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Any of you folk on instagram these days? I’m using it more and more including their story feature (when you see my insta profile pic glowing press it for daily updates!). So aye, surprisingly enough you can find me at: www.instagram.com/rachelhair DISCLAIMER: I do, eh, harp on a bit… 👻
LOVING being back and touring in Norway with the Rachel Hair Trio After today’s school concerts in Stranda and Sykkylven (thank you all for singing along so brilliantly with South Australia) we took the stunning ferry down the world famous UNESCO fjord Geiranger… I’ve always wanted to come here and despite the rain it was still SO beautiful!
Check out the video page (https://rachelhair.com/videos/) for a new video filmed on the last day of our Celtic Summer Nights tour in Austria. The Duke of Fife’s Welcome to Deeside has to be my favourite Skinner tune ever!
A WHOLE DAY OF ALL THINGS SCOTTISH HARP!! **Sunday the 27th August ** Can you think of anything better?? If not… PLEASE SHARE THIS POST! I’m very much looking forward to be taking part in the “Celebrate Scottish Harp Day” as part of the Creative Peebles Festival at the Eastgate Theatre in Peebles, the Scottish Borders. They’ve a host of …
I’m excited to be heading back to Brittany later this week for the Festival Interceltique de Lorient… it’s been too long! I’m playing with the group Annym (Isla Callister on fiddle and Cairistìona Dougherty on whistles/vocals) )from the Isle of Man, so if any Breton friends are in the area please do come say hello! We’re playing at the Espace …
Wow. What a weekend I had teaching at the Music Generation Laois Trad summer camp in Co. Laois, Ireland. Great to meet so many youngsters loving trad music! Throughout the year Music Generation Laois provides kids from low income backgrounds the chance to learn irish music and a lot of their work is focused on both uilleann pipes and harps… …
I’ve just uploaded a new video (on Facebook) complete with birdsong!! Filmed on the Weltenklang Celtic Summer Nights tour that I’m currently performing on, with guitarist Ron Jappy. We played this concert in a forest in southern Austria… stunning! See it here: https://www.facebook.com/rachelhairharp/videos/10155466149388415/
Just a few days before myself and Ron fly out to Austria for the Weltenklang Celtic Summer Nights tour. Please tag anyone you know near these places (we head into Italy and Switzerland too!) 16.06.2017, 20:00, St Gerold AUSTRIA 17.06.2017, 20:00, Uster SWITZERLAND 19.06.2017, 20:00, Korneuburg AUSTRIA 20.06.2017, 20:00 St Polten AUSTRIA 21.06.2017, 20:00 Vienna AUSTRIA 22.06.2017, 20:00 Innsbruck AUSTRIA …
I’m off on an adventure!!! Very excited this weekend to be flying to the far North to spend a week traveling across Shetland to bring my harp, tunes and stories in live performances to patients, residents, children and staff at 10 different care settings across the islands. The trip is being organised by the fantastic organisation Music in Hospitals Scotland …
I’m very excited to announce that next month I’m heading to Japan for a tour with the award winning Scottish Gaelic singer and stepdancer Joy Dunlop. We’ll be mainly in Tokyo and Osaka playing concerts and teaching workshops. We can’t wait to visit this amazing country, so if you’ve been before and have any tips on places to see, food …
Totally stoked to be one of the presenters at this years Virtual Harp Summit. It’s happening next month, so wherever you are in the world sign up now! http://virtualharpsummit.com/?ref=cf1e83
Alright! Austria here I come! I’m thrilled to announce I’m one of the artists on the 19th Celtic Summer Nights tour. So far there’s 12 dates around Austria, Italy and Switzerland in June this year. The fantastic Scottish guitarist Ron Jappy will be playing with me for this tour and we’re very much looking forward to meeting the fab Irish …
Excited to be in the national newspapers today! The Times, the Herald, the Metro and the Edinburgh reporter. Fantastic photos by Neil Hanna to celebrate the launch of the Edinburgh International Harp Festival 2017. The Rachel Hair Trio will be performing there and I’ll be teaching a Scottish Harp Course. See you at the Harp Festival???
Galicia!!! Two weeks till we play there with Festival de Ortigueira! CANNOT WAIT!!! The food, the wine, the music, the people…. LOVE Galicia!! More info here:http://festivaldeortigueira.com/gl/blog-item/rachel-hair-e-ron-jappy-de-escocia-no-ciclo-festival-no-teatro
We’re heading back to the land of the fjords tomorrow, Norway, with the trio. We’ve 21 concerts in local schools, around the north of More og Romsdal and the first few days we’ll be based in the beautiful city of Kristiansund. After that we’re deep amongst the fjords where the temperature will be WELL below 0* brrrrrrrrrrr….
Aw wow, so I’m proper chuffed to announce I’ve been nominated for Tutor of the Year award at the Scots Trad Music Awards organised by Hands Up for Trad! Thank you so much to all who nominated me. It’s now down to the public vote so if you fancy lending me your vote, I’d be very grateful. You can vote …
The Rachel Hair Trio are heading out the stunning surroundings of the town of Noia, in Galicia, North-West Spain. We’ll be playing at the Noia Harp Festival in a few days time, on the 3rd of August, and I’ll be teaching a Scottish Harp workshop during the day. More info in the gigs page!
I’m honoured to announce that I’ll be performing solo at the wonderful An Chúirt Chruitireachta, the International Harp Festival, in Termonfeckin, Ireland later this month. I’ll be playing alongside Janet Harbison, a harper I’ve admired since I was a youngster, and in the days that she was the director of the Belfast Harp Orchestra. Can’t wait!