Lunch Hour Concert

Third Wednesday, Lunch Hour Concert on Wednesday, November 21, 2012, 12:15-1:15pm, doors at noon. Tualatin Heritage Center, 8700 SW Sweek Drive, Tualatin. Guest Musician: AnnaLee Foster Driscoll, www.heritageharpcenter.com Cost: Door only, $10, all community. Please note, cash or check only for admission and for cd's that will be for sale. Hosted by www.IrishPDX.com Notes: Bring your brown paper sack lunch and enjoy an hour of some of the best Irish music by one of the top players in the world! AnnaLee Foster Driscoll, an Oregon native and folk harper of Irish/Scots roots, was already working in the Pacific Northwest as a harper when she auditioned and was accepted by the Irish Harp College to study for two years under Dr. Janet Harbison, recognized as one of the world's premier Irish harpers and one of the driving forces behind the resurgence of Irish harp music. While studying at the Irish Harp College she earned performance distinctions and was certified as a music teacher by Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann, the traditional Irish music society. She is also the 2010 All Ireland Senior Harp Champion for Traditional Irish Harp. Mrs. Driscoll performed and toured through Ireland and Europe with the Irish Harp Orchestra as an orchestra and ensemble musician and as a voice soloist; worked as a staff musician for weddings and professional receptions at a four-star hotel; played in castles, concert halls and cathedrals; performed sacred music for church services and provided palliative music in nursing homes and centers for the developmentally disabled. Mrs. Driscoll has returned to Oregon to found the Heritage Harp Center to promote the enjoyment of Irish traditional music through public and private performances, and to teach harp students of all ages who are interested in learning traditional Irish music through private instruction and communal group ''session playing'' using the original methods developed by the ancient Irish Bards and developed into