Karen Marshalsay
@karenclarsach.bsky.social
Scottish harper & composer plays in The Cathal McConnell Trio, The Whistlebinkies & solo. New CD, Eadarainn a' Chruit : Between Us the Harp out 5th September. www.karenmarshalsay.com
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!
November 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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!
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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.
October 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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.
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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...
October 24, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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...
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BBC Radio 3
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Lauren Scott, Lauren Scott & Karen Marshalsay
The Meeting of Friends
In Tune
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Lauren Scott, Lauren Scott & Karen Marshalsay
The Meeting of Friends
October 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
BBC Radio 3
In Tune
Now Playing
Lauren Scott, Lauren Scott & Karen Marshalsay
The Meeting of Friends
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
October 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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.
October 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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.
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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.
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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...
October 16, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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...
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!
Tunes for Winter Online Harp Workshop — Karen Marshalsay
An online harp workshop with leading Scottish player Karen Marshalsay, sharing some Winter Tunes.
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October 16, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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
October 8, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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-...
October 8, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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
October 6, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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
October 6, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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
Trad. Harping with Karen Marshalsay - PoppyHarp Inspire Podcast 10/2025
YouTube video by PoppyHarp
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October 5, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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
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Karen Marshalsay
Playing all three Scottish harps –gut & wire-strung, and the sitar-like Baroque bray harp, and deeply influenced by pipe music, Karen is a highly accomplished player of traditional music and a fine co...
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October 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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
karenmarshalsay.bandcamp.com/music
What’s better than a bray harps? Two bray harps of course! Duet with Alison Kinnaird from my new CD 😊
October 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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
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October 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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
September 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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/...
September 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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/...
Reposted by Karen Marshalsay
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.
September 26, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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.
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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 ❤️ 💙 💜
#KarenMarshalsay #clarsach ❤️ 💙 💜
September 25, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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 ❤️ 💙 💜
#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?...
Eternal Light : Tommy Smith & Gwilym Simcock
YouTube video by Derek Clark
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September 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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.
September 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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
September 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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
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September 23, 2025 at 10:14 AM
New harp album connects traditions - feature from Rob Adams on Eadarainn a' Chruit : Between Us the Harp, out now! www.robadamsjournalist.com/index.asp
Check out my track with Allan MacDonald - Uamh an Oir, Cave of Gold, smallpipes, wire-strung clarsach, male and female Gaelic vocals -on The Skinny New Scottish Music playlist! From my new CD Eadarainn a' Chruit : Between Us the Harp.
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September 23, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Check out my track with Allan MacDonald - Uamh an Oir, Cave of Gold, smallpipes, wire-strung clarsach, male and female Gaelic vocals -on The Skinny New Scottish Music playlist! From my new CD Eadarainn a' Chruit : Between Us the Harp.
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