One Harp World

One Harp World

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Elizabeth Bligh

Retired Principal Harpist, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Canada

https://elizabethvolpebligh.com/

About me

I was Principal Harpist for the National Ballet of Canada for 6 years, then spent 35 years as Principal Harp with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. I am still teaching harp at UBC, VSO School of Music and privately, and occasionally performing. My teachers were Judy Loman, Alice Chalifoux and Edna Phillips.

14:00 EDT

Opening Ceremonies & Reception 👩‍🍳 Open Stage, Vide LobbyKathy Kienzle • Isabelle Perrin

15:45 EDT

Xinghai Conservatory of Music Harp Ensemble Grand Ballroom LobbyDan Yu • Xinghai Conservatory of Music Pre-college Harp Ensemble

16:30 EDT

Harp Spectacular! A tribute to Susann McDonald Grand BallroomJaymee Haefner • Elizabeth Hainen • Alfredo Rolando Ortiz • Sirin Pancaroglu • Isabelle Perrin • Linda Wood Rollo • Pat Wooster • Ann Yeung • Naoko Yoshino

19:15 EDT

Vancouver Academy of Music Harp Ensemble Grand Ballroom LobbyRosanna Chiu • Vancouver Academy of Music Student Harp Ensemble

19:45 EDT

Pre-Concert Talk Grand Ballroom

20:00 EDT

Gala Opening Concert: Canadian Music and Musicians 🍁🪐👩‍🍳 Grand BallroomTom Allen • Angela Schwarzkopf • Kaili Maimets • Danielle Nutting • Erica Goodman • Joy Yeh • Jennifer Swartz • Kristan Toczko • Lori Gemmell • Noël Wan • Renée Qin • Sharlene Wallace • George Koller • Chris James • Topaz Duo • Evergreen Club Contemporary Gamelan • Venuti String Quartet

09:00 EDT

Mont Roz: Journey to the Heart of Traditional Celtic Music 🍁 Birchwood BallroomCécile Delage • François-Xavier Dueymes • Mont Roz

10:15 EDT

Resonanties: A Composer’s Accessible Approach to Writing for Harp 🍁 Birchwood BallroomEdward Top • Vancouver Academy of Music Student Harp Ensemble

11:30 EDT

21st Century Female Composers 🍁🪐 Grand BallroomRenée Qin • Anna Dunlap

12:30 EDT

The Harp Quartet Redefined: Chicago Harp Quartet Open Stage, Vide LobbyEmily Granger • Eleanor Kirk • Catherine Litaker • Julie Spring • Chicago Harp Quartet

14:00 EDT

Cosmic Journeys: Chamber music by Caroline Lizotte 🍁🪐 Grand BallroomCaroline Lizotte • Kyra Frimout • Sam Ouellet Mata • Lori Gemmell

15:15 EDT

Fantasising Chromatically from J.S. Bach to New Music: A lecture-Recital by Anne-Marie O'Farrell with performance by Emmanuel Ceysson of O'Farrell's Murmuration Chestnut BallroomAnne-Marie O’Farrell • Emmanuel Ceysson

16:30 EDT

Canada from East to West 🍁🪐 Birchwood BallroomJosh Layne • Matt Dupont

17:15 EDT

Susann McDonald's Gifts to Youth Chestnut BallroomIsabel Moreton • Camille Frye • Zeynep Duru Güleç • Alice Han • Grace Han • Ziling Huang • Hara Lim • Amber Nelms • Alexandra Price • Linda Wood Rollo • Huang WenXuan • Xuanlin Zhuo • Zhuowei Zhuo

19:15 EDT

Music Generation Mayo Harp Ensemble Metropolitan United ChurchGrainne Hambly • Music Generation Mayo Harp Ensemble

20:00 EDT

Chamber Orchestra Concerto Night Metropolitan United ChurchEvan Mitchell • Jon Bradford-Jones • Ben Creighton Griffiths • Elizabeth Hainen • Ashley John Long • Sivan Magen • Jonathan Oldengarm • Mayumi Seiler • Arnan Wiesel • Naoko Yoshino • Chube

09:30 EDT

Harp Works of Marjan Mozetich and Eileen Padgett 🍁 Grand BallroomClaire Augier De Lajallet When the Harp Dances: Iconic Works Transcribed for Harp 🍁 Birchwood BallroomBen Albertson • Lenka Petrović

10:30 EDT

Focus on Youth 🍁 Chestnut BallroomJiayang Li • Xi Yu Ge Liu • Reina Yoshida • Charisma Kate Chow • Si-Yu Luo

11:00 EDT

International Competition Winners in Recital Grand BallroomShamim Minoo • Tjasha Gafner

12:30 EDT

Central Conservatory of Music Harp Ensemble Open Stage, Vide LobbyGuan Wang • CCOM Harp Ensemble

