http://www.karenmarshalsay.com/rssnews.asp Karen Marshalsay Scottish Harp Player & Composer | News Karen has been recording music for Sgeulachd Pheadair Rabaid, Simeig Tunnag-Lòin, Mhgr Ieremiah Iasgair, Bheniàmin Coineanach agus Chnothain Feòrag - each character has had their http://www.karenmarshalsay.com/news.asp?id=22204 http://www.karenmarshalsay.com/news.asp?id=22204 23 November 2009 Karen is teaching a rare two hour workshop on Paraguayan harp on Sunday 7th June 2pm at the Piping Centre in Otago Street, under the auspices of the Glasgow Branch of the Clarsach Society. The worksho http://www.karenmarshalsay.com/news.asp?id=17427 http://www.karenmarshalsay.com/news.asp?id=17427 01 June 2009 Karen has been chosen again to write a piece for this year's Distil Showcase on October 23rd at the Tolbooth, Stirling. This piece will be for Mr McFall's Chamber and bray harp (played by Karen), with http://www.karenmarshalsay.com/news.asp?id=17251 http://www.karenmarshalsay.com/news.asp?id=17251 25 May 2009 Volume one of this new graded series of Scottish music arranged in traditional style by Karen for players of gut-strung clarsachs will be available at the Edinburgh Harp Festival (3-8th April), and on http://www.karenmarshalsay.com/news.asp?id=15637 http://www.karenmarshalsay.com/news.asp?id=15637 03 April 2009 First Steps, An Introduction to Playing the Wire-Strung Clarsach, a new book by Karen will be on sale for the first time at the Edinburgh Harp Festival (3-8th April), and available to buy online after http://www.karenmarshalsay.com/news.asp?id=15600 http://www.karenmarshalsay.com/news.asp?id=15600 02 April 2009 Karen will be teaching two 5 day classes at this year's prestigious Edinburgh International Harp Festival - one for wire players (mixed abilities) and one for Scottish tunes (Adult Elementary) on gut http://www.karenmarshalsay.com/news.asp?id=13555 http://www.karenmarshalsay.com/news.asp?id=13555 19 January 2009 A new piece featuring excerpts from the diaries of 18th c musicologist Alexander Campbell (Albyn's Anthology) along with performances on clarsach, pipes, whistle, jew's harp, piano and Gaelic son http://www.karenmarshalsay.com/news.asp?id=12455 http://www.karenmarshalsay.com/news.asp?id=12455 19 November 2008 A new piece, Winter Sun, by Karen for trumpet and piano will be premiered by Colin Steele and Mary McCarthy at the Tolbooth in Stirling on Saturday November 8th (8pm), as part of the Distil Composers' http://www.karenmarshalsay.com/news.asp?id=11761 http://www.karenmarshalsay.com/news.asp?id=11761 16 October 2008 A new page on the website, Tunes & Arrangements, features downloadable (and currently free!) pdfs of some of Karen's tunes and arrangements, at varying levels, for both gut and wire strung harps. http://www.karenmarshalsay.com/news.asp?id=10570 http://www.karenmarshalsay.com/news.asp?id=10570 22 August 2008 Karen will perform in a special Samhainn or Halloween concert in the Landesmuseum in Bonn, with Michael Klevenhaus, amid the old celtic artefacts and tombs. A clarsach course will run on 1st and 2nd o http://www.karenmarshalsay.com/news.asp?id=10483 http://www.karenmarshalsay.com/news.asp?id=10483 18 August 2008