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2024 January February
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Video links and handouts are available for online workshops
presented starting in 2020! Click
here for list!
(Read about past years'
performances, tours, and workshops)
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2024 Overview (click the date for more information on
each):
January 6 Online Workshop: Music for
Memory Care
January 13 Online Workshop: Basic Ear
Training
January 14 Performance: with Celtic
Moon at Wheelhouse in Willow Glen
January 20 Online Workshop: Advanced
Ear Training
January 21 Workshop for Harpers Hall: Improvising Fun
February 10 Online Workshop: Playing
by Ear Part 1a: Template for Melody (Major Keys)
February 10 Online Workshop: Playing
by Ear Part 1b: Context for Chords (Major Keys)
February 17 Online Workshop:: with
Playing by Ear Part 2a: Template for Melody (Modes and Minor
Keys)
February 17 Online Workshop:: Playing
by Ear Part 1b: Context for Chords (Modes and Minor Keys)
February 25 Performance: with Celtic
Moon at Wheelhouse in Willow Glen
March 10 Performance: with Celtic Moon
at Wheelhouse in Willow Glen
March 17 St. Pat's Day Performance:
with Celtic Moon at Jack's Brewing Co. in Fremont
March 17 St. Pat's Day Performance:
with Celtic Moon at Capers in Campbell
March 23 Pagan Bunny Burn with Celtic
Moon (tickets sold out!)
April 13 Online Workshop: Songs from
Eastern Europe
April 14 Performance: with Celtic
Moon at Wheelhouse in Willow Glen
April 20 Online Workshop: Harp Chord
Intensive
April 27 Online Workshop: The
Sing-Along Harper
May 12 Performance: with Celtic Moon
at Wheelhouse in Willow Glen
May 19 House Concert Performance: with
Celtic Moon at Dala's Nest
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January -
- Saturday,
1/6/24, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm PDT -- Verlene will
be presenting a two-hour workshop, “Music for Memory
Care” for any instrument, any level. This
workshop is open to all musicians, particularly those
who play in Assisted Living or Memory Care units. You
will be able to add to your repertoire of music that
is not only appropriate for this demographic but is
also sure to touch a memory deep within that brings
joy and light. You’ll find they will sing along,
whether or not they know all the lyrics, and
amazingly, they can remember these lyrics far easier
than they can remember what they had for lunch. That’s
probably true for us all! You’ll get handouts in lead
sheet form to many of the songs I perform at several
facilities where my concerts are regularly scheduled.
Singers, harpists, guitarists – all are welcome! Cost
of the workshop: $30 per person. Register here!
- Saturday,
1/13/24 10:00 am- 12:00 pm PDT Verlene will be
presenting a two-hour online workshop, "Basic Ear
Training" open to all harpists, guitarists, and other
instrumentalists as well. In this workshop, open to
all musicians, you'll start with matching pitches,
then move to intervals, and then on to phrases that
include steps, skips, larger leaps, and chord
patterns. Each section will include instructions and
demonstrations, tips and concepts to help you identify
and match what you hear. You will participate by
filling in your answer sheets (handouts provided ahead
of time) for each set of examples that Verlene will
play off camera on four different instruments (harp,
keyboard, guitar, and violin). At the end of each
section, she will show the answer key so you can check
your answers. Cost
of the workshop: $30 per person. Register
here!
- Sunday,
1/14/24, 4:30 - 7:30 pm -- Verlene will be
performing with
Celtic
Moon at Wheelhouse Willow Glen,
located at 1173 Lincoln Ave., San Jose, CA.
- Saturday,
1/20/24, 4:00 - 5:00 pm PDT -- Verlene will
be presenting a
two-hour online workshop, "Basic Ear Training" open to
all harpists, guitarists, and other instrumentalists
as well. In this workshop, open to all musicians, open
to all musicians. In this workshop, you will be
presented with more advanced sequences as well as
chord identification. As in the Basic Ear Training
workshop, you will participate by filling in your
answer sheets (handouts provided ahead of time) for
each set of examples that Verlene will play off camera
on four different instruments (harp, keyboard, guitar,
and violin). At the end of each section, she will show
the answer key so you can check your answers. Cost of the workshop: $30
per person. Here’s how to register: Register
here!
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February --
- Saturday, 2/10/24
10:00 am- 12:00 pm PDT
Verlene will be presenting a two-hour online
workshop, “Playing by Ear Part 1a: Template for
Melody (Major Keys)” for lever or pedal harp.
In this workshop you'll learn how to use the major
scale as a template that will help you remember
melodies and play them by ear on your harp. There
will be numerous examples that will help to build
your skill and confidence, working through the “3
D’s” of playing by ear. This can be applied to songs
you have known all your life, or songs that you are
hearing for the first time.
Cost of the workshop: $30 per person. Here’s how to
register: Register here!
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Saturday,
2/10/24 1:00 - 3:00 pm PDT
Verlene will be presenting a two-hour online
workshop, “Playing by Ear Part 1b: Context
for Chords (Major Keys)” for lever or
pedal harp. you'll learn
how to add chords to any melody. You'll learn
the function of each chord, and also how to
recognize what chords the melody suggests. There
will be
several examples of well-known melodies, as well
as some lesser known, and some completely
unknown melodies. Cost of the workshop: $30 per
person. Here’s how to register: Register here!