14:00 EDT

Music for Harp and Percussion 🍁 Grand BallroomAngela Schwarzkopf • Etienne Levesque • Sanya Eng • Ryan Scott

14:30 EDT

Alexander Rider: Divertissement à la roumaine Willow EastAlexander Rider

15:30 EDT

Strings and Beyond: A Celebration of Young Harpist-Artists Chestnut BallroomErnestine Stoop • Charisma Kate Chow • Natasha Burns • Bernice Li • Veronika Lemishenko • Rosie Murphy • Eileen C.K. Shafer • Maximilian Robin Treller

16:45 EDT

Building the Next Generation: Harp Ensembles as Training Grounds for Musicianship, Leadership, and Community Grand EastKristal Schwartz • Jennifer Betzer • Rosanna Chiu • Maurice Draughn • Gustavo Jimenez Pereira • Vincent Pierce • Katryna Tan • Guan Wang • Kela Walton

19:15 EDT

China FAEF Harp Committee harp ensemble Grand Ballroom LobbyGao Lanyan • China FAEF Harp Committee

20:00 EDT

Gala Tribute Celebration for Judy Loman 🍁👩‍🍳 Grand BallroomKathleen Kajioka • Sanya Eng • Mariko Anraku • Joseph Glaser • Julia Seager-Scott • Alanna Ellison • Lori Gemmell • Amahl Arulanandam • Drew Jurecka • Rebekah Wolkstein • Phoebe Powell • Angela Schwarzkopf • Kaili Maimets • Julie Umbrico • Sharlene Wallace • Hope Wilk • Charlene Chin • Clara Wang • Topaz Duo • Venuti String Quartet Gala Tribute Celebration for Judy Loman Chestnut BallroomAngela Schwarzkopf • Kaili Maimets • Sanya Eng • Alanna Ellison • Topaz Duo Gala Tribute Celebration for Judy Loman Birchwood BallroomPhoebe Powell Gala Tribute Celebration for Judy Loman 🍁🪐 WillowAudrey Morris • Honoka Shoji • Hope Wilk • Clara Wang

09:30 EDT

An Overview of Modern Canadian Music for the Harp 🍁 WillowKalen Smith

10:30 EDT

Focus on Youth 🍁 Chestnut BallroomHanyun Yu • Anna-Helena Hamann • Emma Sarang Wong • Martin Sadílek • Yixuan Bing • Yan Lin

11:00 EDT

The Italian Triple Harp as a Solo Instrument Birchwood BallroomLise Vandersmissen

12:30 EDT

Stringing Waters Open Stage, Vide LobbyMaria Gamboz • Tea Plesničar • Sofia Ristic • Urska Kriznik Zupan • SIH4rps, Slovenian Harp Quartet

14:00 EDT

Evelyn Huber: Magic of the Harp WillowEvelyn Huber

14:30 EDT

International Transformations 🍁 Grand EastJulia Seager-Scott • Alison Melville • Juan Riveros

17:00 EDT

Concept to Concert: Composing for Harp Quartet Grand EastEmily Granger • Eleanor Kirk • Catherine Litaker • Julie Spring • Alfredo Rolando Ortiz • Chicago Harp Quartet

19:15 EDT

Music Generation Laois Harp Ensemble Metropolitan United ChurchSiobhan Buckley • Music Generation Laois Harp Ensemble

20:00 EDT

Concerto Night with Full Orchestra 🍁🪐 Metropolitan United ChurchSylvain Blassel • Joana Daunytė • Peter Eom • Judy Loman • Caroline Lizotte • Isabelle Moretti • Étienne Ratthé

09:00 EDT

Young Composers Project: Q & A with Rachel Brandwein, Kevin Lau and Amy Nam Willow EastRachel Brandwein • Amy Nam • Kevin Lau • Charisma Kate Chow • Aoibheann Galvin • Divya Jayam • Ella Lamb • Jay Lamb • Ellie Lau • Paul Nicolaou • Renée Qin • Elysha Vorstenbosch

10:15 EDT

Trees.Listen 🍁 WillowFrank Horvat • Sharlene Wallace

11:00 EDT

AHS Chapter Ambassadors Poster Session Grand Ballroom LobbyCharles W. Lynch III • Evelyn Bender • Caroline Bombach • Charlene Cao • Max Chernok • Grace Han • Serena Hunnicutt • Jennifer Le • Stella Lien • Vaishavi Pandey • Danatra Widjaja • Lucelia Wolff • Sihan Wu • Sarah Xu • Vivian Zhang

11:30 EDT

New Works for Harp from Latin America to Scandinavia WillowElisabeth Plank • Zachary James Hatcher

12:15 EDT

AHS Officers & Executive Luncheon (by invitation) Davenport

14:00 EDT

A Sea of Stars: Contemporary Music for Lever Harp Grand BallroomLauren Scott • Amy Turk

