Then we have the Grand Concert on Saturday evening, starring Mike Fenton, England's autoharp guru, Patrick Couton and Heather Farrell-Roberts.Īnd everything is now in place for the Autoharp Service in St. Only people actually holding an autoharp will have to pay. We have the day of classes and demonstrations on Saturday June 28 - any musician who wants to can sit in on these classes. OS30C Attache: Oscar Schmidt: Autoharp: 1979: Description: of Chords: 21 - String Instrument Finish: Brown OS100-15 Centurion: Oscar Schmidt: Autoharp: 1979. I have asked Patrick Couton to launch the Festival by playing in the Masons Arms, Gargrave, on the evening of Friday June 27. (Amongst Patrick Couton's other jobs, he translates Terry Pratchett into French.)
It is a quite different style, extraordinary technique. With the help of other sponsors, including a boat club on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, I have been able to bring over Patrick Couton, the French jazz autoharper. Our bid for Arts Council funding was successful - look out for our revised poster, with the Arts Council logo. The Gargrave Autoharp Festival is now very visible on the web - and I don't think there is much more I can usefully do there. The autoharp that I played on for the Walton's Theme and for the other score Jerry Goldsmith used for the Walton's pilot, a Christmas special called 'The Homecoming' was a fifteen bar (Eb,D,F7,Gm,Bb,A7,C7,Dm,F,E7,G7,Am,C,D7,G) with rounded corners and a slight round indentation for holding it on your knee or forearm. Asset type Episode Genres Event Coverage Topics Music Performing Arts Fine Arts Subjects Music Festival Media type Sound Duration 00:59:02. El Festival Folclrico y Reinado Nacional del Bambuco, es una de las fiestas ms importantes del sur. All up to date at the Autoharps web site.Īnd everything is in place for the Gargrave Autoharp Festival 2014. Ron Wall Autoharp performance, finger picking guitar contest, Irish instrument workshop with De Dannan.