- Saturday, 2/17/24 10:00 am- 12:00
pm PDT Verlene will be
presenting a two-hour online workshop, “Playing by Ear
Part 2a: Template for Melody (Modes and
Minor Keys)” for
lever or pedal harp. In this workshop you'll
learn
how to alter the major scale to recognize when
a tune is in Mixolydian mode, Aeolian mode, or
Dorian mode, and when it is in a Harmonic
Minor key. Cost of the workshop: $30
per person. Here’s
how to register: Register here!
- Saturday,
2/17/24 1:00
- 3:00 pm PDT
Verlene will be
presenting a two-hour online workshop, “Playing
by Ear Part 2b: Context for Chords (Modes
and Minor Keys)” for lever or pedal
harp. In this workshop you'll learn
how chords function in Mixolydian mode,
Aeolian mode, and Dorian mode, as well as in a
Harmonic Minor key. There
will be several
examples of well-known melodies, as well as
some lesser known, and some completely unknown
melodies. Cost of the workshop:
$30 per person. Here’s
how to register: Register here!
- Sunday, 2/25/24,4:30
- 7:30 pm -- Verlene
will be performing with
Celtic
Moon at Wheelhouse
Willow Glen, located at 1173
Lincoln Ave., San Jose, CA.
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March --
- Sunday, 3/10/24,
4:30 - 7:30 pm Verlene
will be performing with
Celtic
Moon at Wheelhouse
Willow Glen, located at 1173
Lincoln Ave., San Jose,
CA
- Sunday,
3/17/24, 11:00 am - 2:00
pm --
Verlene
will
be performing
with Celtic
Moon
at Jack's
Brewing Co.,
located at located
at 39176
Argonaut Way
in Fremont,
CA.
- Sunday,
3/17/24, 6:00 - 9:00 pm
Verlene will
be performing with Celtic Moon at Capers,
located at 1710 West Campbell Ave. in Campbell,
CA.
- Saturday, 3/23/24, Time
TBA Verlene will be performing
with Celtic
Moon at the Pagan Bunny Burn (event is
sold out!)
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April --
- Saturday,
4/13/24, 10 am - 12 pm pacific time Verlene
will be presenting a two-hour online workshop,
"Songs from Eastern Europe" for all instrumentalists
and singers. You'll learn tunes in 7/8, 5/8, 9/8
(not a slip jig!), 4/4 and 2/4 from Armenia,
Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia,
Turkey, and Ukraine. You'll watch and listen to each
tune on YouTube, some that show the dance, and all
with singing. You'll be provided with lever harp
arrangements that can also be played on piano, with
lyric for the first verse in phonetic spelling, and
chord names on top of the melody. In addition,
classical and finger style guitarists will be
provided with arrangements of the tunes in guitar
notation and tablature. These tunes are fun to play
and can be added to your therapeutic repertoire to
pull out when someone requests something from this
part of the world. If you are not a therapeutic
musician, you can enjoy playing these tunes to
experience a bit of the flavor of Eastern Europe!
Cost of the workshop: $30 per person. Register here!
- Sunday,
4/14/24, 4:30 - 7:30 pm Verlene
will be performing with
Celtic
Moon at Wheelhouse
Willow Glen, located at 1173
Lincoln Ave., San Jose, CA
- Saturday,
4/20/24, 10 am - 12 pm
pacific time Verlene will be presenting a
two-hour online workshop, "Harp Chord Intensive" for
harp (lever or pedal). In this workshop, you will
have an opportunity to really drill those chords in
root position and inversions, as well as
"root-five-octave" patterns. You'll learn how to get
to your chords on time with both hands using a set
of common chord progressions. This would be a great
warm-up class to next week's "The Sing-Along Harper"
class. Cost of the workshop: $30 per person. Register here!
- Saturday,
4/27/24, 10 am - 12 pm
pacific time Verlene will be presenting a
two-hour online workshop,"The Sing-Along Harper"
open to all harpists, whether you sing or not, and
whether or not you have a copy of the book by that
title. If you've ever wished you could play harp
along with group sing-alongs like guitarists do,
with only words and chords on your music stand, this
class is for you! You can also use the fingerpicking
patterns for accompanying melody instruments. If you
have not purchased the book "The Sing-Along Harper"
and would like to, you can order a hard copy or PDF
here.
Cost of the workshop: $30. Register here!
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May --
- Sunday,
5/12/24, 4:30 - 7:30 pm Verlene
will be performing a
special Mother's Day show
with Celtic
Moon at
Wheelhouse Willow Glen,
located at 1173 Lincoln
Ave., San Jose, CA
- Sunday,
5/19/24, 4:00 - 9:00pm Verlene
will be performing with
Celtic
Moon in
a house concert at Dala's
Nest in Menlo Park, CA.
Please contact Aimée
to purchase tickets! ($25)
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