Harping On - Alison Vardy's Solo Harp CD

Artist: Alison Vardy

Album: Harping On

Release: 1 November, 1997

In Stock: Ships within 48 hours

Label: Harpsound

Distributor: Independent

Suggested Retail: $19.99 $Canadian

Catalogue: AV01

Bar Code: 6 20106 91242 9

File Under: World / Celtic / Classical Instrumentalist / Folk Harp

Description: Resonant, heartening, sensitive, refreshingly arranged solo harp

Producer: Alison Vardy

Recording: Steve Kilroy, Fish Street Studios, Dunedin, New Zealand

Mastering: Rudy Hueting, Video Factory, Dunedin, New Zealand

Track Listing:

1 Sunday Syncopations - Original (AV) with Latin rhythms MP3 (Cable)

2 Carolan's Welcome / Drummond Castle - Traditional Irish / Scottish MP3

3 Yet Another Medley - Trad. Irish / Welsh / English / Original (AV) MP3

4 Autumn/ Wind-up Toy - Originals (AV) MP3

5 10 de Octubre / Che valle me Yaguaron - Trad. Paraguayan MP3

6 Diddanwhch gruffudd ap cynan - Trad. Welsh MP3

7 Princess Royale / Roxburgh Castle - Trad. Irish / Scottish MP3

8 Dunedin Habenera / Cumbia deliciosa - Original with Caribbean rhythms (AV) MP3

9 Swing Low Sweet Chariot / Rich Man - Spirituals (USA) MP3

10 Variations on a Mode - Original modal tunes (AV) MP3

11 El Rio - Venezuelan rhythms (Alfredo Rolando Ortiz) MP3

12 The Water Kilpie / Grandfather Clock - Trad. Manx (Isle of Man) / Contemp. (USA) MP3

13 Ecuador / Beneath Wings - Columbian rhythms (Ortiz) / Contemp. (Bette Midler, USA) MP3

Future: - Planned Tours in Vancouver/ Lower Mainland, Whistler and Vancouver Island

- Showcase at Pacific Contact

Present: - National promotion through CBC Radio

- 4th release of Harping On - 3000+ sales in New Zealand & Western Canada

- 2nd release of Apasionada - 2000+ independent sales in Western Canada

- Extensive promotion via official website - www.alisonvardy.com

Past: - Numerous concerts and tours throughout Victoria, Vancouver Island, Sunshine Coast,

Gulf Islands, Pacific Northwest and the South Island, New Zealand

- TV New Zealand Nature Productions

- First Australian Harp Festival - selected performer in Canberra, ACT, Australia

- The International Folk Harp Conference - performer in Washington, U.S.A.

Press: (from recent tour)

"Sensitive and real……….luscious round-the-world tour"

"Rearranging folk music from around the world, this highly skilled and whimsical woman

pulls and twists exotic rhythms from the strings " News Leader

"...a complex embroidery of sound… runs, trills, triplets, glissandos with the confidence of a

seasoned player... Vardy is a master of the technique of the harp" Island Tides

"...pure, ethereal sound" Gulf Islands Driftwood