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Harp Newsletter - May 2006 - Kfar Saba, Israel
also available at Sunita's web site

Dear friends & colleagues,

I just returned from the Jacob's Ladder Folk Festival at the Sea of Galilee. After five years of performing at the festival I took a sabbatical year and went only to visit friends and hear some great music. My husband and I arrived there after a beautiful drive up the Jordan Valley from the Dead Sea where I had given a concert and poolside performance at the Oasis Hotel. It was wonderful to luxuriate in the hot mineral waters at the hotel spa before driving north.

The big news this month is the harp arranging competition. I am hoping that the competition will stimulate new and interesting arrangements of traditional music for folk harp. A summary of the competition is below. Full details can be found on the competition web page at:
http://www.sunitaharp.com/competition/New_Century_Harp_Competition.html

B'Vrakha (blessings),

 

New Century
Harp Competition
Information &
Online Submissions

Sponsored by
The Somerset
Folk Harp Festival



 

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New Century Harp Competition
Announcing an exciting opportunity for all musicians! The mission of the competition is to inspire musicians, especially harp performers, to arrange new music for folk harp, and to encourage previously unpublished arrangers.

Harp Teachers - Please pass the competition information to your students.

  • No age limit
  • Two categories:
  •                    26 strings or less
  •                    27 strings or more
  • Cash Prizes
  • Other prizes - gift certificates to harp shops
  • 10 winners to be published in a book, produced and distributed by Afghan Press.

Information, Rules, and Submission Guidelines

The Judges will be Harper Tasche and Sunita.

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Jerusalem Day on Israeli Television
Sunita will perform in a televised concert at Sultan's Pool in Jerusalem with a small orchestra of traditional instruments including oud, saz, and didgeridoo. The ensemble will accompany famous Israeli singers such as David D'or, the country's representative at this year's Eurovision Song Contest. The Mayor of Jerusalem and the Prime Minister of Israel will attend the concert which will be broadcast on Israeli Channel 2 television on the 24th May at 8.45 pm.

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NEVEL: The Jerusalem Harp Network
becomes a non-profit organization
This wonderful organization, dedicated to helping alleviate pain and stress through the use of the harp, is now a registered Amuta (non profit org.) in Israel. Eight members have almost completed Laurie's Riley's qualifying course for harp therapists and several, including Sunita, perform for premature infants and hospice patients in two hospitals.

NEVEL has had two donations of harps and needs more instruments to place in hospitals for harpists and patients to use. Please consider a donation of funds or a harp to help these harpists fulfil their mission. Contact Sunita for more information

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