7 p.m. February 16 Register here
Join Olivia Whiddon as she gives us a tour of her Celtic harp studies “abroad” from home. This concert will feature music Olivia has learned in workshops from Scotland, Ireland and the Isle of Man as well as some of her own takes on traditional pieces. The tour will end with one of Olivia’s own stories accompanied by harp.
We are striving to create a safe space for artists, participants and volunteers. Anyone disrespecting this space in any way will be removed from the meeting.
More about Olivia
Olivia has spent more than half her life as a musician, both on stage and as a teacher. In University she majored in vocal music and had minors in theatre and violin. In her undergraduate degree she majored in vocal music, minoring in both violin and theatre, and then went on to her Post-baccalaureate in performance. Olivia also studied opera in Italy and French art song in France.
She is a registered music teacher and runs the Olivia Whiddon Academy of Music, which is dedicated in providing quality instruction in voice, piano, theatre and theory. She is also the creative director for the Kenora Opera Theatre. Olivia began playing a small Celtic harp (which she built with Esme Boone) about four years ago and in 2019 picked up her own 34 string lever harp. She began songwriting at her Bridge and Falls Creative Residency in Sioux Narrows in 2019 and received a grant in 2020 from the Ontario Arts Council as part of a collaborative music and visual arts project with painter, Teresa Bowyer to write and record her own album. She enjoys collaborating with artists of different disciplines and gains her inspiration from art and the natural world.