Friday 11th 4pm — Sunday 13th September 4pm, 2026
The course officially finishes at 4pm on the Sunday – but usually around 3/4 of us stay on until the Monday (extra fee). We get dinner and breakfast.
IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT THE LOAN HARPAS: There is no total beginner course planned – but continuing learners from the March course are welcome. Please note that from this course the loaned harpas now are rented rather than lent out for free. For more information about the instruments and to reserve yours you’ll find the information on this page.
Once you’ve booked get in touch to let me know! I get in touch with everyone as soon as I am notified, but I am not automatically notified when people sign up. We have a WhatsApp group and I always make a resources page. If you’ve changed your email address – make sure you get in touch so I can update my records and not send emails to the wrong place!
Swedish Tutor TBC
Third Tutor TBC
Vicki Swan
Vicki studied at the Royal College of Music on the double bass. She also plays the various types of bagpipes, flute, recorder, piano and nyckelharpa. On leaving music college Vicki started down the long path of folk music and was only seen on rare glimpses back in classical orchestras. You’ll find Vicki now inhabiting the troll ridden forests on the hunt for new and exciting tunes from the näcken. Vicki plays not only the standard 3-row modern chromatic, but also the 1408 sienaharpa, the 1526 moraharpa, the 1700s kontrabasharpa and the 1800s silverbasharpa. Over the pandemic Vicki has worked tirelessly on a Virtual Music Room to try to help isolated nyckelharpa players remain motivated and focussed on playing and learning. Chances are after all this time alone at home she won’t stop talking at the Halsway weekend! Seeing as this is Vicki’s website we don’t really need a link, but here is one to Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer:
http://www.swan-dyer.co.uk