GLASBURY ARTS – 13th Harp Summer School
Harp Summer School 2026
GLASBURY ARTS - Harp Summer School
26 – 29 August 2026 at Gwernyfed High School, Three Cocks nr Glasbury, Powys LD3 0SG
As we approach our 14th Harp Summer School, we have made some changes to the structure that we hope will broaden the scope of the event by adding an additional group specifically for players of the traditional Welsh Triple Harp . This group will be led by Eleri Darkins, one of our Co-Directors of Music, and Gareth Swindail Parry, Associate Tutor, a former summer school participant. The main focus will be Welsh music. There will then be three more groups for players at advanced and intermediate stages of their musical development who will cover classical music and Scottish music plus improvisation, using arrangements for harp orchestra/ensembles.
These sessions will be led by Manon Browning, Co-director of Music, Ailie Robertson, renowned Scottish Harpist who will be making a welcome return visit to Glasbury Arts, and Emily Harris, a valued member of our core tutorial team, and assisted by Bethany Coggon, Associate Tutor, who will also be making a return visit. The final group will be beginners led by Rose Graham, one of our former summer school participants with us again as an Associate Tutor, and Mistletoe Chapman, Associate Tutor, also returning to our summer school.
In the summer school there will be three teaching levels, advanced (grades 6-8), adult intermediate (grades 3-6), young people intermediate (grades 2-5) and beginners (grade 1 upwards). Participants do not have to have sat grade exams but are playing music at those levels.