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After
winning the All-Ireland Harp Championship in 1984, Shawna toured
the U.S. twice, then settled down in Los Angeles to perform,
record and publish her own harp compositions. She has performed
at weddings and celebrations in most of the major hotels and
museums in the Los Angeles area, including the Biltmore, The
Bonaventure, the Ritz-Carlton, the Beverly Hills Hotel, Hotel
Bel-Air, Shutters, the Getty Museum, the Los Angeles County
Museum of Art, and the Huntington Library and Gardens. She has
also performed in other types of cultural and historic venues,
such as Greystone Manor, Castle Green, The Wayfarer's Chapel,
the Saint James Club, the California Club, Descanso Gardens,
The Gamble House, Cal Tech, Disney Studios, Paramount Pictures,
Warner Brothers, and Universal Studios, as well as in countless
private homes.
In
addition to Shawna's own albums -- "Foxglove" (1987),
"Amaryllis" (1991), "The Versatile Celtic Harp"
(1993), and "Meditation" (2000) -- Shawna has also
recorded with artists such as Lisa Canon and Joan Baez. Her
two books, Guide to Advanced Celtic Harp and Selected
Pieces for Harp and Flute, have found a national following
in the harp world. Shawna teaches privately in her home studio
on Mount Washington, and is currently at work on a new album
and a third book of compositions.
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