Recordings

Samples:
Take Me to Your Dreamland
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Who Can Tell the Moment
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Beautiful lullabies for harp, voice and flute to inspire the child of your heart. Laura Zaerr, harp; Laura Berryhill, voice; Melanie Place, flute; Diane Hawkins, flute.

Details about this CD, including lyrics!

$15.00

Laura is currently a member of Trilogy Celtic Trio, with vocalist Laura Berryhill and fiddler Laurie Goren. For more information about Trilogy and their CD, Far Morning, including audio samples, visit their web site at trilogyceltica.com

Laura's performance as soloist with the Rogue Valley Symphony Orchestra in the Concerto for Harp and Orchestra by Henriette Renié is included on the symphony's CD, "Best of the Best" (fourth movement - adagio).

Listen to an audio clip here.

Order CD on the Rogue Valley Symphony web site.


Celtic Concerto (CD)
Recorded live with the Rogue Valley Symphony Orchestra

Samples:
Bonny Portmore
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Music in the Glen
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Celtic Concerto premiered in 1999. In it the composer blends her strong classical background with her love of Celtic music to achieve a dazzling showcase for the Celtic harp.

"When I play Celtic music all my worries fly away as the melodies unroll through my fingers. I was commissioned by the Diablo Symphony to write some arrangements for Celtic harp and orchestra to be presented on a concert featuring Celtic music in Walnut Creek. I became so immersed in the potential sounds of harp with orchestra that I wrote the piece in about four days, complete with the orchestration in my head. It took the rest of the summer to put it on the computer and fine-tune the score."
Rosewood Music, 2002

$10.00


Wolcum Yole
(CD)

Samples:
Helston Furry Dance / Ding Dong Merrily on High
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Yule-tide music for the Celtic harp.

The word yule is from an Old English word meaning Christmas, geol. Yuletide is celbrated at the time of year when light returns to the world. As the physical light returns with the barely perceptible lengthening of days, we also envision spiritual light bathing the earth with good will and community. In this spirit of global well-being, proceeds from this recording will be forwarded to an organization dedicated to enhancing world-wide service - The Krista Foundation.
Rosewood Music, 2001

$17.00


The Swan in the Evening
(CD)

Samples:
He Moved Through the Fair
Lo Fi [500 kb] Hi Fi [1 mb]

Laura joins Melanie Place and Kathryn Ronnenberg to form The Village Green Celtic Band.
Rosewood Music, 2000

$17.00

A Thousand Dreams Away
(CD)

A mostly Celtic solo album performed on the folk harp.
Rosewood Music 1997

$17.00

The Grafted Tree
(CD)

 

The Grafted Tree is a set of three medieval stories with harp accompaniment. The lively duo of Psallite (Linda Marie Zaerr and Laura Zaerr) combines evocative Middle English verse with flexible and strategic harp music. The historically informed harp improvisations gracefully enhance and highlight the rich romances. Linda Marie’s aggressive renditions of medieval texts facilitate comprehension for modern audiences while remaining true to medieval performance possibilities. Her narrative options are explored in a dramatic and witty performance of Sir Orfeo, Sir Handsome Stranger, and Sir Bevis.
Rosewood Music, 1997

$17.00

l'autre jour cover L'autre jour...
(CD)

 

This C.D. will treat you to an enchanting hour of chamber music written for and played on an historic single-action pedal harp. Selections include works by Dussek, Krumpholtz, and C.P.E. Bach. Gayle Neumann's lyric soprano voice and Phil Neumann's flawless recorder playing adds variety to this album. This project is truly designed for the connoisseur of late eighteenth.century harp music.
Pandourion Records 1995

$17.00

Deep Waters
(Cassette)


Yet more original chamber music for harp. Laura's abilities as a song writer can be heard on this C.D. and cassette. Original lyrics featuring depictions of Alaska are sung by soprano LeaAnne DenBeste. Laura also includes more music for flute, cello and harp as well as several solo harp pieces.
Rosewood Music 1994

$12.00

Where Falls the Rain
(Cassette)

As well as being an excellent harpist, Laura is also a first-rate composer as can be seen in this cassette tape project. She blends the sound of flute (Alice Burke) and cello (Dale Bradley) with her harp for 60 minutes of classical/ folk/ new-age original instrumental music. The first side includes Seasonal Suite for solo harp. The mood suggests the landscape and climate of Oregon.
Rosewood Music 1990

$12.00

The Laughing Dove
(CD)

Samples: Ellie's Lullaby (mp3)
A Fig for a Kiss (mp3)
Hanacpachap Cussicumm (mp3)
After the Battle of Aughrim (mp3)
Carrickfergus (mp3)
Bobbie Casey's (mp3)
Pavanen: Mille regretz (mp3)

The Laughing Dove was inspired by my other passion: mountain biking. When Glenn Justus asked me to record this project in honor of his brother I wanted to write a tune that would sparkle with vivacity and put people in a good mood. My inspiration came from the isolated back roads of McDonald forest, just outside of Corvallis. This album includes 3 harps (Laura Zaerr with Rebecca Hilary Smith and Maureen Brennan), fiddle (Brian Theriault), flute (Melanie Place), and percussion (Kathryn Ronnenberg). These friends came together in the studio to create a rich experience of sound, weaving together such Celtic favorites as Blind Mary, Carrickfergus, and After the Battle of Aughrim, as well as several Renaissance tunes and Laura Zaerr originals.
Laughing Dove Music, 1988

$17.00

The Harper in the Hall
(Cassette)

Laura teams up with her sister in this cassette of Medieval stories translated and narrated by Linda Marie. The gothic harp provides a background of Medieval tunes to set the mood for stories such as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and the delightful story of Caedmaon.
Rosewood Music 1988

$12.00

Laura Zaerr - Harpist
(Cassette)

This cassette demonstrates Laura's abilities as a classical harpist. The full hour of solo harp music includes works of J.S. Bach, Debussy, and Couperin as well as some original works by Laura Zaerr and some Celtic and Paraguayan folk music.
Raindrop Records 1986

$12.00