LONDON: The Harrison

Tuesday 15th October, 2024

7:30pm

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Eleanor Dunsdon and Gregor Black are a Glasgow-based harp and percussion duo, who met during their postgraduate studies in Traditional Music at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in 2022. Blending their respective sounds of Scottish clarsach and Irish bodhrán, along with contemporary percussion and vocals, they form a dynamic and innovative new duo. Drawing on their shared experiences in classical, traditional, and jazz music, they aim to challenge perceptions of the clarsach and push the boundaries of the traditional music scene. The duo’s debut EP, ‘Let No Man’, released on 26th April 2024.

Danny Kyle Open Stage winners at Glasgow’s Celtic Connections 2024, the duo have been invited to perform at the festival next year. So far for 2024 the duo have featured as ‘Rising Stars’ at the Edinburgh International Harp Festival, played as Fatea Record’s featured artists at Southport’s Love Folk Festival, and will showcase at Purbeck Valley Folk Festival in the summer. The duo have also been selected as the United Kingdom Harp Association’s Emerging Artists for 2024, and will give concerts in London and Glasgow in the Autumn. Their music has been chosen to feature on Fatea’s Showcase Sessions and broadcasted on Celtic Music Radio.

Eleanor and Gregor have been invited to present workshops and masterclasses at the Edinburgh International Harp Festival, and for students at The National Centre of Excellence in Traditional Music at Plockton Music School. In February 2024 they presented a workshop and concert at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland alongside Ukranian bandura player, Anastasiya Voytyuk, showcasing the fusion of their shared musical traditions and the relationship between the bandura and Scottish harp.