Karen specialises in playing all three Scottish harps: wire, modern levered clarsach and bray. As well as giving solo concerts, she performs with The Cathal McConnell Trio, The Whistlebinkies and piper Allan MacDonald. She has taught wire harp at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, clarsach at The National Centre for Excellence in Traditional Music (Plockton), and at Ceòlas (South Uist) in 2024. She also teaches her own online workshops and courses and has published several books of arrangements and technical work.
4 DAY COURSE: Sat / Sun / Mon / Tue 9.00am-10.30am TUTOR: Karen Marshalsay LEVEL: Intermediate/Advanced (see brochure p23 for explanation) TEACHING METHOD - E+M: Teaching will initially be by …
4 DAY COURSE: Sat / Sun / Mon / Tue 4.30pm-6.00pm TUTOR: Karen Marshalsay LEVEL: Mixed Ability (see brochure p23 for explanation) TEACHING METHOD - E+M: Teaching will initially be …
Karen will demonstrate each of the three Scottish harps: the older wire-strung harp of the Gaels with its long resonance, the more familiar modern lever harp, and the buzzing bray …
