WELCOME TO THE SHETLAND BRANCH
The Clarsach Society is delighted to launch our new Shetland branch
ensuring we really do have the whole country covered. There had been
an active group of clarsach players in Shetland in the 1990s. but
many of the harp students and adult players had moved and the group
was dormant for almost twenty years. Fortunately, well-known harpist
Sunita Staneslow recently moved to Shetland and found that several
harpists were eager to reconnect as a group, play tunes together and
encourage new players to become members. Sunita will be the primary
tutor and will lead monthly sessions. The group is actively seeking
funds to build an inventory of rental harps and invite tutors beyond
Shetland to lead workshops and perform.
The group will meet for the first time in August and we wish them all the best.
