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| Triskela Celtic Harp Trio - ’Concerts by the Sea’ On Saturday, April 21, 2007 Triskela Celtic Harp Trio performs at Pacifica Performances' ’Concerts By The Sea’ at Sanchez Concert Hall, Pacifica, CA. Join well-known Bay Area harpists Diana Stork, Shawna Spiteri, and Portia Diwa for an enchanting evening of lively dance tunes, heart-felt ballads and haunting airs from Ireland, as well as vibrant original compositions.Triskela performs on a trio of Celtic harps, with three-part harmony vocals, flute, bodhran and pennywhistle. Also appearing are guest artists on fiddle & percussion, as well as Irish step-dancing! Diana Stork is well known in the harp world for her unique style, which incorporates ethnic and contemporary harp traditions. She has performed for such diverse groups as the Line's Contemporary Ballet, the Maihar Orchestra of Maestro Ali Akbar Khan, and the Peace Ceremony of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hahn. She can be heard on dozens of albums, including "Harpestry" on Universal Records, and "Sacred Light" on the At Peace Music label. In 1998, she co-produced the successful CD "Celtic Harpestry" on Universal Records which became a national PBS Special. She is Founder and Director of the Festival of Harps concert series, the Bay Area Youth Harp Ensemble, Mission Harp Ensemble and the national show World Festival of Harps. Shawna Spiteri, the trio's singer and emcee, has been performing and making music in the Bay Area her entire life. With a degree in musical theatre from San Francisco State University, Shawna has performed with such companies as the Peninsula Civic Light Opera, Marin Civic Light Opera and the Palo Alto Players, and she has sung everything from madrigals to punk rock with the avant-garde quartet The Enormous Ensemble. She provided the musical accompaniment for Open Wing Theatre's historical Irish play "Who Fears to Speak of '98" and currently serves as the musical director for Bella Donna Venetian Courtesans, a Renaissance performance troupe. She has also helped direct the Bay Area Youth Harp Ensemble with Diana Stork. Shawna's clear soprano voice compliments the sweet tones of the harp in a wide variety of styles. Portia Diwa, a recent graduate of Santa Clara University, started playing harp at age 9 and has been actively performing ever since. She is a founding member of the Bay Area Youth Harp Ensemble and also the Pleiades Ensemble. Portia is a supervisor for the new healing harp program at the Institute For Health & Healing at Marin General Hospital. She plays therapeutic harp music at the bedside and will teach a year-long certification program in healing harp starting in September. Portia is co-director of the Mission Harp Ensemble, bringing folk music to underprivileged youth in San Francisco's Mission District. An avid composer, Portia also teaches private harp lessons and conducts workshops throughout the Bay Area. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Jazz News :: home page |