Premiered April 12. 2013.  Seven Scenes for solo harp and dancers.  A meaty piece, very enjoyable! This is the PDF download version. A significant work in 7 movements for pedal harp.  22 pages.

Maeve was inspired by the 1923 poem "The Harpweaver" by the American poet Edna St. Vincent Millay. According to Maeve, this story is mainly about the power of maternal love and the symbiotic relationship between instrument and player.

This collection of arrangements and transcripts from the 2020 album of the same name aims to expand your world of music and deepen your connection to our beautiful

Maeve Gilchrist's original composition Yellow Birds is taken from the suite The Ostinato Project, and can be played on lever or pedal harp. Alternating from a sprightly 6/8 to 9/8 meter, the piece evokes "starlings in the sky."

Level: intermediate to advanced

Catriona's Jig from 'Traditional tune arrangements and origional compositios for the lever harp Book 1'.

Maeve Gilchrist's Celtic-inspired original composition Catriona's Jig is for solo lever or pedal harp. With this arrangement Maeve also provides some alternative arrangement and ostinato-based ideas for you to make the piece your own.

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A new book in 2020 to bring beauty and comfort during these trying times! Here is a lovely collection of Celtic airs and hymns from Kim Robertson arranged for advanced-beginning, to intermediate solo harp. The key signatures range from up to 2 sharps, and 1 flat. The two page arrangements are easy to read with a simpler

Behind every physical movement is artistic intent:
this is the philosophy of Maeve Gilchrist’s new book, the lighter touch: a musically motivated guide to more effortless harp technique. Drawing upon technical ideas from both traditional and non-traditional harping styles, Maeve delves into a world of practice and thought designed to help evolve your harp technique regardless

A beautiful traditional air, claimed by both the Scots and the Irish, this tune has been found in many Scottish collections under the name "Lochaber" as well as in the Irish Bunting harp collection. Maeve Gilchrist's sensitive and moving arrangement can be played on both lever and pedal harp.

Level: intermediate to advanced.

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Five little pieces for celtic harp by Michael Versteegh.

The following titles are in this edition: Bretagne; Dance; De Elfentuin; Cancion; The Dark Forest.

Level: Early-intermediate harp. No lever changes.

This four-page tune really makes you feel like you're sailing! In the key of G with some syncopation, this is a series of short melodic and rhythmic motifs. Lower intermediate level. The very last note is a low G, other than that the piece can be played on a 26-string harp with C below middle C as the lowest note.

Three Christmas carols arranged in her own inimitable style by Maeve Gilchrist:

O Come O Come Emmanuel, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Ding Dong Merrily On High.

Each carol can be played separately too by leaving out the short Transition sections between them.

This book contains 22 songs arranged for folk harp. They are written on a double-treble grand staff (two staff lines, both treble clef), and playable on 22-string or larger harps. Beginning with G below Middle C, all of the songs stay within the three-octave range. There are no lever changes, and all the songs are in either C or Am, no levers needed at all. Well notated, easy to read. 64 pages. Intermediate

The second volume of original tunes and traditional tune arrangements for the Celtic Harp. It’s a hodge-podge mix of her own comositions and tunes that are interesting vehicles for arrangement ideas, technical exploration or simply fun to play!

Content: Cloud Surfing, Klin Maeve Gilchrist, The Achiever/Sweet Catriona Rose

Linear Exercise: Fjellvåk

Triplets, slides and

Meg Robinson’s Tango Strings is an original solo for lever or pedal harp. The tango rhythm pattern weaves throughout this syncopated piece, alternating between the right and left hands. You’ll enjoy playing this!

Fin and Sarah's Wedding Waltz from 'Traditional tune arrangements and origional compositios for the lever harp Book 1'.

Maeve Gilchrist's original composition Fin and Sarah's Wedding Waltz is for solo lever or pedal harp. It's written in a "light and easy, dreamlike" jazz waltz style with some quick double lever changes. A great piece to explore the harmonic possibilities of a lever

A big sound for little harps - for 26-string harps and more.  Another Meg Robinson original for harp and voice.  Great repertoire for coffee shop performances!  This is a sweet tune with a lovely message. The mp3 file is provided by Meg Robinson, performed by her! The harp part is easy enough for you to be able to multi-task (sing along)! 6 pages.

This book is jam packed with seven chapters of exercises to build hand independence and rhythm skills. 57 pgs.

Chapters include:

Ostinato-based exercises
Investigating 3/4 time
Triadic exercises and 6/8–9/8 exploration
Off-beats
Four note arpeggios
Right hand finger-seperation exercises and etudes
Rhythmic etudes

Maeve Gilchrist - Traditional tune arrangements and original compositions for the lever harp. 

This book of traditional tune arrangements and original compositions for the lever harp has been in the works for many years now. Through my time as a faculty member at Berklee, as a workshop instructor at various folk music summer camps and my monthly online workshop Harp Talk, I’ve been using arrangements of

I wrote this piece as part of a larger commission by Music Generation Laois, in Ireland, for a group of 37 harpers. The composition was called ‘White Horses’ and dedicated to the feminine strength of the young harpers in the orchestra in an analogy with the fluid yet powerful waves that crashed on the shore of the beach in Portobello where I grew up. I’ve always loved being on or near the ocean and this tune

The Hal Leonard Folk Harp Method is a comprehensive and easy-to-use beginner's guide, designed for anyone just learning to play folk harp. Inside you'll find loads of techniques, tips, and fun songs to learn and play. The accompanying audio features 56 demo tracks that cover most of the music examples in the book.

Covers: the harp and its parts; sitting with the harp; hand position and finger placing; key