Steph West
Harp Music Stepping Out from the British Isles
Introduction
A harper, singer and arranger, Steph has a love of dancing rhythms, vivid chords and a free flowing melody. Based in Oxford, you may hear her performing solo, playing in a variety of bands and projects or out for a dance with English ceilidh band Swinging Molly. Steph also teaches and workshops harp and traditional music, and is involved with the Irish and English folk and harp communities in the south east of England.
Steph also does the glamourous end of harp, playing for special events and weddings. Please see www.stephanie-west.co.uk for more details.
Mailing List
News
6/05/2012 - The British Paraorchestra
This year sees the creation of the British Paraorchestra: the UK's first-ever national orchestra for musicians with disabilities. Charles Hazelwood, conductor was inspired to start the orchestra after he discovered his daughter had cerebral palsy. Although fully able in daily life, Steph is proud to take part in this project as someone born with macrodactyly, a congenital hand deformity.The first large-scale performance will be at Orchestra in a Field in Somerset, June 30th - July 1st 2012.
www.paraorchestra.com
www.orchestrainafield.com
4/03/2012 - Superstrings / Bellowhead Commission at team Museum
We had a brilliant time on Sunday with all 120-or-so Superstrings youth players, our 6 folkie soloists and Pete Flood's new commission "Vici". Bellowhead went on to play a cracking set afterwards, with Superstrings joining in for a second encore. Superstrings is a music charity, providing young people living in rural Wiltshire with musical opportunities. www.superstringsclub.co.uk
07/03/2012 - A Shooting Roots Spring Time
We're gearing up again for this festival season, we'll be at Sidmouth - Broadstairs - Towersey - Wallingford. Our next big event is our Tutor Doing Stuff and Training weekend, April 13 - 15th. Get in touch via our website to find out more... www.shootingroots.org
6/10/2011 - Fifth Province Productions
I'm delighted to play for a new show: Journey to the Fifth Province. Mixing spoken work, poetry and music; the show is an inspiring journey to Ireland's mythical fifth province. Read more about my first night out with the team:
http://fifthprovinceproductions.org.uk/news/blog.html
22/07/2010 - CD Release - Emily Spiers, The Half Moon Lovers
Last December I had the joy of playing for a friend's debut cd and it's now released. Very exciting. For more info and to have a listen, go to:
www.myspace.com/espiers
20/07/2010 - London Irish Harp News in the Irish World
Since September 2009 I've been working on a project to promote Irish harp in London. I've been teaching harp to two Irish music teachers, Colette Keaveney and Sharon Kelly, so that they can support and inspire their harp pupils. We've had a really good year, had a couple of excellent events and now have an excited community of young harp players in London. We even got an article in the Irish World.