Sacred Silence, Sacred Sounds

Last week I had the pleasure of playing at First Baptist Church for their meditative monthly gathering. The event combined poems by Mary Oliver, prayers, and solo harp music, in particular music from the Irish slow air tradition which is very profound. Thank you FBC for having me!

Christmas Service at Bethany United Church

Although their Christmas Eve service was snowed out, Bethany United Church rescheduled the Christmas Eve programming to their Sunday service on December 29th. It was lovely to play some folksy Christmas selections and Silent Night with the congregation. Thank you to Shawn Whynot for having me back and to the congregation for being so welcoming!

Lessons & Carols at St. George's Round Church

Last night I was very happy to be back at St. George's Round Church for their annual Lessons & Carols service, playing prelude music and accompanying the junior and senior choirs. The choir repertoire included The Snow Lay On Ground (David Conte), Star Carol (John Rutter), This Little Babe (Benjamin Britten), Long, Long Ago (W.H. Anderson), and A la Nanita Nana (arr. Azzara). Many thanks to the music director, Garth MacPhee, for having me and for organizing so much beautiful music.

First Baptist Lessons and Carols

Last weekend, First Baptist Church held its annual Carols by Candlelight service. This year, the choir performed selections from Conrad Susa's "Carols and Lullabies", accompanied by harp and directed by Lynette Wahlstrom. 

Christmas Performances at Bethany United and St. George's

This year I was back at Bethany United Church on Christmas Eve and St George's Round Church on Epiphany to play harp preludes for the services. It was especially a treat to accompany the St George's choir and children's choir, both conducted by Garth MacPhee. Many thanks to Garth and to Shawn Whynot at Bethany for having me!

Virtual Coffee House, First Grantham United Church

Shannon Quinn and I had the pleasure of putting together a coffee house concert for a church in St. Catharine's Ontario yesterday! Many thanks to First Grantham United for being such lovely hosts.

Duruflé Requiem with the King's College Chapel Choir

King's College Chapel Choir has just released this video we shot a few weeks back at the All Saints Cathedral in Halifax. It was very cool to get to know this piece and harp part, and to be back playing with a large ensemble again! 

St. George's Music and Readings for Christmas

This year, since St. George's couldn't do their usual Christmas programming, they put together a lovely video of readings and music. I contributed some prelude music (Tàladh Chriosda and The Sussex Carol at 3:57) and accompanied Elyse Delaney for the Cherry Tree carol, at 32:28. 

Epiphany at St. George's Round Church

Last night was St. George's beautiful Epiphany service, with performances from the junior and senior choirs, readings, candlelight, harp prelude, and organ postlude - one of my very favourite events of the year.