Acacia Lyra's Appearances
The following are public performances; if you are interested in booking our duo for your private event, do send an e-mail to susan@acacialyra.com.
2010 Appearances
May 9, 2-4 pm
Ar n-Oran Concert
A Concert of Fine Celtic Performing Arts
Bells Corners United Church
3955 Richmond Road, Nepean
Tickets $10/$5, Family $25
613-286-1003
May 23, 7.30, 8.30 & 9.30 pm
Museum of Nature Grand Re-Opening
240 McLeod Street, corner Metcalfe, Ottawa
Admission Free
Info: questions@mus-nature.ca
613-566-4700
June 12, 4-5 pm
WESTFEST
All Saints Anglican & First United Church
347 Richmond Road, Westboro, Ottawa
Admission Free
Info: 613-725-9487
Saturday, May 1
The Yellow Door
Montreal
Saturday, April 10
Free Times Cafe
Toronto
Tuesday, March 16
An Evening of Harps and Irish Ballads
Saint Brigid's Centre for the Arts
Ottawa
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Music in the Galleries/Musique au Musee
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
2009 Appearances
November 29
Musical Travels Concert
Rendezvous Rupert, Gatineau
October 2
Concert, Northern Lights Harp Fest
www.northernlightsharpfest.com
October 4
Harp Workshop “How Do You Duo?”
Northern Lights Harp Fest
August 15
Westport Music Festival
Westport, Ontario
August 8
Lumière Festival
New Edinburgh, Ottawa
July 11
Celtfest Magick Saturday
Almonte, Ontario
May 2
The Warm Breath of Spring, a benefit concert in support of the Réserve écologique of the La Blanche Forest.
March 10
A Festival of Irish Music
National Library of Canada Auditorium
Acacia Lyra at the NAC's Fourth Stage.
Photo: Lois Siegel.
Susan and Janine with Mary O'Hara during her visit to the Northern Lights Harp Fest, October 2009.
2008 Appearances
November 28
"Hint of Winter Concert" at the NAC Fourth Stage. We had another capacity audience at this Yuletide concert, and had great fun performing with guest artists Greg T. Brown, fiddle, Duncan Gillis, pipes and bodhran, Bill Locke, bass guitar and Sheila White, flutes.
October 18
Guest performers at a Ceili of the Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann, Ottawa
August 22
Concert at the Branch Restaurant, Old Town, Kemptville
May 29
Benefit performance for the DIVA Foundation Gala, Panorama Room, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
May 2
Concert at McGill University, Montreal
Child Welfare League of Canada
March 14
Guest performers at The Parkdale Gallery, Ottawa
February 16
The First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa
Hispania! Hispanic Songs across the Ages and Continents. A concert to warm up mid-winter. Spanish classical art song and haunting Sephardic Jewish music, as well as traditional and contemporary Latin American tunes.
Performers: Janine and Susan, harps and vocals, Sylvia Larrass, mezzo-soprano, Ed Honeywell, classical guitar and Erica Smith, piano.
January 26
Concert at All Saints Anglican Church, Richmond Road, Ottawa
A musical Odyssey with Celtic, French Canadian and South American music. Donations to benefit the Carlington Chaplaincy.
2007 Appearances
December 1, 2007 - Christmas Concert
Centre Forestier du Lac La Blanche
Mayo, Quebec
November 18, 2007 - House Concert
Hispanic Song through the Ages, with Sylvia Larrass, mezzo soprano
October 18, 2007 - NAC's Fourth Stage
We had a full house for our CD Release Concert at the NAC's Fourth Stage. Janine and Susan (harps, vocals, guitars) were joined by guest musicians Sheila White, flutes, Bobby Lalonde, bass and fiddle, Bill Locke, bass guitar, and Duncan Gillis, pipes and bodhran.
To purchase a copy of our CD, please visit our CD page.
