Spring Season Info!

Interested in joining the NC Harp Ensemble?
Join us for an open rehearsal on February 19, 2011! Potential ensemble members can come listen to the ensemble rehearsal and perform a solo for the group. We wanted to start digging into the music right away, so we thought this would be a great way to utilize our rehearsal time and introduce potential members to the ensemble. If you already know in advance that you would like to participate in the ensemble, you can also participate in this rehearsal. We will mail the selected music in advance and let you know the pieces that we will rehearse, so you will be able to focus your practice time. Please contact Grace Ludtke at 336.285.5861 or ncharpensemble@yahoo.com for application information.

Spring 2011 Calendar:
Monthly ensemble rehearsals are held on Saturday mornings from 10:30am-12:30pm in Greensboro, NC. All ensemble members are expected to arrive early to set-up (after 9:45am) and tune their harps prior to rehearsal beginning promptly at 10:30am. Each ensemble member is responsible for bringing their own harp, bench/stool, music stand, ensemble music, and pencil to each rehearsal. If you are unable to make a rehearsal or performance, please notify Grace Ludtke at 336.285.5861 or ncharpensemble@yahoo.com as soon as possible. Full participation is strongly encouraged to fully benefit from ensemble participation.

Rehearsal Schedule:
10:30pm-11:20pm - Ensemble Rehearsal
11:20am-11:30am - Break
11:30am-11:45am - Group Performance Class
(Students can perform solos they are working on for each other)
11:45am-12:30pm - Ensemble Rehearsal

Rehearsal Dates:
Saturday, February 19 - Rehearsal
Saturday, March 12 - Rehearsal
Saturday, April 2 - Rehearsal
Saturday, May 7 - Rehearsal

Performance Date:
Saturday, June 11 - 7:00pm Ensemble Performance
Rehearsal will be held at 5:30pm prior to performance

Our Inaugural Season!

Hello everyone! The NC Harp Ensemble is getting ready for our Spring season! We celebrated our inaugural season with several wonderful performances, including ensemble performances at the Festival of Trees benefiting Brenner Children's Hospital in Winston-Salem, WhiteStone: Senior Living Community in Greensboro, and Abernethy Laurels in Newton! We were honored to work with six outstanding young musicians whose musical growth was evident. Included in this blog post are a few photographs from our performance at WhiteStone and an outline of the musical program we presented. Our performance at WhiteStone included a selection of ensemble works and solos presented by our group of outstanding musicians! Thank you students and parents for all of your hard work and overwhelming support this past year!

La Joyeuse, Rameau
Dyades, Andres
Concerto in B-flat Major, Andante Allegro, Handel - Callie
Le Pins de Charlannes, Renie
Triptic Dance, Beauchant
Paquita's Dance, Minkus - Gabrielle
One Wings of Song, Mendelssohn
Rumba, Salzedo - Kristen & Grace
The First Noel, English Melody
The Little Drummer Boy, Davis
Away In A Manger, English Melody - Austin
Greensleeves, English Melody
Rhapsodie pour la Harpe, Grandjany - Ian
Carol of the Bells, Leontovich
Silent Night, Gruber

Festival of Trees

Enjoyed a wonderful performance Saturday night at the Festival of Trees benefiting Brenner Children's Hospital at Dixie Classic Fairgrounds in Winston-Salem! Thank you performers, parents, and supporters for making our first performance a huge success! We wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving!

November Rehearsal

Enjoyed another great rehearsal today! Thank you Ian and Austin for performing your beautiful solos! Ian performed Grandjany's Rhapsody and Austin performed Hasselman's Petite Berceuse. Looking forward to our first public performance on Saturday, November 20, 2010 at the Festival of Trees in Winston-Salem! Please come and join us for this fun event supporting Brenner Children's Hospital!

The NC Harp Ensemble will be performing at the 23rd annual Festival of Trees, benefiting Brenner Children's Hospital at the Education Building on the Dixie Classic Fairgrounds at 5:30pm on Saturday, November 20, 2010. Come and experience the magical sights and sounds of the holidays at the Festival of Trees!

October Rehearsal

We enjoyed another great harp ensemble rehearsal on October 10, 2010! Ensemble members, Ian and Kristen performed harp solos during the group performance aspect of our rehearsals. They both did an outstanding job! If you are interested in hearing the harp ensemble perform, we have several public performances this season. All of these performances are open to the public. We hope to see you there as we share the beauty of multiple harps performing together!

2010 NC Harp Ensemble Performances

Festival of Trees, benefiting Brenner Children's Hospital
Saturday, November 20, 2010 at 5:30pm
The Education Building on the Dixie Classic Fairgrounds
421 West 27th Street, Winston-Salem, NC

Sunday, December 12, 2010 at 6:00pm
The Chapel at WhiteStone
700 South Holden Road, Greensboro, NC

Sunday, December 19, 2010 at 4:00pm
The Spirit Place at Abernethy Laurels
102 Leonard Avenue, Newton, NC

September Rehearsal

We had a wonderful first rehearsal of the NC Harp Ensemble on Sunday, September 12! We have a great group of student harpists participating, as well as a wonderful repertoire of ensemble music to perform! We are looking forward to our upcoming rehearsals in October and November, as well as our holiday performances!

Informational Meeting!

Thank you to all that participated in the informational meeting/group performance class for the NC Harp Ensemble on Sunday, August 29 in Greensboro! We are so excited to have such a talented group of student harpists participating in the inaugural season of the ensemble! We enjoyed getting to know the student harpists and their parents, as well as hearing each of them perform a solo on the harp! They all did an outstanding job! At the meeting, we distributed the folders with the selected ensemble music for the Fall/Winter season and assigned parts to ensemble members. If you are still interested in participating in the ensemble this season, please contact Grace Ludtke for information. Our first rehearsal will be September 12 in Greensboro. We are looking forward to a wonderful inaugural season of the NC Harp Ensemble!