Yes the last print delivery just arrived! My 4th new book of 2026 - think I need a rest now. This one’s for wire harpers wanting to play common trad session tunes. Available at the harp festival in Edinburgh then on my website - PDFs will be available then too

New book back from the printer yesterday and will be available from the Harp Festival in Edinburgh this weekend! Very apt as there’s 21 tunes with an Edinburgh connection in it arranged for gut harp - lever or pedal int/adv level. Available from my website as PDF as well as print books next week.

Today’s online workshop explores playing pibroch on harp (I’ll be playing my wire harp but you’re welcome to join in on whatever harp you have!) Come and learn The Little Spree. Workshop materials automatically download. Sign ups available on my website www.karenmarshalsay.com/buy/p/lwirew...

Second book announcement for wire harpers! In response to requests I’ll be publishing my arrangements of popular traditional and session tunes in April. 20 tunes to learn and play with others. Info going up on my website today #harp #clarsach #wirestrungharp #traditionalmusic #tradtunes

Great to have a track played on Celtic Heartbeat on BBC Radio Wales with Frank Hennessy on Sunday - listen in on @bbcsounds to hear Flow Gently Sweet Afton/ Ae Fond Kiss/ Rory Dall’s Port! #harp #clarsach #scottishharp #robertburns #traditionalmusic

Book launch on Friday 27th March Edinburgh Society of Musicians 5.30 for 6! I’ll be playing some tunes as will Alastair Hardie! Tom will give a short ore concert talk st mg East Neuk Festival gig too. www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/people/...

Newsflash! Tunes from the Patrick McDonald Collection Edinburgh International Harp Festival has just been opened up to players of ANY HARP - wire, gut, pedal or whatever - as long as you're interested in playing these tunes Sign up and info here tickets.harpfestival.co.uk/event/5986:4...

Lovely afternoon yesterday in West Lothian sharing some techniques and tunes with wire harpers in person! And the sun shone too ☀️ This was our second workshop with the group meeting up for practice sessions in between times. Get in touch if you fancy coming along to the next one.

Key Techniques for Harp reprints are here so the books are back in stock online! 😊🎶 www.karenmarshalsay.com/buy/p/key-te...

Very happy to announce that my East Neuk Festival concert, Looking for Oswald, on 2nd July has sold out! James Oswald is Crail’s rags to riches hero who went on to be court composer to George lll. Music from the Caledonian Pocket Companion, which Oswald published in 12 vols in the 18th c.

Key Techniques for Harp back in print! First published in 2012, but out of print only been available as a PDF for several years. There is a new cover and any resource info has been checked but otherwise it is the same as the previously available edition.

Growing up in a small Ayrshire town, Robert Burns was an early influence on me. I recorded this on my recent CD and I'll be sharing some Burns tunes with my online class Edinburgh International Harp Festival this April tickets.harpfestival.co.uk/event/5986:4... www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnlE...

Heads up - there's a newsletter coming out tomorrow if you want to sign up now to make sure you get it in your inbox! (along with a freebie harp resource link too...) www.karenmarshalsay.com/newsletter-s...

Tickets are going fast (and free!) for Saturday’s library gig - 11am-12noon in McDonald Road Library, Edinburgh. Looking forward to bringing the harps! bit.ly/4kMbJAs

Wire harp online workshop 22 Feb looking at Uamh an Òir 4-6pm UK time & recorded to watch again. March 29th workshop looking at the pibroch The Little Spree - discount if you sign up for both! www.karenmarshalsay.com/online-harp-...

Delving into the Caledonian Pocket Companion all 12 vols pub by James Oswald from Crail for this concert at the East Neuk Festival 2nd July with trad fiddler/violist Kathryn Nicoll & the great Fife singer Chris Miles. Trad music & trad musicians tx going fast! eastneukfestival.com/events/looki...

Lovely to hear Uamh an Oir from harper Karen Marshalsay's Eadarainn a' Chruit : Between Us the Harp album on Caithream Ciùil on BBC Radio Nan Gaidheal. Karen has just been announced as appearing at East Neuk Festival this summer, celebrating Crail-born James Oswald's contribution to Scottish music.

It’s #BandcampFriday when the online music company waives its fees in favour of the creators. A great day to buy the music of Karen Marshalsay playing all three Scottish harps karenmarshalsay.bandcamp.com/album/eadarain…

Great to see East Neuk-based harper Karen Marshalsay in the East Neuk Festival. Karen’s concert with singer Chris Miles and fiddler Kathryn Nicoll highlights the contribution to Scottish music of Crail-born James Oswald theqr.co.uk/2026/02/02/eas…

Karen Marshalsay (harp) soundchecking with violist Kathryn Nicoll and Cathal McConnell (flute) for tonight’s concert in The Tron Theatre, Glasgow for Celtic Connections. Starts 7:30pm.

Karen Marshalsay (voice and harp) and Fionnlagh Mac A’Phiocar (voice and small pipes) soundchecking for tonight’s Celtic Connections concert in The Tron Theatre, Glasgow. Starts 7:30pm.

Tonight at the Tron 7.30 we’re playing the whole album live with Alison Kinnaird, Cathal McConnell, Kathryn Nicoll and Fionnlagh Mac A’ Phiocair at Celtic Connections! With special duo, trio and whole band versions of some of the solo album tracks www.celticconnections.com/event/1/kare...

Tonight at the Tron 7.30 we’re playing the whole album live with Alison Kinnaird, Cathal McConnell, Kathryn Nicoll and Fionnlagh Mac A’ Phiocair at Celtic Connections! With special duo, trio and whole band versions of some of the solo album tracks www.celticconnections.com/event/1/kare...

