Portia Diwa, a talented young harpist, plays traditional Celtic, Latin, and Classical music as well as Meditative, Contemporary, and original compositions on a 36 stringed neo-Celtic lever harp. Portia began her harp career at age 9 and has been actively performing in the Bay Area ever since.  Her experiences in performing started with the "Fantastic Five Harpers" and grew to large audiences in places throughout Norther California with the "Bay Area Youth Harp Ensemble" as well as "Pleiades Ensemble" where she became a soloist as well as a composer and arranger of ensemble music.  Portia taught and directed the Mission Harp Ensemble in San Francisco for several years.  Currently, Portia directs the Bahia Vista Harp Ensemble at Bahia Vista Elementary School in San Rafael.  The goal of both of these ensembles is to provide underprivileged inner-city youth with access to music education. Portia is the Healing Harp Clinical Supervisor at the Institute for Health and Healing at Marin General Hosptial.  She provides theraputic harp music to soothe patients, family and staff throughout Marin General Hospital and Marin Cancer Institute.  For the past two years, Portia has taught a year-long certification program in integrative medicine with a focus on Healing Harp.  For information on this program, or for private harp lessons focused on harp therapy, please contact Portia. Portia continues to teach harp lessons to young and old, beginning and advanced students in the Bay Area.  Additionally, Portia has performed as a soloist and ensemble member at a number of well-known venues.  She is a member of the Celtic harp trio "Triskela" with Diana Stork and Shawna Spiteri.  Triskela has performed nationally at places such as the 2005 HarpCon International Harp Conference in Montana and in California at the Dorothy Spreckles Performing Arts Center in Rohnert Park. Their debut CD "Voice of Tara" is available online at CD Baby.  You can also check out Triskela's fanpage on MySpace.      Portia enjoys playing harp music for weddings, special events, and conferences, as well as healing harp music for labyrinth walks, hospitals, and nursing homes.  Portia also teaches healing harp workshops throughout the Bay Area.  To book an event, please contact Portia.

 

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