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Heather Downie

Passion, Authenticity and Strong Foundations: Heather Downie

January 17, 2025
Scottish harpist Heather Downie is the principal lever harp tutor at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. She is also the creative force behind the wonderful online school: How to Harp. The community moves from the online world for the How to Harp retreat, which takes place next week in Stirling, Scotland.Read more…

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Elisabeth Valletti: “Sacrum’5”

July 14, 2015

"Sacrum'5", Elisabeth Valletti's new album for solo MIDI harp, is a development of her interest in microcosmic sound. "Fascinated by science and its wonders", she writes, "I've always imagined what the quantum world would sound like." Read more…

32nd Rencontres Internationales des Harpes Celtiques, July 8th – 12th 2015, Dinan

July 14, 2015

CamacCam returns to the big screen with a video about the incomparable Rencontres Internationales des Harpes Celtiques in Dinan, Brittany. Read more…

A legendary tradition: our new Excalibur

July 14, 2015

We are delighted to present our new lever harp to you: the Excalibur. Read more…

Business sponsorship for musicians

July 14, 2015

A musicologist I know asked her sort-of employer if it would be possible to confirm the permanent contract she had been promised for the last seven years. He told her to "find a rich husband". Read on to explore some alternatives.

2nd Cracow Harp Days, 2015

Competition has been shown to be useful…

July 12, 2015

The Second Cracow Harp Days are a great example of why we love festivals. Interesting, diverse, and warm, organised in friendship and with a passion for the harp and the artists who play it, the weekend was a joy from start to finish.

Frozen finishes

Frozen finishes

July 2, 2015

You can broadly divide the Camac office into those who have got their finger on pop culture, and those of us who say "Lady Gaga's people want to borrow a harp? Who's Lady Gaga? Hey, look at this amazing new edition of 'Je suis encore dans mon printemps'." We do however all now know what Frozen is.