Camac Blog
Flavours of Turkish Music for Harpists: An Open-Source Primer by Şirin Pancaroğlu
March 3, 2026
Harpist Şirin Pancaroğlu’s work with the Turkish Harp Project is recognised worldwide, including performing on authentic instruments, leading workshops globally, and publishing and composing highly acclaimed original music influenced by Turkish musical idioms. With her latest educational resource, “Flavours of Turkish Music for Harpists,” Şirin draws on her extensive experience exploring Turkish harp music to inspire harpists from any background and introduce them to Turkish melodies and rhythms in a clear, accessible manner. This collection of carefully collected and notated melodies adopts an approach that respects both the harp’s natural qualities and Turkish musical traditions.Read more…
Interview with Máire Ní Chathasaigh in Folk Magazin
November 9, 2017
Calling all German speakers! Máire Ní Chathasaigh is on the front cover of Folk Magazin, with an extensive interview inside... Read more…
Debut album from Pacific Harp Project
October 31, 2017
Megan Bledsoe Ward continues the venturesome tradition of classical-jazz crossover with the Pacific Harp Project. Hear the Grandjany Rhapsody, the Tournier Sonatine, and even Ravel’s Introduction and Allegro, transformed by hip rhythms and jazzy colours - and The Pedal Passage in the Debussy Dances even becomes a laid-back riff. Read more…
Académie Camac 2018
October 9, 2017
“Musicians need time to work with intensity and freedom. I would like our Académie to be a dream week of music for outstanding artists of the future.” - Jakez François, President, Camac Harps Read more…