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Rehearsal snippet adding another harp and viola to a solo track on the album - come and hear this special edition live at Celtic Connections 31st January at the Tron Theatre 7.30pm All 4 harps plus guests Alison Kinnaird, Fionnlagh Mac A’ Phiocair, Cathal McConnell & Kathryn Nicoll #ccfest

Rehearsal snippet adding another harp and viola to a solo track on the album - come and hear this special edition live at Celtic Connections 31st January at the Tron Theatre 7.30pm All 4 harps plus guests Alison Kinnaird, Fionnlagh Mac A’ Phiocair, Cathal McConnell & Kathryn Nicoll #ccfest

It’s getting closer to booking time and full event announcement for the Edinburgh International Harp Festival! Looking forward to performing and teaching this year #harp #clarsach

We’re playing my album live @celtic_connections 31st January at the Tron! Eadarainn a’ Chruit : Between Us the Harp listed in the Scotsman’s top 5 folk albums of the year live with all 4 harps & guests Alison Kinnaird, Cathal McConnell, Kathryn Nicoll and Fionnnlagh Mac A’ Phiocair

Happy to announce that I’m now a Harp Column Artist so you can find my digital sheet music there now as well as my own website! There’s 4 originals and one set of arrangements up at the minute but more will be added. harpcolumn.com/music/all-mu...

Out today! And up on my website now as both printed books and PDFs! Haiku On the Shore - a suite of 3 compositions for harp starting with The Grey Heron Stands which was Harps North West JaNEWary offering www.karenmarshalsay.com/haiku-on-the...

Listen to Uncle Hugh's Lullaby on the Celtic Connections 2026 playlist! Really looking forward to doing this live on 31st January! open.spotify.com/playlist/4Oc...

Tickets available now for The Whistlebinkies in Glasgow Saturday 24th January 7pm at the G20 Youth Project Maryhill - only £10! www.tickettailor.com/events/g20yo...

Preview of the cover of my new book just off to the printers today! If you’re enjoying learning The Grey Heron Stands with Harps North West's JaNEWary project you might like to add in the other 2 parts of the suite. More info soon or check my website!

Learn my new piece The Grey Heron Stands for free with Harps North West's JaNEWary 2026 online video learning project harpsnorthwest.org.uk/online-learn...

A nice end to the year and start of a new venture as my music is now available on Harp Column- more will be added so keep an eye out! PDFs available as A4 or US letter.

Nice mention in today’s @scotsman.com for harper Karen Marshalsay’s upcoming “hometown” gig at East Neuk Festival celebrating Crail’s own 18th century musical personality, James Oswald with fiddler-violist Kathryn Nicholl and the great Fife traditional singer Chris Miles.

Concert tickets make great last-minute Christmas presents. Treat the harp music lover in your life to Karen Marshalsay's Eadarainn a' Chruit : Between Us the Harp at Celtic Connections - Tron Theatre, Glasgow, Sat 31 Jan: tinyurl.com/yu5nshj9

Made The Scotsman’s top 5 folk albums of the year! With Allan MacDonald, Alison Kinnaird, Cathal McConnell, Kathryn Nicoll, recorded at Gran’s House with Angus Lyon and Chris Waite, artwork and photos with Archie MacFarlane. Thanks everyone! Here’s to the live show at Celtic Connections on 31st Jan

3 Scottish Jigs for the New Year! If you missed Saturday's workshop you can now buy the scores from my website payhip.com/b/nD4yz and hear them on my YouTube video too.

I'll be teaching these 3 traditional Scottish jigs for the New Year in an online workshop tomorrow 6 December 4-6pm UK time with video replay available after! Sign up on my website.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrKlpM1Dg60

🪉 “I’m really looking forward to playing at the Tron Theatre because it’s essentially the album launch concert.” #LiveMusic #Glasgow #CelticConnections #harp🪉 @rabjourno.bsky.social www.glasgowwestendtoday.scot/music/scots-...

Thank you @glasgowwestend.bsky.social for previewing harper Karen Marshalsay’s Eadarainn a’ Chruit : Between Us the Harp at Celtic Connections on Sat 31 Jan: www.glasgowwestendtoday.scot/music/scots-...

Another of the 3 jigs I’ll be teaching online on Saturday 6th! Sign ups still available at www.karenmarshalsay.com/buy/p/new-ye...

Online workshop teaching 3 jigs for the New Year on 6 December- with recordings and sheet music for the tunes on sign up, arrangements sent afterwards and the video on replay - all for seasonal discount price of £15! Come learn some New Year tunes ! buff.ly/ajll4Hs

Online workshop teaching 3 Jigs for the New Year on 6 December (4-6pm UK time) recordings & sheet music for the tunes on sign up, arrangements sent afterwards & the video on replay - all for seasonal discount price of £15! Come learn some New Year tunes ! www.karenmarshalsay.com/online-harp-...

Me and the harps AND all 4 of my album guests will be playing the album live at Celtic Connections on 31st January at the Tron theatre! Can't wait!

Take a break from Christmas this December and get ready for Hogmanay! As we're all busy and broke then I'm making it a 2 hour workshop with a special price of only £15. Let's have some harp fun! Learn a set of trad Scottish jigs for the New Year online with me - 6 December. Info on my website.

Great to hear harp duo Lauren Scott and Karen Marshalsay’s The Meeting of Friends on BBC Radio 3’s In Tune. Available now from Bandcamp. laurenscottharp.bandcamp.com/album/the-me...

BBC Radio 3 In Tune Now Playing Lauren Scott, Lauren Scott & Karen Marshalsay The Meeting of Friends

I’ve 2 online workshops available to book now on my website Tunes for Winter on 15 Nov and New Year Tunes on 6 Dec - sheet music & audio on sign up and replay available after. Taught on lever harp #harp #onlinelearning #tunes #winter #newyear