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

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.

Released Sept. 2025 On her second album, Karen Marshalsay plays the three Scottish harps – the lever harp, the wire-strung clarsach from the Gaelic tradition and the bray harp. www.karenmarshalsay.com www.facebook.com/karenmarshal... karenmarshalsay.bandcamp.com open.spotify.com/playlist/2pL...

It’s always hard to narrow it down but the tunes are set for my online workshop on 15th Nov, a retreat march Dark Lowers the Night and Rory Campbell’s A Christmas Dance, then How Can We Abstain from Whisky into New Christmass. Come & learn some wintry tunes!

New single out now - lever, wire & bray harps in a soulful air and joyful reel by Lauren Scott- The Meeting of Friends #linkinbio #harp #newmusic

I’m running an online harp workshop on Saturday 15th November 3-6pm UK time when I’ll be sharing some Tunes for Winter on my lever harp. Sheet music & MP3’s sent in advance and access to the recording afterwards, mixed abilities (apart from complete beginners) www.karenmarshalsay.com/online-harp-...

And it’s bray and lever harps on the cheery reel to finish The Meeting of Friends with the composer Lauren Scott on lever harp! Out 7th October

Lever harp and wire strung clarsach on the first part of The Meeting of Friends by (and with!) Lauren Scott - new single out 7th October

Watch the Trad Harping October episode of the Poppy Harp Inspire series out now - I really enjoyed doing this chat with Fran Barsby youtu.be/t5xK2nE_lyA

It’s Bandcamp Friday! Eadarainn a’ Chruit : Between Us the Harp my new CD is up along with my first one and my most recent books too. And you can get a digital bundle of both CD downloads 😊 karenmarshalsay.bandcamp.com/music

What’s better than a bray harps? Two bray harps of course! Duet with Alison Kinnaird from my new CD 😊

I'll be sending out the next newsletter at the end of the week - with a freebie too so sign up now if you'd like to get some harp news and a wee extra too! buff.ly/YDWBbj0

Blast of the bray harp from Radio 3 In Tune live on Friday! Listen in on BBC Sounds

It was great fun to play all 3 Scottish harps - lever, wire and bray- live for BBC Radio 3 In Tune with Petroc Trelawny on Friday 26th, in Inverness ahead of their great train journey next day broadcasting live on the way to London! Listen on BBC Sounds www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Harper Karen Marshalsay sound checking the bray harp ahead of BBC Radio 3’s In Tune live from Inverness today at 5pm. The bray harp’s tone might surprise you.

Proud 👏! Turned on @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social last night to hear announcer say that friend @karenclarsach.bsky.social will be playing in a broadcast concert on Friday, oh yes indeed! #KarenMarshalsay #clarsach ❤️ 💙 💜

A beautiful piece I was lucky enough to hear played by the composer Tommy Smith and Gwilym Simcock at their recent @queens_hall gig - now up on YouTube ahead of a forthcoming live album release youtu.be/WrjEVFqqfx4?...

Looking forward to bringing the 3 Scottish harps to a live session on Friday for BBC Radio 3’s In Tune with Petroc Trelawny from the Royal Highland Hotel in Inverness! Listen in for lever, bray and wire-strung clarsach tunes and some chat, as well as songs from Julie Fowlis and a Gaelic choir.

Any central belt Scotland wire players on here? I’m teaching an in person workshop in West Lothian on 26th October, a lovely relaxed event aimed at beginner improver players interested in Scottish traditional folk music. 1130-4pm with potluck lunch see website for details/contact

New harp album connects traditions - feature from Rob Adams on Eadarainn a' Chruit : Between Us the Harp, out now! www.robadamsjournalist.com/index.asp