Zoe in benefit concert
Saturday, November 14, 2026
7:30 - 8:30 pm
Benefit Concert, Saturday, November 14, 7:30 p.m.
St. Johns music director Zoe Vandermeer, is performing a benefit concert on Saturday November 14 at 7:30 p.m. in which she will be accompanying her singing on Welsh triple harp and play harp solos music of late Renaissance composer John Dowland (1563 - 1626) in honor of his 400th anniversary, and some of Mr. Dowland's Italian contemporaries - Luzzasco Luzzaschi (1545 - 1607), Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger (1582-1651), and Alphonso Ferrabosco the Younger (1575 - 1628). Tickets are free. All donations to be given to the International Fund for Animal Welfare (https://www.ifaw.org/), the Episcopal Relief Fund (https://www.episcopalrelief.org/), and Habitat for Humanity (https://www.habitat.org/)
About Zoe's Welsh Harp.
Zoe's Welsh triple harp has three parallel rows of strings made from sheep gut. The harp is a smaller rendition of a harp circa 1750 found at St. Fagan's Museum in Cardiff, Wales. This prototype harp was made by harpist and harp maker Robin Ward in England. This well-traveled harp has traveled from England to New York, San Francisco, Brasil, Utah, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and New Jersey. Robin Ward made a wooden case especially for the harp, and created the instrument to be a maximum height of 5'3" so that it fit (literally) in the baggage area and xray machines at national and international airports. This beautiful and delicate harp has flown on Delta, Virgin Air, and in Zoe's 2013 VW Beetle!
Listen.
You can hear Zoe and her Welsh triple harp here: www.sopranoandharp.com.
See you there!