C05 - Karen Marshalsay / Laura Penman
MUSIC SCHOOL
KAREN MARSHALSAY
Karen will present the
Three Scottish Harps: the warm-sounding lever harp, the resonant
wire-strung clarsach of the Gaels and the baroque era bray harp with its
distinctive sitar-like buzz give the harp huge significance in the
Scottish tradition. Karen Marshalsay is one of only a handful of harpers
who specialises on all three instruments. With a playing style that is
deeply connected to the piping tradition, she has won praise for both
the purity of her phrasing and her ability to add character to a melody
with decoration. Tunes and the stories behind them make Karen’s Three
Scottish Harps an entertaining, informative experience.
LAURA PENMAN
Laura Penman is a clarsach
player, pianist and composer. She studied at the Royal Conservatoire of
Scotland and graduated with a BMus Traditional Music in 2024. She was a
finalist in the Young Traditional Musician of the Year Award 2025. She
has been immersed in tradition and has explored other genres, and enjoys
both accompanying other instrumentalists and performing as a soloist.
Laura will showcase both her arrangements of traditional music and her
own compositions.
Supported by The United Kingdom Harp Association
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£13.00 -
12 April 2026 -
60 minutes -
15:00 -
George Watson's College Concerts -
Concert Space
