BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN
TZID:America/New_York
X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_YorkBEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN
TZID:America/New_York
X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:655@earlymusicamerica.org
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250621T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250621T140000
DTSTAMP:20250529T170125Z
URL:https://www.earlymusicamerica.org/events/the-harp-in-softly-pleasing-s
 trains-2/
SUMMARY:The Harp in Softly Pleasing Strains
DESCRIPTION:Zoe Vandermeer is a coloratura soprano\, Welsh triple harpist\,
  and composer.  Her program 'The Harp in Softly Pleasing Strains'\, prese
 nts songs\, arias\, and harp solos by Mozart\, Handel\, Sophie Corri\, Edw
 ard Jones\, and others\, and music by Zoe Vandermeer. \nThis Concert is p
 art of the national Make Music Day.\nZoe Vandermeer is a prize-winning gra
 duate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland\, and she is currently engage
 d in a PhD music in research degree (online) at the University of Birmingh
 am UK.  She is on the Roster of the CT Commission on Culture and Tourism 
 since 2011\, and has been a recipient of numerous grants and awards.  In 
 2024\, she was a Quarter-Finalist in the World Harp Competition\, and in 2
 023\, she won Second Place in the London Classical Competition\, Vocal Div
 ision.  In 2014\, she won First Place in the B. Alexander International V
 ocal Competition held in Carnegie Hall.  Ms. Vandermeer has given soprano
  and harp performances at the Rio International Harp Festival Brazil\, Con
 necticut Early Music Festival\, Bloomington Early Music Festival\, America
 n Swedish Historical Museum Philadelphia\, Pollok House National Trust Mus
 eum Scotland\, American Harp Society\, Somerset Harp Festival\, and elsewh
 ere.   www.sopranoandharp.com\nThe concert at the Lyman Allyn Museum in 
 New London\, CT\, and it is free\; if you are interested in making a donat
 ion\, online donations can be made for Zoe Vandermeer's Soprano and Harp P
 rojects through www.fracturedatlas.org here: Donate Now\nLascia\, ch'io pi
 anga\, Handel\, Zoe Vandermeer accompanies her singing on Welsh Triple Har
 phttps://youtu.be/zV-56tPvbw4\nOiseaux\, si tous les ans\, Mozart\, Zoe Va
 ndermeer accompanies her singing on Welsh Triple Harphttps://youtu.be/ZqGE
 1WskpjA\n&nbsp\;
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.earlymusicamerica.org/wp-content/upl
 oads/2025/05/Zoe-Vandermeer-310-web.jpg
CATEGORIES:Festivals
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/New_York
X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
DTSTART:20250309T030000
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
END:DAYLIGHT
END:VTIMEZONE
END:VCALENDAR