15:00 EDT

Vivid Storytelling: A Rose for Harp, Stasa Mirkovic Grujic: Orpheus, Love, Loss & Myth, Joost Willemze Birchwood BallroomStaša Mirković Grujić • Joost Willemze

16:30 EDT

Masterclass with Judy Loman Grand BallroomJudy Loman

20:00 EDT

Chamber Music Concert St. Andrew's Presbyterian ChurchEmmanuel Ceysson • Claudia Lamanna • Amahl Arulanandam • Diane Dahyeon Kim • Aya Miyagawa, Violin • Kaili Maimets

22:00 EDT

Harp Revolution 🍷 Grand BallroomAdriano Sangineto

09:00 EDT

Highlights from The Turkish Harp Grand EastSirin Pancaroglu

10:00 EDT

In Search of Clarity: a Discussion on Effective Strategies for Harp Notation. Chestnut BallroomMatthew Karas • Danielle Kuntz • Amy Nam • Elisabeth Plank • Joseph Rebman Masterclass with Nancy Allen Grand BallroomNancy Allen

11:00 EDT

Young Composers Project: Mini Movie Challenge and Improv Session Willow EastRosanna Chiu • Charisma Kate Chow • Aoibheann Galvin • Divya Jayam • Ella Lamb • Jay Lamb • Ellie Lau • Paul Nicolaou • Renée Qin • Elisa Torres • Elysha Vorstenbosch

14:00 EDT

Fanciful Tales 🍁 Birchwood BallroomKaren Rokos • Casey Granofsky • Vivian Chen • Alec Pearson • The Lavender Duo

15:00 EDT

The Ukrainian Harp Festival in Exile Touring Europe WillowVeronika Lemishenko • Florence Sitruk

15:45 EDT

Tír Nua – A Celtic Journey Birchwood BallroomYvonne Deusch • Michael Deusch • Andrea-Alexandra Iosif • Tir Nua

16:20 EDT

Cirque des harpes! A Gala Festival Evening of Music, Dance, & Theatre 🍁🪐🍷 Grand BallroomLina Cao • Patty Chan • Sanya Eng • Kety Fusco • Eveline Gregoire-Rousseau • Olivier Guertin • Anja Marina Habegger • Emmanuel Padilla Holguín • Leonard Jacome • François Jalbert • Rémi-Jean LeBlanc • Caroline Lizotte • Emily Sanzaro • Ryan Scott • Katryna Tan • Kristan Toczko • Sarah Veber • Cindy Yan • Little Pear Garden Dance Company • PhoeNX Ensemble • RAMP Violin Ensemble • Quartet EVELINE • Rave Harpers

16:30 EDT

Cirque des harpes: Pizz and Pluck : The Chord of Change Grand BallroomKatryna Tan • Cindy Yan • RAMP Violin Ensemble • Rave Harpers

17:45 EDT

Cirque des harpes: Suite Galactique goes airborne! Grand BallroomCaroline Lizotte • Anja Marina Habegger

18:15 EDT

Cirques des harpes: Newfoundland Kitchen Party! Grand BallroomKristan Toczko • Sarah Veber

19:00 EDT

Cirque des harpes: Quartet ÉVELINE 🍷 Grand BallroomEveline Gregoire-Rousseau • Olivier Guertin • François Jalbert • Rémi-Jean LeBlanc

19:45 EDT

Cirque des harpes: Leonard Jacome "Electrifies" South American music 🍷 Grand BallroomLeonard Jacome

20:20 EDT

Cirque des harpes: Radiohead! with Emily Sanzaro 🍷 Grand BallroomEmily Sanzaro

21:30 EDT

Cirque des harpes: Emmanuel Padilla Holguin In a New Light 🍷 Grand BallroomEmmanuel Padilla Holguín

09:00 EDT

Duo Minuit: The Poulenc Sonata for Cello and Piano - A New Harp Transcription Birchwood BallroomAnouchka Hack • Noelia Cotuna Rizea • Duo Minuit

11:00 EDT

A Trio of Pairs Grand EastTracy Cheung • Oi Kiu Kilby Li • Megan Sesma • Janinah Burnett • Gwenllian Llyr • Sirius Chau • Duo Beloved • Aliara Duo Young Composers Project: Featured Composers works in concert WillowCharisma Kate Chow • Aoibheann Galvin • Divya Jayam • Ella Lamb • Jay Lamb • Ellie Lau • Paul Nicolaou • Renée Qin • Elysha Vorstenbosch

12:30 EDT

The Hong Kong Harp Chamber Ensemble Open Stage, Vide LobbyDan Yu • Hong Kong Harp Chamber Ensemble

13:30 EDT

Closing Ceremonies & Farewell Reception Grand BallroomAlice Giles • Evelyn Huber • Kathy Kienzle • Isabelle Perrin • Angela Schwarzkopf • Kela Walton