th German tour
July
1st - school concert/workshop with Tim Dowd, Colman Connolly and Tad Sargent, Southall, London
3rd Harriet Earis Trio Concert, Theatr Sir Gâr, Llanelli
4th – Backroom Band concert, Old Vic pub, Borth, Ceredigion
5th – Backroom Band ceili, Ystrad Mynach, Caerffili
9th - solo harp on the Welsh Government tent at the Llangollen International Eisteddfod
11th – solo harp for function for Aberystwyth Kronberg People in Partnership Association, Penbryn, Aberystwyth University
17th – Backroom Band ceili, Bodafon Farm, Llandudno
21st/22nd - mentoring new musicians for the Live Music Now scheme, Ceredigion
26th – Backroom Band ceili, Lovesgrove, Aberystwyth
26th – Backroom Band concert, Old Vic pub, Borth, Ceredigion
29th - solo harp concert, Shelton Hospital, Shrewsbury
31st – Backroom Band ceili, daytime, t.b.c.
August
1st - 1.15-2pm: solo harp concert for participants on the Cwrs Wlpan Awst Welsh course, P5, Aberystwyth University
2nd - Solo harp for wedding, Aberystwyth p.m. Backroom Band concert for an Irish Night, caravan park, Llanrhystud
10th - solo harp concert, Iona Library, Iona, Hebrides, Scotland
14th - Solo harp concert for the Women in Tune Festival, Lampeter
15th - 1.15-2pm: solo harp concert for participants on the Cwrs Wlpan Awst Welsh course, P5, Aberystwyth University
15th – eve: Backroom Band concert, Old Vic pub, Borth, Ceredigion
16th - Backroom Band ceili, Carmarthen
17th - Solo harp for 30th wedding anniversary, Conrah Hotel, Aberystwyth
19th- 25th - playing and teaching at the Bardonecchia Harp Festival in Italy
27th-30th – Annual Glasbury Arts Harp Summer School, Three Cocks, Glasbury. Teaching with Hannah Stone, Lily Neill, Gwenan Gibbard and Katherine Thomas
30th – massed harp concert to end the Harp Summer School, Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon to feature tap dancer Lee Payne
September
6th – wedding in Nottingham
7th - Christening in Surrey
8th – Solo harp for function, IBERS conference, Aberystwyth
10th - running an "About Welsh" course, Llanidloes
13th – afternoon: solo harp for wedding, Aberystwyth
19th - solo harp for wedding, The Guildhall, Cardigan, Wales
20th – Backroom Band ceili, Harlech
22nd - running an "About Welsh" course, Llanidloes
23rd - solo Welsh harp concert for a Road Scholars tour, Castle Spa Hotel, Deganwy, Conwy, North Wales
25th - mixing and mastering for the Glasbury Arts Summer School CD, Glanamman
26th - harp ensemble concert, Confucious Chinese Association, Founders Library, Trinity St Davids University, Lampeter
27th - Backroom Band wedding ceili, Tywyn
30th - Backroom Band wedding ceili, Ceridwen Centre, Carmarthen
October
3rd-5th - collecting a harp, London
7th - running an "About Welsh" course, Llanidloes
10th - solo harp concert, Llansilin church, Powys
11th - Backroom Band ceili, Machynlleth14th - solo harp concert for a Road Scholars tour, Castle Spa Hotel, Conwy, North Wales
18th - Backroom Band ceili
24th - solo harp for prize-giving ceremony for Welsh learners, Aberystwyth University
25th - Backroom Band ceili, Nant Garedig
November
2nd - Backroom Band ceili, Bridgend
6th - running an "About Welsh" course, Llanidloes
15th/16th - The Harriet Earis Trio jazz harp workshop, masterclass and concert as part of Trinity Harp Festival, Carmarthen
15th - 7.30pm, concert with The Harriet Earis Trio, Trinity College, Carmarthen
20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd - Christmas music with Sharron Kraus for Llandudno Christmas Fayre
29th – solo harp for wedding, Wrexham
December
4th - Christmas concert with Sharron Kraus, Ludlow
5th - Christmas concert with Sharron Kraus and the Aberystwyth harp ensemble, Aberystwyth, t.b.c.
6th - Christmas concert with Sharron Kraus, Ysbyty Cynfyn church, t.b.c.
13th - Backroom Band ceili, Morlan, Aberystwyth
20th - Backroom Band ceili, Bridgend
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