Welcome to the New England Irish Harp Orchestra website. We are many harps and harpers with a shared vision of playing great music and having fun doing it.
Summer was busy for The Orchestra, with concerts and harp camps. We are looking forward to the crisp Autumn weather. As Hallowe'en has its' origins in Celtic mythology, we've put together some spooky and fun Hallowe'en programs. We have three concerts this fall exploring this aspect of Celtic culture. And then, we'll be heading into the Holiday season with merry concerts planned. Please visit our events page for all our concert information.
We hope you enjoy the fall, and look forward to seeing you at one of our concerts. And, thank you for supporting live music.
Regina
On 08 October, Regina was honored with The NH Governor's Arts Award for Folk Heritage. This award is only presented every two years. You can see Regina accepting the award here:
https://youtu.be/dt_kMU-RwxQ
Below are some highlights from 2023/24.
We've returned from our Ireland tour and are happy to report that a good time was had by all. Our first concert was in Port Laois at the Malthouse, with Siobhan Buckley and Music Generation Laois. Seeing 50-60 harps on the stage was thrilling, and hearing them even more so. Here is the link to the Malt House article:
https://www.laoistoday.ie/2023/05/09/in-pictures-music-at-the-malthouse-well-attended-with-huge-talent-on-show/
We continued with concerts in Killarney and Tralee(thanks to Tim O'Shea and Sam for all their help arranging these concerts); Galway (Thank you Grace Timlin for all your help and for playing with us); and our last concert was in beautiful Doolin(many thanks to Carmel Shannon for access to the Russell Cultural Center).
Here is the link to our poster for the tour. One of our members, Evelyn, designed the poster and did all the graphic work. So many thanks, Evelyn.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZwxNR0wRIx5XVCPVFK4x1Wp7fubl0omk/view?usp=sharing
We also were featured on WMUR TV on their NH Chronicle program. Here is the link for that.
https://www.wmur.com/article/nh-chronicle-the-music-of-the-new-england-irish-harp-orchestra/43470151
Saturday 21 October 2024 is La na Cruite - also known as Harp Day. This event is sponsored by Harp Ireland and harpers from all around the world send Harp Ireland videos of their harp playing. We had two videos last year and have submitted two videos this year. All the videos they choose will be posted on the 21st.
Here is the link to Harp Ireland - www.harpireland.ie/harp-day-2023/#:~:text=L%C3%A1%20na%20Cruite%20%7%20Harp%20Day%20takes%20place%20this%20year%20on,1000%2Dyear%20old%20harping%20tradition.
Summer was busy for The Orchestra, with concerts and harp camps. We are looking forward to the crisp Autumn weather. As Hallowe'en has its' origins in Celtic mythology, we've put together some spooky and fun Hallowe'en programs. We have three concerts this fall exploring this aspect of Celtic culture. And then, we'll be heading into the Holiday season with merry concerts planned. Please visit our events page for all our concert information.
We hope you enjoy the fall, and look forward to seeing you at one of our concerts. And, thank you for supporting live music.
Regina
On 08 October, Regina was honored with The NH Governor's Arts Award for Folk Heritage. This award is only presented every two years. You can see Regina accepting the award here:
https://youtu.be/dt_kMU-RwxQ
Below are some highlights from 2023/24.
We've returned from our Ireland tour and are happy to report that a good time was had by all. Our first concert was in Port Laois at the Malthouse, with Siobhan Buckley and Music Generation Laois. Seeing 50-60 harps on the stage was thrilling, and hearing them even more so. Here is the link to the Malt House article:
https://www.laoistoday.ie/2023/05/09/in-pictures-music-at-the-malthouse-well-attended-with-huge-talent-on-show/
We continued with concerts in Killarney and Tralee(thanks to Tim O'Shea and Sam for all their help arranging these concerts); Galway (Thank you Grace Timlin for all your help and for playing with us); and our last concert was in beautiful Doolin(many thanks to Carmel Shannon for access to the Russell Cultural Center).
Here is the link to our poster for the tour. One of our members, Evelyn, designed the poster and did all the graphic work. So many thanks, Evelyn.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZwxNR0wRIx5XVCPVFK4x1Wp7fubl0omk/view?usp=sharing
We also were featured on WMUR TV on their NH Chronicle program. Here is the link for that.
https://www.wmur.com/article/nh-chronicle-the-music-of-the-new-england-irish-harp-orchestra/43470151
Saturday 21 October 2024 is La na Cruite - also known as Harp Day. This event is sponsored by Harp Ireland and harpers from all around the world send Harp Ireland videos of their harp playing. We had two videos last year and have submitted two videos this year. All the videos they choose will be posted on the 21st.
Here is the link to Harp Ireland - www.harpireland.ie/harp-day-2023/#:~:text=L%C3%A1%20na%20Cruite%20%7%20Harp%20Day%20takes%20place%20this%20year%20on,1000%2Dyear%20old%20harping%20tradition.
All of our CD's are available for sale, either by mail(just email me) or you can go online to Amazon, iTunes etc. Our music is also on the various streaming services.
Please email if you'd like to book either the Ensemble or Orchestra for your special event.
If you are interested in becoming a part of the Orchestra please email me!
As always, thank you for all your interest and support.
Regina