The Irish Harp Centre |
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Recordings | O'Neill's Harper Carillon Feasting with Carolan Colmcille Prayer Christmas Collection | ||||||||
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Janet Harbison Born in Dublin on August 1st, 1955, Janet Harbison is
acknowledged as one of Ireland's most prominent traditional harpers and
pioneering personalities in the Irish harp music scene. She is an authoritative
resource on the history and music of the Irish harp and ethnic music. To describe Janet as an influential teacher would be to tell only half of the story. She is also a prolific composer, a talented performer, writer and producer. She established the Harp Orchestras in order to provide her students with the opportunity to perform in public and to develop careers as professional harpers. As a composer she realized that there was little ‘new’ music being written for the Irish harp and set about correcting the imbalance. Her arrangements are widely used and harpers worldwide await her new publications with bated breath. With more than 20 years of performance, composition, teaching and promoting the tradition of harping she has a staggering number accolades to her name. "…wonderfully attractive, professional, faultless, highly delightful
and charming, Janet Harbison’s performances are technically impeccable,
and always most subtle, musical and expressive.” The Irish Harp Orchestra and The National Harp Orchestra. The Irish Harp Orchestra is a professional touring company while The National
Harp Orchestra is a junior stage production company with membership from
11 years upward. The Irish Harp Orchestra grew out of the junior orchestra
and featured on a Grammy Award winning album with the Chieftains. This
is an internationally touring company which features up to 16 harpers and
8 other musicians, singers and a team of up to 32 dancers in large scales
concert presentations. |
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Contact Details | Irish Harp Centre The Old School House Chapel Hill Castleconnell Co. Limerick IRELAND |
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Telephone | +353 (0)61 372777 | ||||||||
Fax | +353 (0)61 372712 | ||||||||
info@irishharpcentre.com | |||||||||
Booking & Courses | Please visit the Irish Harp Centre web site for full details of courses, stage school and bookings for Corporate Entertainment & Weddings. | ||||||||
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Recordings | O'Neill's Harper Carillon Feasting with Carolan Colmcille Prayer Christmas Collection | ||||||||
External Links | http://www.irishharpcentre.com | ||||||||
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This page was last updated on 20 December, 2006 |